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All the Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Are Coming in 2013

This year’s science fiction books are going to rock. John Scalzi returns to the Old Man’s War universe, there’s a brand new Neil Gaiman novel, and Stephen King’s long-awaited sequel to The Shining. Plus brand new books from Austin Grossman, Nalo Hopkinson, Christopher Priest, Diana Gabaldon, Robert J. Sawyer, Joe Hill… and J.R.R. Tolkien? Here…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

First trailer for Eli Roth’s sexy monster series Hemlock Grove

Take a look at Eli Roth’s first foray into the world of serialized storytelling, in the first trailer for his new Netflix monster series. Based off Brian McGreevy’s novel, Hemlock Grove stars Famke Janssen and a cast of sexy teens writing around in a monster-filled town in Pennsylvania. At least we think it’s infested with…

io9 Meredith Woerner

New Warm Bodies clips show the day-to-day “life” of a zombie

Take another look at the odd horror comedy Warm Bodies starring that little kid from About A Boy, Nicholas Hoult. The whole movie is told from the POV of “R” (he doesn’t remember his full name), a zombie with the ability to internally monologue. Think Romeo and Juliet if Romeo was a brain-hungry undead monster.…

io9 Meredith Woerner

First official Catching Fire images reveal Finnick’s modified, kid-killing trident

Entertainment Weekly is rolling out a big fat Catching Fire issue, and as a little tease the magazine has released the first official photograph from THE Hunger Games sequel (along with the cover). The images highlight new character Finnick (Sam Claflin), But we’re more interested in the updating job done to Finnick’s weapon of choice,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

GRRM has a new Winds of Winter preview chapter up!

George R.R. Martin has a new Winds of Winter preview chapter up. I REPEAT: GRRM HAS A NEW WINDS OF WINTER PREVIEW CHAPTER UP. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. IT’S ABOUT ARIANNE AND DORNE. YOU SHOULD READ IT ANYWAYS. PROCEED DIRECTLY TO THE WINDS OF WINTER PREVIEW CHAPTER HERE. THAT IS ALL. [Via All Leather…

io9 Rob Bricken

How to Cope With All The Stages of Fan Letdown

Letdown is part of being a fan. Maybe we expect too much from our beloved movies, comics, novels and TV shows, or maybe they promise too much — but one way or another, we’ve all lived through a lot of disappointment. And yet, because we’re fans, we still get our hopes up — and sometimes…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The io9 Book Club Is in Session! Let’s Talk About Gail Carriger’s Soulless.

Welcome to the monthly meeting of the io9 Book Club. In December, we read Soulless, the first novel in Gail Carriger’s bestselling Parasol Protectorate series. Jump into comments to get started talking about it! For those unfamiliar with the io9 book club, here’s how it works: You read the book. We create a special book…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Science fiction novels rule a China where development leaves people feeling “surreal and confused”

There’s a great rundown of the current state of Chinese science fiction books over at Global Times. Among other things, this is the third boom in SF book publishing in China — the first two being the late 19th century, with translations of Jules Verne, and the second being the years right after the death…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

New edition of 1984 will feature a “censored” blacked out cover

Penguin is releasing new editions of five of books by George Orwell, with covers by designer David Pearson. Perhaps the best of the new designs is Pearson’s simple but brilliant idea for 1984, with the title and author’s name apparently censored with black foiling. The black bars only obscure the text at a glance, however;…

io9 Lauren Davis

Bruce Sterling’s Advice for New Science Fiction Authors: “Trying to ace your way through collapsing industries is a drag”

There’s a must-read interview with legendary Cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling over at FortyKey, where Cory Doctorow, Paul Di Filippo and a bunch of other people ask him questions about writing and the future. In particular, Di Filippo asks him what his strategy would be for breaking in as a new science fiction writer in 2013,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes — And Have a Better Life

He’s not just a snacky master of deduction. Sherlock Holmes also has some profound psychological lessons to teach. Learn from the brilliant detective’s strategy of mindfulness in this excerpt from psychology researcher Maria Konnikova’s new book Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes. The Two M’s: Mindfulness and Motivation As Holmes reminds us, “Like all…

Books & Comics Maria Konnikova

The Science Fiction Publisher That’s Helping to Bring Back a Classic Computer Game

Recently a Kickstarter campaign launched for Elite: Dangerous, a sequel to the classic 1980s space game Elite. The campaign, which ends later today, was seeking £1.25 million — but it got more than that amount, and £13,000 came via Gollancz, the venerable science fiction publisher, which bought the rights to do a book tie-in to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

J.K. Rowling may — may — be writing a Doctor Who story

As part of Doctor Who’s big 50th anniversary bash this year, the BBC has announced its plan to release 11 short stories set in the Who-niverse written by beloved and popular children’s book authors. While the authors haven’t been confirmed yet, at the top of the list of likely candidates is none other than J.K.…

io9 Rob Bricken

The Finishing School on the Airship, Where They Teach Young Ladies to Kill

Gail Carriger has won a huge following for her Parasol Protectorate novels — and now she’s venturing into young adult fiction, with the highly amusing Finishing School series. Check out an exclusive excerpt from the first book, Etiquette & Espionage, in which young Sophronia learns that her finishing school is teaching her to finish people…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This Brilliantly Censored Book Cover Does Big Brother Proud

Penguin publishing just rereleased five of George Orwell’s best works—1984, Animal Farm, Down and Out in Paris and London, Homage to Catalonia, and Politics and the English Language—as “Great Orwell” editions. While the classic texts themselves haven’t changed, their covers have been reimagined by David Pearson, an award winning typographer and designer. For the cover…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Watch the gorgeous trailer for Warren Ellis’ Gun Machine narrated by Wil Wheaton

Warren Ellis has released one exceptionally intense trailer for his latest book, Gun Machine, narrated by Wil Wheaton and illustrated by Ben Templesmith. Admittedly, we could watch an entire movie made out of Templesmith’s scribbles and Warren’s words. Check it out: Get More: MTV Shows Here’s the entire synopsis: After a shootout claims the life…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Celebrate H.P. Lovecraft with amazing fiction and essays!

It’s always a great time to pay homage to the master of eldritch horror — and The Revelator is here for you, with a fantastic H.P. Lovecraft themed issue. There’s a highly entertaining editorial, plus amazing fiction by Meghan McCarron and Laird Barron. McCarron’s “Lovecraft in Brooklyn” not only takes its name from a great…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

10 Book Series So Addictive, You Never Want Them to End

Welcome to the deep of winter, the time when the nights are longest and you basically never want to get out of your warm bed. This is the perfect time to get sucked into a long, complicated relationship with a book series. But what book series are worth getting hooked on? We did some digging…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The io9 Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy in January

January is bursting with pop-culture greatness. There are new books by Neil Gaiman and Warren Ellis — plus the final book of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series! Some long-awaited movies finally come to theaters, including John Dies at the End. And Canada’s mind-boggling new time travel show Continuum hits U.S. television. Plus loads of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How to Read a Book Every Single Day of the Year

Of all the terrible New Year resolutions that will have been made this week, reading more is one that sounds easy but is incredibly tough. But with a slew of reading tech available, perhaps now is the best time ever to churn through the pages like never before. Jeff Ryan explains on Slate how he…

Books & Comics Jamie Condliffe

All the Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Are Coming in 2013

First trailer for Eli Roth’s sexy monster series Hemlock Grove

New Warm Bodies clips show the day-to-day “life” of a zombie

First official Catching Fire images reveal Finnick’s modified, kid-killing trident

GRRM has a new Winds of Winter preview chapter up!

How to Cope With All The Stages of Fan Letdown

The io9 Book Club Is in Session! Let’s Talk About Gail Carriger’s Soulless.

Science fiction novels rule a China where development leaves people feeling “surreal and confused”

New edition of 1984 will feature a “censored” blacked out cover

Bruce Sterling’s Advice for New Science Fiction Authors: “Trying to ace your way through collapsing industries is a drag”

How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes — And Have a Better Life

The Science Fiction Publisher That’s Helping to Bring Back a Classic Computer Game

J.K. Rowling may — may — be writing a Doctor Who story

The Finishing School on the Airship, Where They Teach Young Ladies to Kill

This Brilliantly Censored Book Cover Does Big Brother Proud

Watch the gorgeous trailer for Warren Ellis’ Gun Machine narrated by Wil Wheaton

Celebrate H.P. Lovecraft with amazing fiction and essays!

10 Book Series So Addictive, You Never Want Them to End

The io9 Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy in January

How to Read a Book Every Single Day of the Year

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