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December opens up whole new universes for science fiction and fantasy fans! How can you prepare for the onslaught of awesomeness? Only by living in the future today, with the indispensible io9 calendar. More »
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Science fiction fans live with one foot in the future — so here's a sneak peek of November's science fiction and fantasy. More »
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October will fill your days and nights with horror. There are four new and returning horror/dark fantasy TV shows, including Walking Dead. There are tons of monster movies, plus the dystopian In Time. And there's loads of dark fantasy novels, including new Richard Kadrey, Richard K. Morgan and N.K. Jemisin! Plus new Terry Pratchett! More »
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Michel Houellebecq, whose novels deal with themes like sado-masochism, molecular biology and cloning, has gone missing according to his publisher. Houellebecq, who also wrote a biography of H.P. Lovecraft, was scheduled to appear for a reading tour in the Netherlands and Belgium, but he never showed up. More »
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Science fiction and fantasy heat up in September. There's Dragon*Con! New television shows, including Spielberg's dinosaur epic Terra Nova! New Scott Westerfeld dieselpunk insanity! Star Wars on Blu-ray! And Stephen Soderbergh's plague thriller Contagion. And so much more... More »
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What do August's science fiction and fantasy have in store for you? There's loads of movies, including David Tennant's vampire-hunting Fright Night. There's the return of Doctor Who! Loads of conventions, including Renovation/Worldcon! And tons of author appearances! More »
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July is the hottest month for science fiction and fantasy. At the movies, there's Harry Potter and Captain America. On TV, there's Torchwood and Warehouse 13. Plus A Dance With Dragons! And San Diego Comic-Con! More »
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Science fiction and fantasy are exploding in June! New television shows! Tons of movies! Loads of books! How will you cope with all the excitement? Good thing we've got the complete guide to everything fantastic this coming month. More »
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Can you survive the onslaught of entertainment that's coming for you in May? There are new movies, including Thor and Pirates of the Caribbean. New John Scalzi! New China Mieville! Tons of conventions! And loads of season finales on television! More »
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April is the coolest month, ending the entertainment drought of March. There are tons of movies, conventions, books and comics. Doctor Who and Game of Thrones come to television. Neil Gaiman tackles vampires. Terry Bisson is back! And more... More »
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The science fiction adventure is just beginning! Here's every amazing book, movie, television show, convention and author appearance you can't afford to miss in March. More »
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What does February have in store for you? Tons of popcorn movies, including Drive Angry and I Am Number Four. Plus a new urban fantasy from Doctor Who scribe Ben Aaronovitch! DVDs! Books! Television — and loads of conventions! More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5748221&view=rss&microfeed=true The BBC's Owen Bennett Jones recently interviewed Ursula Le Guin, one of the most important science fiction authors of the past half-century. The author of Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, and the Earthsea Chronicles, Le Guin has continued to write gorgeous, compelling tales of alien life well into her eighties. She tells Jones about how the science of anthropology influenced her work, as well as how she's brought Taoist themes into her writing. This is a terrific interview with one of science fiction's great masters. Listen to it at the BBC website. More »
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ABC has greenlit a historical cop show starring Edgar Allan Poe, world-famous poet and pioneer of science fiction and horror, as the world's first detective. It will be set during the 1840s in Boston. Here's what the show must include. More »
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Greet the new year by discovering new worlds. January brings tons of conventions, plus the return of all your television favorites, the Green Hornet movie, and new books from Carol Emschwiller and Gene Wolfe. Discover the future — today! More »
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We're in awe of this video about a talking bear who's writing a novel that's "science fiction, crossed with chick-lit, crossed with literary fiction," and expects to be a bestselling author within a couple months. Step four: profit! [via Suvudu] More »
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December isn't just a month for gifts and vacations. It's also Tron Legacy month. But that's not all — there are holiday specials from Doctor Who, Warehouse 13 and Eureka. Plus conventions and more Vampire Academy and Zombie Star Wars. More »
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The io9 calendar for November science fiction bursts with unprecedented awesomeness. On your movie screens, there's Harry Potter and alien abductions. There's also new Stephen King and tons of author appearances and conventions. The future is here — be prepared! More »
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What if Margaret Atwood gave up her career as a novelist and turned her attention to drawing superhero comics? She gives us a taste with her drawings of Twitter users as superpowered incarnations of their user names. More »
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October is a science fiction thrill ride, and here's your survival manual. The io9 calendar for October includes the returns of Caprica and Sanctuary, the launch of The Walking Dead, and Iain M. Banks' new Culture novel. Plus conventions galore! More »
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September rocks your universe, with William Gibson's long-awaited novel Zero History, the return of your favorite TV shows including Fringe, Venture Bros. and Supernatural, and some of the year's coolest science fiction conventions. Here's the indispensible io9 calendar for September. More »
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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 »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5600831&view=rss&microfeed=true Two of the field's most respected authors will receive recognition for the ways in which they transformed science fiction. Samuel R. Delany and Harlan Ellison will receive, respectively, the 2010 and 2011 Eaton Awards for Lifetime Achievement in Science Fiction from the University of California, Riverside. Ellison will accept his award at the 2011 Eaton Science Fiction Conference in February. Says conference organizer and associate English professor Rob Latham: More »
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The venerable Harlan Ellison is cleaning out his archives and holding his third "Great Book Purge." Over the next three days, Ellison will be selling tons of rare books and screenplays, including his first edition script for I, Robot. More »
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What's in store for scifi fans this July? The San Diego Comic Con, Predators and Inception at the theaters, new seasons of Eureka and Warehouse 13, and scads of conventions, new books, and author appearances! More »
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How is Mary Shelley linked to Buckminister Fuller? What tied Mark Twain to Pablo Picasso? What's Kevin "Hollow Man" Bacon's connection to Samuel Beckett? Consult this chart. (Say what you will, but Tremors was transcendent). [Lapham's Quarterly via GOOD] More »
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Summer here is, and there's a ton of sizzling scifi on the way! June brings us the returns of True Blood and Futurama, Splice and Jonah Hex at the box office, and loads of author appearances, new books, and conventions. More »
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What's May have in store for you? Iron Man 2, the season finales of a ton of shows (including Lost!), and more conventions than you can shake a May Pole at! More »
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The ballot for the 2010 Hugo Award Nominations was announced today at AussieCon 4 in Melbourne, Australia. Which of your favorite novels, short stories, and other science fiction tales were nominated? More »
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What tomfoolery awaits you this April? Kick-Ass, a new Freddy Krueger, spring TV in full swing, and a plethora of conventions and new books. It's the April io9 Guide To Science Fiction! No shenanigans! More »
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March may be a drab month for weather, but this month has tons of shiny new scifi waiting for you. There's the return of V, io9's Time Bender at SXSW, Roger Corman's Dinoshark, and cons and author appearances galore! More »
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Are you ready to fall in love with science-fiction all over again in February? There's the final season of Lost, Connie Willis appearances, and a ton of awesome conventions. Peer into your immediate future with the io9 calendar! (Now updated!) More »
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Don't ring in the New Year until you've prepared, by studying our complete guide to January science fiction. Post-apocalyptic movies, tons of new television, and new Joe Haldeman are just some of the thrills that await. More »
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December isn't a quiet month for science fiction. There's James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar and Peter Jackson's Lovely Bones, double Dollhouse helpings, and rare appearances by Stephen King, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman and Mary Doria Russell. Encompass your future! More »
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Orbit Books signed Kim Stanley Robinson to a three-book deal in both the U.S. and U.K., and the first book of that deal takes place in the year 2312, when the human race has abandoned the Earth. More »
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Just because most science fiction and fantasy is read by humans (well, probably almost all of it) doesn't mean our stories must have human protagonists, pleads Monster author A. Lee Martinez. Where are the robot and monster narrators? More »
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Keeping The Door has a great interview with Greg Egan, in which he talks about his next two books, and why artificial intelligence may not be as close as you think — and that may be a good thing. More »
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November brings with it Prisoners and Visitors, plus a couple of huge apocalyptic movies, and a new Douglas Coupland tripfest. You can't escape from the future, but you can master it — with the io9 calendar. More »
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Gaze forward in time a whole month, with the io9 science fiction calendar for October. Highlights include tons of conventions, the worlds of Neil Gaiman, and Scott Westerfeld's mecha-vs-monsters World War I epic Leviathan. Update: Corrected version now available. More »
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