Aldous Huxley

A 1950s housewife goes on an Aldous Huxley-inspired acid trip

In 1956, the writings of Aldous Huxley prompted Dr. Sidney Cohen to test lysergic acid as a potential mental health treatment. In this old test footage, watch a self-described “normal” test subject get totally double-rainbowed. Says Don Lattin, author of The Harvard Psychedelic Club, over at The Huffington Post: I came across doing research for…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jan 16

10 classic SF books that were originally considered failures

Some of science fiction/fantasy’s classic books failed to win over readers at first. And the publishers of some of SF’s most beloved works were convinced they had a disaster on their hands. Here are 10 masterpieces that were deemed failures. Little, Big by John Crowley Writer’s Almanac summed it up best: “[John Crowley’s] most famous…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders and Michael Ann Dobbs Oct 13

10 great science fiction novels that have been banned

In honor of Banned Books Week, Geekosystem’s Susana Polo looks at 10 great science fiction novels that have been banned, or at least threatened with removal from libraries and schools. Including some major classics of the genre! These titles are among the most popular and beloved science fiction works of the last century. They’ve told…

io9 Susana Polo -- Geekosystem Oct 1

What are the ingredients for great science fiction?

It’s hard enough to define science fiction — but what makes for truly great SF? What’s the crucial element, the X-factor? TimeSplash author Graham Storrs argues it’s all about exploring who we are as humans. https://gizmodo.com/how-many-definitions-of-science-fiction-are-there-5622186 I’ve just been reading a blog post by Mike Brotherton which presents (yet another) definition of science fiction. This…

Books & Comics Graham Storrs Sep 21

Octavia Butler’s dystopias are more believable than Orwell’s or Huxley’s

“I have trouble believing in a government efficient enough to keep track of us all in the way that the government in Orwell’s novel was able to do. In terms of a terrifying glimpse into the future, I still think that Octavia Butler got it closer than the mid-20th-century dystopian novelists, Orwell and Huxley. Go…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 7

A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers

A single book can inspire a wide range of covers, and sometimes those covers can be works of art themselves. We look at some classic science fiction novels and the various covers they’ve worn throughout the years. We’ve collected various book covers from a number of classic science fiction novels to see how different artists…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Nov 17

Don’t Ask The Wall Street Journal How To Wean Your Kids Off Reading Science Fiction

Somebody wrote to the Wall Street Journal’s book advice column to ask how you go about convincing your 13-year-old nephew to stop reading science fiction. Thank goodness the WSJ’s in-house book nerd was smart enough to say: You don’t. Be glad that when you were a teenager, you didn’t have an aunt like the person…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Sep 25

Leonard Nimoy Wants You To Do Drugs And Have Orgies

If the new movie of Brave New World ever gets off the ground, it probably won’t feature Leonard Nimoy in a yellow frock, as the benign leader of the drugs-sex-and-conditioning fake utopia. Too bad. The 1998 TV movie version of BNW is surprisingly great, with about as much crazy sex as television will allow. And…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 16

Ridley Scott Confirms He’s Making Brave New World

Click to viewWe got the chance to ask science fiction legend Ridley Scott for an exclusive update on his adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s classic dystopian novel Brave New World. While he’s still knee-deep in the details of the adaptation, he’s already got some strong opinions – including his view that Brave New World is closer…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 6

Ridley Scott To Make Brave New World?

We’ve waited almost 20 years for Ridley Scott’s third science fiction film, after the greatness of Alien and Blade Runner. And now Scott has confirmed he’s on the verge of helming another scifi flick. He said in an interview: “I waited for a book for 20 years and I have got the book. I am…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 4

New Ridley Scott Movie Has Better Drugs Than Blade Runner

Ridley Scott is returning to science fiction, the genre he spurned, for the first ever movie adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s classic false-utopia novel Brave New World. Leonardo DiCaprio, who owns the movie rights to Brave, will probably star as John the Savage, a natural man who confronts a world of test-tube babies who are kept…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 28

A 1950s housewife goes on an Aldous Huxley-inspired acid trip

10 classic SF books that were originally considered failures

10 great science fiction novels that have been banned

What are the ingredients for great science fiction?

Octavia Butler’s dystopias are more believable than Orwell’s or Huxley’s

A History of 16 Science Fiction Classics, Told In Book Covers

Don’t Ask The Wall Street Journal How To Wean Your Kids Off Reading Science Fiction

Leonard Nimoy Wants You To Do Drugs And Have Orgies

Ridley Scott Confirms He’s Making Brave New World

Ridley Scott To Make Brave New World?

New Ridley Scott Movie Has Better Drugs Than Blade Runner

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