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more about #contest brownjawa: Congrats to the winner! I'm sad to see so many bookstores go this year, outside of Waldenbooks/Borders Express/Borders; bookstores really do become a... more » Nazzie: Holy shit. I never thought I would come onto io9 and find the bookery on here. This is the store I go to when I go and find comics that I need to read... more » jonbussler: I loved the Bookery until a few months back. I've been going to the store for 18 years; they cut my file there because I forgot to tell them I depl... more » TheGreat&PowerfulTurtle: Many a day did I spend at Gardner's or Wizard's Asylum down the road. Gardner's was definitely a goldmine. Practically its own flea market of used bo... more » SnehalataDemophon: I had never heard of the Bookery. I was actually born at Wright Pat, and I have relatives in Huber Heights, Vandalia, and Kettering but my dad joined... more » blisskitty: When I was younger, my family used to have their taxes done by the guy that owns Gardner's. It was always exciting to me because he would give a $20 g... more » Im_your_Huckleberry: Annalee, This contest made an old comic book geek's heart just feel a little more full in these past weeks. I'm glad I found io9. You guys rock and ke... more » Makidian: I haven't been to the Bookery in ages at least 8 yrs. I really need to get out to Fairborn and give it a go because I really want to start collecting ... more » Starlionblue: SF Bokhandeln in Stockholm!!! My old hometown!!! I love that store. I started going there in the late 80s, when they were just starting out over on Ku... more » phillyguy83: The Bookery is 10 minutes from my house! I couldn't believe it when I saw the picture that accompanied this post. I'm glad that someone wrote in about... more » Robb Wilson: This is truly amazing! I started reading comics because of the Bookery! I was born at Wright Patt and moved to Chicago 4 years ago. What a great store... more » Lassus: Jesus, how did I miss THIS contest? Oh well. more » Squareborn: Who knew there'd be so many people that live near Bookery on here. Should have a gathering at the good ole Bookery sometime. lol more » Kevin Hamilton: Allen, you can reach Kevin at @Mad_Penguin on Twitter. He's also on Facebook: www.facebook.com/madpenguin23 He'd love to hear from you. more » TwoTrickPony: Well, heck. I have lived merely one town over from Bookery for ages, and despite spying it on regular trips to Giovanni's, have never stopped in. That... more » Liz Weinbloom: I meant to write something about Lyrical Ballad in Saratoga Springs, but didn't find the time. But it's bigger on the inside. more » Chip Overclock: I lived in Fairborn, right off Dayton-Yellow Springs Road, for years, while earning a couple of degrees and working at Wright State. Alas, I moved awa... more » Woden501: I haven't been to The Bookery in quite a while, since I moved out of Fairborn in fact, but I'm still only about 20 minutes away so maybe I'll stop in ... more » Squareborn: I have lived in Fairborn all my life. Remember walking downtown on a hot summers day during the original Pokemon Craze. I would go and trade and buy... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Sweet baby Jesus these stories are awesome. Go nerds! 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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Describe Your Favorite Bookstore and Win Free Books!
What is your favorite place to pick up the latest science fiction books and comics? Tell us a story about your all-time favorite bookstore or comics store, and you could win a box of new scifi novels. More » -
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Pink Planets and Killer Pumpkins Dominate DC's Online Comics Competition
A new crop of competitors has arrived for the Zuda Competition, DC's monthly contest to find new and innovative comics talent. This month's frontrunners chronicle the exploration of a mysterious planet, and a sentient pumpkin patch out for revenge. More » -
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The First Rag Dolls To Walk Our Ruined Earth, And The Last Chance To Take Them Home
This is the last chance to win your own 9 concept art book, featuring scads of amazing images from the making of the film. Give these stuffed warriors of the wasteland a good home! More » -
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See 9's Deadly Machine-On-Human Violence, And Get Free Stuff
Shane Acker's 9 isn't a kids' movie. The machines-gone-rogue actually wipe out humanity altogether. Check out the evil mugs behind the operation, and witness the carnage in a gallery from 9's tie-in book. And win free books and movie tickets. More » -
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Crack Open 9's Science Journal And Learn Secrets Of The Ragdolls' Creation
We've got 9's secret ragdoll-making mad science journal, complete with ink blots, sketches and doomsday prophesies. Flip through our exclusive pages, and check out your chance to win the concept art book. More » -
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Win Fame and Prizes in Our Scifi Sims Contest
With The Sims 3 hitting the shelves, it's time to take your avatars to the place they've always belonged: outer space. Or maybe inner space. We want you to turn your Sims games into science fiction masterpieces and win prizes. More » -
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Caption This Picture And Win a Zune Packed With Battlestar Episodes!
What's happening in this scene from Caprica, the prequel spinoff to the Battlestar Galactica series? Give us a caption explaining this tender moment between mad inventor Daniel Graystone and his beta cylon. More » -
#madsciencecontest
The Blue Forest
Elliott Gresswell is the winner of our "general synthetic lifeform" category for the Mad Science contest. His entry, about a lifeform called the "Blue Forest," is a fictional lab notebook written by a scientist working on a team that invents a form of plant life that lives on a kind of aquatic nano-goo. As the plant merges with the goo, it becomes a kind of multi-colored, floating forest that eats fish and (perhaps) other animals. More » -
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Legendary Comic Book Illustrator Kevin O'Neill to Draw Winning Entry in Mad Scientist Contest
If you are entering our mad science contest, we've got a treat for you (and for io9 readers). We've just gotten confirmation that Kevin O'Neill, the comic book artist who created all the amazing art for Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen books, will draw one of the winning contest entries. So you have a chance to get your synthetic biology beastie created in full color by one of the living legends of comic book illustration. Plus, he draws a really cool monster (you can see one here, from the Martian invasion in League). Remember, the contest deadline is tonight! -
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Final Reminder! Build a Lifeform and We'll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000
You've got until midnight tonight to enter io9's mad science contest to build a new lifeform. Building new lifeforms is the science of the future and therefore you can never have too many garage laboratories and mad scientists devoted to it. That's why io9 is sponsoring a contest to find two of the best synthetic life forms you can design for us. You've had almost two months to build that lifeform, and now the contest deadline looms! You've got until tonight, Aug. 25, at midnight to hand in your contest entry. More » -
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Deadline Approaches! Build a Lifeform and We'll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000
io9 wants to encourage mad scientists in every field, but especially in the area of synthetic biology. That's because synthetic biologists are the people who are going to build new life forms, like ligers and unicorns and people with claws and glowing eyes. OK, they might build bacteria that can clean up oil spills and repair damaged kidneys too. The point is, building new lifeforms is the science of the future and therefore you can never have too many garage laboratories and mad scientists devoted to it. That's why io9 is sponsoring a contest to find two of the best synthetic life forms you can design for us. You've had almost two months to build that lifeform, and now the contest deadline looms! You've got until Monday, Aug. 25, at midnight to hand in your contest entry. All the details are below. More » -
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Reminder: Build A Lifeform and We'll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000!
You still have 12 days to enter io9's mad science contest to build a lifeform. Synthetic biology is the science of the future! You can never have too many garage laboratories and mad scientists devoted to it. That's why io9 is sponsoring a contest to find two of the best synthetic life forms you can design for us. The winners in our two categories will get either an all-expenses-paid trip to the kickass Synthetic Biology Conference in Hong Kong this October, or $1000 and a chance to have their creature drawn by a cool comic book artist. Find out more by checking out our official contest announcement. Deadline is August 25th! -
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Mad Science Contest: Build a Lifeform and We'll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000
You still have over a month to enter io9's mad science contest to build a lifeform. Synthetic biology is the science of the future! You can never have too many garage laboratories and mad scientists devoted to it. That's why io9 is sponsoring a contest to find two of the best synthetic life forms you can design for us. The winners in our two categories will get either an all-expenses-paid trip to the kickass Synthetic Biology Conference in Hong Kong this October, or $1000 and a chance to have their creature drawn by a cool comic book artist. Find out more by checking out our official contest announcement. Deadline is August 25th! -
#contest
Mad Science Contest: Build a Lifeform and We'll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000
io9 wants to encourage mad scientists in every field, but especially in the area of synthetic biology. That's because synthetic biologists are the people who are going to build new life forms, like ligers and unicorns and people with claws and glowing eyes. OK, they might build bacteria that can clean up oil spills and repair damaged kidneys too. The point is, building new lifeforms is the science of the future and therefore you can never have too many garage laboratories and mad scientists devoted to it. That's why io9 is sponsoring a contest to find two of the best synthetic life forms you can design for us. The winners in our two categories will get either an all-expenses-paid trip to the kickass Synthetic Biology Conference in Hong Kong this October, or $1000 and a chance to have their creature drawn by a cool comic book artist. Find out more below. More »
