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more about #books tenthrow: Can we get this in ePub format so we can read it our shiny new Nooks and Kindles? more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Snow Crash. more » Segador: "Oh no! Not another fucking elf!" -Oxford English professor Hugo Dyson, interrupting J.R.R. Tolkien during an early reading from The Lord of the Ring... more » blkgryffyn001: Haha.. and people are bitching about Avatar being too cliche with it's "foreigner becoming king of the natives" motif. Me, personally, I don't mind.... more » Wookie1972: I'd love to see Pixar get the their hands on Nick And The Glimmung. more » ThisDudeRufus: I think it's for the best. Blade Runner will always be the best adaptation of his work. Disney would screw it like a duck (which I vote becomes a legi... more » Kishi: My wife and I keep copies of the first few books in the Dresden Files and the Song of Ice and Fire series around to loan out to friends. Just a week ... more » atrus123: I always keep extra copies of Hyperion and A Game of Thrones, which are my favorite examples of excellent modern scifi and fantasy (respectively). I ... more » Austin Bath: Project Sand needs to get some funding, make a video game. more » Purple Dave: I rarely lend out any books, though that's more just that nearly all of my friends either have different tastes or already own any of my books that th... more » LittleDragon: Good Omens more » capnrob: Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart. Also, Passage at Arms, Glen Cook. The former is an example of the "Bloody miracle" school of writing, in which everyth... more » Allen_Richards: 10 or 15 years ago it was anything Joe Lansdale. Now, it's mostly film texts. Most recently, I came across a stack of RECREATIONAL TERROR, a feminist... more » Szin: "FATHERRRRR....THE SLEEPER HAS AWAKEN!" more » Shiryu: Merry Xmas, io9rs. The Spice must flow. =) more » Dorilys: I used to hoard Ender's Game. I've given away more than 30 copies (by given away... lent and never gotten back). I actually haven't been able to fin... more » Bill-Lee: " I've chosen a sampling of worm-oriented images because obviously worms are the coolest things ever." Or you have some issues... more » Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: Dhalgren - Samuel R. Delaney I buy every copy I ever see. Also, I have probably owned every Vonnegut book/novel several times over and yet when I lo... more » Anekanta - Go Play!: It's not fiction, but I keep giving away copies of the pocket translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell. It's not as literal as other trans... more » EndangeredRed: Any Patricia McKillip book. After I read The Riddlemaster of Hed, my grandma went on a used-book store rampage to find me the rest of the series. I am... more » -
#kingoftheelves
Has Philip K. Dick's Disney Movie Been Shelved?
In April of '08 Disney announced plans to animate Philip K. Dick's story The King of the Elves. Since then, there's been very little news about the urban fantasy endeavor. Did Disney kill off their paranoid, twisted elf tale? More » -
#books
Read "The New Real," A Novel Written In Real Time On io9
Earlier this month, the Canadian scifi author MCM wrote an entire novel on io9 over the weekend. And he got you to help him fill in crucial plot details in real time. Now you can read the whole thing. More » -
#conceptart
Bringing The Worm Home
The greatest and most valuable beast of planet Arrakis has been conquered. This is just one image from an amazing collection on "Project Sand," a group blog devoted entirely to recreating the world of Frank Herbert's Dune in concept designs. More » -
#books
The Books You Hoard In Order To Give Them Away
Which books do you buy extra copies of on sight, especially if they're used — knowing you'll want to give them to someone else soon? Jo Walton has sparked a great discussion of book hoarding and giving over at Tor.com. More » -
#lastminutegifts
7 Last Minute Geeky Holiday Gifts You Can Buy Or Make
Running out of time and money this holiday season? Don't worry - we've got some cheap and heartfelt replacements for the nerd shopper who is out of cash, time or luck. Trust us, they'll love it. More » -
#powerlist
The 2009 Science Fiction Power List
It's our second annual science fiction power list, featuring the 20 most powerful people and teams in the world of science fiction. Yes, science fiction can wield great power. These are the people who take responsibility for that. More » -
#thefuturist
The Epic Movie-Making Adventures Of James Cameron
James Cameron's rise, from driving trucks to directing some of Hollywood's biggest epics, parallels the epic journeys of his characters, from Sarah Connor to Jake Sully. And you won't believe how crazy the stories in his biography, The Futurist, are. More » -
#arthurcclarke
Was Arthur C. Clarke An Amateur Writer?
Arthur C. Clarke's big, famous novels are "dull, slow and passionless," but you have to admire the fertility of his imagination, writes Robert Silverberg. But there's still something to love about an early Clarke novel, Against The Fall Of Night. More » -
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#quoteoftheday
Connie Willis Explains How Science Fiction Came Back From Its Near-Death Experience
Connie Willis talks to Publishers Weekly about her forthcoming time-travel duology, Blackout/All-Clear. And she explains that when she started writing SF, 30 years ago, she was warned she'd come too late to a dying genre. More » -
#mortalengines
Is Peter Jackson Secretly Preparing To Film Philip Reeve's Traction Cities Epic?
Rumor has it Peter Jackson's not content with filming Lovely Bones, Lord Of The Rings and Tintin. He's also secretly working on a movie of Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines, about cities that become mobile and try to eat each other. More » -
#modlitfi
Science Fiction-Themed Book Classics You Can Safely Namedrop At Home
Soon you'll venture back into the bosom of your family — who may not have heard of any science-fiction books you've read lately. Fear not: Here are five books with science-fiction influences you can talk to your Uncle Clarence about. More » -
#openthread
Overrated SF Of The Decade? You Tell Us
You've seen our top 10 sci-fi disappointments of the decade, but what about the things everyone else seems to love but you just can't understand why? Tell us your picks for the most overrated SF of the last ten years! More » -
#bestsellers
Half Of The Decade's Top Selling Books Were Science Fiction and Fantasy
The 00s were all about scifi and fantasy at the movies, with blockbuster flicks featuring giant robots and pubescent wizards. And the craze for fantastical worlds shaped bestseller lists too. Five of the decade's biggest books were fantasy or scifi. More » -
#exclusive
Terminator Vs. Grizzly Bear: Who Wins? And Can Khan Come Back?
The latest Terminator novel features Terminator-vs-grizzly-bear battles, train robbery, Terminator snowmobiles, a Terminator train, and dogsled chases. We asked writer Greg Cox about who'd win a Terminator/bear fight, novelizing Final Crisis and whether Khan should be in the next Trek. More » -
#worthycauses
Give Generously, And Bring Home Your Own Personal Vision Of Hell
It's not every day that you get to help out refugees and get your own personalized piece of the apocalypse at the same time. Total Oblivlion, More Or Less author Alan DeNiro has come up with a novel fundraising idea. More » -
#bookcovers
Book Covers That Are Ashamed To Be Science Fiction
Check out this new cover for Sureblood by Susan Grant... You'd never know it's a swashbuckling adventure about space pirates. As the genre of science-fiction romance explodes, publishers are trying to hide the fact that these books are science fiction. More » -
#giftguide
The Greatest Nerdy Gift Books In The Galaxy
If you're looking for an awesome gift for the uber-geeks in your life, then nothing is better than a book. We've collected a gift guide, covering everything from SF classics to Star Wars to astronaut lore, for your favorite nerds.
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#cloudy
6 Minutes Of Proof That Cloudy Is This Year's Most Underrated Film
It's no secret we loved Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. Now the movie's entire intro is online and we can finally show you all just how this exceedingly clever and heartfelt picture won us over. More »
