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Death of (Another) Underappreciated Novelist

Sometimes the trashiest, pulpiest cover hides something truly spectacular underneath. Certainly that’s the case with UK scifi writer Barrington J. Bayley. Admired by writers as diverse as Bruce Sterling and William S. Burroughs, Bayley wrote that he “oscillate[s] between two immovable positions: an overwhelming belief in my own eventual worth, and a crushing feeling of…

Books & Comics Alex Carnevale

The Delicate, Smoke-Filled Beauty of Mad Science

Dan Tobin Smith’s “still life” photographs have shown us the marvels of exploding teddy bears chronicled in fractions of a second. His new series “Hubble Bubble” places us in the middle of a set of mysterious experiments, in labs filled with immaculate glassware, unusual receptacles, and billows of multi-colored smoke, leaving us to wonder what…

io9 Lauren Davis

Star Trek Will Spread Abrams’ Message Of Optimism

The cover story for tomorrow’s Star Trek centered Entertainment Weekly is already on the site, and we’ve collected the highlights and important tidbits from the interviews with the cast, writers, producers and director J.J. Abrams. So find out what’s different on the new “Apple Store” bridge and how Abrams put his love for Star Wars…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Undercover Agent With An Alien Implant = Good Times

Sam Raimi’s producing what could be the best comic-book adaptation coming down the pike right now: the movie version of Sleeper, a 12-issue series written by Ed Brubaker. Sleeper is a dizzying noirish spy story about an undercover agent fused with an alien artifact that gives him superpowers, but doesn’t help him resolve his confusion…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Nobody Expects the Cyber-Inquisition

It’s a scary glimpse of the cyber-Inquisition future, with red-draped emissaries of a future church seemingly about to torment a spiny cyborg. This alien but familiar image by Simon Fellah, a freelance concept designer in Denmark, is just one of many creepy portraits of alien (and human) life he’s painted. We’ve got a few more…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Sam Raimi Ditching Kirsten Dunst In Spider-Man 4 And 5?

Even though Kirsten Dunst practically took out a billboard advertising her eagerness to be in two more Spider-man movies, Spider-czar Sam Raimi is hinting that he thinks it’s time Mary Jane took a little break. Talking to MTV, Raimi said plans for Dunst to return for two more S-M outings are still up in the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The New Star Trek Movie is Hunkarrific

Out with the old, in with the new. Here’s one of the first shots from the upcoming Star Trek movie. See that guy in black? That’s Chris Pine. He’s the new Kirk, and he knows that black is not only slimming, but the perfect color for both a casual dinner and an impromptu funeral. He’s…

Movies Mark Wilson

Big Brother is Watching You Surf the Web

If you browse Cthulhu fetish sites in the comfort of your own home, who’s going to know? You can clear your browser history and secure your home network, but that doesn’t mean your late night Lovecraftian lust sessions are safe from prying eyes. A new nationalized database system could let the British government know exactly…

io9 Lauren Davis

Is JJ Abrams The New Joss Whedon?

With the year getting ready to draw to a close, one thing has become clear to anyone who’s been paying attention: Despite television rating freefalls and a movie industry dependent on franchises for success, one man has managed to sail the choppy waters of genre entertainment with almost no mis-steps and still find success. Isn’t…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Cormac McCarthy’s Apocalyptic Movie Pushed Further Down The Road To 09?

Bad news, Cormac McCarthy fans — The Road’s movie adaptation, featuring scraggily Viggo Mortensen, has now been pushed back from its original soft release dates of Nov. 14 and Nov. 26 to “at least December.” The Hollywood Reporter is stating that the apocalyptic movie may even be pushed into the new year.Right now, The Road…

Movies Meredith Woerner

“The Idler’s Glossary” is a Guide to Slacker’s Utopia

If you’re wondering why you always have a deep urge to be a lazy, unproductive goof off, Joshua Glenn and Mark Kingwell have written a manifesto for you. It’s called The Idler’s Glossary, and it’s a history via creative etymologies and definitions of words that refer to the high art of slackery. An odd and…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Dropping The Weird Science, New York Style

If you’re in New York, then I know what you’re going to be doing for the next nine days. The Imagine Science Film Festival kicks off today and runs until the 25th. The highlight is probably Sleep Dealer, the movie about people south of the border doing all our shit work via telepresence. But there’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Liquid Water Could Drive the Geysers of Enceladus

When astronomers noticed that massive plumes of crystals and vapor were jetting out of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, they were left with quite a mystery. What exactly is going on beneath the moon’s surface to create such a violent reaction? Scientists at Cornell’s 40th annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Trick Your Taste Buds With Futuristic Pills

Miracle Berry Fruit Tablets will trick your taste buds into tasting sweet when you should be making a sour puss. ThinkGeek tested the tablets and found that they can help you happily much on lemons and limes, while eating an orange tasted like an “alien world or plucked straight from the Garden of Eden (truly,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Join a Mass Experiment in Futurist Speculation with the Game “Superstruct”

The year is 2019, and a report has just come out proving that the Earth’s population is likely to suffer catastrophic collapse by the 2040s. Energy costs are rising, a new pandemic called ReDS is devastating the globe, homelessness has reached epic proportions, and the internet has become a miasma of spam that prevents everyone…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Test Drive a New Body with Scifi’s Most Daring Head Transplants

This woman has lost her head. Well, to be accurate, her head has lost her body and she is in desperate need of a new one. Real scientists have enjoyed only limited success in performing head transplants on dogs and monkeys, but fortunately she doesn’t live in the real world. She’s in the scifi universe,…

io9 Lauren Davis

“V” Creator None Too Pleased About ABC Reboot

Someone is pissed they stole his alien movie pitch. The original V series creator Kenneth Johnson is not very happy with ABC for forcing his alien invasion back onto the telly without his blessing. The weird part is what he wrote on his website.On Johnson’s site he writes: When projects that bore Kenny’s original creative…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Science Fiction Can Solve The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Back in the 1970s, Palestinians were using science fiction to solve their geopolitical problems. The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist is a 1972 novel written by Palestinian writer Emile Habibi. There aren’t many Palestinian novels in the Western canon, nor many that use elements of science fiction, so we’re hard-pressed to understand why The…

io9 Alex Carnevale

Which Blood Should You Drink To Save Your Life?

Now that we know shark’s blood may be a key ingredient in the fight against cancer, it’s time to ponder what other types of blood have healing potential. Which one would you drink, should your life depend on it? Take our poll.Oh scifi blood sources, you always seem to have magical powers that can heal…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Crested Dinosaurs Had Brains Designed for Talking

For decades scientists have been mystified by the strangely-shaped skulls of the duck-billed, crested dinosaurs known as lambeosaurus. Their nasal passages are extremely long and twisty, looping up over the tops of their skulls. Originally it was believed that these were just super-noses providing a keen sense of smell. But today a group of Canadian…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Death of (Another) Underappreciated Novelist

The Delicate, Smoke-Filled Beauty of Mad Science

Star Trek Will Spread Abrams’ Message Of Optimism

Undercover Agent With An Alien Implant = Good Times

Nobody Expects the Cyber-Inquisition

Sam Raimi Ditching Kirsten Dunst In Spider-Man 4 And 5?

The New Star Trek Movie is Hunkarrific

Big Brother is Watching You Surf the Web

Is JJ Abrams The New Joss Whedon?

Cormac McCarthy’s Apocalyptic Movie Pushed Further Down The Road To 09?

“The Idler’s Glossary” is a Guide to Slacker’s Utopia

Dropping The Weird Science, New York Style

Liquid Water Could Drive the Geysers of Enceladus

Trick Your Taste Buds With Futuristic Pills

Join a Mass Experiment in Futurist Speculation with the Game “Superstruct”

Test Drive a New Body with Scifi’s Most Daring Head Transplants

“V” Creator None Too Pleased About ABC Reboot

Science Fiction Can Solve The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Which Blood Should You Drink To Save Your Life?

Crested Dinosaurs Had Brains Designed for Talking

‘Steel Ball Run’ Will Return This Year…Eventually

‘The Mummy 4’ Is Getting the Family Back Together

JD Vance Says UFOs Are Actually Demons

Breville Barista Express Espresso Machine Hits Its Lowest Price of the Year for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, Cut Your Daily Coffee Costs at Home

Amazon Clears Out Govee LED Smart Light Bulbs (2-Pack) at a Record Low, Each Bulb Costs Just a Few Dollars

The First Proper ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Trailer Is a ’90s Anime Fever Dream

JBL PartyBox Club 120 Speaker Drops Back to Black Friday Pricing for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale Only

YouTuber Resolves Fraternal Disagreement With Excavator and Hilariously Large Sword

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

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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