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New Walking Dead teasers to hit TV this week

Three new trailers for The Walking Dead will begin airing this week. The longest one showcases Rick limping through a hospital jam-packed with the undead. The latter two clips are just snippets from the trailer, but the first one gives an extended preview of Rick Grimes’ rude awakening in the hospital. The Walking Dead will…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Sep 5

Congratulations to the 2010 Hugo Award Winners!

The 2010 Hugo Award Winners were presented today at Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, in Melbourne, Australia, Who were among the big winners? China Miéville, Paolo Bacigalupi, and Moon. Here’s the full list of nominees. Winners are below. BEST NOVEL [Tie for first place] The City & The City by China Miéville…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 5

A visit to the Soviet arcade game museum

In late 2009, two intrepid bloggers visited a museum of Soviet arcade games outside of Moscow. What did they find? A subterranean den of gaming classics from behind the Iron Curtain. Anjel Van Slyke and Connal Hughes stopped by the museum in December 2009. Here’s an excerpt from their curious journey to visit the not-so-easily…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

Smallville RPG wields big drama

Did you know they made a Smallville RPG? Ed Grabianowski of Robot Viking recently scoped out this new role-playing game and found that this character-driven title offered a lot for Smallville and RPG aficionados alike. Margaret Weis Productions has a host of TV licenses in their stable of RPGs, from Battlestar Galactica to Leverage. These…

io9 Ed Grabianowski - Robot Viking Sep 4

The upcoming Judge Dredd movie is simply “Dredd,” will be “neo-noir action”

The 2012 Judge Dredd film starring Karl “Éomer Bones” Urban has a new title — Dredd — and a new plot synopsis. Also, Olivia Thirlby of Juno has signed on as the psychic Judge Anderson. Here’s the synopsis of the $45 million film from IM Global: DREDD takes us to the wild streets of Mega…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

An amnesiac zombie teams up with a hyperactive paranormal detective

Hanna is Not a Boy’s Name stars a nameless zombie employed by a bouncing-off-the-walls hyper detective. Together, they investigate offbeat paranormal mysteries — and try not to get too many people killed in the process. One gloomy night, a zombie appears on the door of Hanna Falk Cross, paranormal detective, looking for a job. He’s…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 4

All’s Fair at the Fair (1938)

In this 1938 short animation by the Fleischer Brothers, the world of the future is imagined as a wondrous place filled with automated cityscapes and robotic barbers. The 1938/39 New York World’s Fair captured the imagination of an era. A great deal has been written about “The World of Tomorrow” and its cultural impact, ending…

io9 Cory Gross - Voyages Extraordinaire Sep 4

What science fiction and horror flicks are on Hulu these days?

Hulu’s scifi and horror pages are chock full of worthwhile movies, even if the selection skews towards the ridiculous and low-budget. Here’s the cream of the crop. Apologies to our international readers! – Krull: It inspired some weird weddings! – Real Genius: A futurist classic! – Ultraviolet: Dystopian sexy vampires! – Short Circuit: 1980s robots…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

Fictional business cards to fill your scifi Rolodex

Yesterday, we showed you how the corporate websites for science fiction companies might look. But what about their business cards? Designer Fernando Reza has imagined Rolodex fodder for starship researchers, henchmen, and the folks who sweep up zombie guts. https://gizmodo.com/websites-for-scifis-most-famous-evil-corporations-base-5629216 Reza’s Fro Designs is offering 20 limited edition prints of “Day Jobs,” a collection of…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 4

The 10 strangest creative liberties ever taken on superhero TV shows

When a superhero makes the jump from comics to TV, you anticipate that the show will deviate from the source material somewhat. What you don’t expect is Spider-Man piloting a giant robot or the Thing hanging out with Fred Flintstone. Here are 10 superhero TV shows that played it fast and loose with their characters’…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

Europeans Get Their Limited Edition Inception Blu-Ray Sets In A Briefcase

Remember the gadgets that put people to sleep in Inception? The European limited edition Inception Blu-Ray set is packaged in briefcases just like the ones that housed those devices. There’s even a totem included, but I wouldn’t trust it. The Blu-Ray set will be available on December 6 and cost about $46. There’s no word…

Movies Rosa Golijan Sep 3

How to get into 20 classic science fiction shows: The ultimate guide

Even if you’re a massive science fiction fan, there are probably still some great shows you’ve yet to discover. But for massively long-running shows, where to begin? Here’s our guide to how to start watching twenty classic science fiction shows. It should be pointed out that this guide is meant for potential new fans, not…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 3

The Stainless Steel Rat still shines bright

It’s been ten years since the last Stainless Steel Rat book, and now Harry Harrison is back with another tale of “Slippery” Jim diGriz. John T. Ottinger ventures into Harrison’s dangerous world, and lives to tell the tale. Spoilers below… Having never read any of the Stainless Steel Rat stories by Harry Harrison, I was…

io9 John T. Ottinger - Grasping For The Wind Sep 3

Gunsmithing 101, or, How to Pretend You’re Clooney

In the new film The American (in theaters today), George Clooney is an undercover assassin who needs to construct a gun. Clooney always makes things look easy, but that’s why he’s Clooney and everyone else is, well, everyone else. Let’s explore gunsmithing to see what he’s so effortlessly pulling off. The process of building a…

io9 Gawkercreative Sep 3

Sandworms and Fremen caves: concept art for the Dune movie that never was

2000 A.D.’s Jock created some amazing concept art for Peter Berg’s Dune movie before Berg left the project. Now he’s posted some of it on his site, giving us a tantalizing glimpse of an Arrakis that never reach our screens. Berg left Dune a while back, and new director Pierre Morel is is reportedly planning…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 3

Harper Collins creates global science fiction imprint, Harper Voyager

Today at WorldCon, Harper Collins announced it’s rebranding its Eos imprint as Harper Voyager, bringing it in line with the Voyager imprints in Australia/New Zealand and the U.K. According to the press release: “We are already globally publishing some of the biggest names in science fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, and horror, including Raymond E. Feist,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 3

In Burroughs’ final Barsoom series, we see urban Mars, synthetic flesh, and Nazis of Jupiter

In the last installment of our Reading Barsoom series, find out what happens when Edgar Rice Burroughs tried to write an “urban” novel of Mars, why “synthetic men” suck, and how Nazi aliens built Salt Lake City on Jupiter. One thing missing from the Mars series is ordinary Martian cities. Burroughs spends so much time…

io9 John Marr Sep 3

Syfy readies a 4-hour Peter Pan origins tale, Neverland

Syfy is bringing you the backstory to Peter Pan in a four-hour miniseries called Neverland. We’re not so sure how to feel about this one. We like who’s involved, but the last few Syfy miniseries have been Riverworld-level bad. The series is directed and written by Nick Willing, who is known for his work on…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 3

This Is How the Star Trek Warp Jump Evolved

From Star Trek: The Motion Picture to Star Trek 2009; from the first Enterprise and Birds of Prey to the NCC-1701-E and back to the Enterprise: This video shows all the warp jump effect types in all the movies. Engage! I have to admit that the rainbow effect has a retro charm that is still…

io9 Jesus Diaz Sep 3

New evidence that we could build water farms in space

Several years ago, astronomers discovered that a distant sun was surrounded by a halo of water vapor. Now they know how it was created. If we can make water in space, we’ve surmounted one barrier to space colonization. According to CNN: The water vapor sits in a dusty cloud surrounding IRC+10216. Scientists deduced that ultraviolet…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 3

New Walking Dead teasers to hit TV this week

Congratulations to the 2010 Hugo Award Winners!

A visit to the Soviet arcade game museum

Smallville RPG wields big drama

The upcoming Judge Dredd movie is simply “Dredd,” will be “neo-noir action”

An amnesiac zombie teams up with a hyperactive paranormal detective

All’s Fair at the Fair (1938)

What science fiction and horror flicks are on Hulu these days?

Fictional business cards to fill your scifi Rolodex

The 10 strangest creative liberties ever taken on superhero TV shows

Europeans Get Their Limited Edition Inception Blu-Ray Sets In A Briefcase

How to get into 20 classic science fiction shows: The ultimate guide

The Stainless Steel Rat still shines bright

Gunsmithing 101, or, How to Pretend You’re Clooney

Sandworms and Fremen caves: concept art for the Dune movie that never was

Harper Collins creates global science fiction imprint, Harper Voyager

In Burroughs’ final Barsoom series, we see urban Mars, synthetic flesh, and Nazis of Jupiter

Syfy readies a 4-hour Peter Pan origins tale, Neverland

This Is How the Star Trek Warp Jump Evolved

New evidence that we could build water farms in space

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