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Paul Krugman Does Charles Stross!

If you didn’t already worship visionary writer Charles Stross, a new virtual seminar on his works by a group of luminaries and amazing writers will convert you. Among the highlights: Paul Krugman on transdimensional economics. As a huge admirer of both Stross and mutant economist Paul Krugman, it’s particularly fangasmic to see Krugman analyzing Stross’…

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An Excellent Formula For Crafting Timeless Science Fiction Sagas

Are you an aspiring science fiction author? Let the salty ramblings of Vincent T. Grant, former astronaut, unlock the secrets of science fictional storycraft. Find out where the pros get their ideas from, including the nautical tales scrawled in the back of the prison library. My favorite part is where he explains how to write…

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Proyas: “Knowing Is The Polar Opposite Of National Treasure”

Nicolas Cage’s apocalyptic movie Knowing brings a lot of surprises, says director Alex Proyas. He explained to us how he crafted a widescreen action-adventure, with a spooky family drama at its core. Spoilers below… In Knowing, Nicolas Cage plays a professor whose son digs up a time capsule that was buried at his elementary school…

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Will This Awesome Doctor Who Filming Go To Waste?

Some lucky fans witnessed Doctor Who filming the ending of its next episode, “Planet Of The Dead.” But will we ever get to see those scenes for real? Pics, video, spoilers, and depressing rumors below. The latest filming report appears to cover the very ending of the Easter special episode, “Planet Of The Dead,” which…

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Drop Your Linen, Etc.: The Middleman Finally Coming To Your House

If you’re suffering from The Middleman withdrawal as badly as I am, then rejoice — the implausibly awesome superhero TV show is coming to DVD at last. The complete first season will hit your shelves this summer. Writes show creator Javier Grillo-Marxuach: produced by the good folk of shout! factory (the incredible episode-box artisans who…

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Battlestar Carnage, Clone Wars Decapitations And Wolverine’s Explosions

Today’s spoiler assault: telltale pics from Wolverine, Transformers, Heroes, Lost and Wonder Woman. New clips from Clone Wars and Smallville. Battlestar mayhem. Hints about Doctor Who, Kick-Ass, Chuck and Eleventh Hour. Spoilers refresh your cortex! Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen: I know, I know, we hate toy spoilers. But here’s a pic of Soundwave’s new…

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Create Your Own Original Star Trek Story

The original Star Trek only managed to make 80 episodes before running out of Dilithium. Not enough! So we mixed up the show’s most frequent plot twists, to create a foolproof Trek story generator. Design by the amazing Stephanie Fox.

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Doctor Who And The Return Of The Underused Companions

Doctor Who‘s most underrated companion, Martha Jones, will return for one of the 2009 specials, says actor Freema Agyeman. And now Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith) wants to return as well. He should get his chance. Just think about it — Martha and Mickey were last seen wandering off together, after all. At first, we thought…

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Sawyer Would Let You Beat Him Up

British comedian Iain Lee visited the set of ABC’s Lost, discovering a world of obscene costumes and mean directors. Video includes spoilers, but the biggest surprise is how laid-back Josh Holloway is about semi-naked tussling. And Lee also made a featurette about the new season, including interviews: [Svenskjulia]

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Pulp SF Book Covers That Channel Pure Id

The greatest pulp science fiction book covers aren’t just trashy, they’re lurid: filled with half-naked squirming and misplaced eyes, with Prince’s man/woman glyph bursting out. Here’s a gallery of some of our demented favorites. Book cover scans from Martin Isaac, J Levar, and Kyle Katz and Gojira2012 and Martin Prine.

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A Bat-Script, Hiro’s Surprising Companion, And A BSG PDA

Spoiler orgy! New Batman 3 script pages are probably fake, but fun anyway. There’s Transformers 2 set video. Plus tons of Lost, Battlestar, Doctor Who, Heroes, Life On Mars, Smallville and Supernatural pics and spoilers. Batman 3: I don’t know if there’s enough grains of salt in the world for this, but in any case…

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Nuclear Energy Cost This Mutant Berzerker A Special Body Part [NSFW]

Mutant gang-leader Splatter doesn’t like the ladies, but he’s not gay either. So what’s his deal? One mutant groupie, with apalling Purple Rain-era makeup, finds out — in this horrendous/horrifying (NSFW) scene from Future Kill. Goldfarb was right — Future Kill is probably the worst theatrically released movie of all time. (Although, did Nine Deaths…

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Books Are The New Television Pitches

One of the year’s breakout hits, True Blood, is based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse books. And now, suddenly authors like Robert J. Sawyer, M.J. Rose and John Updike are spawning TV pilots. We’ve already written a lot about Robert J. Sawyer’s novel Flash Forward becoming a new ABC show, from producers David S. Goyer…

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The Alien People’s Court Is Now In Session

All rise — or levitate — for Space Judge. A sitcom about an attorney who becomes a judge in an alien version of Judge Judy is seeking a network, and we talked to the creators. In Space Judge, an attorney gets abducted from Earth, and forced to preside over a People’s Court-type courtroom for the…

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Full-On Flaming Dragon Action In New Outlander Clip!

Oh, it is on. This exclusive Outlander clip showcases a battle between Vikings and a space dragon, on fire! And Princess Freya has a monster duel of her own. Update: more cities added, see below. Outlander co-writer/producer Dirk Blackman posted on his blog that the movie is adding some more cities to its run this…

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R.I.P. Kim Manners, Indispensible Supernatural/X-Files Director

Supernatural and The X-Files would have lost a lot of their edge without the talents of director Kim Manners, who died on Sunday. Manners got his start working on Charlie’s Angels before going on to direct episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and other shows. But it was as a regular director of X-Files…

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Lots Of Faraday Bondage In Lost’s Upcoming Episodes!

Daniel Faraday gets tied up (and possibly caged) in the next few episodes of ABC’s Lost. But that’s only the beginning of the spoilery events revealed by a slew of new stills. Gallery below… Episode 5×03, “Jughead.” Sexy Nestor! Episode 5×04, “The Little Prince.” Episode 5×05 “This Place Is Death.” Looks as though Daniel is…

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Dollhouse Makeover Pics, A Smallville Comeback, And Chun-Li’s Villains

A spicy new featurette explains the complexity and drama behind Street Fighter. Plus there are new Lost and Heroes clips, and tons of Dollhouse, Doctor Who, Dragonball and Terminator pics. And Smallville script pages. Spoilers! Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li: In this new featurette from IGN, screenwriter Justin Marks explains the thought process behind…

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A First Stab At A Science Fiction Canon

They’re ambitious, those Brits — the Guardian newspaper has been publishing a listing of 1000 books you must read, and now it includes every must-read science fiction novel. Let the canon-shredding commence! Says the Guardian, in its intro: It is sometimes assumed that science fiction, fantasy and horror must mean spaceships, elves and vampires –…

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Cool Your Boot Jets! Astro Boy Still Zooming

Rumors are tearing up the web that Imagi’s CG animated Astro Boy movie has stopped production. But don’t start a robo-gladiator stampede. We talked to Imagi U.S. president Erin Corbett, who set the record straight. Astro Boy is the story of a scientist who creates a robot kid to replace his dead son. But the…

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Paul Krugman Does Charles Stross!

An Excellent Formula For Crafting Timeless Science Fiction Sagas

Proyas: “Knowing Is The Polar Opposite Of National Treasure”

Will This Awesome Doctor Who Filming Go To Waste?

Drop Your Linen, Etc.: The Middleman Finally Coming To Your House

Battlestar Carnage, Clone Wars Decapitations And Wolverine’s Explosions

Create Your Own Original Star Trek Story

Doctor Who And The Return Of The Underused Companions

Sawyer Would Let You Beat Him Up

Pulp SF Book Covers That Channel Pure Id

A Bat-Script, Hiro’s Surprising Companion, And A BSG PDA

Nuclear Energy Cost This Mutant Berzerker A Special Body Part [NSFW]

Books Are The New Television Pitches

The Alien People’s Court Is Now In Session

Full-On Flaming Dragon Action In New Outlander Clip!

R.I.P. Kim Manners, Indispensible Supernatural/X-Files Director

Lots Of Faraday Bondage In Lost’s Upcoming Episodes!

Dollhouse Makeover Pics, A Smallville Comeback, And Chun-Li’s Villains

A First Stab At A Science Fiction Canon

Cool Your Boot Jets! Astro Boy Still Zooming

‘Butt Birth’-ing Rhinoceros from Ace Ventura Sequel Sold at Auction for a Whopping $60,000

The Ryan Gosling Sci-Fi Streak Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Study Challenges Popular Theory on Why Primordial Bugs Were So Darn Huge

Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway’s Mystery’s Sci-Fi Film Has Its First Trailer

Scientists Just Found the Salt Limit That Pushes Your Heart to the Breaking Point

White House Social Media Just Had Its Covfefe Moment

Roborock F25 Ultra Steam Wet Dry Vacuum Is Now at Its Lowest Price, but Only During the Spring Sale Window

This $450 Semi-Dumb Phone Is Barely Even a Phone

Startup Successfully Ignites World’s First Fusion Rocket

Shokz OpenDots One Earbuds Hit Their Lowest Price Yet Across All Color Options, Including the New Ones

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees