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One Of Game Of Thrones‘ Nastiest Villains Is Making A Comeback

And the show may have cast a major character for some flashback scenes. Who’s fighting whom in Civil War? Deadpool has a lot more Green Lantern jokes… that won’t make it into the film. Plus, American Horror Story’s “most disturbing” scene, and our first look at Sleepy Hollow’s Betsy Ross. Behold, Spoilers! Captain America: Civil…

Television James Whitbrook

A Deep Space Antenna Looks Majestic Against the Night Sky

A dish antenna 35 meters in diameter is bright against the night sky in New Norcia, Australia. This station is part of Estrack, a international network of ground stations that link satellites with the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. It also communicates with deep space missions like Rosetta. Estrack turns 40 this year,…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Paul Cornell Explains Why Rock Mockumentary Makes a Perfect Comic

On Tuesday, the first issue of This Damned Band, written Paul Cornell (Doctor Who) and art by Tony Parker (Mass Effect: Foundation), went on sale. It’s the tale of a famous seventies rock band whose fake Satan worship has very real occult consequences. We talked to Cornell about how he managed to put all of…

Books & Comics Katharine Trendacosta

Chris Hadfield Sings About the Woes of a Gravity-less Life

“Can’t put my feet up, can’t hold my lunch down” — for most singers, this would be a metaphor. For astronaut Chris Hadfield, it’s a literal description of what was happening when he recorded the song on International Space Station. “Feet up” is the first single off of Hadfield’s upcoming album Space Sessions: Songs From…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

The Plague First Came to the United States Through San Francisco

We’ve learned that a child in Los Angeles is sick with the plague. That sounds anachronistic, but the plague has long been a resident of the American southwest. And it first came in through San Francisco. The city was ringing in the year 1900 and things looked bright. San Francisco was both a local hub…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The First Westworld Teaser Asks You To Question Your Reality

With the season finale of True Detective upon us tonight, HBO has released the first teaser of their upcoming show, Westworld, and it looks fantastic. There’s some unsettling images here as the robots looking blankly on as flies buzz across their faces and an interesting mix of modern, science fiction-looking rooms back to back with…

Trailers Andrew Liptak

Learn The ABCs With Some Mythological Monsters

Concept artist Nathaniel Anderson has illustrated a really cool graphic called Bestiary Alphabetum, which puts together a mythological creature with a corresponding letter of the alphabet. They’re all here! I took it upon myself to create an illustration of a Mythological creature or character for every letter of the alphabet, trying to span across a…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Seed Is Your Surrealistic Short Film Of The Day

Seed is a really strange and surrealistic short film that I keep going back to watch. There’s some really interesting Weird qualities to it, and I’ve been mesmerized by the blend of visuals and music. Design and tech firm Aixsponza is out of Munich, Germany, and this video is apparently something that they put together…

io9 Andrew Liptak

David Fincher’s Utopia Is Dead

According to Deadline, David Fincher’s US remake of the Channel 4 series Utopia for HBO is dead, with its actors released from their commitments. HBO had ordered the adaptation of the show last year, written by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn. Fincher would have directed the entire season. It seems that the production team and…

Television Andrew Liptak

Everyone Gets Locked In A Room With Someone They Don’t Like In Killjoys

This week’s episode of Killjoys finally brought some solid character building material after last week’s episode. In this latest episode, Comes The Rain, the show’s writers have gone with a long-standing trope, the ‘Locked In A Room’ episode. In doing so, they’ve finally given us a bit more depth. Spoilers ahead! Locked Room Episodes are…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Here’s The Winners Of The 2015 David Gemmell Awards

The David Gemmell Awards were established and first awarded in 2009 to honor the late David Gemmell by recognizing exemplary fantasy novels. Now in its seventh year, the three awards have honored some of the best recent fantasy novels. Here’s the winners: Ravenhart Award: (Best cover art) Sam Green for Words of Radiance by Brandon…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Bill Murray To Appear In Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Bill Murray will make an appearance in the upcoming reboot of Ghostbusters. The actor portrayed Dr. Peter Venkman in the original 1984 film, and was spotted in Boston, Massachusetts earlier this week, where the film is currently in production. Murray’s role in the film is unknown as of yet: his…

io9 Andrew Liptak

It’s Survival Of The Fittest In John Scalzi’s The End Of All Things

It’s pretty safe to say that John Scalzi’s career will be defined by his Old Man’s War series. The novels have consistently been his strongest novels, and with his latest entry in the series, The End Of All Things, he’s demonstrated that they’ve become more nuanced and interesting as time goes on. Some spoilers ahead.…

Books & Comics Andrew Liptak

Was the Fantastic Four Reboot Doomed From The Start?

Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four has been getting hammered this weekend—at the box office, by critics, and by audiences. The question everyone’s asking is: was the material bad from the get-go? Or did studio interference make this a bomb before it was even filmed? Earlier this weekend, Trank tweeted out that the movie that he envisioned…

Movies Andrew Liptak

This Puzzle Is Completely Absurd (but You Can Still Solve it)

Sometimes a seemingly meaningless puzzle makes just enough sense for you to solve it. This is one of those puzzles. Sunday Puzzle #43: Pickled Walnuts I was recently gifted a book of puzzles in logic and reasoning written by British economist, journalist, and puzzle composer Hubert Phillips. The following puzzle, a brain teaser Phillips calls…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Ben Affleck Might Be Directing A Batman Trilogy

Warner Brothers recently held a well-received screening of Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice for the crew and studio. Based on his performance as Batman/Bruce Wayne, it’s looking like Ben Affleck commitment to direct a stand-alone Batman film will be expanded to a trilogy. Den of Geek is reporting that the deal is in progress,…

Movies Andrew Liptak

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Story of Kullervo Will Be Published In October

There’s a new fantasy story from J.R.R. Tolkien set to be published later this fall: the author’s estate will be releasing The Story of Kullervo in October, one of his earliest prose works that would eventually lead him to Middle Earth. Here’s what the story is about: Brought up in the homestead of the dark…

io9 Andrew Liptak

RIP Frances Kelsey, Who Saved The Nation From Thalidomide

On Friday, Dr. Frances Kelsey passed away at the age of 101. She was the Food and Drug Administration official who changed the way drugs were tested and marketed to the general public when she began asking questions about the safety of thalidomide. Developed in the 1950s, Kevadon was a sedative administered to pregnant women…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Opossums Eating Bananas Are Super Cute

File this under cute. A group of orphaned opossums have been raised in a rehabilitation facility, and before they’re released, they’re given one final treat: bananas.

io9 Andrew Liptak

All The Best Straight Outta Submissions From Today

This morning, I started playing around with the Straight Outta Somewhere web app that lets you make your own album cover, and asked for your submissions for the best science fiction / fantasy characters you could come up with, and man, did you deliver. Here’s what’s been keeping me laughing all day. Eustache Dauger: titostarmaster:…

io9 Andrew Liptak

One Of Game Of Thrones‘ Nastiest Villains Is Making A Comeback

A Deep Space Antenna Looks Majestic Against the Night Sky

Paul Cornell Explains Why Rock Mockumentary Makes a Perfect Comic

Chris Hadfield Sings About the Woes of a Gravity-less Life

The Plague First Came to the United States Through San Francisco

The First Westworld Teaser Asks You To Question Your Reality

Learn The ABCs With Some Mythological Monsters

Seed Is Your Surrealistic Short Film Of The Day

David Fincher’s Utopia Is Dead

Everyone Gets Locked In A Room With Someone They Don’t Like In Killjoys

Here’s The Winners Of The 2015 David Gemmell Awards

Bill Murray To Appear In Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters

It’s Survival Of The Fittest In John Scalzi’s The End Of All Things

Was the Fantastic Four Reboot Doomed From The Start?

This Puzzle Is Completely Absurd (but You Can Still Solve it)

Ben Affleck Might Be Directing A Batman Trilogy

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Story of Kullervo Will Be Published In October

RIP Frances Kelsey, Who Saved The Nation From Thalidomide

Opossums Eating Bananas Are Super Cute

All The Best Straight Outta Submissions From Today

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

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Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

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