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How one of the first Star Trek novels was written

Vonda McIntyre wrote one of the first and most beloved Star Trek novels, The Entropy Effect. Here she tells the story of how she got the gig, and how the Star Trek book series started. David Hartwell invited me to write a Star Trek book for Pocket Books, which had recently obtained the license to…

Books & Comics Vonda McIntyre Jul 2

Moon rocks reveal what hit the Earth 3.8 billion years ago

Analysis of old moon rocks has turned up a special type of carbon that could only come from a massive meteor impact 3.8 billion years ago. The Moon has preserved an essential record of what helped life on Earth begin. There isn’t much carbon on the Moon, and until now scientists had assumed it had…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 2

Mystery object orbiting distant star baffles astronomers

500 light years away, nestled in the constellation Scorpius, scientists have found an object that shouldn’t exist. Eight times larger than Jupiter, the object is in distant orbit around a very young star. And it breaks the laws of physics. At least, it breaks the laws of physics as we understand them when it comes…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 2

The haunting glow of Tim Flattery’s Solaris concept art

Concept artist Tim Flattery’s career has stretched back to Back To The Future and Tim Burton’s Batman, and he’s worked on Tron Legacy. But when we asked him his favorite project, he named Soderbergh’s Solaris. It’s easy to see why. Flattery told us, “I wanted to be a concept artist because of all the making…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 2

Cardboard Warfare Is Hell

Sweeping scope. Operatic score. Just a touch of megaviolence. And heavy artillery made entirely out of cardboard. This is Cardboard Warfare. It’s three and a half minutes of pure paper kickass. Directed by Clinton Jones, Cardboard Warfare took about six weeks to put together. The process involved 59 layers of sound effects, 427 manual frames…

Movies Brian Barrett Jul 2

Here’s what it looks like when you blow up nukes in space

Back in the summer of 1962, the US government set off the only hydrogen bomb ever to blow up in space. Here are some newly-released images that reveal the lightshow people saw back on Earth. This is from a report on NPR, using recently-declassified images collected by Peter Kuran, who made the documentary Nukes In…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 2

Your fellow io9 readers have built a fortress of story-writing awesomeness

Check out #ThursdayTales, a new reader-generated feature at io9 that started yesterday. A group of io9 commenters, led by the formidable Gaudy Mouse Muad’Dib, started a severely cool new practice of sharing links to new short stories they’d written. After just one day of #ThursdayTales, there’s already a wealth of incredibly cool short fiction. Can’t…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jul 2

This year’s alien sleeper hit, Monsters, is coming to theaters at last

Good news: Gareth Edwards’ well-reviewed film about aliens quarantined in Mexico, Monsters, is getting a limited release. The film, which generated plenty of awesome buzz at SXSW, is coming to NYC and LA. On October 29th, Monsters will be released in select theaters in New York City and Los Angeles. The reviews for this alien…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 2

Are some forms of antimatter more massive than regular matter?

Matter and antimatter should be of equal weight, but the results from a new experiment suggest that they aren’t. Neutrinos are tough things to study. They are a little like electrons, if electrons didn’t have any charge. Charge is the main reason that electrons interact with the outside world. Neutrinos only interact with other atoms…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 2

Get your weekly True Blood fix with baby vamp Jessica’s video blog

Sadly there’s no True Blood this weekend, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get your vampire fix. Did you know the vampire Jessica keeps her own video blog? Check out these five clips of Jessica being her endearing fangy self. Jessica’s Blog: Where is Bill F**king Compton? Jessica’s Blog: Is Anyone Out There? Jessica’s Blog:…

Television Meredith Woerner Jul 2

Futurama misses its chance to explore the downside of the new iPhone and Twitter

The 31st century show placed itself firmly in the world of 21st century technology last night, exploring the obsession with the new “eyePhone” and getting a million followers on “Twitcher.” Unfortunately, the episode couldn’t do much with this fertile territory. Let’s get it out of the way right now: “Attack of the Killer App” really…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jul 2

Predators clips and details get us ready for the hunt, plus an old monster might return to Doctor Who

Nimrod Antal and Robert Rodriguez reveal all (or nearly all) about Predators. Batman 3 might abandon the Windy City. Doctor Who could be bringing back an old enemy for the Christmas special. Plus Chuck, True Blood, and Syfy shows galore! Predators: Here’s producer Robert Rodriguez discussing Hanzo, the film’s resident Yakuza badass: And here’s a…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jul 2

James Cameron Directing a 3D Black Eyed Peas Documentary

Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas has a feeling that the band’s forthcoming tour movie is going to be a good tour movie—thanks to James Cameron taking charge. Speaking to VIBE magazine, Will.i.am confirmed earlier reports of love action between Cameron and the Peas, saying the Avatar director is filming a 3D documentary about the…

Movies Gary Cutlack Jul 2

Japanese Not Excited About Being Told to Buy 3DTVs

A survey of 8,957 Japanese consumers found they’re not thrilled about the entertainment industry demanding they upgrade TVs again, with nearly 70% saying they have “no plans” to buy a 3DTV for their homes. “Television makers’ expectations for 3D are high but looking at the degree of interest among consumers, there is a big gap…

Television Gary Cutlack Jul 2

Andrew Garfield cast as Peter Parker in the new Spider-Man

No more spidey speculation. Sony and Marvel have officially announced the next Spider-Man, and it’s that kid from the Parnassus movies: Andrew Garfield. Sony Pictures has announced that Garfield will be our new Peter Parker in the younger, rebooted pictures being directed by Marc Webb. As for what type of Parker the studio is looking…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 1

Woman Sues Movie Theater After Being Arrested For Recording Twilight

Remember the woman who was arrested for recording two minutes of Twilight in a movie theater? Turns out that after spending two days in jail, she decided to sue the movie theater in which she was caught. https://gizmodo.com/recording-two-minutes-of-twilight-could-lead-to-three-y-5418439 A 22-year-old woman jailed two days in November after being arrested for filming two brief snippets of…

Movies David Kravets - Wired Jul 1

Side by side comparison: “Let The Right One In” vs. the American remake

So, how different is the remake version of Let The Right One In, retitled Let Me In, from the original? We’ve seen the trailer – now let’s pick apart the differences between the two movies. https://gizmodo.com/first-u-s-trailer-for-the-let-the-right-one-in-remake-5577516 Both films are about a mysterious new child in a small apartment complex, and the young little boy who…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 1

Cancer caused by DNA repair gone haywire

We don’t know how to cure it, but now we’ve got a better idea what causes cancer. The disease starts when cells mess up their attempts to repair damage to their DNA. There’s a certain tragic irony to this, as these terrible diseases seem to begin with cells trying to fix the far more minor…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 1

Crucial insights about selling your short fiction, from an editor

Your short stories are little perfect jewels, but how can you get a magazine editor to fall for them? Fantasy Magazine’s Cat Rambo gives some invaluable advice in an interview with Redstone Science Fiction. Among the other great bits are Rambo’s description of her process of reading through the hundreds of short fiction submissions she…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jul 1

Disco Chair welcomes you to the future

Meet Disco Chair. It was created out of electroluminescent wire by Kiwi&Pom, and makes me think of a happy Tron future where everything is covered in glowing shapes. According to the designers, “the chair transforms into a neon rainbow when powered. A pulse setting enables the chair to flash on and off creating an instant…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 1

How one of the first Star Trek novels was written

Moon rocks reveal what hit the Earth 3.8 billion years ago

Mystery object orbiting distant star baffles astronomers

The haunting glow of Tim Flattery’s Solaris concept art

Cardboard Warfare Is Hell

Here’s what it looks like when you blow up nukes in space

Your fellow io9 readers have built a fortress of story-writing awesomeness

This year’s alien sleeper hit, Monsters, is coming to theaters at last

Are some forms of antimatter more massive than regular matter?

Get your weekly True Blood fix with baby vamp Jessica’s video blog

Futurama misses its chance to explore the downside of the new iPhone and Twitter

Predators clips and details get us ready for the hunt, plus an old monster might return to Doctor Who

James Cameron Directing a 3D Black Eyed Peas Documentary

Japanese Not Excited About Being Told to Buy 3DTVs

Andrew Garfield cast as Peter Parker in the new Spider-Man

Woman Sues Movie Theater After Being Arrested For Recording Twilight

Side by side comparison: “Let The Right One In” vs. the American remake

Cancer caused by DNA repair gone haywire

Crucial insights about selling your short fiction, from an editor

Disco Chair welcomes you to the future

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