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Twitter Could Have Learned From Alastair Reynolds

Twitter caused a twitstorm two days ago, when it stopped users from being able to see when their friends replied to strangers. Telegraph.com’s Basheera Khan suggests Twitter could have learned from Alastair Reynolds‘ space opera. She writes: In some sense it reminds me of Welsh scifi supremo Alastair Reynolds’ futuristic vision of one faction of…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Who Was The Silliest Member Of Lost’s Love Quadrangle Last Night?

All the members of Lost’s Jack-Kate-Sawyer-Juliet love quadrangle finally turned out to have something in common in last night’s episode: a gift for somewhat quirky decision-making. Which one of them was the most irrational? Spoilers… Who was the dumbest member of Lost’s JaKaSaJu love quadrangle in last night’s episode?(blog polls)

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Why Bad Science is Good on Fringe

Though the science on Fringe is head-slappingly fake, somehow the series makes real science exciting. The show is like a pulpy 1920s serial, and its fantastic plotlines are far more appealing than hard scifi “realism.” I love this scene from the season finale on Tuesday, where Special Agent Dunham tells her underling to get her…

io9 Annalee Newitz

One Author’s List Of Quite Possibly Essential Science Fiction Includes William Gibson — And Event Horizon

Vinconium and Light author M. John Harrison posted a list of “some interesting science fiction” that’s been causing lots of discussion — it’s not framed as a list of essential SF reading, or the greatest SF books of all time, just books that “turned [Harrison] on when he read them.” And yet, it looks like…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

First Look At Time Traveling Ghostbusters And The New She-Buster

We’ve got the goods on the new time-traveling Ghostbusters comic, who doesn’t want to see Venkman as a cowboy? Check out an exclusive look at the covers and panels, including the new Lady Buster. Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression is from the same duo over at IDW who worked on Galaxy Quest comic, Scott Lobdell and Ilias…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Last Chance to Win Gas

Beats paying at the pump. Just take this short survey and we’ll give someone a $100 Shell gift card for their time. To enter, simply email the last question of the survey to [email protected]. Standard contest rules apply.

io9 Chrissie Lamond

The Road Trailer Plays Like Terrible Roland Emmerich Thrill Ride

The trailer for the long awaited film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy‘s The Road is finally out. Viggo Mortenson and his son look appropriately scruffy and ravaged, but too bad the trailer misrepresents the movie. I know the purpose of theatrical trailers is to get everyone interested in the film, but I have a feeling this…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Antarctic Ice Melting More Slowly Than Previously Believed

Despite what Stephen Baxter says in his new novel Flood, scientists now believe that climate change won’t melt the West Antarctic Ice Sheet for at least 4,000 years. Andrew Revkin over at the New York Times’ Dot-Earth blog reports that the new study, published in Science, explores how much sea levels would rise as the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Will The Singing Space Taxi Brake For Aliens?

Hayden Black’s new singing webseries Cabonauts is starting to pick up steam, but what’s this show about a space cab to Doctor Who, Buck Rogers and James T. Kirk all about? The series will premiere on Dailymotion, who spoke to Black about dreaming up this odd little show about a space cabdriver. He promises lots…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Terminator Art You’ll Want To Paint On Your Van

Terminator Salvation will burn itself onto your retinas, if it’s anything like the concept art in a new book, The Art Of Terminator Salvation. Another new book shows how Salvation’s crazy set pieces came together. Oh, and there are spoilers in this write-up, although I’ll try to keep them as vague as possible. As with…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Subversive Mutants and Doubled Cities In May Books

May is an outstanding month for new books, and authors are busting out of their genres. We’ve got urban surrealism from China Miéville, genetic mutants from Jacqueline Carey, and gobs more for your May bookshelf. Federations, John Joseph Adams, ed. (Prime) A collection of short stories about world-spanning civilizations. Featuring Lois McMaster Bujold, Orson Scott…

io9 Annalee Newitz

So, Two Guys Are Sitting On a Desert Island . . .

One’s wearing a white shirt, the other black. Is it a smackdown between Good and Evil? Macs and PCs? Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Nope, it’s the big Lost season five finale, with tons of spoilers ahead. Well, they certainly crammed a lot into last night’s double episode: The O6 getting touched by an angel, er, Jacob.…

io9 Lynn Peril

ABC’s First Stab At Explaining Its New Psychic Migraine Show

Exactly what is Flash Forward, ABC’s new Fall show, about? Here’s a flashy (sorry) trailer that tries to explain in 30 seconds. It aired during Lost, and promises breasts, surfers, disasters and Joseph Fiennes.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Take An Unsteady First Step Into The Unknown

What better final case for the world’s greatest detective than one that involves science trying to crack metaphysical urban myths? The Unknown‘s first issue introduces a series that looks set to out-Fringe Fringe. Spoilers! The Unknown is the latest series from Mark Waid, better known for his superhero books like Kingdom Come and The Flash,…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

MGM Sets Its Sights On Terminator Franchise

A rare window is opening up for MGM to make a power play at the Terminator films, and rumor has it, they’re going to make McG and company and offer they can’t refuse. According to Variety: MGM has a 30-day right of first refusal to finance and distribute the fifth “Terminator” film, a right earned…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Are You Ready For More Monsters Unstuck In Time?

British monster show Primeval is coming back to BBC America this Saturday for its third season, and Egyptian gods and future gremlins are on the loose. We’ve watched the first couple episodes. Spoilers below! BBC America sent us DVDs of the first two episodes of Primeval season three, and the show about monsters and rips…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

“Lost Dinosaurs” Who Survived Half a Million Years After the Rest Went Extinct

New evidence suggests that a group of dinosaurs in North America survived the extinction events that caused most dinosaurs to go extinct 65 million years ago. Over on National Geographic, there’s an intriguing article about James Fasset, the paleontologist who discovered the remains of a hadrosaur on the border between Colorado and New Mexico. The…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Star Trek Vs. Star Wars, A Video Comparison

A fatherless tyke leaves the farm for a space adventure? Nope, never heard of that before. See just how alarmingly similar Kirk and Luke really are. Plus Spider-Man versus Piano Cat. The winner? You. Watch My Favorite Movie (Star Trek vs. Star Wars) and more funny videos on CollegeHumor Sure, sure you can argue that…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Choose Your Next Star Trek Villains

No sooner has Star Trek been released than people have started throwing around ideas for a sequel. Klingons? Khan? The Borg? We’d like your opinions, please: Who should NuKirk jerk around next? Who Do You Want To See In The Star Trek Sequel?(opinion poll)

io9 Graeme McMillan

HDMI 1.4: Internet Sharing, More Pixels and Ridiculous New Cables

Somebody got a little too eager to share the good word about HDMI 1.4, since PCMag’s original story has vanished. Short version: 100Mbps internet, higher resolution (4,096×2160@30Hz) and stupid, stupid new cable BS. The 100Mbps data deal happens through HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC) which will let internet-connected TVs share internet with other HEC devices through…

Television Matt Buchanan

Twitter Could Have Learned From Alastair Reynolds

Who Was The Silliest Member Of Lost’s Love Quadrangle Last Night?

Why Bad Science is Good on Fringe

One Author’s List Of Quite Possibly Essential Science Fiction Includes William Gibson — And Event Horizon

First Look At Time Traveling Ghostbusters And The New She-Buster

Last Chance to Win Gas

The Road Trailer Plays Like Terrible Roland Emmerich Thrill Ride

Antarctic Ice Melting More Slowly Than Previously Believed

Will The Singing Space Taxi Brake For Aliens?

Terminator Art You’ll Want To Paint On Your Van

Subversive Mutants and Doubled Cities In May Books

So, Two Guys Are Sitting On a Desert Island . . .

ABC’s First Stab At Explaining Its New Psychic Migraine Show

Take An Unsteady First Step Into The Unknown

MGM Sets Its Sights On Terminator Franchise

Are You Ready For More Monsters Unstuck In Time?

“Lost Dinosaurs” Who Survived Half a Million Years After the Rest Went Extinct

Star Trek Vs. Star Wars, A Video Comparison

Choose Your Next Star Trek Villains

HDMI 1.4: Internet Sharing, More Pixels and Ridiculous New Cables

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

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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