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Ask Nick Harkaway anything you want about Angelmaker

In May, the io9 Book Club read Nick Harkaway’s Angelmaker. Now Harkaway is coming to answer your questions about the book tomorrow, June 1. https://gizmodo.com/the-io9-book-club-is-in-session-lets-talk-about-nick-h-5914071 He’ll be making the comment thread on this very post approximately 9 percent better on June 1 between 12:00-1:00 PM Pacific Time. Start posting your questions for him now, and…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

The First 3 Chapters from Daniel H. Wilson’s Thrilling New Novel Amped

First he gave us helpful advice for the robot uprising, then he wrote the robot war novel Robopocalypse. Now Daniel H. Wilson is turning his attention to the plight of cyborgs and posthumans, with his dystopian new novel Amped. And we’ve got the first three chapters right here! Come back tomorrow for chapters four and…

io9 Daniel H. Wilson

The Crazypants Synopsis to the Wachowskis’ Next Movie Jupiter Ascending

The Wachowski’s next big movie, after Cloud Atlas, is titled Jupiter Ascending. The only details we had no the strange futuristic movie was that Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis were starring in it… until now. Vulture has released what they are claiming is the synopsis for Jupiter Ascending. And it is bat-shit crazy: A universe…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Do we really need more optimistic science fiction?

Noted writer Neal Stephenson has argued that contemporary science fiction is too focused on nihilism and apocalyptic scenarios. The current crop of such works, such as The Walking Dead, are compared rather unfavorably to the hopeful view of the future that was supposed to be common theme in the mid twentieth century. One obvious question…

Books & Comics Mike LaBossiere - Talking Philosophy

Leprechaun remake will star WWE wrestler Hornswoggle

Lionsgate has hired a screenwriter Harris Wilkinson to remake its classic Leprechaun horror movie. And according to Deadline, Lionsgate “already set the WWE wrestler Hornswoggle to play the creature when the project was unveiled as the first in a two-film deal between Lionsgate and WWE Studios.” That is a real thing that is happening in…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The awesomely weird art of 1800s baseball photography

In the late 1800s, baseball players didn’t have the luxury of high-tech cameras to capture their in-game bravado. Instead, players would sometimes pose with imperceptibly hung baseballs in portrait studios. This bit of camera legerdemain was supposed to make players appear as if they were furiously concentrating on America’s pastime. More often than not, this…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

What the New Yorker and Tin House science fiction issues tell us about the state of SF

People who enjoy seeing the collision of literary and genre fiction have an unusual bounty right now: The New Yorker just turned its summer fiction edition over to science fiction. And last month the literary magazine Tin House produced its first “Science Fair” edition. The two magazines took somewhat different tacks, as would be expected…

io9 Michael Ann Dobbs

Branded trailer proves that advertisements are eating your brain

Check out the new trailer for Branded the trippy They Live-channeling horror flick in which one man wakes up and realizes creepy monsters are controlling the world through advertisements. It’s pretty wild and kind of beautiful — we only wish these advertising monsters would sit still for a second so we can get a better…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Could SpaceX land the first humans on Mars?

Today, SpaceX recovered its Dragon spacecraft after a successful journey to the International Space Station — thus proving that a private company can transport supplies, or maybe even crew, to the ISS. Everybody’s saying this is the real beginning of the era of private space travel. But how much further could private companies like SpaceX…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The bad guy of Piranha 3DD tells us about his aquatic swingers’ club

In Piranha 3DD — the sequel to 2010’s “nubile swimmers getting eaten underwater” flick Piranha 3D — a sleazy water park monitored by stripper lifeguards and an unapologetically ineffectual David Hasselhoff is invaded by hungry fish. io9 had a quick chat with comedian David Koechner about playing P3DD’s villainous water slide magnate and the public’s…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

In 1901, you could pay 50 cents to ride an airship to the Moon

The passengers wait eagerly in the ornate lobby of the enormous spaceport. Soon, a signal indicates that their spaceship is ready for boarding. As they wait, special displays instruct them about how their spaceship functions and what to expect once they leave Earth’s atmosphere. Aboard the giant spacecraft — as luxuriously appointed as any yacht…

io9 Ron Miller

What Flies Can Teach You About Your Restless Leg Syndrome

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is one of those frustrating diseases where we know what it does, and how it works, but the underlying root cause is difficult to ascertain. Now, by engineering flies to have the disease, scientists may have revealed the genetic origins of RLS. One of the theories behind RLS is that it’s…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Crazy Kinect Magic Makes Sci-Fi Holograms Real

We’re reaching a point at which the Kinect might be more impressive for everything it does except gaming—and projects like this one might seal the deal. DSLR footage spread over a 3D mapped body? Here’s the future. As the Creators Project points out, the technique of pasting human faces and frames on computer forms isn’t…

Movies Sam Biddle

10 Weirdest Ways That Ancient Rulers Died

One of the most shocking things about Game of Thrones is the brutal and often bizarre ways that the nobles and princes kick the bucket — but George R.R. Martin’s horrifying story is pretty close to historical realism. Many historical leaders snuffed it in bizarre, insane ways, from being smothered by coats to, yes, drinking…

io9 Keith Veronese

And now, every single Harry Potter magic spell in one video

Behold 17 minutes of straight spell-shouting from the cast of the Harry Potter films, courtesy of one very patient YouTuber. The creepy thing? We can name just about every single spell’s intended result. Wingardium Leviosa! [Via Buzzfeed]

Movies Meredith Woerner

How Snow White‘s Huntsman morphed from grizzled old Sean Connery into Thor

The script for the dark fantasy flick Snow White and the Huntsman didn’t just spring up out of the fairy tale fever over the last few years. When screenwriter Evan Daugherty was in film school at NYU, he penned this gritty take on the girl with skin as white as snow. We chatted with the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Behold, the violent comics Frank Miller wrote for his high school newspaper

Frank Miller has made a name for himself with hard-boiled comic yarns like The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil, and Sin City. Miller’s grittier inclinations were on display at the age of 15, when he contributed these two comic strips to the October 1972 edition of his high school newspaper. The students at Miller’s high school…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Watch a bunch of psychic children trash adults in the new music video by M83

For their most recent album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, ethereal French pop band M83 has been releasing music videos starring a bunch of telekinetic children escaping from their grown-up pursuers. It’s like Escape To Witch Mountain, but with guitars and synthesizers. Keep your eyes peeled for a homage to the late Adam Yauch. Their most…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

How Violets Steal Your Sense of Smell

Violet is now considered a relatively cheap, simple, and old-fashioned scent. It’s definitely old fashioned, since it’s been popular forever, but the origin of its popularity is violet’s amazing ability to take away a person’s sense of smell. Top image: slgckgc/Flickr It’s always gratifying to come across an explanation for something you have vaguely wondered…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Bird That Invented Home Insulation

There are some animals you look at and wonder: How in the world did they evolve? One such bird is the megapode. This is a bird that, to carry on its species, creates a nest that incorporates materials science, biochemistry, physics, and heavy construction work. How did this unusual-looking bird invent a self-heating building, thousands…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Ask Nick Harkaway anything you want about Angelmaker

The First 3 Chapters from Daniel H. Wilson’s Thrilling New Novel Amped

The Crazypants Synopsis to the Wachowskis’ Next Movie Jupiter Ascending

Do we really need more optimistic science fiction?

Leprechaun remake will star WWE wrestler Hornswoggle

The awesomely weird art of 1800s baseball photography

What the New Yorker and Tin House science fiction issues tell us about the state of SF

Branded trailer proves that advertisements are eating your brain

Could SpaceX land the first humans on Mars?

The bad guy of Piranha 3DD tells us about his aquatic swingers’ club

In 1901, you could pay 50 cents to ride an airship to the Moon

What Flies Can Teach You About Your Restless Leg Syndrome

Crazy Kinect Magic Makes Sci-Fi Holograms Real

10 Weirdest Ways That Ancient Rulers Died

And now, every single Harry Potter magic spell in one video

How Snow White‘s Huntsman morphed from grizzled old Sean Connery into Thor

Behold, the violent comics Frank Miller wrote for his high school newspaper

Watch a bunch of psychic children trash adults in the new music video by M83

How Violets Steal Your Sense of Smell

The Bird That Invented Home Insulation

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

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

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