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The Tentacled Galaxy Where Cthulhu Was Spawned

NGC 1275 is a galaxy that basks in the sizzling heat of X-rays emitted by its many sister galaxies in the Perseus galaxy cluster. Not only does NGC 1275 have a supermassive black hole at its center, like any self-respecting galaxy would, but it also exhibits a very rare trait. Those pale purple tendrils of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Neal Stephenson Says His New Novel Has Parallels with Bush Era in U.S.

Neal Stephenson’s new novel Anathem hits bookstores early next month, and stoking the fires of our anticipation is a meaty article about Stephenson in this month’s Wired magazine. Writer Steven “Hackers” Levy profiles the author, who apparently divides his time between writing longhand in his basement, and consulting with Nathan Myhrvold’s company Intellectual Ventures, a…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Why We Deserve Better Villains — And How To Get Them

Why are people still so crazed over Heath Ledger’s Joker after a month in theaters? Maybe because he’s the first villain we’ve seen in ages who didn’t kind of lick. The problem of villain suckage is endemic in heroic narratives, where villains get redeemed, become sympathetic, or lose their menace too easily. We’ve got a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Star Trek Boldly Goes Where Everyone Has Gone Before

Now you too can befriend a generation-spanning SF franchise, with the launch of Star Trek’s MySpace page. As well as the pride of knowing that you’re on first-name terms with Gene Roddenberry’s most famous creation, the page also offers IM buddy icons and desktops of the groovy retro movie posters, as well as the chance…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Chill’s Freezing Mad Scientist Joins Undead Hair Club For Men

Creepy Lovecraft-inspired movie Chill, out on DVD November 4, has everything. It includes needle-point skin-sewing, plus Mr. Freeze-style mad scientists, but even crazier. How does so much insanity fit into one movie? Full plot explanation, trailer and posters, after the jump. Chill is inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s story “Cool Air.” The flick follows an employee…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Dark Knight Script Online

Now you can see where it all started, as JoBlo.com has the full script for The Dark Knight online. Finally, you can relive the classic “We’ll hunt him because he can take it” speech in the comfort of your own home, and realize just how awful that ending really was , in the 167-page tome.…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Writer Tries To Put The Brakes On Death Race

Did Paul W.S. Anderson steal his Death Race idea from another car racing and crashing movie? But more importantly, aren’t all car movies since the 90s a little similar, anyway? Writer Adam Stone is filing a lawsuit against the director and producers of Death Race, claiming they stole the idea from a film called Joust,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

SharedWorlds Creative Writing Program Gets a Sequel

If you’re a teenager and you spend a lot of time thinking about worldbuilding, then the SharedWorlds creative writing program at Wofford College is basically your homeland. The week-long program, co-organized by io9 contributor Jeff VanderMeer, took place in late July. Teens got to build their own worlds and then write about them, with input…

io9 Annalee Newitz

A Virtual Recreation of a Long Gone Sound & Light Show

The Philips Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair was designed by Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis as a “container” for a sound and light show highlighting the company’s technology. The walls were adorned with 350 loudspeakers that broadcast avant-garde musician Edgar Varese’s Poeme Electronique along three “routes” through the building, while images and colors…

io9 Lynn Peril

Serial Killings Lead To A Surreal Luc Besson Nightmare

Director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) is making another science fiction thriller, starring Korean mega-star Dong Kun-Jang (Tae Guk Gi — The Brotherhood Of War). The as-yet-untitled action movie is based on a novel by a South Korean professor about a serial killer in New York, whose actions spark a series of unforeseen consequences. Milla…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

When The Abyss Aliens Left, These Were Their Sea Spawn

Artist Michael Brown has an eye for sea aliens. In my mind after the alien left the mighty depths of the ocean, these creatures are what was left over. Of course, they mated with sea life because that’s what aliens do. Click through for an entire gallery of crazy alien/fish hybrids that want to eat…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Water Mining on Mars — With Lasers!

Now that we know for sure there is water ice on Mars, the business types have to figure out a way to fund mining operations to get that water out of planet and into drinkable form for colonists. Already, NASA has a few ideas for how to do it, and they involve lasers. [Space.com]

io9 Annalee Newitz

Meet The First Synthespians

An animation company has finally managed to create a computer-generated human that most watchers can’t distinguish from a real person. Forget the clunky CG characters in most animated movies today – in a few years, you could be watching animated films that are almost indistinguishable from “live-action” ones. Click through to watch a slightly disturbing…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Return of “Wizard of Gore” — Drugged-Out Scifi the Way It Was Meant to Be

Meet today’s most excellent mad scientist. He’s calling himself a wizard, he’s played by Crispin Glover (yes!) and he specializes in wowing audiences of young hipsters with his gore-soaked sideshow. In his act, the Wizard makes it appear that he’s eviscerated lovely volunteers from the crowd, though in the end they seem unharmed. Or are…

io9 Annalee Newitz

A Mutant Roll Call For Tokyo Gore Police [NSFW]

Tokyo Gore Police is at it again, driving over piles of bodies and picking up violent mutants that just don’t want to go quietly. In this second trailer, we get to meet a few more creepy characters from the wonderfully deranged mind of Yoshihiro Nishimura. In TGP, you follow a member of the Gore Police…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Optimus Prime’s Hidden Military Past – Revealed

Click to viewPeter Cullen was the voice of Optimus Prime in the 1980s cartoon version of Transformers, which may have given him the chance to rewrite some of the lines from Michael Bay’s big-screen take on the character. But just where did Cullen – who also voices Eeyore in Disney’s Winnie The Pooh movies –…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Rules of Quick and Dirty Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding is the art of creating an alternate universe where the rules of present-day Earth life don’t apply, and you have been appreciating that art for as long as you’ve been reading or watching science fiction. Some worldbuilding is epic in scale, and requires thousands of people: the Star Wars universe is like that, if…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Transformers 2 Posters Just “Art,” Not Actual Posters

Well it looks like the lovely posters for Transformers 2 might not be for Michael Bay’s movie after all. The TFW2005 forum points out that the pictures were actually screen shots taken from the Transformers video game, not Transformers 2 the movie. (Cool game screenshots at the link.) [TFW2005]

io9 Meredith Woerner

Heinlein’s Creepiest Novella Gets The I, Robot Treatment

We may never get to see the long-mooted movie of The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, but one of Robert Heinlein’s slightly more obscure works is due to become a major motion picture from director Alex Proyas. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, a disturbing novella about a man who can’t remember what he does…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The British Empire Still Rules In Cyberspace

America is just a virtual world – at least that’s what British citizens have been told to believe. The Matrix-esque online graphic novel The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore has been optioned by MGM for a TV series. The British empire hasn’t fallen, and it still controls the world via an “all-pervasive and addictive virtual…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Tentacled Galaxy Where Cthulhu Was Spawned

Neal Stephenson Says His New Novel Has Parallels with Bush Era in U.S.

Why We Deserve Better Villains — And How To Get Them

Star Trek Boldly Goes Where Everyone Has Gone Before

Chill’s Freezing Mad Scientist Joins Undead Hair Club For Men

The Dark Knight Script Online

Writer Tries To Put The Brakes On Death Race

SharedWorlds Creative Writing Program Gets a Sequel

A Virtual Recreation of a Long Gone Sound & Light Show

Serial Killings Lead To A Surreal Luc Besson Nightmare

When The Abyss Aliens Left, These Were Their Sea Spawn

Water Mining on Mars — With Lasers!

Meet The First Synthespians

The Return of “Wizard of Gore” — Drugged-Out Scifi the Way It Was Meant to Be

A Mutant Roll Call For Tokyo Gore Police [NSFW]

Optimus Prime’s Hidden Military Past – Revealed

The Rules of Quick and Dirty Worldbuilding

Transformers 2 Posters Just “Art,” Not Actual Posters

Heinlein’s Creepiest Novella Gets The I, Robot Treatment

The British Empire Still Rules In Cyberspace

Students Are Now Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Exams

Roborock F25 GT Cordless Vacuum and Mop Hits Its Lowest Price in Spring Sale, 20,000Pa Cleaning Power Without the Premium Price Tag

New Details Add a Bizarre Twist to NASA’s First ISS Medical Evacuation

ASUS TUF 27” HDR Gaming Monitor Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing for a Limited Run in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

‘Speed Racer’ Is Getting a Glorious New Remaster

Dreame Pocket Pro Hair Dryer Is Now Over 3x Cheaper Than Dyson’s Deal in Amazon’s Prime-Exclusive Spring Sale

Pompeii Study Confirms Roman ‘Wine’ Ritual Previously Known Only From Texts

JBL Clears Out a 5.0-Channel Compact All-in-One Soundbar at a Record Low Beyond Its Portable Speaker Deals

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

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

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