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Galavant Is Perfect, Thank God It’s Only 8 Episodes

I have been waiting for the premiere of Galavant for months. Hell, maybe I’ve been waiting for Galavant all my life. Because to me Galavant is perfect, even when it’s not. Here’s my review. Galavant is the television embodiment of the hot theater guy. The high school classmate who wasn’t really someone you would consider…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Science Fiction And Fantasy Books You Can’t Afford To Miss In January!

We’re still recovering from our 2014 book binge, but already there are a ton of new books that we’re dying to read. Including a long-awaited new Michael Moorcock novel, and new books by Jo Walton, Karen Lord and Brian Staveley. Here are our picks for January’s most interesting science fiction and fantasy books. Note: Our…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Stars Of Action Blockbuster The Raid Join Episode VII

Iko Uwais, star of the phenomenal The Raid Indonesian action movie series, is the latest addition to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Watch Uwais in this fight scene from The Raid 2: Berendal and just try not to be excited. Uwais, along with The Raid costars Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman, are apparently performing…

Movies Rob Bricken

Hidden Portraits In These Illustrations Are Only Revealed With A Mirror

István Orosz makes prints that are beautiful on their own, but when you place a cylindrical mirror on the surface, a hidden image is revealed. Secretly, the illustrations contain anamorphic portraits of famous men. Orosz, who also goes by the pseudonym Utisz, is often compared to MC Escher because of his mathematical works and optical…

io9 Lauren Davis

How Two 18th Century Women Fell in Love and Invented Modern Romance

Romance hasn’t always been the stuff of bodice rippers and bad vampire movies. Back in the 18th century, the word “romantic” meant something akin to “foolish” or “fanciful.” But then a bunch of hipster sentimentalists changed everything — and invented the idea of love as we know it today. Saucy illustration “Archers,” by Adam Buck…

io9 Annalee Newitz

A Soul-Snatching Job Goes Hilariously Wrong For Unluckiest Grim Reaper

Dji is a Grim Reaper sent on an errand to retrieve the soul of a man dying in the hospital. Should be easy, right? Well, everything that could possibly go wrong does in this slapstick short film. Dji. Death Fails was directed by Dmitri Voloshin at the animation studio Simpals. The studio also just released…

io9 Lauren Davis

Charlie Brown Will Still Miss that Place Kick in the CGI Peanuts Movie

Perhaps eventually all your childhood favorites will come back CGI’d, and that’s okay! At least as far as the upcoming Peanuts movie is concerned. Because as you can see in the latest trailer for the November 2015 movie, the look is a little different, but Charlie Brown’s probably still gonna wuff a punt, and adults…

Movies Leslie Horn

Longing For More Korra & Asami? Fan Comics Picture Life After The Show

We loved The Legend of Korra’s season finale, but it left us with a profound desire to see more of Korra and Asami’s adventures. Fortunately, plenty of fan artists have drawn comics and illustrations picturing the pair’s life after the show ends. Top image by Sandra Velazquez. Naturally, after that ending and the creators’ confirmation…

Television Lauren Davis

Man Sentenced To Jail For Eating Tigers, Because Tigers

Dude, no. Guzzle all the Doritos-Flavored Mountain Dew you want, but in the name of all that is holy, keep your fork away from tiger meat, unlike a certain Chinese man (identified only as “Xu”) who was sentenced to 13 years in jail for buying and eating the endangered species three different times. (Could it…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Panasonic’s New UHD TVs Are as Color Accurate as Professional Monitors

Last year, after killing its beloved line of Plasma TVs, Panasonic rebooted its big screen lineup with a line ofsurprisingly beautiful 4K LEDs. Now, the company is doubling down on the benefits of LED with its latest line, which the company clams are the most accurate consumer TVs in the world. Overall, Panasonic will by…

Television Mario Aguilar

Watch The First 9 Minutes Of Syfy’s Spectacular 12 Monkeys Series

Now is the chance to get a taste of Syfy’s newest series 12 Monkeys,which we kind of love. The first 9 minutes have been released online, so take a look and let us know what you think. [via Yahoo]

Television Meredith Woerner

The New Hackers Reality Show Would Be Great If Hacking Weren’t So Boring

SyFy just announced a new reality TV show called Hackers. It’s about hacking, naturally, and the network promises it will be awesome and exciting. (Spoiler: Hacking is incredibly boring.) The new, unscripted show does sound interesting. It’s unclear if the new SyFy series has anything to do with the 90’s classic film Hackers. SyFy will…

Television Adam Clark Estes

Why It’s Absurd To Tell Ted Chiang He’s Not Writing Science Fiction

People are often keen to impose a restrictive definition on science fiction, usually to rule something out of the genre. And even some of the genre’s best authors have been on the receiving end of this. Like multiple award-winning writer Ted Chiang, who’s regularly told his work is “not really science fiction.” Top image: The…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Canadian Iciclologists Show You How to Make Perfect Water Icicles

What’s the difference between icicles made with distilled water and icicles made with tap water? A team of scientists from the University of Toronto spun freezing water like a record, to see how it plays out. The icicle in the video above is not spinning just because it looks cool. (Although we can all agree…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Watch These Simple Vector Graphics Utterly Transform a Modern Dance

Marvel at these excerpts from Pixel, a modern dance performance that looks like it’s taking place inside the computers of Tron. It’s so simple, and yet it’s utterly captivating. Artistic director and choreographer Mourad Merzouki says this is his “work on illusion combining energy and poetry, fiction and technical achievement, hip hop and circus.” The…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

This Ancient Giant Armadillo Is Responsible For Giving Us The Avocado

But not just this giant armadillo. Giant sloths, four-tusked elephants, and a whole bunch of other ancient mammals that roamed the earth over 10,000 years ago also all played a role. Over at National Geographic’s The Plate, they’re looking at the history of how the modern avocado evolved. The history of humans and avocados stretches…

io9 Ria Misra

Early Immigrants Had to Pass This Intelligence Test to Enter America

In the early 1900s those yearning to breathe free had a few hurdles to get over once they came to America. One of them was an intelligence test. Here’s one of the earliest citizenship tests designed for non-English-speaking people. People landing at Ellis Island in the early twentieth century were not given the warmest welcome.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

67 Science Fiction And Fantasy Movies To Watch Out For In 2015!

What’s hitting the big screen this year? Basically, everything. Luke Skywalker, James Bond, the Terminator, Velociraptors, all the superheroes. But there are also some great surprises, like a movie based on a beloved Nebula-winning novel. Here are the 67 science fiction and fantasy movies you need to know this year. Top image: Mad Max: Fury…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Chris Carter’s Amazon Series The After Is Over

Amazon is walking away from the X-Files creator’s latest TV series, The After. Variety is reporting that Chris Carter’s weird Amazon series is no more. Amazon is walking away from its original plan to fund an entire series. Not super surprising, as the pilot debuted last February and yielded not great reviews. The premise was…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Excuse Me, Sir, But You Have A Rather Large Knife In Your Skull

YOWCH! A Brazilian taxi driver survived being stabbed in the head … and roamed around with the knife wedged into his melon for over three hours. As you can see from the X-rays, we’re not talking about a little poke from a Swiss Army knife. That’s practically Excalibur up in there! Incredibly, CNN reports, Juacelo…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Galavant Is Perfect, Thank God It’s Only 8 Episodes

Science Fiction And Fantasy Books You Can’t Afford To Miss In January!

Stars Of Action Blockbuster The Raid Join Episode VII

Hidden Portraits In These Illustrations Are Only Revealed With A Mirror

How Two 18th Century Women Fell in Love and Invented Modern Romance

A Soul-Snatching Job Goes Hilariously Wrong For Unluckiest Grim Reaper

Charlie Brown Will Still Miss that Place Kick in the CGI Peanuts Movie

Longing For More Korra & Asami? Fan Comics Picture Life After The Show

Man Sentenced To Jail For Eating Tigers, Because Tigers

Panasonic’s New UHD TVs Are as Color Accurate as Professional Monitors

Watch The First 9 Minutes Of Syfy’s Spectacular 12 Monkeys Series

The New Hackers Reality Show Would Be Great If Hacking Weren’t So Boring

Why It’s Absurd To Tell Ted Chiang He’s Not Writing Science Fiction

Canadian Iciclologists Show You How to Make Perfect Water Icicles

Watch These Simple Vector Graphics Utterly Transform a Modern Dance

This Ancient Giant Armadillo Is Responsible For Giving Us The Avocado

Early Immigrants Had to Pass This Intelligence Test to Enter America

67 Science Fiction And Fantasy Movies To Watch Out For In 2015!

Chris Carter’s Amazon Series The After Is Over

Excuse Me, Sir, But You Have A Rather Large Knife In Your Skull

Anker Prime Docking Station Hits Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Winds Down (14 Ports With 160W Output)

Google TV Streamer 4K Drops to an All-Time Low, Final Hours in Amazon Spring Sale to Turn Any TV Smart on a Budget

The New ‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer Brings Eternia to Life

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

UGREEN Bluetooth Tracker 4-Pack Now Just $7 Each With iOS and Android Support, While AirTag Stays at Full Price

Trump Posts Concept Art of His Presidential Library, and It’s AI Slop

Forget Tower Desktop, GMKtec Mini PC Drops to a Record Low as Amazon Clears Out Final Spring Sale Stock

‘Fallout’ Season 2 Was a Hit Despite That Unsatisfying Release Strategy Change

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

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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

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