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What's coming up on Sunday Kos …. Dante Atkins will have a motivational message in the aftermath of Netroots Nation. Decades ago, a science fiction editor set a goal for his authors: "Give me a creature that thinks as well as a man,Show More Summary
Science Fiction Movies Have a Woman Problem
John Scalzi applies the Bechdel Test to science fiction movies, and finds the results to be appalling. (The Bechdel Test, if you haven't heard, is a bit of genius from cartoonist Alison Bechdel that should be as ubiquitous on the internet as Godwin's Law. Show More Summary
Summer science fiction explosion: The io9 guide to August [Io9 Calendar]
What's coming to you in August? Scott Pilgrim and Piranha 3-D! Max Headroom and Lost on DVD! Time Bandits on Blu-Ray! New Hunger Games and Tank Girl! Plus conventions, author appearances and more! More »
Abrams Is Simmering With Bad Robot In The 'Boilerplate'
J.J. Abrams is teaming up once more with his Bad Robot label and Paramount Pictures in order to put together the science fiction film "Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel". The film, based off the graphic novel by Anina Bennett and Paul Guinan, tells the story of the world's first robot. Show More Summary
SDCC 2010 Video Interview: The Cast of Cowboys & Aliens
The last of our 2010 Comic-Con coverage gets put up today and I had a chance to talk to almost everyone from the cast and crew of Cowboys vs. Aliens. Base on the 'Malibu Comics' graphic novel that mixes Western and science fiction genres. Show More Summary
The Chunky, Scratchy Worlds Of Ashley Wood
Pretty girls and science fiction: That's what artist Ashley Wood specializes in, and it's worked out pretty well for him; with his work appearing in gallery shows, artbooks, comics, toys and now movies - His Lore has just been optioned for a movie, and his World War Robot ended up in a similar state last year - Wood has managed to become his own multimedia empire.
Democrat Mike McMahon’s Campaign Notes that GOP Challenger Grimm is Getting”Jewish Money”
For years science fiction authors have tinkered with the theme of a time machine — one that could take man back in time. Now, lo and behold, it seems as if we’re in a time machine as America is being whisked back decades when race was a red-scab raw issue — and comments about those [...]
Chris Field: EMP Threat: How Our Enemies Could Knock Out Everything
An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) poses a devastating threat that is not science fiction but a real danger to our security that exists in the here and now.In the August issue of Townhall Magazine, Peter Brookes examines...
Futurama Review: "The Late Philip J. Fry" (6.7)
At its core, Futurama, like a lot of science fiction, is about saying “Wouldn’t it be cool if?” and then exploring the consequences. The difference is that Futurama is willing to talk about the craziest possible circumstances, whereas someone like Philip K. Show More Summary
African Women and Science Fiction
Kudzani Moswela in "Pumzi"
35 years after the "Water War" has wiped out all plant and animal life on Earth, a woman (Kudzani Moswela) ventures out of her technological prison into the barren dessert, following her vision of a lone surviving...Show More Summary
People are still dressing up as Na'Vi at protests [Political Science (fiction)]
When Avatar was still in theaters, protestors dressed up as the imperialism-battling Na'Vi people. But it's still happening now, and it's the clearest proof yet that blue body-paint is the new armband. More »
If the Earth Stood Still [Voices]
The following is not a futuristic scenario. It is not science fiction. It is a demonstration of the capabilities of GIS to model the results of an extremely unlikely, yet intellectually fascinating query: What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning?
Guillermo del Toro to Direct ‘At the Mountains of Madness’ with James Cameron Producing
To the many, many people who bring up H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness (the book that combines exploratory adventure, science fiction and Lovecraft's tales of great, horrible old gods) every time Guillermo del Toro has a window of availability: this one's for you. Show More Summary
Geeking out about science fiction movies with Sigourney Weaver [Interview]
Sigourney Weaver is a giant of science-fiction movies. Few actors have had a career in the genre as prolific as hers, and almost nobody's played such diverse roles. So we were excited to geek out with her about science fiction. More...
Another round of SF book covers to make you ask, "What were they thinking?" [Holy Crap Wtf]
The proud history of science fiction publishing offers a near-limitless supply of WTF book covers, it seems. Flickr user Zimpenfish just uploaded some real masterpieces of dementia, including one that might be NSFW. More »
Polish museum debuts 3-D movie about World War II
Hollywood's current infatuation with 3-D has almost exclusively benefited science fiction, action and animated movies. But 3-D can also be used for historical films, as proved by a new initiative by a museum in Poland. "City of Ruins," a new...
COLUMN: Mythologically Speaking
Who am I, anyway? John has kindly agreed to let me hang around here on the 28th of each month and talk your ears off – mostly about mythology and its connections to science fiction and fantasy. As you will have seen in my bio, I teach English. I can’t remember when I first started to [...]Show More Summary
Cinefantastique Post-Mortem Podcast 1:24.1
Following up on this week’s in-depth discussion of EYES WITHOUT A FACE, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski launch into an informal chat about horror, fantasy, and science fiction films of 1960, including BLACK SUNDAY (which will become the subject of a future podcast in August). Also on the menu: another look at DESPICABLE [...]Show More Summary
Blueprint for a Dying Earth: what would happen if the world stopped spinning?
I’m not sure whether I’m a sucker for outlandish “what if?” speculation because I’ve always read science fiction, or whether I read sf because I have some innate speculative itch that I need to scratch. Whichever it may be, this is the sort of thing that pushes a whole lot of my buttons: using modelling [...]Show More Summary