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Here Are Your Hugo 2019 Award Winners

Last night one of the biggest events in genre writing, the Hugo Awards, awarded creators at the 77th World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin, Ireland. Highlighting sci-fi and fantasy across films, TV, comics, criticism, fan works, and more, the Hugos are a celebration of some of the year’s finest—so get your notepad out and be…

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 19

The Y the Last Man Show Gets a Tiny Update, and Adds a Writer Very Familiar to Us, Specifically

Since it was announced that Eliza Clark was being brought in to showrun the seemingly-troubled FX adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s post-apocalyptic comic series Y: The Last Man, we’ve not actually heard much about the series. But Vaughan recently emerged from the shadows to give us a tiny update. The writer took…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Aug 8

Doctor Who, Fan Fiction, and a YouTube Documentary Headline This Year’s Hugo Awards Finalists

The nominees for the Hugo Awards are here, honoring the best in 2018’s comics, movies, TV shows, and other works. We’ve got some staples in genre fiction, like Black Panther and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, along with a few surprises—including the first time in Hugo history that a YouTube essay series has been nominated for…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin Apr 2

35 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Check Out in April

April showers won’t bring you down if you have a nice pile of rainy-day books to keep you occupied. We’ve got a bumper crop this month, featuring vengeful magicians, space pirates, spelunkers on alien planets, alternate supernatural histories, a rebellious gnome, and so much more. Finder by Suzanne Palmer The Hugo winner (2018 novelette “The…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Apr 1

Forget Strong Female Characters! We Need Complicated Female Characters Who Screw Up (A Lot)

Every few months like clockwork, it happens again: the never-ending debate over Strong Female Characters. [Editor’s Note: io9 is proud to publish this guest post today from io9 co-founder Charlie Jane Anders. -Jill P.] At this point, it’s become a cliche, and an in-joke, and a T-shirt, and a comic, and still we debate endlessly…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 11

37 New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Keep You Warm This February

February may be the shortest month, but it’s jam-packed with new sci-fi and fantasy books—including titles from big names like Marlon James, Ken Liu, and io9 co-founder Charlie Jane Anders! Plus: runaway space princesses, mythical monsters, post-apocalyptic survival stories, and tons more, including a few non-fiction picks. Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James The…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Jan 31

Read an Exclusive Excerpt From the Star-Studded Sci-Fi Anthology Resist

The world is a mess. That’s one fact we can all agree on. And when reality is hard to talk about or to understand, sometimes fiction is the best way to express what’s really going on. That was the idea behind the new book Resist: Tales From a Future Worth Fighting Against, which is now available…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Oct 29

A Chat With the Founders of io9

Without Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders, io9 would not exist. These two women—along with early contributors, commenters, and fans—created one of the internet’s most popular news sites, covering both science and fiction. While we’ve certainly changed over the years, we’re happy that Newitz and Anders came by to celebrate io9’s tenth anniversary and talk…

io9 The io9 Staff Jan 15

io9 Co-Founder Charlie Jane Anders Wins Best Novel at This Year’s Nebula Awards

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced the winners of the Nebula Awards for 2016 over the weekend. There are some impressive and talented works in the mix, including an award for Arrival. But, of course, io9 can’t help but be a little extra thrilled that our co-founder, Charlie Jane Anders, took home…

io9 Beth Elderkin May 21

Here Are the 2016 Nebula Award Nominees

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has announced its 2016 Nebula Award nominees—honoring the best works of scifi and fantasy published in the US—as well as its Bradbury (for dramatic presentation, with Westworld cracking the film-heavy category) and Norton (for YA works) nominees. We’re especially pleased to see io9 co-founder Charlie Jane Anders…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Feb 21

io9’s Mission Isn’t Over

Hello, I’m Rob Bricken. Some of you may know me as the guy who writes the FAQs, or the guy who hates everything, or a deluded SJW, or perhaps the person who will shortly be turning io9 into a garbage fire. I would like to present myself as something else—the new editor of io9. Yes,…

io9 Rob Bricken May 2

io9 Newsstand: Do All The Needs of The Many Outweigh Those of The Few?

This week’s stories are about the push-pull between honoring tradition and celebrating the new, about how hard it is to make peace with your past, and about how good it feels to make men pay for being pigs. This week’s stories also all come from the same source: Uncanny Magazine. I know I just encouraged…

io9 K. Tempest Bradford Jul 13

What can science fiction tell us about the future of social media?

Right now, you are reading a piece of social media. That means it’s designed to be passed around on social networks – though it appears on io9.com, can easily be transplanted to Facebook, Twitter, Stumble Upon, and dozens of others. Or it can be converted to email or a text message you can pass along…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 14

Meet the Bloggers at io9

I’m Annalee Newitz, editor of io9, and I’ll be your pilot on this ride across time and space and your imagination and all that crap. The first time I saw Star Wars I got so excited that I threw up. I learned about sex from reading John Varley novels about creatures with three sets of…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 3

Here Are Your Hugo 2019 Award Winners

The Y the Last Man Show Gets a Tiny Update, and Adds a Writer Very Familiar to Us, Specifically

Doctor Who, Fan Fiction, and a YouTube Documentary Headline This Year’s Hugo Awards Finalists

35 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Check Out in April

Forget Strong Female Characters! We Need Complicated Female Characters Who Screw Up (A Lot)

37 New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Keep You Warm This February

Read an Exclusive Excerpt From the Star-Studded Sci-Fi Anthology Resist

A Chat With the Founders of io9

io9 Co-Founder Charlie Jane Anders Wins Best Novel at This Year’s Nebula Awards

Here Are the 2016 Nebula Award Nominees

io9’s Mission Isn’t Over

io9 Newsstand: Do All The Needs of The Many Outweigh Those of The Few?

What can science fiction tell us about the future of social media?

Meet the Bloggers at io9

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