<![CDATA[io9: Best Of]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Best Of]]> http://io9.com/tag/best of http://io9.com/tag/best of <![CDATA[Heads up, New Yorker! Here's a "writers under 40" list that includes SF authors]]> Many of us were left scratching our heads when the New Yorker's list of 20 great writers under 40 included no genre authors whatsoever. Now Britain's Telegraph newspaper has come up with its own list — that includes science fiction. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5567408&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["Kicking And Screaming For Science Fiction" Did No Good, On Publishers Weekly's Best-Of List]]> What do women authors and science-fiction writers have in common? A notable absence on Publishers Weekly's list of the ten best books of the year. PW apologized proactively for the omission, saying "We wanted the list to reflect what we thought were the top 10 books of the year with no other consideration....We ignored gender and genre and who had the buzz....It disturbed us when we were done that our list was all male. There was kicking and screaming for a science fiction title. A literary ghost story came so close, it squeaked." More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403802&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[10 Worst Moments In 2008's Science Fiction TV]]> Ever seen a man give birth to a giant fart in the name of science, a deaf severed head seeking revenge, or an episode of Heroes? They're among this year's worst TV moments. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5121019&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Top 20 TV Moments Of 2008]]> This year the TV was jam-packed with climactic kisses, deaths and waffles. Here's our video roundup of our favorite moments, silly and serious, from 2008 TV. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5120175&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[25 Years of The Best Short Stories in Science Fiction Has Come To This]]> It's been 25 years of Gardner Dozios' The Year's Best Science Fiction, and the 25th anniversary edition totals 692 pages of testimony to the state of the industry. Dozois dedicates the first 51 pages alone to a summation of the previous year, a trend he started in the first volume a quarter of a century ago. Congratulations is in order for the editor of this venerable series. Now we judge whether this year's group was worthy of his attention. More »
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