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Happy Valentine's Day, kiddos! For those of you who hate this 24-hour celebration of doilies and copulation, rejoice in the fact that absolutely nothing Valentine-themed is hitting the comic book stands tomorrow! Yay! Let's see what's in store for your hungry eyes. More »
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Film analyst Rob Ager has turned his focus on the "enduring and enigmatic enigma" of The Shining in an attempt to uncover the cryptic narrative tucked betwixt Stanley Kubrick's strange inconsistencies and the meaning behind the infamous black-and-white shot. More »
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In my opinion, the most jarringly inexplicable scene in The Shining is when Shelley Duvall stumbles upon a well-groomed man receiving fellatio from a silent individual wearing what resembles a bootleg Scooby Doo costume. More »
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Science fiction and fantasy books are bigger than ever. A Dance With Dragons and Stephen King's time-travel saga rule the bestseller lists. Literary authors all flock to write about zombies, apocalypses and time travel. And by all indications, 2012 is going to be an even greater year for genre books. More »
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The dreaded Carrie remake is circling a director. Thankfully, it's Kimberly Peirce of Boys Don't Cry fame, which makes us slightly optimistic for her translation. More »
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This week, two different TV movies offer your choice of apocalypses: a zombie rampage, or the Earth's rotation slowing down. But only one of them features Lance Reddick as a zombie-fighter. If you're not in the mood for the end of the world, though, there's also an animal documentary that pushes cuteness levels into the red zone... and beyond. More »
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There's nothing better than a good Stephen King miniseries. "The Reaper" introduction from The Stand and the evil clown from It are illustrious beacons of classic King TV. Sadly, Pierce Brosnan's epic showdown with a tree in Bag Of Bones, airing this Sunday and Monday, is not quite in the same league. More »
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Thank Baby Jesus for Stephen King: his new horror miniseries is almost the only thing on television that's not Christmassy this week. The Christmas specials do include some fun new episodes of Adventure Time, Eureka and Warehouse 13, though. And American Horror Story is ramping up to its shocking season finale with more rubber-suited insanity. More »
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HBO might be getting Stephen King's Dark Tower but Showtime just landed Lost writer and Y: The Last Man creator Brian K. Vaughan to help them adapt his novel Under The Dome into an ongoing series. More »
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Stephen King's new novel 11/22/63 involves a tunnel to the past, and a guy who tries to tamper with the Kennedy assassination. Talking to Wired, King explains something about the rules of time travel as he sees them: More »
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Warner Bros. wants actor-turned-director Ben Affleck to adapt Stephen King's mammoth novel for a feature film. But can Affleck whittle down all the crazy into a single film? We highly doubt it. More »
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The startling conclusion to Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's vampire trilogy is coming out in a few weeks, and we've got your exclusive first look. Find out why Stephen King is calling The Night Eternal "a sublimely satisfying conclusion" to the tale of modern-day vampires. More »
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At an awards ceremony at George Mason University last Friday, Stephen King regaled audiences with a chapter from Doctor Sleep, his upcoming novel about a grown-up Danny Torrance from The Shining. More »
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Harry Potter director David Yates says he's interested in turning Stephen King's The Stand into a multi-movie series. Good luck — this is a task that could make Potter look like a cakewalk. More »
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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction leapt into the e-book age with both feet — and came out with a deal that could win the beloved print digest a whole new generation of fans. More »
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Everybody keeps saying the Spider-Man musical is finally on track, but meanwhile there's a new alternative: Stephen King has teamed up with country-rocker John Mellencamp to create The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a play about ghosts and sibling rivalry. More »
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The classic flick about the little telekinetic teen, Carrie, is getting the remake treatment. And we'll dump a bucket of pig's blood on anyone who tries to shoehorn Broadway songs into the new version. More »
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You can't travel to other planets or other times — not yet, anyway. But there are plenty of great landmarks from science fiction and fantasy that you can visit, right here on Earth. Here are 10 great fannish tourist destinations. More »
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In 1961, a teenage Stephen King submitted his short story "The Killer" to Spacemen magazine. The young author's story wasn't accepted, but the editor of Spacemen, Forrest Ackerman, would publish it in a 1994 issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland. More »
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At Chicago's C2E2 convention this weekend, publishers revealed new creative teams and returning characters, cancelled TV shows reunited, and we heard tantalizing gossip about The Walking Dead's latest guest writers. Here's the scoop. More »
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Universal wants to reboot the 1984 paranormal thriller starring young Drew Barrymore as the girl who can start fires with her mind. The reboot, based on the Stephen King novel, will have "more edge" and franchise appeal. [Variety] 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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Can a book really become a decent television show? Yes, and here's the proof! Here are 12 shining examples of science fiction and fantasy books that actually got turned into television series that are worth watching in their own right. More »
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The Walking Dead carried all our dreams on its undead shoulders. We're all hoping HBO's Game of Thrones will also rule. But sadly, television has an even worse record of adapting books than movies. Here are 10 book-to-television embarrassments. More »
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You really have to go for the full creep-out when you're illustrating Stephen King's stories. And Full Dark, No Stars, a new collection of King novellas from Cemetery Dance Publications, has the goods. Check out a few of our favorites. More »
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David Foster Wallace wrote one of our favorite science fiction-tinged literary novels, Infinite Jest, so his suicide was a huge loss. Now his papers are on display, and you can read some of his scribbled notes on two genre classics. More »
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Science fiction's greatest authors have brilliant ideas, storytelling mojo... and plenty of stubbornness. Many of the field's greatest writers were buried in rejection slips, before they finally broke in. Here are 15 classic novels that publishers didn't want to touch. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5668053&view=rss&microfeed=true Ralph Vicinanza, a literary agent who specialized in foreign rights, died suddenly at his home on Saturday. For two decades, he represented such high-powered authors as Stephen King, Philip K. Dick, Carl Sagan, Robert A. Heinlein, George R.R. Martin, Terry Pratchett and Kim Stanley Robinson, primarily in overseas deals. In 1998, Vicinanza formed Created By, an L.A.-based production/management company that works mostly with science fiction. [Publishers Lunch] More »
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Vonda McIntyre, author of beloved Star Trek novels like The Entropy Effect, tells us the story of how she met Spock's dad - and what she was too embarrassed to tell him. More »
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There's never been anything like what Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman are proposing for their adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower: a television show that crosses over with three movies, using the same cast for both. Can this even work? More »
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Don't believe the latest batch of ugly rumors that have been circulating about the Pet Sematary remake. It won't be rated PG as long as producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura has a say. More »
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Tonight, Syfy is rolling out two new premieres. And while we are excited to return to Eureka, we may cancel our next trip to Haven. While this little town's mysterious supernatural backstory shows promise, the intrigue is lost at sea. More »
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Warner Brothers is still set on bringing Stephen King's clown monster to life. Screenwriter Dave Kajganich (The Invasion) has the difficult job of adapting the book into a 120-page screenplay. And his latest update makes us all kinds of nervous. More »
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What TV show is going to be the new Lost? People keep asking. But the sad fact is, it may take a few years before we see anything like the island-castaway show again. Real-life spoilers ahead. More »
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We're still not sure what to think about Syfy's new Stephen King dramaHaven. Are they going for a "creepy town" vibe or a "whimsical little village" feeling? And these two new video promos still have us confused. More »
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With the rights to King's massive Gunslinger cycle up for grabs, Oscar-winner Ron Howard wants to tell the sprawling tale of Roland's hunt for the Man in Black as both a feature film and a TV series. More »
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In the waning days of the U.S.S.R., Russian animators turned their eyes toward short stories written by science fiction authors like Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Robert Silverberg. The results are crude, experimental, and oddly beautiful. More »
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A truly great infodump is a work of art. The best science fiction authors can brief you on everything you need to know about their worlds, without making you feel lectured. Here are 20 great examples of the smooth infodump. More »
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Warehouse 13 may have met its quirky match; Syfy has given the go-ahead to the first season of Haven, a new show from the people behind The Dead Zone, adapting a Stephen King story about a town full of curses. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5415272&view=rss&microfeed=true This may be the sequel no-one has been anticipating, but Stephen King has announced that he's working on a sequel to The Shining, tentatively titled Doctor Sleep. We would've preferred Son of Shining, but we'll take it nonetheless. [Filmofilia] More »
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