http://cache-foo-01.gawkerassets.com/gawker/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com http://io9.com http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409736&view=rss&microfeed=true We've all had our hearts broken by movie and television versions of our favorite book characters. You know the adaptation will never be as good as the beloved original, but sometimes it's hideously...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409756&view=rss&microfeed=true Discover has a blow-by-blow account of today's tests on the Large Hadron Collider, the massive physics experiment that will eventually recreate the conditions during the Big Bang. Everything worked...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409733&view=rss&microfeed=true Not only was Scientology founded by a scifi writer, but its greatest enemy - the Anonymous group - models itself after a comic book character. Now members of the alien-loving religion are on trial in...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409700&view=rss&microfeed=true Get lost in the book vortex? Don't worry we've got a round up of this weeks bookish posts including the the history of scifi classics, told by their covers, Cormac McCarthy's thoughts on The Road and...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409660&view=rss&microfeed=true What do you do when your novel has a cool moment, followed by another cool moment... but something kinda boring has to happen in between? Your characters have to travel somewhere or make something....<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409685&view=rss&microfeed=true Planet 51 has an intriguing premise, promising advance clips, and acid-piddling dog straight out of Alien. But none of that can save a rambling movie that's never quite sure where it's going. Planet...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409545&view=rss&microfeed=true You've heard it's bad. You've heard it's sexy. But you haven't heard the truth about New Moon, which is that it's actually a not-so-stealthy satire of itself. If you don't realize that, you're the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409659&view=rss&microfeed=true The eternal struggle between vampire and werewolf is sparked again in theaters today with New Moon. Which causes us to wonder who's really better: werewolves or vampires? We settle this issue once...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409616&view=rss&microfeed=true Most of us would have no problem being seen in public reading a science-fiction novel... unless it had a cover so hideous, or so wrong, that you might get arrested. Here are the cheesiest and most...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409581&view=rss&microfeed=true They've been lurking in the background for the entire series, and last night, Fringe's bald Observers finally stepped into the limelight. Here's what we learned about the mysterious beings who've...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409558&view=rss&microfeed=true We're on the edge of our seats for David Tennant's final Doctor Who two-parter after the intense and terrifying ending to "The Waters Of Mars." And the first official clip shows the Tenth Doctor...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409552&view=rss&microfeed=true Genre publishing has taken some hard hits in recent years &mdash; but a slew of independent publishers is still out there, charting the unknown regions of book publishing and keeping your reading...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5407956&view=rss&microfeed=true Forthcoming urban fantasy Unleashed (Ace) by John Levitt is the sequel to Dog Days and New Tricks. It follows the exploits of a spell-casting jazz guitarist and his magic doggie. Well, sort of a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409513&view=rss&microfeed=true It's not quite a supersoldier serum, but researchers have increased strength and muscle mass in monkeys with a small genetic tweak. And human trials for the technique are just on the horizon. Muscle...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409015&view=rss&microfeed=true You need some science fiction, and you need it now. Unfortunately, you don't have a ton of money to spend. But as long as you have an internet connection, these resources will help you get free books...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409468&view=rss&microfeed=true It's time for the io9 book club to meet again. Get ready for some swashbuckling justice with Jacqueline Carey's Santa Olivia, the near-future story of a half-mutant girl who lives in the militarized...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409399&view=rss&microfeed=true If Roland Emmerich needs ideas for his next film, he should give digital artist Steve McGhee a call. McGhee's images capture an array of disaster scenarios, from eco-apocalypses and nuclear...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408964&view=rss&microfeed=true "Let me tell you why I write. I can watch E.T. or listen to Bob Marley and the Wailers, or eat sashimi with wasabi and soy sauce and that stuff seems to be grated radish, and just be grateful that I...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409024&view=rss&microfeed=true Satoshi Kon, the director behind such surreal animated films as Paprika and Perfect Blue is taking a crack at child-friendly fare with his all-robot road movie The Dream Machine. The film's first...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409027&view=rss&microfeed=true Last week we learned that Stephen King's brand new book Under The Dome, about a town sealed off from the rest of the world, is getting a miniseries. Now Steven Spielberg has stepped in to make sure...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408948&view=rss&microfeed=true Every book has a go/no-go point. If you're not enjoying a book by a certain point, you're never going to get into it. But it's an individual choice: How long will you read a book for, before you give...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408996&view=rss&microfeed=true Chipmaker Intel is throwing a ton of cash into developing brain implants to help people send text messages with their minds. They are also predicting these implants will be the main way you turn on...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408977&view=rss&microfeed=true From Chapel Hill, NC: "We met at a party just off Franklin Street. You were dressed as Dr. Horrible, and I was the Doctor. We chatted for awhile, but then my friends took off while you were...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408960&view=rss&microfeed=true A pirate ship slices through space in concept art from the lost Dune movie of the 1970s. Artist Chris Foss crafted covers for some of science fiction's greatest books, reshaping how we see spaceships...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408998&view=rss&microfeed=true Check out James Cameron's sick collection of futuristic human weaponry &mdash; and the Pandoran defense system: sharp pointy fangs! Lots of new human-centric footage in this new featurette. Plus,...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5409009&view=rss&microfeed=true Asgard has an actor to defend the bridge, and Jon Favreau may have already chosen Iron Man 3's villain. One Fringe character could be seeing double, and another dead character returns to Lost. Plus:...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408854&view=rss&microfeed=true newVideoPlayer("/MegaF_Day10.flv", 500, 375,""); You want to depict a Deadly Crack (TM) threatening to destroy the entire world... but you have no cash? If you're The Asylum, makers of every great...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408822&view=rss&microfeed=true Your awesome novel is firing on all thrusters... except one. A major character, who's important to the story, isn't clicking. She's dull, or he doesn't play well with others. We asked some great...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408634&view=rss&microfeed=true They swagger, they fight, they laugh in the face of danger. Science-fiction books have given us some of the greatest swashbuckling heroes, cutting a swathe through space and countless alternate...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408767&view=rss&microfeed=true You've probably heard about people who dress up like Stormtroopers, but what about Predators? Oh hell yes. As you can see in our gallery, Predators are everywhere: In parking lots, in suburbia, and...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408794&view=rss&microfeed=true Tired of the Hoth System and crappy family vacations to Tatooine? Go big, go extreme, go Dagobah &mdash; or go home. This travel ad is the funniest Star Wars fan-vid we've seen in ages.<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408786&view=rss&microfeed=true What do Tyrese Gibson, Brea Grant, and Rashida Jones all have in common? They're all writing comic books; and they're not the only celebrities to do so. Why are so many performers now trying their...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5407713&view=rss&microfeed=true No vampire could be as terrifying as the worst merchandise tying in with the Twilight phenomenon. To help you collect holiday gag gifts that will horrify your friends, we've gathered the craziest and...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408749&view=rss&microfeed=true Universal Pictures' new version of The Wolfman has faced numerous setbacks, personnel changes and reshoots. But the latest, and possibly the most interesting, is the new editors brought into recut...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408680&view=rss&microfeed=true Why do injuries continue to hurt, even when they are healing? New research reveals why we feel certain kinds of post-injury pain - and possibly how to stop it. A group of researchers in San...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408689&view=rss&microfeed=true This is what I'm talking about: The zombie craze is going global, and we're getting some awesome undeath from places other than Euro-America and Asia. I can't wait for ADA: Zombilerin Düğünü...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408571&view=rss&microfeed=true If you believe in reading short fiction for pleasure, you're condemned to frequent disappointment. Most short fiction, even the good stuff, is... laborious. So when reading the anthology Eclipse...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408576&view=rss&microfeed=true Tailor-made microbes could save thousands of lives a year in poor nations, but not in the way you would think. A new breed of bioengineered bacteria can spot buried explosives. A group of students...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408597&view=rss&microfeed=true Dinosaurs may not have been the most fearsome creatures to stalk the Saharan plains. Paleontologists have discovered fossils of several crocodile species that indicate some crocs galloped upright on...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5408150&view=rss&microfeed=true Ray Bradbury has some simple advice to those of you who are struggling to get your science fiction published: Don't ever quit working. Bradbury's following his own advice: He's developing a TV...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]