Books

The Hunger Games Helped a 12-Year-Old Girl Become a Real-Life Hero

Can YA fiction save lives? Or at least aid a kid suffering from a nasty wound? A 12-year-old Massachusetts girl helped an injured friend over the weekend thanks to quick thinking—and a makeshift tourniquet she whipped up using a technique she read about in The Hunger Games. On Saturday afternoon, Megan Gething and her friend…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Remember the Time Lwaxana Troi Beat the Crap Out of Q in a Star Trek Book?

Tie-in books often get to tackle things the shows they are based on do not. Sometimes it’s things that would need too many special effects; sometimes it’s letting the X-Men visit the Star Trek universe. In the case of Q-in-Law, it’s letting two giant guest star characters meet. Like the epic meeting between Q, who…

Books & Comics Katharine Trendacosta

Your Summer of Reading Begins With This Epic List of June’s New Scifi and Fantasy Books

It’s June! The days are longer, the nights are warmer, and the amount of new science fiction and fantasy books that will soon be available is truly mind-blowing. Read on to find out about more than 30 great new titles, coming out over the next 30 days! Beren and Lúthien by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

The Wizarding World Theme Park Is the Best Harry Potter Anything Since the Books

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is obnoxiously overpriced, small, and pretty gimmicky. And yet it is a much better experience for a Harry Potter fan than Fantastic Beasts, Cursed Child, or any of J.K. Rowling’s endless Pottermore essays. It’s been hard to recapture—or even remember—what it was that made me love Harry Potter in…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

io9’s Best and Most Essential Star Wars Posts

It’s the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, which happens to be something we have written about a lot here at io9. Like, seriously a terrifying amount. After combing through our archives, we’ve assembled our favorite pieces about the Star Wars movies, games, toys, books, comics, and everything else this universe encompasses. May the Force be…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

A Look Inside the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles‘ Totally Radical Pizza Cookbook

Look, I’m as surprised as you are that the Ninja Turtles apparently have a cookbook coming out filled with suitably wacky pizzas. Don’t they order takeout to the sewers more than anything? But hey, if you ever want to recreate the TMNT in your own kitchen, do we have the goofy book for you—no grimy…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

The Handmaid’s Tale Takes Its First Major Departure From the Book, and It’s Excellent

Last week’s episode showed that Hulu’s TV adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale isn’t afraid to take us outside of Offred’s point of view, even if it was just in flashback before. “The Other Side” has taken things a step further, centering an entire episode around another character, and giving us a new look at what’s…

Television Beth Elderkin

Read the Entire First Chapter of Charles Stross’ New Laundry Files Novel, The Delirium Brief, Right Here

Charles Stross’ Laundry Files is one of the best and best-loved scifi series running (and a personal favorite). His upcoming installment, The Delirium Brief, not only begins with the titular secret occult-protection organization being dragged into the public eye—spoiler: everyone is very upset—but brings back beloved narrator/protagonist/unwilling executive/Eater of Souls Bob Howard back, too! We…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

An Incredibly Cool Mecha Godzilla, and More of the Best Toys We’ve Seen This Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s roundup of the merchandise most likely to burn a hole in our wallets this week. Today we’ve got a Boba Fett-inspired Nerf blaster, some retro Batman action figures, a cool way to build your own Lego Transformers, and an alarmingly adorable Xenomorph plushie. Nerf Rival Star Wars Battlefront Apollo…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook and Andrew Liszewski

Ghostbusters Has Been Turned Into Shakespeare

When something is well-written, it’s not uncommon to hear someone refer to it as “Shakespeare.” For example, hypothetically, someone might say, “The script for Ghostbusters was so good, it’s like Shakespeare.” But what if Ghostbusters actually was written by Shakespeare? That was the question posed by Jordan Monsell. And not only did he pose it,…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

The Kingkiller Chronicle‘s Kvothe Has Never Looked Better Than in These Beautiful Illustrations

I suspect the chances of your owning a copy of Patrick J. Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind are high. The author’s debut novel, which launched The Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy, stunned pretty much everyone when it was released in 2007, becoming one of the biggest fantasy book series of all time. So when I tell you…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

If You Love The Handmaid’s Tale, Check Out These 10 Other Works of Feminist Science Fiction

You’ve read the book, you’ve seen all the episodes of the show so far, and you’ve spent the past week repeating “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum, bitches!” Hulu’s excellent adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is equal parts invigorating and infuriating—and its themes couldn’t be more eerily timely. Here’s 10 works that capture that same…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Andy Weir’s Follow Up to The Martian Is Coming in November

And it’s about Moon crimes. Crown Publishing announced Monday that Andy Weir’s new book is called Artemis and it’ll be released on November 14. Andy Weir is best known for The Martian, his online book that became a best-seller and then an Oscar-nominated film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. This latest book…

Movies Germain Lussier

Dear Handmaid’s Tale: I Can’t Believe There’s No Butter

I have a few beefs with Hulu’s adaptation of the notable novel that has set many a school girl on a path to feminism and rejection of fuckbois. There’s obviously my disappointment with Serena Joy’s transformation from spackled mess of a Tammy Faye icon to coifed Ivanka Trump twin (mainly because I want to see…

Television Alex Cranz

How Two New Rogue One Novels Expand the Star Wars Canon

Two Rogue One prequel books are on the shelves: the Jyn Erso-focused Rebel Rising and the Baze Malbus and Chirrut Îmwe-starring Guardians of the Whills. As you would expect, both books drop a fair bit of new canon knowledge and help flesh out Rogue One. Here’s everything you need to know. While most of the…

Books & Comics Katharine Trendacosta

J.K. Rowling Apologizes for Killing Snape and Harry Potter Fandom Promptly Self-Immolates

Since 2015, J.K. Rowling has made it an annual tradition to apologize on the anniversary of the fictional Battle of Hogwarts for killing off a Harry Potter character. This year’s selection was not met with the usual mourning. In 2015, she apologized for Fred Weasley. In 2016, it was Remus Lupin. Both are mostly beloved…

Books & Comics Katharine Trendacosta

20 Amazing New Scifi and Fantasy Books to Add to Your Reading List in May

May brings M.R. Carey’s new tale set in the same zombified world as The Girl With All the Gifts, a surreal new short-story collection from Haruki Murakami, a posthumous novel about dinosaurs from Michael Crichton—and many more. Dig in! All Systems Red by Martha Wells On a scientific mission to a faraway planet, a corporate…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles TV Show Just Took a Big Step Forward

Anne Rice is famous the world over as the author of Interview With the Vampire and the other novels in her best-selling Vampire Chronicles series, the gothic, romantic vampire universe she’s been building out since the 1970s. Now, Paramount TV and Anonymous Content have optioned all 11 of them(!) to use as the basis of…

Television Germain Lussier

Apparently, Jason Segel Is Writing YA Science Fiction Books Now

Jason Segel—star of sitcoms, maker of R-rated comedies, and friend to Muppets—has branched out yet again. Segel and his co-writer Kirsten Miller have announced that later this year they’ll be releasing a YA novel called Otherworld, the first in a proposed YA scifi trilogy about an all encompassing futuristic video game. “When I was a…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

Why You Should Read the American Gods Novel Before Watching the TV Show

Months ago, I waffled over whether to re-read American Gods before the TV show started airing. Did I want to experience the show as its own unique thing or should I go back to the book and reacquaint myself with the plot? The decision to go back to Neil Gaiman’s modern fantasy epic won out…

Television Evan Narcisse

The Hunger Games Helped a 12-Year-Old Girl Become a Real-Life Hero

Remember the Time Lwaxana Troi Beat the Crap Out of Q in a Star Trek Book?

Your Summer of Reading Begins With This Epic List of June’s New Scifi and Fantasy Books

The Wizarding World Theme Park Is the Best Harry Potter Anything Since the Books

io9’s Best and Most Essential Star Wars Posts

A Look Inside the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles‘ Totally Radical Pizza Cookbook

The Handmaid’s Tale Takes Its First Major Departure From the Book, and It’s Excellent

Read the Entire First Chapter of Charles Stross’ New Laundry Files Novel, The Delirium Brief, Right Here

An Incredibly Cool Mecha Godzilla, and More of the Best Toys We’ve Seen This Week

Ghostbusters Has Been Turned Into Shakespeare

The Kingkiller Chronicle‘s Kvothe Has Never Looked Better Than in These Beautiful Illustrations

If You Love The Handmaid’s Tale, Check Out These 10 Other Works of Feminist Science Fiction

Andy Weir’s Follow Up to The Martian Is Coming in November

Dear Handmaid’s Tale: I Can’t Believe There’s No Butter

How Two New Rogue One Novels Expand the Star Wars Canon

J.K. Rowling Apologizes for Killing Snape and Harry Potter Fandom Promptly Self-Immolates

20 Amazing New Scifi and Fantasy Books to Add to Your Reading List in May

Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles TV Show Just Took a Big Step Forward

Apparently, Jason Segel Is Writing YA Science Fiction Books Now

Why You Should Read the American Gods Novel Before Watching the TV Show

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

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

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

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

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

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

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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