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In “Fated,” the personification of Fate falls in love with a realtor

What happens when the personification of Fate falls in love? Can Fate intervene on his own behalf? And what role does Destiny play? These are the questions that drive the plot of S. G. Browne’s second novel Fated. In this hilarious offering, Browne satirizes human nature ala Terry Pratchett, tells a fast-paced urban fantasy in…

Books & Comics John Ottinger

Inception Button Instantly Adds Stress To Any Situation

Somebody should make an iPhone application like this Inception button, so this Halloween I could go out as an Inception character (be patient. It takes some time to load). [Davepedu]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

A fifty million-year-old ant, whose existence could change the history of India

This ant, preserved in amber 50 million years ago, is evidence that we may have dramatically misunderstood the environmental history of India. Until recently, scientists believed that many of the plants and animals in the Indian subcontinent had evolved in isolation from other landmasses, during a period hundreds of thousands of years ago before India…

io9 Annalee Newitz

All 900GB of GeoCities Will Soon be Downloadable

After killing off GeoCities last year, diehard Homesteaders will release a massive (and slightly unnecessary) 900GB torrent containing every single webpage ever hosted by the Yahoo-owned company. Just think of all those Gif-laden treats… [Archive Time via TechRadar] https://gizmodo.com/geocities-is-dead-long-live-geocities-5389976

Tech News Kat Hannaford

November in science fiction: Your ultimate survival guide!

The io9 calendar for November science fiction bursts with unprecedented awesomeness. On your movie screens, there’s Harry Potter and alien abductions. There’s also new Stephen King and tons of author appearances and conventions. The future is here — be prepared! As always, you can download the io9 calendar as a printable PDF here. And if…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

App Deals of the Day

Kick off the weekend with even more great apps in your pocket. Free Apps: iOS: • Panda’s Puzzle Blast (iPhone) for $0 (normally $0.99) • Solitaire (iPhone) for $0 (normally $0.99) • Office Heroes (iPhone) for $0 (normally $0.99) • Slow Shutter Cam (iPhone) for $0 (normally $1.99) (ended) • Ace Police Training (iPhone) for…

Tech News Adam Harris

Earth-sized planets might be a dime a dozen

A new study estimates that one in four sun-like stars have Earth-sized planets — far more than previously thought. It challenges current theories on how planets form, and may mean a greater chance of finding habitable worlds. Astronomers at UC Berkeley observed 166 G and K stars — stars similar to our sun — within…

io9 Lauren Davis

io9 Book Club reminder: Read Catherynne N. Valente’s “Palimpsest” for next week!

Just a quick reminder that next week is the io9 Book Club meeting, where we’ll be talking about Catherynne N. Valente’s novel Palimpsest. What is this crazy io9 Book Club? Let me tell you about it. For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here’s how it works: You read the book. We create a…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

12-yo Girl Prevents Kidnapping By Pretending iPod Touch Is a Phone

This week in Stanton, Delaware, a 12-yo girl was confronted by a man driving a white van. He told her to get in. She held up her iPod Touch and said she’d dialed 911. That may have saved her life. The girl was accosted in the late afternoon this Wednesday by a suspect who’s described…

Tech News Brian Barrett

First look at Amanda Seyfried’s dystopian class-war film

Check out our first photos from Andrew Niccol’s Now, previously titled Im.mortal. In this future, the wealthy stop aging at 25. Here’s Justin Timberlake taking Amanda Seyfried hostage after he’s accused of murdering a man for a little more youth. Naturally, the two end up on a wild adventure – only to find out that…

Movies Meredith Woerner

NASA’s awesome space art recharges your sense of wonder for the weekend

It’s Friday, which means we could all use a touch of cosmic amazement to kick-start our work-numbed souls. Cue NASA’s fantastic art showing the star-making machinery at the core of the galaxy. Even more of it below. This image, which appeared as NASA’s Image of the Day the other day, is not actually a photograph…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

London Is Now a Giant Board Game for Runners

The best way to do something unpleasant is to try to make it fun. So Nike—hoping to sell some shoes in the process—turned London into a giant online running game, sending competing players hurrying between urban checkpoints. The game—called “The Grid”—is interestingly low-tech. Before each run, players place a call at a designated Nike phone…

Tech News Sam Biddle

RoboCop Jr. defends dystopian Detroit

When his son decided that he wanted to be RoboCop for Halloween, this dad didn’t just make him a crafty cyborg suit. He also took his son on a photoshoot through the dystopian streets of Detroit. Jim, who blogs at Sweet Juniper, made this incredible RoboCop costume from a wetsuit he won off eBay, an…

io9 Lauren Davis

Take a peek at the fantastical creations of New Zealand artists in “White Cloud Worlds”

New Zealand, home to Weta Workshop, is a fantasy/scifi concept art powerhouse. And now, art book White Cloud Worlds showcases all the ways New Zealand artists have brought fantasies to life. We’ve got a gallery. The anthology’s editors introduce the book: White Cloud Worlds is a never-before seen collection of science fiction and fantasy artwork…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Gadget Deals of the Day

Get into the holiday spirit with an incredible roundup of dealz we don’t normally start seeing until much later in the season! Top Deals: • 42″ Sharp AQUOS LC42LE620UT 120Hz, 1080p LED HDTV for $699 with free shipping (normally $941) • $1 Domain Registrations at GoDaddy (normally $9 – use coupon code SCARYONE) • IHOP:…

Tech News Adam Harris

The Deadpool movie script gets a B

The screenplay to the upcoming Deadpool movie leaked online yesterday, and we had a chance to read it. Good news: It’s very close to the original comic book in tone and content. Bad news: it wouldn’t make a great movie. Spoilers ahead… So the script popped up online yesterday at I Heart Chaos, although it…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

How Thomas Edison Pranked the 1920s With His “Dead People” Phone

You can’t blame the people of 1920 for falling for Edison’s practical joke. After all, this was the man who invented the light bulb! When he told a magazine he’d invented a phone that communicates with spirits, hysteria understandably ensued. Over 600 letters were sent in to American Magazine, which published Thomas Edison’s quotes on…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Evidence of liquid water found on Mars

NASA has yet to find liquid water on Mars, but analysis of the soil where the Spirit Rover became stuck last year suggests liquid water flowed through the soil — and fairly recently. For the past year and a half, Spirit has been stuck at a Martian site called Troy, where the rover’s wheel broke…

io9 Lauren Davis

A quartet of classic steampunk tales, reimagined by Eileen Gunn

Award-winning short story writer Eileen Gunn, author of Stable Strategies and Others, is publishing a series of four flash fiction stories over at Tor.com, written in the style of classic steampunk tales. The first is “A Different Engine.” Illustration by Fyodor Pavlov It’s written as an homage to William Gibson and Bruce Sterling’s classic steampunk…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Crazy new villain portraits raise our expectations for superhero show The Cape

We’ve been on the fence about NBC’s new superhero series The Cape, but these new villain snaps, along with some interesting casting news, have given us new hope. AICN has an exclusive look at the villains in The Cape The top picture is Vinnie Jones (The Juggernaut in X-Men: The Last Stand) as the reptilian…

Television Meredith Woerner

In “Fated,” the personification of Fate falls in love with a realtor

Inception Button Instantly Adds Stress To Any Situation

A fifty million-year-old ant, whose existence could change the history of India

All 900GB of GeoCities Will Soon be Downloadable

November in science fiction: Your ultimate survival guide!

App Deals of the Day

Earth-sized planets might be a dime a dozen

io9 Book Club reminder: Read Catherynne N. Valente’s “Palimpsest” for next week!

12-yo Girl Prevents Kidnapping By Pretending iPod Touch Is a Phone

First look at Amanda Seyfried’s dystopian class-war film

NASA’s awesome space art recharges your sense of wonder for the weekend

London Is Now a Giant Board Game for Runners

RoboCop Jr. defends dystopian Detroit

Take a peek at the fantastical creations of New Zealand artists in “White Cloud Worlds”

Gadget Deals of the Day

The Deadpool movie script gets a B

How Thomas Edison Pranked the 1920s With His “Dead People” Phone

Evidence of liquid water found on Mars

A quartet of classic steampunk tales, reimagined by Eileen Gunn

Crazy new villain portraits raise our expectations for superhero show The Cape

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