Feb 11 2019
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Every few months like clockwork, it happens again: the never-ending debate over Strong Female Characters.
Charlie Jane Anders
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Charlie Jane Anders used to edit io9. She's the author of The City in the Middle of the Night, the story of a girl who gets banished into eternal darkness and makes friends with the creatures there.
Apr 29 2016
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When I started working on io9 in 2007, we didn’t have a name for the site yet. We hadn’t come up with any real plans…
Apr 29 2016
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Sorry, Han Solo and Mr. Sulu. Based on everything we know right now, you’ll never be able to punch a button and…
Apr 29 2016
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We all know the drill. There are three kinds of movies for kids: 1) Ones that are for adults, just as much as kids…
Apr 28 2016
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Guy Gavriel Kay has carved out a unique niche, writing fantasy novels that take real-life historical settings and…
Apr 28 2016
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For years, Person of Interest has been right on the cutting edge between commenting on current events and…
Apr 27 2016
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The UK’s Arthur C. Clarke Award just announced its six book finalists for 2016—and the result is a combination of…
Apr 26 2016
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We’ve been anxiously awaiting HBO’s Westworld for what feels like forever. Originally, we hoped Westworld…
Apr 25 2016
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Last night’s Game of Thrones begins with the sightless gaze of Jon Snow, right where we left him last year. But the…
Apr 25 2016
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Tonight’s 12 Monkeys is a huge turning point for the show. I can’t tell you any more than that—but if you’ve been…
Apr 24 2016
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It’s been just one year since season five of Game of Thrones, but it feels like forever. And there are so many…
Apr 22 2016
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Back in 2012, a movie called Snow White and the Public Domain IP unexpectedly made almost $400 million. And that’s…
Apr 22 2016
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Prince always had superpowers. You only had to witness him picking up a guitar or sitting down at a keyboard to know…
Apr 22 2016
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We all know who the main characters of George Lucas’ six Star Wars films are: Anakin Skywalker, his son and…
Apr 22 2016
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Winter hasn’t arrived yet on Game of Thrones, but there’s still a bit of “winter of our discontent” going on. Season…
Apr 21 2016
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“Prince está muerto. Prince is dead.” A female voice announces these words in a sing-song, matter-of-fact tone…
Apr 20 2016
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You thought it couldn’t be done! But they totally did it.
Apr 20 2016
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Chances are, you already have a whole shelf full of Ursula K. Le Guin books. You’re not a monster, right? But you’re…
Apr 20 2016
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In a couple of days, Hollywood will unleash its latest fairytale movie on the world. The Huntsman: Winter’s War is…
Apr 19 2016
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The Kurt Vonnegut Library is seeking $750,000 to move to a bigger space. And this would let them do more cool stuff to celebrate one of the all-time best writers of weird and fantastical fiction. So it goes!