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So you've landed in an evil boarding school. Chances are your parents thought they were doing the right thing: giving you a great education, sending you to the top disciplinarians who will set you on the proper path in life. But there's something wicked going on behind the cute uniforms and impressive alumni list, and you might not survive until graduation. So what's a life-loving student to do? We look to the best in evil boarding school survivalism. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5880221&view=rss&microfeed=true Today's amazing ebook deal? Neil Gaiman's American Gods: 10th Anniversary Edition is just $1.99 for Kindle and Nook for one day only. [Via Diana Gill on Twitter] More »
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Science fiction and fantasy devoured our hearts and minds in 2011. The year's hit movies, bestselling books and buzzed-about television shows were dominated by genre fare — and a handful of people played a key part in making it happen. More »
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IN 1989, Neil Gaiman and Sandman artist David McKean collaborated on a 100-word Christmas card story titled "Nicholas Was." Since then, this story has been transformed into a short animated feature and this hyper-detailed pop-up book by Vimeo crafter Nomsa. Here's the full text of the story: More »
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Joe Simon is a comics legend, for his role in creating the iconic superhero Captain America alone. But in recent years, many of us have gained a new appreciation for all his other great work with seminal artist Jack Kirby. He also co-created the 1940s version of the Sandman, plus some other great Golden Age superheroes like The Fly, the Fighting American, the Stuntman, and many others. Titan Books has done some great massive hardcover collections of Simon's writing and Kirby's art, and we featured a selection from one of them a while back. More »
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Magic is mysterious and ancient, and its workings are often beyond the understanding of mere mortals. But that doesn't mean that magic doesn't have rules. More »
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Author Neil Gaiman is putting some of his cultural capital into creating a new boutique audiobook label through Audible.com — and the best part of it is that he may be exposing fans of literary fiction to a few unappreciated science fiction gems. In particular, he's featuring A Dimension of Miracles by Robert Sheckley, narrated by John Hodgman. Gaiman tells Salon.com: More »
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One of the most common types of holiday gifts is the Coffee Table Book — big, expensive, and usually something people flip through instead of actually reading. But what if you could give a book that would fascinate your friends as well as looking like a status item? More »
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Or at least that's how Homer referred to the author on Sunday's episode of The Simpsons, "The Book Job." This was the 492nd installment of the long-running cartoon sitcom. And while the show hasn't been at the loopy zeniths of "Worker and Parasite" and Homer's vision of the ballet or Ned Flanders' apple cider lesson or Mr. Burns' ether binge or — well, I'm going to rein myself in here — a bunch of gags lately, "The Book Job" did justice to Gaiman's guest appearance...in that it made the author look like a total nutcase. More »
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Wow, it's all our favorite people singing our favorite song. While on Craig Ferguson's show, this amazing quartet made up of our favorite author, a Dresden Doll, part of The Magnetic Fields, and Moby sang "Science Fiction Double Feature" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Try not to pass out. More »
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Ann VanderMeer's award-winning tenure at Weird Tales was cut short when the magazine was bought by a new crew — but the print world's loss is the internet's gain. VanderMeer and her husband, Jeff VanderMeer, have started a new online magazine, the Weird Fiction Review, which just launched today. More »
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The verdict is in, and we watched it happen. The World Fantasy Awards at yesterday's World Fantasy Convention in San Diego were a star-studded celebration of fantasy writers, publishers and readers. Connie Willis riffed and joked about her love of Starbucks and the TV show Primeval, Neil Gaiman talked about the importance of the fantasy community, and Peter S. Beagle graciously accepted a lifetime achievement award while insisting this didn't mean he was going to drop dead any time soon. More »
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We told you a while back about the "Neil Gaiman meets Thomas Pynchon" novel Swell by Corwin Ericson — and now it's finally been published. Are you ready for Whalepunk? More »
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Loki terrorizes Cleveland, in set pictures from The Avengers. New teasers will make you hunger for The Walking Dead. And finally, some hints at when Peter Bishop will return to Fringe. More »
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Scientology has never been more high-profile than in the past several years, thanks to celebrity adherents like Tom Cruise. But the brainchild of science-fiction author L. Ron Hubbard remains mysterious and controversial. More »
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Some of science fiction/fantasy's classic books failed to win over readers at first. And the publishers of some of SF's most beloved works were convinced they had a disaster on their hands. Here are 10 masterpieces that were deemed failures. More »
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It's a big year for Neil Gaiman's American Gods. There's a fancy anniversary edition, "updated and expanded with the author's preferred text." There's the promise of a big-budget TV adaptation. And most of all, a long-awaited sequel on the way. More »
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A brand new batch of Doctor Who concept art reveals a darker version of the Neil Gaiman-penned episode "The Doctor's Wife." Check out with what Gaiman's aliens could have looked like, plus learn more about the origins of the Silence! More »
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We're excited about the recent news that Tom Hanks will be producing a six-season adaptation of Neil Gaiman's epic novel American Gods for HBO. And now for the real question: Who should be cast as the leads? More »
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Here's some good news for those readers upset that the television adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Sandman stalled out. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions will produce a whopping six seasons of Neil Gaiman's earthbound-deities novel American Gods. More »
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Kim Newman's classic novel Anno Dracula imagines a world where Dracula wins at the end of Bram Stoker's story, conquering Britain and establishing a vampire-dominated society. Where did this horrifying scenario come from? More »
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It turns out Doctor Who's time-traveling misfit has always had one great love in his life. Tonight's episode was writer Neil Gaiman's love letter to the series, but it was also a showcase for the Doctor's great love affair. More »
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It's finally here: award-winning author Neil Gaiman's episode of Doctor Who is airing this weekend. We've seen it, and here's our absolutely spoiler-free review. More »
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In this clip from Comic-Con 2007, Neil Gaiman recounts how dinner with Alan Moore involves in-depth descriptions of human viscera. Gaiman also reveals how he received his nickname, "Scary Trousers." More »
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Doctor Who season six starts this week, and there are so many reasons to be excited, including Mark Sheppard and more River Song. But there's also the fact that award-winning fantasy author Neil Gaiman has written one episode. More »
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Cinematographer Robert Richardson (Inglourious Basterds) is pitching HBO an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods. Backed by Playtone Productions' Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, Richardson hopes to co-write a pilot, based on the award-winning novel, with Gaiman himself. More »
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If you've been waiting forever for more live-action adaptations of Terry Pratchett's lunatic Discworld novels, you may not have to wait much longer. Sadly, it's not a Tiffany Aching sitcom — it's a police procedural about the City Watch. More »
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In 1994, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean of Sandman created this HIV awareness PSA comic designed for a high school readership. The comic starred everyone's favorite goth anthropomorphic depiction of Death, an abashed John Constantine, and a banana. More »
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Dresden Dolls singer (and Neil Gaiman inamorata) Amanda Palmer has released a cheeky low-budget reinterpretation of the 1980s cult hit Labyrinth. Palmer plays Jennifer Connelly, sock puppets replace Muppets, and Gaiman assumes David Bowie's role as Jareth, the Goblin King. More »
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Watch this eerie video retelling of Neil Gaiman's holiday poem "Nicholas Was..." You know it's going to be a very Gaiman holiday when the first stanza talks about Santa's desire to die. More »
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Some geeky kids know the product number of the action figure needed to complete their collection. And some kids teeter on the brink of geekdom. Bring smiles to both groups with these games, toys and books. More »
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When Harry Potter became one of the world's most famous heroes, many people complained that J.K. Rowling had lifted chunks of the Potterverse from other sources. How true is this? We sort through all the alleged prototypes for Harry Potter. More »
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What if Doctor Who's TARDIS landed in Paris around the turn of the 20th century, and Amy Pond found herself the subject of Alphonse Mucha's gorgeous illustration? It might look a bit like this. And check out medieval River Song. More »
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An unknown filmmaker is attempting to bring his eerie vision of Neil Gaiman's short story "The Price" to life, with Gaiman's blessing. But this project needs your help — here's how. More »
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New Scientist asked ten scientists and fiction writers, including William Gibson, Kim Stanley Robinson and Margaret Atwood, to name their favorite "lost scifi classics." And to celebrate, New Scientist's having a fiction contest, judged by Neil Gaiman. More »
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The media may be in a tizzy about Clark Kent's swank new duds in Superman: Earth One, but there are many reasons to get excited this Wednesday. Death debuts in Action Comics and Ed Brubaker's Incognito is back! More »
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If information is power, then there's no hero mightier than a librarian. Librarians are superheroes, adventurers, explorers and invaluable guides to other heroes. Here are 20 amazing librarians who save the world every day! More »
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When we saw Corwin Ericson's Swell, just accepted for publication, described as "Neil Gaiman's American Gods meets John Barth's Giles Goatboy," we had to find out more. And what we discovered involved terrible technological crimes against whales. More »
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Some of science fiction/fantasy's classic books failed to win over readers at first. And the publishers of some of SF's most beloved works were convinced they had a disaster on their hands. Here are 10 masterpieces that were deemed failures. More »
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The Fantastic Fiction series at New York's KGB Bar has featured everyone from China Mieville to Joyce Carol Oates, and brought SF to countless hard-drinking literati. Now you can support it and own some amazing science fiction memorabilia! More »
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