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Don’t Get too Excited About the Nook’s Lending Feature

One of my favorite details about the Nook—the 14-day “lending”—just got a lot less enticing. Turns out there are very specific rules about this lending process, and they pretty much nullify the feature’s promise. https://gizmodo.com/8-reasons-you-can-finally-love-ebook-readers-thanks-to-5386176/ Lending seemed too good to be true: Sure, we knew about the 14-day lending period, but we wondered if it’d…

Books & Comics Dan Nosowitz

Female Android Can Only Be Activated By Sex Power [NSFW]

A super-advanced female android is almost ready to awaken: she just needs a flesh-and-blood woman to have sex near her, so she can absorb the female energy. Or something. Luckily, her dorky brother android gets laid nearby, in this clip. 1982’s Android is a truly wretched movie, but it does have some hliarious android-sex-related scenes.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Lessons Joss Whedon Can Bring Back To Dollhouse From Glee

Whedonites rejoiced when it was announced Joss Whedon will direct an episode of television’s best show, Glee. But you know what would be even cooler? If Whedon could pick up some tricks from Glee and bring them back to Dollhouse. (And no, I don’t believe Dollhouse is for-certain doomed — the ratings are picking up…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Fame And Fortune (Well, Fame Anyway) Can Be Yours By Submitting To These Online Magazines

Writer and marketing guru Jason Sanford has a nifty roundup of webzines that publish short science fiction, including handy facts like their payrates and which ones will help you qualify as a professional writer under the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America rules. (And if six cents a word seems kind of a puny…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

SGU Cast Says Their Final Goodbyes In New Clips

We’ve got the exclusive clips from tomorrow’s new Stargate Universe which picks up right where last week’s ended, with the Destiny careening towards a star. From the synopsis it sounds like the crew holds a “who will live and who will die” lottery for the remaining shuttle, which only holds a few people. Those who…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Has the Apocalypse Jumped the Shark?

With apocalyptic explosionfest 2012 hitting theaters next month, along with fallen civilization desperation flick The Road, it’s time to ask: Has the apocalypse finally nuked the fridge? Take our poll to register your discontent with pop culture armageddon glut. What was the pop culture moment when you said “no more” to the End Times? What…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Dylan Baker Confirmed for Spider-Man 4. Is the Lizard Far Behind?

Dylan Baker is down for another round as Peter Parker’s professor Curt Connors in the next Spider-Man movie. So are we finally getting a visit from Dr. Connors’ supervillainous alter ego, the Lizard? Last night, at a screening for his new movie Trick ‘r Treat, Baker confirmed that he would be returning to the franchise…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Best – And Weirdest – Costume Show Pictures Of The Week

What the hell is this? Everybody loves a tall and fuzzy guy – but whoa! And this isn’t the only shockingly awesome costume you posted this week in our io9 Halloween Costume Show on Flickr. Check em out! You can see all the amazing costumes posted so far in our Flickr pool, and add your…

io9 Annalee Newitz

“Dead Zone” Microbes Survive Without Oxygen – And Could Live In Space

Researchers have mapped the genome of a microbe that thrives in oxygen-deprived areas of the ocean known as “dead zones.” These creatures are increasing, and their ability to live without oxygen might make them perfect space-dwellers. The article, published today in Science, looks at a microbe known as SUPO5, which lives in areas of the…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Is Charlize Theron Taking Mel Gibson’s Place As Mad Max Star?

Rumors are flying that Mad Max 4 has cast Charlize Theron as its female lead. And brought in Tom “Picard’s clone” Hardy, to replace the aged Mel. Does this mean the new Max may have a “female road-warrior” storyline? Eonline has broken the news that Theron is director George Miller’s number-one pick for the female…

io9 Meredith Woerner

New Trailer Could Ease Your Avatar Disappointment

Disappointed with the first trailer for Avatar? An early review says the second trailer, which hits theaters tomorrow, has a far more epic feel, and could have you longing to see Pandora after all. Trailer-related spoilers below. https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-real-trailer-for-camerons-avatar-5341649 A reader at /Film caught an early look at the new trailer. Most of the footage was…

io9 Lauren Davis

Try Out Some New io9 Commenter Forums!

Last week, we introduced forums on io9. They were pretty buggy, but we’ve unleashed a bunch of Jedi knights who killed the bugs. Now we’ve got some functioning forums for you to try. Or make your own! https://gizmodo.com/its-the-io9-redesign-now-with-more-commenter-powers-5382130 How do you post to forums? Easy! Just visit the forum, and either respond to comments that…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Trent Reznor Makes Fringe Even Creepier

Nine Inch Nails frontman and all-around rock god Trent Reznor is remixing his own “Zero-Sum” for J.J. Abrams‘ Fringe. And in keeping with the show’s nerd-overload, the whole thing is full of geeky Easter Eggs and hard core Fringe references. According to Entertainment Weekly, Reznor will be mixing William Bell’s on screen dialogue with his…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Hulu’s Free Glory Days Are Officially Numbered

Hulu, at the behest of its co-parent News Corp, is going to start charging for content in 2010. This is not so good, this here news. Here’s the money quote from NewsCorpian Chase Carey, so there’s no confusion: It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online. I think a free model is a…

Television John Herrman

Multi-Track Beatboxing Gets You In The Ghostbusting Mood

It’s little videos like this that actually get me excited for Halloween. Normally I hate beat-boxing, but this little Ghostbusters remake has some high quality multi-tracking.

io9 Meredith Woerner

How Will Iain M. Banks’ Culture Translate To The Big Screen?

Iain M. Banks‘ Culture novels helped energize a whole new movement in vast, thrilling space opera. But the news of a big-screen Culture adaptation makes me nervous. Will the celluloid version of the Culture lose its Minds? Spoilers below. Reading the news that Iain M. Banks’ story “A Gift From The Culture” is being adapted…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

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Once Upon a Time in Texas

Don’t Get too Excited About the Nook’s Lending Feature

Female Android Can Only Be Activated By Sex Power [NSFW]

Lessons Joss Whedon Can Bring Back To Dollhouse From Glee

Fame And Fortune (Well, Fame Anyway) Can Be Yours By Submitting To These Online Magazines

SGU Cast Says Their Final Goodbyes In New Clips

Has the Apocalypse Jumped the Shark?

Dylan Baker Confirmed for Spider-Man 4. Is the Lizard Far Behind?

The Best – And Weirdest – Costume Show Pictures Of The Week

“Dead Zone” Microbes Survive Without Oxygen – And Could Live In Space

Is Charlize Theron Taking Mel Gibson’s Place As Mad Max Star?

New Trailer Could Ease Your Avatar Disappointment

Try Out Some New io9 Commenter Forums!

Trent Reznor Makes Fringe Even Creepier

Hulu’s Free Glory Days Are Officially Numbered

Multi-Track Beatboxing Gets You In The Ghostbusting Mood

How Will Iain M. Banks’ Culture Translate To The Big Screen?

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

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

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