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All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books You Can’t Miss in October!

October brings an amazing horde of great books, to keep you reading way into the night. Lois Lowry concludes the Giver saga, Justin Cronin continues the Passage trilogy, and Iain M. Banks has a new story of the Culture. Plus Catherynne M. Valente’s latest Fairyland novel, and Cory Doctorow’s follow-up to Little Brother. And some…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

What is the Wachowskis’ new TV show Sense8 about?

Now that Andy and Lana Wachowski’s latest movie Cloud Atlas is nearing its premiere date, rumors are spreading that their next project (possibly after the film Jupiter Ascending) could be a TV series, titled Sense8. https://gizmodo.com/the-crazypants-synopsis-to-the-wachowskis-next-movie-ju-5914707 While very little is known about this TV series, Variety is reporting that the director duo has teamed up…

Television Meredith Woerner

The $1 Billion Journey to the Mantle of the Earth

In an unprecedented $1 billion mission to reach the Earth’s mantle, geologists are set to start drilling 3.7 miles (6 km) beneath the seafloor, to reach the Earth’s mantle. And according to project co-leader Damon Teagle, “It will be the equivalent of dangling a steel string the width of a human hair in the deep…

io9 George Dvorsky

Revolution gets a full season pickup!

We were just debating in the comments on my Revolution recap whether the show’s first season was fixed at 13 episodes, or whether it could get a “back nine” to air in the Spring. And now, Ryan Parrott, who works with Bad Robot, just tweeted: https://gizmodo.com/revolution-has-grown-its-characters-more-in-three-episo-5948122 Separately, here’s a complete map of the new United…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

This animatronic baby Tyrannosaurus costume was made for board meetings

If you need to convey to your peers that you are the apex predator at but the nascency of your powers, you could do worse than this 16-foot-long, 53-pound baby tyrannosaurus costume by Wizart Studio. Watch this costume running amok through an alley, and note the car in the background doing a double take. PS:…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Why HIV is More Evil Than We Could Have Imagined

A devastating Salmonella epidemic is ravaging parts of sub-Saharan Africa right now — and it appears that HIV gave this rapidly evolving form of Salmonella a major boost. According to a new study, the African HIV epidemic appears to have provided this strain of Salmonella with a large number of humans with weakened immune systems,…

io9 George Dvorsky

Star Wars characters holding bunnies. Human art was meant to culminate in this moment.

Bad news, artists. Humanity has fulfilled its aesthetic potential with this series of paintings by Kelly Kerrigan. Everybody out of the art pool and go home. C’mon, shoo. There are no more zeniths left to scale. I’m putting a lock on the art fence. Anyone who’s stuck inside will be considered a trespasser and arrested…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

And now, the mayor of Iceland’s capital dressed as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Jón Gnarr Kristinsson, mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland, is cooler than your mayor. Before you contest our claim, we humbly present to you the following pieces of supporting evidence. Jón Gnarr, dressed as Obi-Wan Kenobi for last week’s Reykjavík International Film Festival: Jón Gnarr, preparing for—and riding in—Reykjavík’s Gay Pride Parade, where he dressed as a…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

An Exclusive Excerpt from Little Star, From the Author of Let the Right One In

Before Let the Right One In was one of the best horror movies of the past decade, it was a novel by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist. In addition to tackling vampires, Lindqvist has written about zombies and other supernatural creatures. But his new novel, Little Star, is about something… weirder. Check out a couple…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Sinister scary or not? Watch these new clips and decide

We’ve got a bunch of new clips from the horror movie Sinister — which manages to be pretty scary, while also being more creative than your run-of-the-mill “found footage” movie. Sinister follows Ethan Hawke, true crimes novelist, as he tries to unwind the mystery behind a family that died of a mass hanging. All together,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Bizarre “Biblical” and “Fantasy” Maps of the World, Circa 1580

From the famous maps of cartographer Heinrich Bünting‘s Itinerarium Sacra Scripturae (Travels According to the Scriptures), come these fascinating mashup of religion, fantasy and map-making. Described by the Yale University Map Collection as a “cartographic oddity,” Bunting’s map was published in 1581, and serves as a symbolic depiction (Bünting knew the world didn’t actually look…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Revolution has grown its characters more in three episodes than Terra Nova did in a season

A while back, we asked: Is Revolution the new Terra Nova, or the new Supernatural? And now we can say definitively that it’s closer to the latter. You may hate this show’s magical premise, but you can’t deny it’s doing the right things to develop staying power. https://gizmodo.com/this-weeks-tv-is-revolution-the-new-supernatural-or-t-5943755 The show’s characters started as one-dimensional archetypes,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

New project aims to upload a honey bee’s brain into a flying insectobot by 2015

Every once in a while, there’s news which reminds us that we’re living in the age of accelerating change. This is one of those times: A new project has been announced in which scientists at the Universities of Sheffield and Sussex are hoping to create the first accurate computer simulation of a honey bee brain…

io9 George Dvorsky

Androids, Comics, and Ghost Prostitutes: A Conversation With The Legendary Lance Henriksen

Throughout his career, Lance Henriksen has played everything from curious androids to paranormally powered FBI agents. But with his upcoming comic book To Hell You Ride, the actor gets to spin a Weird Western horror yarn that’s been haunting him for decades. (Also, what did Bishop himself think of Prometheus?) Courtesy of Dark Horse Comics,…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

One Way That Bird Brains Could Be Superior to Mammal Brains

Mammals are unique in that they’re the only animals whose brains feature a neocortex — a recently evolved structure that’s responsible for higher order functioning like conscious thought, sensory perception, spatial reasoning, and language. But now, scientists working at the University of Chicago have confirmed that birds have their own version of the neocortex —…

io9 George Dvorsky

The io9 Book Club is in session! Let’s talk about John Scalzi’s Redshirts!

Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In September, we read John Scalzi’s Redshirts. Jump into comments to get started talking about it! For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here’s how it works: You read the book. We create a special book club post on io9 when the meeting is…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Would an Unlimited Subscription Get Your Ass Back in a Movie Theater Seat?

Going to the movies is expensive. Here in New York a regular adult ticket costs about $12, which doesn’t even include the price of popcorn and soda. MoviePass, which is currently in beta, wants to fix this by offering an all-you-can-watch subscription to the movies. TechCrunch reports that for a subscription fee of $25-$40 per…

Movies Mario Aguilar

10 Silliest Frankenstein Spoofs

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein helped to launch the entire genre of science fiction, and shaped our dialogue about the ethics of science and artificial life. But it’s also created a pop culture explosion that’s lasted over a century, and continues full-tilt today. Franken-culture is here to stay, and it often gets mighty ridiculous. To celebrate Friday’s…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The Bay Is A Grotesque, Giant Tongue-Eating Parasite Tease

Barry Levinson’s found footage horror movie The Bay uses every single camera we can think of to deliver the chills. From phone cameras to security cameras to underwater cameras, all of the various shaky shots come together to teach us that if we don’t take care of this planet, mutant parasites will strip our bodies…

Movies Meredith Woerner

This short film is the next best thing to a new Swamp Thing movie

Here’s Gloam, a visual effects piece by David Elwell & Gareth Hughes. With nary a word, the filmmakers communicates how living in the forest as an antlered wood-beast is not particularly conducive to making new friends. Also, the creature’s design bears a resemblance to Swamp Thing’s recent sartorial shift, so roll with that as you…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books You Can’t Miss in October!

What is the Wachowskis’ new TV show Sense8 about?

The $1 Billion Journey to the Mantle of the Earth

Revolution gets a full season pickup!

This animatronic baby Tyrannosaurus costume was made for board meetings

Why HIV is More Evil Than We Could Have Imagined

Star Wars characters holding bunnies. Human art was meant to culminate in this moment.

And now, the mayor of Iceland’s capital dressed as Obi-Wan Kenobi

An Exclusive Excerpt from Little Star, From the Author of Let the Right One In

Sinister scary or not? Watch these new clips and decide

Bizarre “Biblical” and “Fantasy” Maps of the World, Circa 1580

Revolution has grown its characters more in three episodes than Terra Nova did in a season

New project aims to upload a honey bee’s brain into a flying insectobot by 2015

Androids, Comics, and Ghost Prostitutes: A Conversation With The Legendary Lance Henriksen

One Way That Bird Brains Could Be Superior to Mammal Brains

The io9 Book Club is in session! Let’s talk about John Scalzi’s Redshirts!

Would an Unlimited Subscription Get Your Ass Back in a Movie Theater Seat?

10 Silliest Frankenstein Spoofs

The Bay Is A Grotesque, Giant Tongue-Eating Parasite Tease

This short film is the next best thing to a new Swamp Thing movie

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

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

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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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