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Tonight’s Game of Thrones Had More Questions Than Answers

So grab a warm cup of rabbit’s blood and let’s try to figure out what happened in-between the lines of “Blood of My Blood.” Uh, what is Samwell thinking? What is Arya thinking? What is Margaery thinking behind her (and her husband’s) sudden conversion? I’m not sure, but we still got the unexpected return of…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Colorado River is a Blue Ribbon in the Desert When Seen From the ISS

Tim Peake snapped an amazing picture of the Grand Canyon earlier today as the International Space Station passed overhead. The Colorado River is a blue ribbon in the middle of a desert. As Peake points out, the sense of scale with this feature is incredible, especially when you realize how deep the Canyon is, and…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Boogie Storm Re-Invades Britain’s Got Talent

Dance troupe Boogie Storm impressed us with their performance at Britain’s Got Talent a couple of weeks ago. They’re now back with a followup, and it’s equally just as thrilling. Their latest routine includes music from The Weather Girls, LMFAO, Diana Ross and Bill Medley, as well as some particularly crazy moves: Ultimately, they walked…

io9 Andrew Liptak

So You Want To Join The Empire: Beating the Summer Heat

One of the most common questions that I get when I’m trooping in Stormtrooper armor (after “Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?”) is “Are you hot under there?” Usually, the answer is yes. With the coming summer, trooping is no joke. Wrapping yourself in a black undersuit, plastic armor, and an enclosed helmet…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Norman Reedus and Andrew Lincoln Spoof the Star Wars Holiday Special For Red Nose Day

Red Nose Day is a event put together by Comic Relief featuring a number of guests, all to raise money for children in need. This year, Walking Dead stars Norman Reedus and Andrew Lincoln took part, spoofing the opening credits for the Star Wars Holiday Special. There’s some entertaining cameos here, such as Jeff Goldblum,…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Small Beer Press is Kickstarting a Four-Century-Old Science Fiction Novel

Many people point to Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein as the first science fiction novel, but Small Beer Press thinks that they’ve got one better: The Chemical Wedding by Christian Rosencreutz: A Romance in Eight Days by Johann Valentin Andreae in a New Version by John Crowley, written in 1616. This year marks the 400th anniversary of…

Books & Comics Andrew Liptak

A New Extended Promo For Dark Matter Asks You To Trust Your Instincts

The first season of Dark Matter ended with one hell of a cliffhanger: our heroes captured by the Galactic Authority, turned in by one of their own. A new extended promo for the show shows just what happens to them next. Their fate, it seems, is a galactic maximum security prison, where they meet a…

Television Andrew Liptak

11 History Books You Should Read Before Writing Your Military SF Novel

So you want to be a military science fiction author. You’ve read the classics from all the major authors, and you’ve got a great idea for a novel. Except you haven’t served in the military, and don’t know much beyond what you’ve seen on TV and in movies. Here are 11 books of military history…

io9 Andrew Liptak

The Geek Feminist Revolution is an Essential Commentary For the Geek World

Kameron Hurley’s latest book, Geek Feminist Revolution, is going to piss some people off, and that’s a good thing. It’s an extremely relevant commentary on the larger geek world that needs to be read as widely as possible. Hurley has been writing since 2003, receiving acclaim for her Bel Dame Apocrypha and Worldbreaker sagas, and…

io9 Andrew Liptak

This Clever Animated Short Made Us Spit Out Our Coffee This Morning

This short film had me spitting out my coffee this morning. Voltige is a short film by third year Motion Picture in Arles student Léo Brunel in France. It’s quick, simple and hilarious. Brunel’s theme for this year was the garage, and this short film shows off some really funny antics from a pair of…

io9 Andrew Liptak

An Urban Explorer Group Stumbled Upon a Really Cool Star Wars Location

Oblivion State is a British urban exploration forum, and several of its members came across a really exciting find: the Millennium Falcon film set for the upcoming eighth Star Wars film. A group of the members heard some rumors that Rian Johnson’s sequel was filming in the area, and went out looking. Once they discovered…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Sam Mendes Won’t Direct Another James Bond Film

After directing two installments of the franchise back to back, Sam Mendes is stepping back from James Bond. The director of Skyfall and Spectre confirmed his departure earlier today at the Hay festival, according to the Guardian. This comes just days after rumors escalated that Tom Hiddleston – or maybe Jamie Bell – would be…

Movies Andrew Liptak

There’s Something Hidden in This Cryptic Transformers Teaser

Transformers: The Last Knight only recently got its title, but the marketing machine is up and running already with a cryptic teaser for something coming next week. The viral teaser is only 19 seconds long, but it comes with a message hidden in Morse code: Screen Rant translated the code, which revealed the following message:…

Movies Andrew Liptak

The Dude Just Joined Kingsman: The Golden Circle

The sequel to Kingsman: The Golden Circle just had a fun addition to its cast: The Dude himself, Jeff Bridges. The film has already had some interesting cast additions in the form of Elton John and maybe Colin Firth, and The Dude makes this already bonkers-sounding film even cooler. Bridges made the announcement from his…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Watch Oscar Isaac Tear Up the Dance Floor to Any Song

The dance scene with Sonoya Mizuno and Oscar Isaac from Ex Machina is one of our favorites. Now, a new Twitter feed has popped up showing that the pair can dance to just about any song. The folks behind the feed had been taking requests, and they’ve been matching up the music with the scene…

io9 Andrew Liptak

You’ll Want to Read This Moving Fairy Tale From Charles Yu

We love Charles Yu’s short deeply meta stories, and he’s just published a new one in this week’s edition of The New Yorker. It’s a brilliant, moving fairy tale that you don’t want to miss. The story starts with a man talking to his therapist, who asks him to tell her a story as he’s…

io9 Andrew Liptak

13 Terrifically Terrible Sci-Fi Movies to Watch on a Long Weekend

You know that great line from Party Down: “I’m into hard sci-fi. Fantasy is bullshit.” That’s me. Well, that’s me for the most part. There’s nothing quite like kicking back on a much deserved weekend, closing your curtains, and suspending disbelief for hours at a time. And to really escape, you need a cocktail that…

Movies Adam Clark Estes

Maze Runner: The Death Cure Has Been Bumped A Full Year

Back in March, Maze Runner star Dylan O’Brien was seriously injured while performing a stunt for the next installment of the series, The Death Cure, delaying the film. While they wait for him to recover, Fox has announced that the film’s release will be moved to January 12th, 2018. Due to the severity of O’Brien’s…

Movies Andrew Liptak

Mike Brooks On How He Created a Well-Worn Universe for His Novel Dark Run

There’s a category of science fiction that we really like: the well-worn space opera. Spaceships, crews, mysterious cargos, smuggling runs across the galaxy, and the like. Mike Brooks’ debut novel Dark Run has all of that and more, and we chatted with him about how he put this world together. Dark Run is a fun…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Check Out These Three New International Trailers for Finding Dory

The new trailer for Finding Dory tugged at our heart strings earlier this week. These three new international trailers don’t quite do the same thing, but they do show off quite a bit more footage of the upcoming Finding Nemo sequel. The three international trailers build off of the trailer from earlier this week, and…

Trailers Andrew Liptak

Tonight’s Game of Thrones Had More Questions Than Answers

The Colorado River is a Blue Ribbon in the Desert When Seen From the ISS

Boogie Storm Re-Invades Britain’s Got Talent

So You Want To Join The Empire: Beating the Summer Heat

Norman Reedus and Andrew Lincoln Spoof the Star Wars Holiday Special For Red Nose Day

Small Beer Press is Kickstarting a Four-Century-Old Science Fiction Novel

A New Extended Promo For Dark Matter Asks You To Trust Your Instincts

11 History Books You Should Read Before Writing Your Military SF Novel

The Geek Feminist Revolution is an Essential Commentary For the Geek World

This Clever Animated Short Made Us Spit Out Our Coffee This Morning

An Urban Explorer Group Stumbled Upon a Really Cool Star Wars Location

Sam Mendes Won’t Direct Another James Bond Film

There’s Something Hidden in This Cryptic Transformers Teaser

The Dude Just Joined Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Watch Oscar Isaac Tear Up the Dance Floor to Any Song

You’ll Want to Read This Moving Fairy Tale From Charles Yu

13 Terrifically Terrible Sci-Fi Movies to Watch on a Long Weekend

Maze Runner: The Death Cure Has Been Bumped A Full Year

Mike Brooks On How He Created a Well-Worn Universe for His Novel Dark Run

Check Out These Three New International Trailers for Finding Dory

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