Wow! Signal: October 2026

Jake Casella Brookins Hello everyone, happy October! We’ve had a busy month behind the scenes at ARB—as often happens, the vagaries of publishing and reviewing schedules conspired to stack our queue with good stuff. Fall and early spring tend to be good book release seasons, so we’re loaded up with things that have just come out or are about to. Additionally, we’ve received a ton of interest in our call for volunteer editors—if you’ve applied, look for an email from us soon! We’re already thinking about our year-end features, and I’m personally very excited about a special project for A Meal of Thorns—listen to Monday’s episode if you’d like to hear more about that. In the meantime, please enjoy this sampling of speculation and criticism from around the web: * * * Articles, Reviews, and More: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s “Planetary Kin” for OrionFun long piece on Moby-Dick and other cetacean influences on/from Star Trek. Dan Hartland’s “A Note From Reviews” for Strange HorizonsSome good…