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Back in July, we reported that the Science Fiction Encyclopedia would be going online as a free, searchable resource — with 3.2 million words, as opposed to the 1.3 million words the Hugo-winning second edition had in 1993. Now it's up, and it's a pretty neat resource. It's especially good for some writers who are underrepresented elsewhere online — the entry on the massively underrated William Barton is pretty extensive, for example. The editors hope to expand the encyclopedia to over 4 million words, but it's already pretty darn handy. [SF Encyclopedia via JS Online] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5849128&view=rss&microfeed=true You're soon going to have an awesome new resource for finding out about science fiction — the third edition of the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, with some 12,000 entries and 3 million words, will be online for free. More »
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One Earth just doesn't cut it anymore. As our population grows and we continue to consume resources at an alarming rate, we’ll need the equivalent of a second Earth by 2030 to maintain our current lifestyle. That’s the finding of the latest report from the World Wildlife Fund. And since we don’t have a spare lying around, it’s time to make a drastic change. More »
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Dead Space, a new game from Electronic Arts, brings parasitic "we want to kill you, kill you, kill you" aliens back into fashion just in time for next Halloween. In the far future, humans have depleted all of the natural resources on Earth, so private corporations begin sending out enormous ships called "Planetcrackers" that carve off enormous chunks of planets, and then mine them down to their bare essentials. Of course, as often happens in these games, this pisses off an "ancient and malevolent force" who decides to start unleashing hell. In space. More »
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