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The New Mortal Engines Trailer Brings Monstrous Cities and a Major Conspiracy

It’s man against machine against even bigger machine in the new trailer for Peter Jackson-produced steampunk saga Mortal Engines. Following an explosive teaser last year, the latest trailer for Mortal Engines shows us exactly what in store for the post-apocalyptic adventure. Taking place thousands of years after the “Sixty Minute War” and its geological upheavals,…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Start Your Summer Reading List With 28 Scifi and Fantasy Books Coming in June

Summer is right around the corner, which means it’s time to get your reading list in order before you embark on any vacations you have coming up. Of course, any season is a good time to dig into some awesome science fiction and fantasy books—so definitely check out the huge stack of new titles coming…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Here’s the Trailer for the Ursula K. Le Guin Documentary Almost 10 Years in the Making

Earlier this year, the world lost one of its most prolific creators when Ursula K. Le Guin passed away at 88 years old. Now, the universes she created and the people she inspired are here to share her story, in the debut trailer for Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, a documentary that’s been in…

io9 Beth Elderkin

These Warhammer Kids’ Books Are Both Heretically Weird and Kind of Awesome

Whatever flavor of Warhammer you enjoy, whether it’s the grim scifi future of 40K or the grim fantasy past of Warhammer Fantasy (née Age of Sigmar), there’s one thing that’s consistent: They’re grim. Like, comically, absurdly, violently dark and gory, and that’s part of why they’re so much fun. So kid’s books are a weird…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

In Down a Dark Hall, Uma Thurman Runs a Mysterious, Haunted School for Troubled Girls

Uma Thurman playing the creepy headmaster of a mysterious school is almost reason enough to be interested in Down a Dark Hall. Luckily the movie, based on the YA novel by Lois Duncan, has more going on than just that. Directed by Rodrigo Cortés, Down a Dark Hall stars AnnaSophia Robb (Bridge to Terabithia) as…

Trailers Germain Lussier

This Video Explores the Experimental History of Scifi Book Covers

Science fiction novels have been, through the modern history of the printed book, a space for innovation and creativity. Their cover art, in particular, was something special, and beautiful. In a new video, Nerdwriter runs down the history of cover art in the scifi novel, which is a history of visionary, weird artists playing within…

io9 Julie Muncy

How Smart Was T. Rex? And Other Dino Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Ask

At the age of 34, American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Steve Brusatte has already accomplished more in his field than some scientists hope to over their entire careers. Born in Ottawa, Illinois, he attended the University of Chicago, where he studied under the tutelage of renowned paleontologist Paul Sereno. Now at the University of Edinburgh,…

Biology George Dvorsky

Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu Is One of the Weirdest Star Wars Stories Ever Told

Back in 1983, when all we knew of Lando Calrissian was The Empire Strikes Back, L. Neil Smith wrote a trio of novels that fleshed out the life of the smooth-talking Baron of Cloud City and took place before we met him in the movies. It was a rare chance to get insight into a…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Feel the Hufflepuff Pride in This Clip From the Upcoming Movie Theater Screening of Puffs

The production is readying special US movie theater screenings so more people can take in the magic.

Movies Jill Pantozzi

A New Trailer for Stephen King’s Castle Rock Shows Us Horror Around Every Corner

Hulu’s upcoming horror series Castle Rock draws from the reservoir of Stephen King fiction, pulling together people, places, and powers that have shown up in various creations by the horror maestro. A new teaser for the show gives us a taste of how bleak it’s going to be when it starts on July 25. [Full…

io9 Evan Narcisse

28 New Scifi and Fantasy Books to Add to Your Shelves in May

May is here, and the month brings tons of new science fiction and fantasy books for your reading pleasure, including tales of kingdoms in turmoil, aliens battling AI in outer space, alt-history fantasies—and a new novel by some guy named Stephen King. Bandwidth by Eliot Peper In this near-future techno-thriller, a young political lobbyist realizes…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

American Gods‘ ‘Darker, More Dangerous’ Season Two Will Arrive in 2019

With the first season’s showrunners leaving and the exit of a major star, it’s been a tense time waiting for the resurrection of American Gods. But Neil Gaiman’s just given a new look at the Starz show, which will be coming back in 2019. Gaiman tweeted out a picture of himself and several American Gods…

io9 Evan Narcisse

Guillermo del Toro’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Movie Is Creeping Ever-Closer to Your Nightmares

It’s been a few years since we heard anything about the planned big-screen adaptation of legendarily terrifying kid’s book series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Since then, the project’s biggest champion, Guillermo del Toro, won a couple of Oscars—which no doubt helped it get a big push forward. Before you get too excited,…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Please Try to Be Surprised: George R.R. Martin’s The Winds of Winter Is Definitely Not Coming in 2018

The sun rises in the east, and sets in the west. Everything has its time, and everything dies. These are constants in life on the planet Earth. Another constant: The next chapter in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire saga, The Winds of Winter, has been delayed. While it was always…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

A Scifi Version of Heart of Darkness Is Happening for Some Reason

Heart of Darkness is widely considered a classic of English-language literature, one that’s influenced and been adapted in a variety of ways, including the movie Apocalypse Now. One more adaptation is on the way, and it’s going to send the Joseph Conrad novel to space. Variety reports that Sony’s streaming service Crackle—which, man, how is…

Television Evan Narcisse

The Creators of Westworld Head to Amazon With New Scifi Series The Peripheral

Westworld creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan can’t get enough of killer games and multiple timelines. The pair will create a show for Amazon called The Peripheral, based on acclaimed author William Gibson’s popular cyberpunk murder-mystery novel that doesn’t stick to just one reality. And it has evil ’bots, too. According to The Hollywood Reporter,…

Television Beth Elderkin

A Brief History of George R.R. Martin’s Annoyance at Lady Stoneheart’s Exclusion From Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin has two strong consistencies in his professional life. One is writing infuriatingly mouthwatering food descriptions. The other is repeatedly reminding the world that he’s still not over Game of Thrones cutting one of his favorite characters from the novels: Lady Stoneheart. Stoneheart—the resurrected, undead form of Catelyn Stark who, in Martin’s books,…

io9 James Whitbrook

George R.R. Martin’s Latest Shocking Kill: His Livejournal

George R.R. Martin is known as a bloodthirsty writer, lopping the heads off your favorite A Song of Ice and Fire characters (sometimes quite literally) with a reckless abandon that barely gives you time to grieve before the next blood-spattered literary massacre. His latest kill may be one of his most tragic though: Martin has…

io9 James Whitbrook

Here’s How Steven Spielberg and ILM Recreated That Movie for Ready Player One

Whether you loved or hated Ready Player One, odds are you were still amazed by the second challenge—yes, that scene—even if it’s just wondering how the hell director Steven Spielberg pulled off something so impossible. Now we know. The upcoming Art of Ready Player One book by Gina McIntyre explains it in detail. It’s out…

Movies Germain Lussier

A New J.R.R. Tolkien Book Set in Middle-Earth Is Coming Out This Summer

J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973, but 45 years later, his old writings are still finding their way into reader’s hands. The latest is called The Fall of Gondolin and it’ll be out in August. Tolkien wrote The Fall of Gondolin back in 1916, while in the hospital after the Battle of the Somme. Set in…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

The New Mortal Engines Trailer Brings Monstrous Cities and a Major Conspiracy

Start Your Summer Reading List With 28 Scifi and Fantasy Books Coming in June

Here’s the Trailer for the Ursula K. Le Guin Documentary Almost 10 Years in the Making

These Warhammer Kids’ Books Are Both Heretically Weird and Kind of Awesome

In Down a Dark Hall, Uma Thurman Runs a Mysterious, Haunted School for Troubled Girls

This Video Explores the Experimental History of Scifi Book Covers

How Smart Was T. Rex? And Other Dino Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Ask

Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu Is One of the Weirdest Star Wars Stories Ever Told

Feel the Hufflepuff Pride in This Clip From the Upcoming Movie Theater Screening of Puffs

A New Trailer for Stephen King’s Castle Rock Shows Us Horror Around Every Corner

28 New Scifi and Fantasy Books to Add to Your Shelves in May

American Gods‘ ‘Darker, More Dangerous’ Season Two Will Arrive in 2019

Guillermo del Toro’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Movie Is Creeping Ever-Closer to Your Nightmares

Please Try to Be Surprised: George R.R. Martin’s The Winds of Winter Is Definitely Not Coming in 2018

A Scifi Version of Heart of Darkness Is Happening for Some Reason

The Creators of Westworld Head to Amazon With New Scifi Series The Peripheral

A Brief History of George R.R. Martin’s Annoyance at Lady Stoneheart’s Exclusion From Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin’s Latest Shocking Kill: His Livejournal

Here’s How Steven Spielberg and ILM Recreated That Movie for Ready Player One

A New J.R.R. Tolkien Book Set in Middle-Earth Is Coming Out This Summer

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

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INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Could There Be a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sequel?

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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

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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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