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The New io9 Commenter System - Explained!
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Spend the week combing cylon technology with ancient civilization style? Don't worry we've got you covered this week gave you major Doctor Who spoilers, creatures with sperm bigger than their bodies and Indiana Jones' fedora gossip. More » -
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Spend all week salivating over a possible real-life Judy Jetson? Good thing we've got the best of the week right here, including a spandex space suits, giant jelly fish and a detailed description of the zombie mind. More » -
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Spend all week lost in your own virtual world? Don't worry, we've got the best of the best right here. This week features secret superhero behavior, the worst holodeck episodes on TV, Firefly hopes and dreams, and remembering Ghostbusters. More » -
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Fall into a coma from sampling the magical world of spores? Never fear we got the best of the week right here. We talk to the producer of TSCC, debate whether the Buffy movie really needs Joss, and keep track of our past futures. More » -
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Did horny teenage vampires keep you away from your computer all week? Don't worry, we've recapped the best of the week right here. This week we spent some quality time with robots that want nothing more than our death. More » -
summer interns 2009
Reminder: io9 Seeking Summer Interns For Cyber-Conversion
School's almost out, and io9 is looking for three interns who want to fill in those lazy summer months with frenzied research into science fiction and mad science. An intern works 5 - 10 hours per week doing research, fact-checking, and contacting sources in the science and entertainment industries for story ideas and information. You must be detail-oriented, obsessed with science and/or science fiction, and able to work very quickly. More » -
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Too busy fighting the good fight against sick pigs everywhere? Don't worry we've got the week wrapped up here. Find out why Trek's so flashy, eight books every Wolverine fan should read and stem-cell news. More » -
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summer interns 2009
Become a Summer Intern for io9!
School's almost out, and io9 is looking for three interns who want to fill in those lazy summer months with frenzied research into science fiction and mad science. An intern works 5 - 10 hours per week doing research, fact-checking, and contacting sources in the science and entertainment industries for story ideas and information. You must be detail-oriented, obsessed with science and/or science fiction, and able to work very quickly. More » -
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Busy building your own stunning rocket sled? Never fear we've recapped the week right here, including Sping Mating Season goodies, treeple attacks and Joss Whedon's Harvard lecture recap. More » -
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Spend all week building your own pirate army? Don't worry we've collected the best of the best just for you this week, including "Twihards," Sarah Connor 101 and Dollhouse: is it or isn't it canceled? More » -
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Get caught up practicing your Orion Slave girl dance? Don't worry, we've rounded up the best stories from the week including the best military science fiction, Terminator timelines and an alternate BSG ending. More » -
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Did you pass out from dehydration after spending hours trying to figure out what an angel is? Well, you're in luck, because we've rounded up the news including black-market science, and the Black Freighter review. More » -
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Get caught up thinking of new and interesting ways to spell Sci Fi? Don't worry, we've got you covered. This week, Galactica invaded the U.N., a bunch of TV shows ended and UFO houses landed. More » -
watchmen
Everything You Need To Know About Watchmen
Feeling Watchmen information overload? Let us help! Here are io9's greatest essays, interviews and features about the classic graphic novel adaptation, opening tonight. (With some possible spoilers, especially for graphic-novel virgins.)
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This week, find out why you hate George Lucas so damn much, watch a German town get swallowed by a volcano, and find out more about Watchmen's high-flying sexuality. More » -
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Miss New York Comic Con? Don't worry, we were there and yelling at people for false advertising. This week, Peter Bishop set us straight, Jin talked island semantics and we dug through some space trash. More » -
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Get caught up uncovering Elvis' alien roots? Don't worry, we got the best of the week right here. This week we talk to Alex Proyas, and uncover the truth about Megan Fox and space Romans. More » -
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Too busy betting on the Vikings-versus-aliens fight? Don't worry, we got the best of the week right here. This week we talk to the brain trust behind Outlander, survey Lost parodies and check on Sundance. More » -
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Meet the New Crop of io9ers
At last we have a new batch of humans to experiment on with the latest version of the io9 brain implant. Want to meet the new interns and our first-ever research fellow? Read on! More » -
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Caught up reenacting your Superman bondage fetish? Don't worry, we got the best of the week right here. Highlights include evil twins, a NSFW interview with Forbidden Science's creator, and Terminator details. More » -
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Get caught up in superhero politics? Don't worry: We've rounded up the best posts, including Ender's Game details, new Doctor details and '09 movie predictions. More » -
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Too busy throwing up space wine and tricking the last man on the planet into sleeping with you this holiday? Don't worry: We've rounded up the best posts, including year end reviews, Batman and porn. -
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Shake off that holiday hangover and catch up on what you missed while you were busy building your own evil robo-Santa Claus. Highlights include spaceship buildings, insidious theories graphed out, and Terminator secrets. -
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Too busy filming your own very scifi Chirstmas special? Don't worry, we've compiled a list of the best stories of the week. Highlights include T-shirts all geeks should own, four-breasted girls and gay Star Trek. -
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Too buying out all the best toys and selling them elsewhere for double the price? Don't worry, we've compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you. -
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Welcome to io9's New Design
You may have noticed that the front page of io9 looks a little . . . strange. We've just gotten a new look, and we've got tips on making it work for you. -
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Too busy getting chased around by a motorcycle terminator all week? Don't worry, we've compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you. Highlights this week include shorties, scifi cereal, cult sneakers, Dollhouse cheerleading, and tips on how to hit on an alien. More » -
literary events
Hear New SF From Austin Grossman, Annalee Newitz And Michelle Tea
If you're in San Francisco this Saturday night, you should stop by Writers In Drag, a reading I'm organizing at the Make Out Room. Readings will include speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, io9 contributor Austin Grossman (Soon I Will Be Invincible), a new cyberpunk story by Michelle Tea (Valencia)... and io9 editor Annalee Newitz's foray into writing a science fiction novel. Details below. More » -
urban fantasy
What Urban Fantasy Tells Us About the Future
Since we launched in January, io9 has steadfastly covered only science fiction, futurism, and science. We've had arguments with you over what this means, and occasionally we've covered borderline-fantasy tales like Hellboy and Ekaterina Sedia's novel The Alchemy of Stone. But now we've decided to open our content coverage up to urban fantasy. Our muses are still science and the future, but we think urban fantasy is a genre where many great creators are thinking about these very subjects. We cannot ignore it any longer. More » -
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Too busy rebuilding a tiny Manhattan? Don't worry, we've compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you. More » -
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Want to Get io9 in Your Inbox?
You may not have realized this, but you can get io9 top stories via email every week. If you just want to get a few of our biggest stories delivered to you on a weekly basis, sign up for our mailing list! There's a sign-up box on the lower-left sidebar (pictured). You may occasionally get an extra mail if we are doing a special promotion, but for the most part this will only hit your crowded inbox once per week. Try it! -
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Too busy riding a rocket around town with your sexy phallic ray gun? Don't worry, we've compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you. More » -
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Too busy speculating about the ending of Zack Snyder's Watchmen? Don't worry we've got a round up of this weeks best stories just for you. More » -
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Too busy battling polar bears in a post-apocalyptic Manhattan? Don't worry, we've compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you. More » -
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Meet a Teleportation Chamber Full of New io9ers
Yes, it's time for us to get out the giant cranial stapler, dust off some slightly damaged brain implants (their surfaces may be scratched, but they still work great), and boot up a few new io9ers to help us in our quest for galactic domination. We've got a new contributor whose special power is reading books faster than a speeding bullet, and two new interns whose superpowers are about to manifest at any moment. Say hello to the new crop of io9ers, whose scalps are still a little bloody from those neuroboosts. More » -
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Did you go blind from some sort of disease that covers your line of sight with milk, and then turns you into a maniac? Don't worry, we've compiled a list of the best stories of the week, assuming you now have your eyesight back, or hired a small child to read io9 to you. More » -
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Too busy campaigning for dystopian mayor Bill Murray to take on a national office? Don't worry, we've compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you. More » -
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Chronology is Back!
We've heard your criticisms of the new comments system, and are taking action. For those of you who were disturbed by the "ranking" of threaded comments, we have good news. We've kept threading, but gone back to organizing the comments chronologically. So now you can read comments in chronological order, the way they should be. -
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Threaded Comments Have Come to io9 From the Future
You may have already heard, but today, things will be changing in a big way for io9 commenters, and for those on every other Gawker Media blog: after months of hard work and dedication on the part of our design and tech department, we are introducing — wait for it — threaded comments. What's a threaded comment, you ask? More »





































