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It’s a big crazy kaiju party and everyone’s invited (except Ultraman)

These massive pin-ups of Ultraman’s enemies appeared in a 1979 edition of Ultra Kaiju. Artist Toshio Okazaki really knocked this out of the park, and he included the best Ultraman foe of all…the dreaded Dino-Tank! Can you find him? For gigantic hi-res images of these rubber-suited tokusatsu baddies, stomp on over to Pink Tentacle, where…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 1

In Mexico, chupacabras are blamed for 300 goat beheadings

For the past two months, shepherds in Mexico have been reporting hundreds of identical attacks on their goats. Multiple goats are beheaded “in a strange way.” Many are blaming the legendary chupacabra. Inexplicata has a report on the sightings in Puebla and Guanajuato, Mexico: Shepherds from various communities in Puebla State are frightened by the…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 1

Groundhog Day-inspired thriller offers young addicts a life without consequences

It seems like every low-budget science fiction movie is about time travel. There’s Rian Johnson’s Looper, Duncan Jones’ Source Code and the Timecrimes remake. And now there’s Repeaters, a Groundhog Day-esque thriller that just put out its first trailer. https://gizmodo.com/details-revealed-for-rian-johnsons-bloody-time-travel-m-5532257 https://gizmodo.com/unravel-the-recurring-mystery-of-duncan-jones-next-movi-5447016 The above list is just a partial one — I’m pretty sure there have…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 1

The Walking Dead gets a second season — but what about Caprica?

The Walking Dead season two will be a full 13 episodes. (Update: It’s just a rumor.) There’s an update on whether Caprica might make a second season. Plus a Tron Legacy poster, True Blood hints and a Fringe promo. Nemesis: Mark Millar discussed possible casting choices for Nemesis, the movie adaptation of his comic about…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 1

Internet-Connected TV Apps System Renamed to “Smart TV” by LG

Seemingly, Smart TV is a rebrand of LG’s NetCast system—an internet-connected TV service with a home dashboard, displaying apps and widgets. Considering NetCast offered Skype, YouTube, Netflix, VUDU, and Yahoo Widgets, we shall expect more of the same. Smart TV will be launching in early 2011, but there’s already a peripheral available today that will…

Television Kat Hannaford Sep 1

The io9 field trip to New Mexico’s “mystery stone”

Two io9 commenters, MamaDragon49 and LittleDragon, were inspired by our post about the Mystery Stone of New Mexico to go check the area out themselves. If you recall, the mystery stone was discovered in 1933 and supposedly left thousands of years ago in New Mexico by an ancient Greek whose boat went way off course.…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 31

The final Doctor, as visualized by Ben Templesmith

This new Doctor Who art, featuring The Thirteenth Doctor and K-9, by Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse artist Ben Templesmith is pure awesome. It’s just one of the amazing Final Doctors being posted over at Warren Ellis’ FreakAngels site.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 31

The ultimate guide to September’s science fiction awesomeness!

September rocks your universe, with William Gibson’s long-awaited novel Zero History, the return of your favorite TV shows including Fringe, Venture Bros. and Supernatural, and some of the year’s coolest science fiction conventions. Here’s the indispensible io9 calendar for September. As always, you can download the io9 calendar as a printable PDF here. And if…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 31

The hurricane-damaged remains of Six Flags New Orleans

When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, one of its victims was Six Flags New Orleans, which was flooded for a month after the storm. The park has been closed indefinitely since then, but urban explorers will still venture in. Flickr user Brynne has captured dozens of shots of the rundown park, which opened in 2000…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 31

We’ve officially run out of clever Shark-related movie titles: Shark Night 3-D cast

Have shark movies officially jumped the… oh well, you know. Snakes on a Plane’s David Ellis certainly hopes not as he’s already casting for the next big shark film Shark Night 3-D. So what’s this movie’s big shark twist? THR is reporting that Sinqua Walls Chris Carmack, Alyssa Diaz and Joel David Moore have all…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 31

Meet the man who’s been creating science fiction fanzines for 50 years

Long before there were websites like this one, there were fanzines — lovingly created hand-crafted tributes to all things science fictional, in which everybody could express their viewpoints. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has a wonderful profile of Cuyler “Ned” Brooks, a former NASA engineer who’s been creating fanzines for 50 years. Says Baen Books’ Toni…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 31

Greatest Doctor Who cliffhangers of all time!

Steven Moffat has promised the first half of Doctor Who season six will end on a cliffhanger that will keep you on the edge of your seat all summer. But how will it stack up to these other spine-tingling cliffhangers? Cliffhangers are part of the life-blood of Doctor Who. In the early days of the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 31

Preview The Way of Kings

After completing the late Robert Jordan’s acclaimed Wheel of Time saga, author Brandon Sanderson has finally revealed The Way of Kings, book one of his own epic cycle, The Stormlight Archive. The Way Of Kings introduces the three protagonists who will be our windows into the strange and wondrous world of Roshar: Dalinar, brother to…

io9 Gawkercreative Aug 31

We’re already living in the world of Isaac Asimov’s The End Of Eternity

If you have ever been a fan of science fiction, you cannot do better than to return to the works of Isaac Asimov, argues The Threepenny Review’s Wendy Lesser in her review of Asimov’s The End Of Eternity. The world we inhabit is one in which weekly newsmagazines, printed on paper in columns of type,…

io9 Wendy Lesser - Threepenny Review Aug 31

Learn that dreams about bacon are evil with this 1800s snake oil catalog

The Kickapoo Indian Dream Book was a mail-order catalog from the 1800s that sold quack cures for ailments like dyspepsia and tapeworm. The best part of this pamphlet was the poetically absurd dream taxonomy, which warned readers about sinister bacon. There’s something kind of astonishing about all of the dream predictions below — way too…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 31

People and animals are twisted by the imagination of Valerie Jeanne

Valerie Jeanne paints people and animals. Sounds simple enough, right? However, her people and animals have a bit of a twist – and a turn. And some weirdness…which I love. Check out this Big Eye Art. Reunion – ok we have quite a few things going on here. Some aliens….and some flora and fauna (ok,…

io9 Ann VanderMeer Aug 31

Coming of age with aliens at the seashore

All of Mark’s friends are moving away, and his dog is dying. As summer fades, he takes a trip to the beach to visit his friend Charley, the alien. The one with great weed, and a gift for resurrection. Over at Strange Horizons, George R. Galuschak’s story “The Big Splash” captures an awkward, bittersweet moment…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 31

Could humanity’s next destination in space be a near-Earth asteroid?

The goal is to get humans to Mars by the mid-2030s, but what are the stepping stones that will get us there? Returning to the Moon gets a lot of publicity, but the better test might be a near-Earth asteroid. Space.com columnist Leonard David has an intriguing feature on Lockheed Martin’s research into sending astronauts…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Aug 31

Kick-Ass 2 has been greenlit, according to Mark Millar

Even though comic book movie Kick-Ass didn’t do so well in the theaters, the DVD sales were pretty good. So good, in fact, that the graphic novel’s writer, Mark Millar, says the next movie has been greenlit. While we’re pumped for another awesome Kick-Ass film, we’re urging everyone to take Millar’s word with a giant…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 31

Angry Robot contest winners revealed!

Angry Robot Books is having its U.S. launch today, and we’re ready to announce the three lucky souls who are each receiving a full set of a half-dozen Angry Robot titles, including Lauren Beukes’ Moxyland. These intrepid readers correctly named Beukes’ second book, which Angry Robot will be publishing in January 2011: Zoo City. The…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Aug 31

It’s a big crazy kaiju party and everyone’s invited (except Ultraman)

In Mexico, chupacabras are blamed for 300 goat beheadings

Groundhog Day-inspired thriller offers young addicts a life without consequences

The Walking Dead gets a second season — but what about Caprica?

Internet-Connected TV Apps System Renamed to “Smart TV” by LG

The io9 field trip to New Mexico’s “mystery stone”

The final Doctor, as visualized by Ben Templesmith

The ultimate guide to September’s science fiction awesomeness!

The hurricane-damaged remains of Six Flags New Orleans

We’ve officially run out of clever Shark-related movie titles: Shark Night 3-D cast

Meet the man who’s been creating science fiction fanzines for 50 years

Greatest Doctor Who cliffhangers of all time!

Preview The Way of Kings

We’re already living in the world of Isaac Asimov’s The End Of Eternity

Learn that dreams about bacon are evil with this 1800s snake oil catalog

People and animals are twisted by the imagination of Valerie Jeanne

Coming of age with aliens at the seashore

Could humanity’s next destination in space be a near-Earth asteroid?

Kick-Ass 2 has been greenlit, according to Mark Millar

Angry Robot contest winners revealed!

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