One anthology contains the most amazing visions of future Japan
In his introduction to The Future is Japanese, co-editor Nick Mamatas notes that Japanese Science Fiction is just like “Western Science Fiction, in that it is hard and soft, dark and whimsical, rigorous and fantastical.” And Mamatas’ new book, coedited with Masumi Washington, serves as a fantastic bridge between Western and Japanese SF. The anthology…
Infinity Ring: A New Time Travel Series from Scholastic
Scholastic has just announced their next big multi-platform project and this time, it’s science fiction. Introducing Infinity Ring (Scholastic’s follow-up to The 39 Clues), a time-travel book that takes kids into the battle for history itself. In 2008 (two years before the introduction of the iPad) Scholastic realized that in the future kids wouldn’t be…
How I drew Willow from Buffy The Vampire Slayer
There are many talented comic book illustrators out there, but very few do “sublimely gorgeous” quite like artist David Mack. Mack — who you may know from such comics as Kabuki, Daredevil, and Alias — recently gave io9 an exclusive tour of his sketchbook. He’s illustrating the covers for Dark Horse Comics’ upcoming Willow miniseries,…