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New Trailer For ‘Haunting Melissa’ App/Movie NOW Available

It’s not quite an app, and it’s not quite a movie, it’s Haunting Melissa, a brand new moviegoing experience that happens right now exclusively on your Apple devices. We now have a new trailer for the film, directed by Hollywood producer Neal Edelstein – an award-winning independent filmmaker and early technology adopter whose credits include... Read More

Stealth Media Group Sets Up ‘Bullets For The Dead’ and ‘Bite’

UK-based Stealth Media Group and Iron Sky producer Cathy Overett’s new shingle Cathartic Pictures have joined to produce a revolving slate of films and to set up an Australian outpost the sales agent. Deadline reports that the first film in the deal is Bullets For The Dead, a $2M zombie Western set to shoot in... Read More

State-of-the-art 19th-century torpedo was discovered by Navy dolphins

15 hours agoGenres / Sci Fi : io9

In the late 19th century, the Howell torpedo was an incredibly advanced piece of military equipment, a breakthrough device in the United States' quest to achieve naval dominance. But only one surviving Howell torpedo was known to exist—until Navy dolphins nosed up another. Read more...

Watch Aliens retold in 60 seconds of animated silliness

15 hours agoGenres / Sci Fi : io9

The latest 60-second Speedrun through a science fiction movie takes us through the action-packed mayhem of Aliens, from Jonesy to Ripley's power loader. Those Xenomorphs are still vicious in this format, so watch out. Read more...

Whimsical, animal-filled illustrations of mathematical concepts

16 hours agoGenres / Sci Fi : io9

Kasia Jackowska's Drawing Mathematics series takes an unusually adorable approach to illustrating mathematical concepts. The Pythagorean Theorem and Sierpinski triangles are conveyed through drawings of elephants, snakes, and deer. Read more...

The terrifyingly specific phenomenon that makes your jaw glow green

16 hours agoGenres / Sci Fi : io9

Did you know that working around a certain chemical can make your jaw glow green and have to be chopped off? Not your teeth. Not your bones. Not your head. Your jaw. Learn what happens when biochemistry gets terrifyingly specific. Read more...

Nebula Award Winners!

16 hours agoGenres / Sci Fi : Whatever

The winners are in bold. Also noted: The Norton and Bradbury awards, as well as the Solstice and the Kevin J. O’Donnell Service to SFWA Award. Novel: 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW; Gollancz ’13) Ironskin, Tina Connolly (Tor) The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit […]

Take two minutes to watch the monster animation in this madcap short

16 hours agoGenres / Sci Fi : io9

Ami Thompson's cartoon Basilisk clocks in at just over a minute and a half, but there's plenty of great animation packed into that short time span. Watch as a water-running treasure hunter flees a tentacle-tongued monster. Read more...

Congratulations to this year's Nebula Award winners!

17 hours agoGenres / Sci Fi : io9

Last night, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America announced the winners of the 2012 Nebula Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! Read more...

Ninja Turtles are marked by their weapons in these posters

17 hours agoGenres / Sci Fi : io9

Chris Preksta has come up with a perfectly simple poster series to represent each of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, boiling each pizza-loving warrior down to a color and a weapon. Read more...

Star Trek art from the Bad Robot Art Show

Gallery1988 in Los Angeles recently held an exhibition of art inspired by the work of Bad Robot, featuring pieces based on the likes of Lost, Cloverfield, Super 8, and of course Star Trek. If you didn't have the opportunity to visit the exhibition, here is some of the cool, weird, and wonderful Star Trek art that was on show. Show More Summary

Brandon Sanderson update on WORDS OF RADIANCE

20 hours agoGenres / Fantasy : The Wertzone

Via his email letter, Brandon Sanderson has provided an update on his progress on Words of Radiance, the second volume in The Stormlight Archive (and the sequel to 2010's Way of Kings). According to Sanderson, he has 260,000 words completed...Show More Summary

Weekly Round-Up!

And we're back! Hello everyone, we are officially back, up and running! Sorry we've been gone so long, don't worry we definitely missed you. There has been a lot going on in the world of Potter these last seven days; here is a brief round up:Pottermore won The Bookseller Industry's Digital Strategy of the Year Award, for its creative e-marketing of the Harry Potter books.Emma...

SNL’s Bill Hader Has Star Trek Into Darkness Voice Cameo + More Tidbits From Cast Credits

TrekMovie has got ahold of the official movie credits for Star Trek Into Darkness and there are some interesting tidbits in the cast listings including a voice cameo for SNL’s Bill Hader, another cameo for JJ Abrams dad. Plus find out the names of some of the new characters. See below (but beware of minor [...]

J.K. Rowling's Personal Annotated "Philosopher's Stone" to be Auctioned for Charity

A very rare copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is going to be put up for auction on Tuesday. The auction is to aid the writers' association, English PEN. The auction will sell numerous novels annotated by their authors,...Show More Summary

"Adam Robots" by Adam Roberts (with comments by Liviu Suciu)

Official Adam Roberts Website Read FBC Review of Yellow Blue Tibia Read FBC Review of New Model Army Read FBC Review of Anticopernicus Read FBC Review of By Light Alone Read FBC Review of Jack Glass Order "Adam Robots" HERE I read most...Show More Summary

May 18, 2013: So you’ve won $600 million! Now what?

Yes, you’ve just won $600 million!  Now what? Well, if you’re like 70% of other instant millionaires, you’ll demonstrate unsound judgement, make poor investment decisions, fritter your money away and, eventually find yourself destitute, friendless, and alone (What could happen to you: tales of big lottery winners – U.S. News).  Don’t believe me?  Check out […]

Balloon sculpture is the least deadly stage in the Xenomorph lifecycle

yesterdayGenres / Sci Fi : io9

Michael Abrahamson creates whimsical balloon sculptures of pop culture characters. This Xenomorph might look deadly, but outlast it for a few days, and it will simply deflate. Read more...

Blu-Ray Review: The Burning

MAY 18, 2013 GENRE: SLASHER SOURCE: BLU-RAY (OWN COLLECTION) If you follow me on Twitter but do NOT follow my good friend AJ Bowen (@LenHamhock), you miss out on some amazing ball-busting, as while we share a love of Armageddon and a few other select films, we tend to DISAGREE quite often, especially on slasher movies. Show More Summary

This century-old abandoned ship now hosts a floating forest

yesterdayGenres / Sci Fi : io9

Sydney's Homebush Bay is home to many a broken and forgotten ship, but at least one of those derelict boats still houses a bit of life. The SS Ayrfield, long decommissioned, has a mangrove forest growing from its corpse. Read more.....

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