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Ray Bradbury finally gives in, agrees to release Fahrenheit 451 as an ebook

Fahrenheit 451 might be the most famous book about book-burning ever written, and its author, Ray Bradbury, has long insisted that it only be available as a print book, on paper. Until today. Bradbury has finally given in, and Fahrenheit 451 is available for the first time as an ebook. It is such a pleasure…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Steve Martin has to explain to Fox News the difference between a solar system and a galaxy

Poor Fox News. They posted an article with a headline saying that a New Zealand man was the first amateur astronomer to capture a photograph of another galaxy — when in fact, Rolf Olsen had just captured an image of another solar system, Beta Pictoris. It’s an easy mistake to make — galaxies and solar…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Ancient landslides shaped the magnificent cliffs of Vesta

Despite being only about 330 miles across, the asteroid Vesta features some of the biggest cliffs in the entire solar system. This new image from NASA’s Dawn probe gives us one of the most striking looks yet at Vesta’s cliffs. The cliff seen at the center of the image is about twelve miles high. That’s…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Behold: The “Most Complete Map Ever Made” of Westeros and Essos

Check out what could be the most detailed map ever made of the lands in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire. Covering about 25,000 square miles of Westeros and the lands to the East, this work has over 250 locations, lakes, rivers, towers — and of course The Wall. Behold the splendor!…

io9 Meredith Woerner

10 More Deranged Depictions of Santa Claus

We’ve seen plenty of proper screwball depictions of Kris Kringle previously, but history is ripe with examples of magical pensioners who trespass down strangers’ flues. Here are 10 of the more egregious examples to throw on this Yuletide bonfire of weirdness. https://gizmodo.com/the-evil-santas-of-science-fiction-5109749 1.) Sint (2010) In this Dutch film, an unworldly Sinterklaas returns from the…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

New trailer for John Carter slays the Martian legions with Led Zeppelin

You’ve seen the brooding first trailer for Andrew Stanton’s movie adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough’s Martian war tale John Carter. Now check out the much faster Led Zeppelin war-in-the-stars trailer. https://gizmodo.com/john-carter-trailer-rips-you-open-with-the-sword-of-mar-5821222 The trailer debuted on Good Morning America today with the newly shorn Taylor Kitsch in tow. Here’s a little peek, and there should be…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Why inbreeding really isn’t as bad as you think it is

Inbreeding is where cousins and other close relatives have children together. Most cultures have strong taboos against it, primarily because of the increased risk of birth defects. Here’s why that risk isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Of course, there can be some very serious consequences to inbreeding, particularly when it’s sustained over multiple…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Will nematodes conquer space before humans?

Caenorhabditis elegans is a a less-than-one-millimeter-long nematode that matures and dutifully produces its next generation in space the same way it does on earth. C. elegans’ biology shares certain important commonalities with that of humans. Therefore, University of Nottingham researchers are arguing that these roundworms should be used to model the effects of long stays…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

December in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Your Ultimate Survival Guide!

December opens up whole new universes for science fiction and fantasy fans! How can you prepare for the onslaught of awesomeness? Only by living in the future today, with the indispensible io9 calendar. What does December have in store for you? New movies include Tintin, Sherlock Holmes 2 and Brad Bird’s Mission Impossible movie. There…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

SVU‘s Christopher Meloni to appear on True Blood? THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

Move over Flopsy (Vampire Bill), Mopsy (Vampire Eric), and Cottontail (Jason Stackhouse)! The real deal is (rumored) to be coming to True Blood. That’s right folks, the man who invented the steely-eyed-furrowed-brow-head-tilt and is filled with so much testosterone he can impregnate ladies with a gaze is ready to punch first and ask questions later,…

Television Meredith Woerner

Scenes From Scotland From The End Of The World

The urban explorers of Abandoned Scotland have quietly and assiduously documented those derelict locations in the northern climes where human presence has receded. Their videos and photography will take you millennia into the future, when we’ve all (hopefully) moved to the New Edinburgh Ringworld. You can see many more of these sleekly assembled urbex videos…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Is this concept art of The Lizard from The Amazing Spider-Man?

Only a day after revealing his reptilian visage on a Pez dispenser, alleged concept art of The Lizard is now making the rounds courtesy of Russian superhero news site SpiderMedia.Ru. Spoilers ahead, Lizard watchers. https://gizmodo.com/your-first-look-at-the-lizard-from-the-amazing-spider-m-5863263 It more or less jibes with what we’ve seen of The Lizard onscreen at Comic-Con and his recently unveiled Pez…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Is HBO ready to make a massive commitment to Game of Thrones? Plus yet another description of the Dark Knight Rises prologue!

Henry Cavill won’t be the only person playing Clark Kent in Man of Steel. George Miller wants to make even more Mad Max sequels… just not in Australia. Steven Moffat explains Doctor Who’s scheduling change. Has The Wolverine been delayed again? Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Dark Knight Rises. The Dark…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

An unnerving short film about life inside the IKEA catalogue

For Utrecht’s 48 Hour Film Project, filmmakers Jeroen Houben, Tim Arts, and Stefan van den Boogaard created Page 23, a bizarre little gem about the secret lives of those condemned to dwell in furniture catalogues. I don’t want to over-explain this creepy four-minute short, so here’s the synopsis: Advertisements usually display unruffled domestic happiness. But,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Terra Nova‘s “Uneasy Allies” Episode: Too Little, Too Late

I’m really torn by last night’s Terra Nova — unlike many of the show’s other episodes, this was at least a mildly ambitious piece of storytelling. But the main storylines fell flat, not so much because of any flaws in the writing, but because they relied on us seeing Mira as a formidable adversary, or…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Classic Doctor Who Stories That Are Actually About Time Travel

The most recent era of Doctor Who has been full of time warps. The show about an alien in a time machine has been delving into the weird ramifications of time travel more than ever before, including the Doctor’s time-crossed relationship with River Song. But the show about a mysterious transdimensional blue box has always…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Moving Platforms let you get on high-speed train while it’s still moving

Imagine boarding a tram in Manhattan, which then leaves the city to connect with a high-speed train. You leave the tram for the train, and next thing you know you’re in downtown San Francisco…all without ever stopping at a station. That’s the basic idea behind Moving Platforms, which wants to take high-speed trains and remove…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The io9 Book Club is in session! Let’s talk about Ekaterina Sedia’s Heart of Iron

Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In October, we read Ekaterina Sedia’s novel Heart of Iron. 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…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Why did some dinosaurs have giant hollow bones in their backs?

Rapetosaurus was a huge, plant-eating dinosaur much like the brachiosaurus. It’s one of a family of dinosaurs that had a huge, hollow bone growing in its back. Known as an osteoderm, paleontologists are only now discovering what it was for. Osteoderms are still found today in creatures throughout the animal kingdom. These bones, which are…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Let’s put this Civil War Steampunk musical on Broadway

It’s time to champion this lovely and engaging Steampunk musical Futurity. Don’t believe me? Then take a listen right now. A band called The Lisps have put together a very beautiful musical. Long story short, the musical follows a Union soldier Julian Munro, and brilliant writer and very real human being Ada Lovelace. Together they…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Ray Bradbury finally gives in, agrees to release Fahrenheit 451 as an ebook

Steve Martin has to explain to Fox News the difference between a solar system and a galaxy

Ancient landslides shaped the magnificent cliffs of Vesta

Behold: The “Most Complete Map Ever Made” of Westeros and Essos

10 More Deranged Depictions of Santa Claus

New trailer for John Carter slays the Martian legions with Led Zeppelin

Why inbreeding really isn’t as bad as you think it is

Will nematodes conquer space before humans?

December in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Your Ultimate Survival Guide!

SVU‘s Christopher Meloni to appear on True Blood? THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

Scenes From Scotland From The End Of The World

Is this concept art of The Lizard from The Amazing Spider-Man?

Is HBO ready to make a massive commitment to Game of Thrones? Plus yet another description of the Dark Knight Rises prologue!

An unnerving short film about life inside the IKEA catalogue

Terra Nova‘s “Uneasy Allies” Episode: Too Little, Too Late

Classic Doctor Who Stories That Are Actually About Time Travel

Moving Platforms let you get on high-speed train while it’s still moving

The io9 Book Club is in session! Let’s talk about Ekaterina Sedia’s Heart of Iron

Why did some dinosaurs have giant hollow bones in their backs?

Let’s put this Civil War Steampunk musical on Broadway

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