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more about #books more comments → Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Step 1: do not hire Nicolas Cage again. more » capnrob: I was thoroughly underwhelmed by this book when it came out, and I suspect I will be less than whelmed by any film edition. Like _Desolation Jones_, i... more » MonkeyT: Dear God: Do not let them screw this up. Thanks. more » Klebert L. Hall: Sounds like the way they made Lost. -Kle. more » Slatz_Grobnik: "It was once suggested that a thousand monkeys typing constantly for a million years would eventually reproduce all the works of Shakespeare. Thanks t... more » ManchuCandidate: Can I suggest a sequel? Gone With the Wind with Zombies. Scarlett: "Oh Rhett, where will I go? What shall I do?" Rhett: "Brains." more » dirtybacon: This sounds astoundingly awesome. Count me in!!! more » Grey_Area: This sounds astoundingly stupid. Count me in!!! more » fuzzymuffins: comforting to see that hallucinogenics were a daily ritual for many sci-fi illustrators more » Roklimber: Here's something that occurred to me just from watching the teaser: he pulls the trigger and the bullet goes right through his head, but he's uninjure... more » Starwatcher: These 'exquisite corpse' stories never work, because invariably someone turns it into absolute silliness and ruins it for everyone else. Good luck wi... more » Allen_Richards: Will there be any specific restrictions regarding content or possible directions we aren't allowed to suggest the story follow? more » Ruthless, If you let me: On Saturdays, up until 3pm EST, my day is filled with dogs/puppies. Expect all of my suggestions to the effect of: the hero/heroine/hero-thing to take... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: We're talking 9AM pacific time, right? *Reads the f'ing post* Sorry, I now see the big EST there. more » cylon_conspiracy: Rachel Weiss is in this movie? Rachel Weiss in 70s fashions? That changes everything. Yeah probably going to have to see this now. more » -
#jonathanlethem
Jonathan Lethem's Future Noir Classic Could Get The "Bad Lieutenant" Treatment
Jonathan Lethem's science fiction/noir Gun With Occasional Music has been optioned by the producers of the surprisingly good Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans. Can they do justice to this Philip K. Dick-meets-Raymond Chandler story? [THR] -
#teaser
This Weekend, You Take Control Of A Science Fiction Novel On io9
Have you ever started reading a novel and thought, "Hey, why don't they explore this idea, instead of that one?" Now is your chance to make that kind of question count. This weekend, we'll have a livewriting event on io9. More » -
#lovelybones
Get A Better Look At Peter Jackson's Purgatory
Here are 26 images that will take you deep into the gorgeous afterworld of Peter Jackson's Lovely Bones. The main character, a murdered young woman, lives in a Purgatory that blends New Zealand and American Suburbia, flavored with 1970s kitsch. More » -
#bookreview
Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
Plenty of young-adult novels feature teens reaching adulthood in a world that adults have royally buggered. And there's no shortage of books about a British Empire with improbably high technology. But Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan makes both of those themes epic.
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#writingworkshops
Learn The Craft Of Novel-Writing From Walter Jon Williams And Nancy Kress
The Taos ToolBox Writers Workshop is taking applications for its "graduate level" writing classes, taught by Walter Jon Williams, Nancy Kress and guest-instructor Carrie Vaughn. But beware: It sounds like the instruction gets pretty intensive. More » -
#exclusive
Why The Road's Baby Scene Was Cut, And Why Its First Trailer Sucked
One important cannibal scene in the post apocalyptic film The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy's book, was cut. Here's why, along with how director John Hillcoat feels about his movie being compared to, and marketed as, "disaster porn." More » -
#contest
Winners Of The "Describe Your Favorite Bookstore" Contest
Over a week ago, we asked you to describe your favorite bookstore or comic book shop to win a giant box of free books from DelRey/Spectra. Now we've got our winner - and several runners-up. More » -
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#whuffiebank
You're Rich! In Reputation, Anyway. The Whuffie Bank Is Here At Last.
If you wished you could live off your sterling reputation, like the people in Cory Doctorow's Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom, then rejoice — the Whuffie Bank has arrived. More » -
#prideandprejudiceandzombies
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Will Be A Miniseries
File this under TV movies that will be better than the actual book: Pride and Prejudice And Zombies is being made into a miniseries. Check out the possible concept art. More » -
#megaengineering
The Wild Center Of Our Galaxy Could Support A Mega-Civilization
Could a super-advanced civilization live inside the acretion disk, the super-dense area around the black hole at the center of a galaxy? Author Mike Brotherton has played with this idea, and a couple of scientific papers say it's possible. More » -
#startrek
Celebrate The Holidays With Starfleet Cookies, A Klingon Christmas, And Abrams-Inspired Trek Novels
Today is a good day to watch the Klingon translation of A Christmas Carol, or just to eat some Starfleet cookies. And in other Trek news, J.J. Abrams' alternate timeline has spawned its own line of alternate-universe tie-in novels. More » -
#io9calendar
The io9 Guide To December Science Fiction Awesomeness
December isn't a quiet month for science fiction. There's James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar and Peter Jackson's Lovely Bones, double Dollhouse helpings, and rare appearances by Stephen King, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman and Mary Doria Russell. Encompass your future!
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#twilight
Comparison-Shop Your Teenage Vampires: Twilight vs. Nightlight
Nightlight, the Harvard Lampoon's send-up of that other novel about undead high school students, has been getting some good press lately. But how does the parody stack up against the original? Maybe these bullet points will help. More » -
#books
What Are The Greatest Fantasy Novels Of All Time?
If you could put together the perfect list of great fantasy novels, what would they be? Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians, put together his list and posted about it over on The Week. More » -
#bloggingthehugos
The Big Time Is a Mystery Morpheus Would Approve Of
All the Change World's a stage, and one man in his part plays many times — though Fritz Leiber's The Big Time is less a time-travel tale and more Agatha Christie-style Matrix, in play form. More » -
#books
Pavane Is Alternate History's Lost Masterpiece
Looking for a stocking stuffer this holiday season that's a bit off the beaten path? Want to discover a forgotten classic of alternate history? Then you might want to give the 1968 novel Pavane by Keith Roberts a try. More » -
#cosycatastrophe
British Books Offer A "Cosy" Antidote To Apocalyptic Horror. Let's Be Civilized, Shall We?
Looking for an alternative to the horrific scenarios of 2012 and The Road? Try the "cosy catastrophe" genre, the Guardian suggests: Stories like Day Of The Triffids and The World In Winter feature a less violent version of the end. More »
