Charlie Jane Anders, Author at Gizmodo

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io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 15 '10

Which “On The Bubble” TV Show Will You Campaign For?

We’re coming up on the most heartbreaking time of year for television lovers: Cancellation season. Rumors and speculation are swirling, and the deadpool is filling up. Which show will you go all-out and mail shit to network execs for? https://gizmodo.com/all-of-your-favorite-shows-may-get-cancelled-this-year-5470414 Which endangered TV show will you go on an all-out peanut-mailing campaign for?(polls)

Television Charlie Jane Anders Feb 15 '10

Doctor Who Tried To Overthrow The British Government

Doctor Who’s traveler managed to unseat Prime-Minister Harriet Jones with six words. But when he tried to do the same to Margaret Thatcher, it didn’t work out so great. The show’s creators admit they were trying to “overthrow the government.” People have long suspected that late-1980s Doctor Who featured some pretty strong anti-Thatcherite messages. The…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Feb 15 '10

How Will The New Escape From New York Be Different? Plus Major Lost And Smallville Developments!

A screenwriter talks the Escape From New York remake. A surprising Lost character walks the Island. V’s mystery resistance leader is a Cylon! A DC Comics mainstay joins Smallville. Plus Doctor Who, Fringe, Despicable Me, Crazies, Supernatural and Chuck spoilers. Escape From New York: Writer Allan Loeb says he sees this as a “big movie”…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Feb 15 '10

It’s Tron On Ice!

We may not see any more new footage from Tron Legacy for weeks or even months, but last night’s Olympic opening ceremony featured a Tron-inspired skating show. How long before lightcycle-racing becomes an Olympic event? Skaters, of course, are people who support the pairing of Sawyer and Kate on Lost, and it’s good to see…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 13 '10

Science Fiction’s Greatest Love Potions And Devotion Rays

Are you facing the prospect of being alone on Valentine’s Day? It’s not too late to make someone fall in love with you. Science fiction’s full of handy ways to make someone swoon into your arms, and here’s a list. Love potions are a common theme in fiction generally. You can brew up a draught…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 12 '10

Is It Too Late To Save The Imperial Commandos?

Fans have launched a petition to get Karen Traviss to return and finish her masterful series of Star Wars novels featuring the Imperial Commandos. But she tells io9 it’s too late, and explains what happened to her Boba Fett novel. https://gizmodo.com/why-i-fell-in-love-with-karen-traviss-clones-5069022 The fans over at Imperial Shipyards launched a petition asking George Lucas to let…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Feb 12 '10

Donnie Darko And Tim Burton Are No Longer Lovable

Two gothic treasures have lost their dark lustre, according to the Onion AV Club. When asked which pop-culture artifacts they’d fallen out of love with, the Onion AV Club editors fingered Donnie Darko and Tim Burton. The Onion’s Claire Zulkey has bad news about the one Richard Kelly film that most people still seem to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 12 '10

How To Expand io9 Comments So You See All Replies

You may have noticed that the comment threads on io9 are automatically collapsed, so replies to comments don’t show up. You can always click “read replies” to read the responses to one particular comment, or scroll to the bottom and click “expand all comments” to see all threads. But what if you want comment threads…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 12 '10

The Great Thing About YA Fiction Is, There Are No Genre Boundaries

Nowadays, “young-adult fiction” includes every type of story, including post-apocalyptic and fantasy, says Forest Of Hands And Teeth author Carrie Ryan. And then readers reach adulthood and we suddenly expect them to choose their genres. Talking to Magical Words, Ryan says: One of the great things about YA is that all the books are shelved…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Feb 12 '10

Did Percy Jackson Rip Off Avatar’s Plot?

When you watch Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, you may start wondering if it’s a straight-up remake of Avatar. The plot similarities are uncanny after a while… almost like the Hand of Destiny is at work. Spoilers… Consider the stories of both movies: There’s a guy, who’s just a plain ordinary Joe,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 12 '10

The Blazing Poles Of Blue Saturn

Saturn put on an incredible once-in-a-blue-moon show for the Hubble Space Telescope — Hubble was able to view the planet when its rings were edge-on, so that the planet’s twin aurorae, its northern and southern lights, were visible. According to Hubble press site: At first glance the light show of Saturn’s aurorae appears symmetric at…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 12 '10

Lost Set Pics Include The Scene You’ve Been Dying To See For Ages

A ton of Lost spoilers include a glimpse of the scene you’ve waited forever to see. There’s fascinating Supernatural and Chuck casting news, and a Doctor Who spoiler chart. Plus Thor, Venom, Twilight, Toy Story, True Blood and Smallville spoilers. Thor: Not really much of a spoiler — but this movie is set to do…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Feb 12 '10

Let A Live Nude Girl Read Science Fiction To You

You could be hearing Isaac Asimov and Douglas Adams in a whole new way, if you happen to be in New York on March 5. The Pinchbottom Burlesque is organizing “Naked Girls Reading Science Fiction.” (NSFW pic below the fold.) The event takes place at “the plush and decadent upstairs lounge at Madame X in…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Feb 11 '10

The Complete List Of Sources Avatar’s Accused Of Ripping Off

Avatar finally ended its stretch as America’s #1 movie, but people are continuing to point out sources that James Cameron borrowed from. It’s become a national pastime, our version of Banshee-catching. We’ve rounded up 16 sources that Cameron allegedly nabbed. Dances With Wolves The similarities: A military man “goes native” and takes the side of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 11 '10

Give Danger The Finger (From A Safe Distance) With New Robot Hand

Give a hand to our new robot overlords. This robot hand responds to the glove-wearer’s movement exactly, allowing a bomb disposal expert to defuse a bomb from yards away, says Rich Walker with the Shadow Robot Company. The robot hand was just one of the innovations on display at the Ministry of Defence’s Center for…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 11 '10

Don’t Kill Your Darlings, Set Them Free

H.G. Wells isn’t the only author who published an earlier version of one of his novels in a separate edition. Peter Straub is publishing The Skylark, a version of his new novel A Dark Matter before it changed in editing. Straub explains to Suvudu: The Skylark is primarily intended for the dedicated reader who collects…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Feb 11 '10

We’re Starving For The Third Hunger Games Book!

The cover and title of the final book in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy, out August 24, has finally been revealed: It’s called Mockingjay, fittingly enough. Click to enlarge.

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Feb 11 '10

Geek Weddings: Dinosaurs, Science Experiments And Han Solo

When nerds pledge our undying devotion, we do it with a bit more style. Two recent geek weddings brought the geek love: One with Star Wars-themed wedding bands, and one with a study of oxytocin levels among the guests. According to Offbeat Bride, Celeste and Jason, who work on Fandomania together, decided to have a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 11 '10

Just How Doomed Are Flashforward And Caprica?

Two freshman TV shows are showing severe danger signs. ABC shortened FlashForward’s first season by one episode, as the drama named three new showrunners. Meanwhile, Caprica’s third episode got just 1.13 million viewers, less than Swamp Loggers. Now that David S. Goyer has left FlashForward just a few months after taking over as the sole…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Feb 11 '10

Charlie Jane Anders

Eddie Schenck art

Which “On The Bubble” TV Show Will You Campaign For?

Doctor Who Tried To Overthrow The British Government

How Will The New Escape From New York Be Different? Plus Major Lost And Smallville Developments!

It’s Tron On Ice!

Science Fiction’s Greatest Love Potions And Devotion Rays

Is It Too Late To Save The Imperial Commandos?

Donnie Darko And Tim Burton Are No Longer Lovable

How To Expand io9 Comments So You See All Replies

The Great Thing About YA Fiction Is, There Are No Genre Boundaries

Did Percy Jackson Rip Off Avatar’s Plot?

The Blazing Poles Of Blue Saturn

Lost Set Pics Include The Scene You’ve Been Dying To See For Ages

Let A Live Nude Girl Read Science Fiction To You

The Complete List Of Sources Avatar’s Accused Of Ripping Off

Give Danger The Finger (From A Safe Distance) With New Robot Hand

Don’t Kill Your Darlings, Set Them Free

We’re Starving For The Third Hunger Games Book!

Geek Weddings: Dinosaurs, Science Experiments And Han Solo

Just How Doomed Are Flashforward And Caprica?

23 Years After the SP, This Handheld May Finally Improve the Game Boy

This Is the Weekend Wizards of the Coast Needs to Not Put a Foot in It

Philips WiFi Smart Door Lock Is Back to All-Time Low, Secure Access With Passcode, Fingerprint, Voice Control, and More

Maryland Just Banned Surveillance Pricing on Groceries. Critics Say It’s Basically Toothless

Jackery Slashes Explorer 1000 v2 Power Station by Nearly 50%, Time to Gear Up for Camping and Summer While It’s Cheap

79 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in May

Forget DJI Osmo, GoPro Clears Out HERO12 Black Action Camera at Below Black Friday Price on Amazon

Weird Quantum Gadget Spits Out Chaotic ‘Sound Particles’

Longshot Polymarket Bets on Military Activity Are Paying Off at a Jaw-Dropping Rate

Zach Cregger Explains Why His ‘Resident Evil’ Movie Is Unlike Any of the Past Films

Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo Review: Your Gaming Lifestyle Deserves Two Screens

Steam Controller Review: Trackpads Change Everything for PC Gaming

Soundcore Space 2 Review: A Shockingly Stellar Value for Budget ANC Wireless Headphones

Anker’s UV Printer Can Handle Almost Anything… If You Know What You’re Doing

HP’s EliteBoard Keyboard-Computer Proves We Can Stick a PC in Anything

Sleep-Tracking Earbuds Didn’t Fix Me, but They Did Open My Eyes

I’ve Tested a Lot of Bad Smart Glasses and These Are the Worst Yet

Roborock’s Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Is the Ultimate Robot Mop—If You Don’t Have Corners or Walls

Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets