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Extinct Bees and Drugs Haunt Douglas Coupland's "Generation A"

Extinct Bees and Drugs Haunt Douglas Coupland's "Generation A" #bookreview #generationa

Your First Look Inside Tron Legacy Reveals A Sexy Upgrade

Your First Look Inside Tron Legacy Reveals A Sexy Upgrade #tron #tronlegacy

The Lovely Bones: Hitchcock Meets Dali In Purgatory

The Lovely Bones: Hitchcock Meets Dali In Purgatory #moviereview #lovelybones

Does CGI Ruin Movies?

Does CGI Ruin Movies? #rant #avatar

Celebrate the Art of CGI

Celebrate the Art of CGI #movies #computersmakemovie

Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments Of The Past Decade

Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments Of The Past Decade #decadeinreview #battlestargalactic

Best And Worst Geek Holiday Decor: From Santa Cthulhu To Fetus Baubles

Best And Worst Geek Holiday Decor: From Santa Cthulhu To Fetus Baubles #holiday #gallery

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    Those crazy color schemes are from the ocean floor — and Art Nouveau

    James Cameron "wanted bright colors" for his wildilfe, especially the Mountain Banshee (the flying dragon) and the Leonoptrix, says designer Neville Page. The challenge was how to make these creatures brightly colored without making it obvious where the patterns came from. More »
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    Avatar's Hardware Was All Based On Real-Life Stuff

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    Only A Book Trailer With Nothing To Lose Could Bring So Much Spicy Death Sauce

    Here's the most crashtastic book trailer we've seen in ages. A man with a past finds a crashed 747 full of corpses, including the First Lady... and bad guys have stolen a secret technology. Witness the insanity of The Breach. More »
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    Pandora's Creatures Were Partly Based On Cars

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    Look Out! Famous Monsters Are Coming Back!

    Famous Monsters Of Filmland, the classic magazine started by Forrest J. Ackerman, is getting a new lease on life, courtesy of IDW Publishing. Soon, the paparazzi will once again pursue Godzilla and Frankenstein in and out of limousines. More »
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  • #spaceporn

    People In These Galaxies May Have Pointed Their Telescopes At The Big Bang

    The Hubble Space Telescope's newly installed Wide Field Camera 3 took the deepest image of the universe ever in infrared light. The reddest and faintest galaxies date from just 600 million years after the Big Bang. More »
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  • #collectibles

    The Collectible Glasses That Haunted Our Childhoods

    2009 will be remembered for one reason only: as the year that Burger King-themed "Kingons" attacked people's nipples to steal their Star Trek glasses. But those Trek glasses are puny, compared to the fast-food chain collectibles of yesteryear. More »
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    Great Fast Food Glasses Of Yesteryear

    Return Of The Jedigallery glasses via X-Entertainment. I love that somebody felt C-3PO's deification among the Ewoks deserved immortalizing on a soda glass. More »
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    Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments Of The Past Decade

    Disappointment sometimes seems the natural state of mind for science-fiction fans, but it's because we have so much hope. We raise our hopes again and again, only to suffer crushing disappointment. Here are the 10 worst letdowns of the 2000s. More »
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    Lady Terminator: Still Better Than Terminator Salvation

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    Thigh-High Boots Are The New Cyberpunk Hotness

    Now that Sasha Grey has portrayed Molly in a staged reading of William Gibson's Neuromancer, it's time for her to step up and portray a cyberpunk heroine on the big screen. Luckily, the fashion industry has her back. (Or legs.) More »
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    Neill Blomkamp Wanted District 9's Aliens To Be As Disgusting As Possible

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    How To Jog Your Memory, The Science Fiction Hero Way

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  • #coverart

    A Vampire Love Story On The Moon, And Our New Favorite Book Cover

    Move over, Diamond Star! There's a new contender for most cheesetastic book cover of the 2000s. It's the cover art for futuristic vampire romance Those Of My Blood. In the full high-res version, you can see the lunar explorer's fangs. More »
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