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more about #dystopianfutures more comments → EBone: How perfect since she's batshiat crazy. more » The Curse of Millhaven: Arianna is the Jar-Jar of this movie. more » salthegeek: Will people please stop speculating if Larry had a sex change. It's his business and we should just roll with it. It's not that big a deal. more » Lassus: Huffington's hair does not make me optimistic about this project. more » Canoehead: 90 years ago WW I had just ended. Imagine trying to predict modern Germany based on the breadlines and Freikorps of that era? And would you ever pre... more » White_Redeemer: So is "Lana" just Larry dressed as a woman, or did he really have a sex change? I'm really confused. more » ManchuCandidate: T'pau? more » Darklighter: Given the quality of medical science reporting on the Huffington Post, I wouldn't expect her to be alive in 90 years. more » Annalee Newitz: Lana is looking great. Cute as a button. more » FashionZebra: If anyone can save dystopian fiction, John Joseph Adams can. He's consistently produced my favorite anthologies. Hot damn, a website too! So... by th... more » Moff: Only lightspeed? I DEMAND A FASTER MAGAZINE. #publishing more » knyne: I lykes it win stuf blows up gud and peepul get hitt more » Plague: I'm thinkin' this might be too serious for its own good. more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Oh look at that, Jason Statham in a movie that's about beating the shit out of people. THIS I will see. more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Not for nothing, but this is missing a crucial component of badassery that both Crank and Death Race had. Who am I kidding. I'm still gonna see it. more » -
#wachowskis
What Is The Wachowskis' Secret Science Fiction Project — Guest-Starring Arianna Huffington?
Did you know the Wachowskis were filming a new "futuristic" movie? Neither did we, until Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington tweeted a series of pictures from the set of the mystery film, which is about Iraq 90 years from now. More » -
#johnjosephadams
John Joseph Adams Sees Your Dystopian Future, Starts A Magazine
John Joseph Adams has put out some of the most entertaining themed anthologies in the past few years, taking in zombies, vampires and interstellar civilizations. Now he's putting out an anthology of dystopian fiction, and starting an online fiction magazine. More » -
#gamer
New Trailer Shows That Gamer = Crank + Death Race
The first U.S. trailer for Gerard Butler's Gamer has come out, and it shows a nice mix of rough-and-ready convicts-trapped-in-a-video-game action. It's like Statham's Death Race, only on legs and reimagined by the Crank guys. -
#conceptart
Moody Concept Design For "The Road" Is Artwork In Its Own Right
The movie version of Cormac McCarthy's The Road still doesn't have a release date, months after it was supposed to come out. But at least production designer Chris Kennedy's brilliant concept art has appeared online. More » -
#books
As Our World Crumbles, Readers Clamor For Science Fiction
In these troubled times, whether you're looking for some simple escapism or a vision of how things could be even worse, science fiction has the answer. And book sales are starting to reflect that. More » -
#foundfootage
It's Like Blade Runner, By Way Of Uwe Boll
We need more terrible movies like The Gene Generation, this instant classic - newly on DVD - about a Dark Future [TM] where fetish-wear-clad assassins stalk "DNA hackers." And Faye Dunaway grows tentacles! More » -
#thehungergames
What's Wrong With A Hunger Games Movie?
At first blush, a movie version of Suzanne Collins' media-saturated death-sport novel, The Hunger Games, sounds like a great idea. Until you realize the major pitfall that movie faces, that is.
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#bookreview
23rd Century Muslim Cyborgs in "Budayeen Nights"
"Blade Runner meets Casablanca written by Nelson Algren" would be the Hollywood pitch for Budayeen Nights, a collection of stories by the late George Alec Effinger. But there's much more to these hard-boiled, lemon-scented tales.
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#franklyn
Franklyn's Alternate-History Superhero Tale Has A Satisfying Payoff
"It's a somewhat arty science fiction romance thriller." "It's a genre of no genre." "It's an urban fairytale fantasy drama, with a parallel-world aspect to it." Even the people making Franklyn struggled to explain it. More » -
#bookreview
KOP And Ex-KOP Are Pure Noir Candy
Science fiction noir doesn't come much nastier than the KOP novels by Warren Hammond. The adventures of a bent cop on a rotten planet, they're like Dashiell Hammett mixed with Philip K. Dick. Spoilers ahead.
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#books
Beware The Deadly Robotic Coffee Pot!
You're probably already a fan of British comedian and writer Ben Elton, thanks to his work on shows like Blackadder and The Young Ones. But did you know he's also a kick-ass science fiction novelist?
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#margaretatwood
Handmaid's Tale Too Politically Incorrect For Canadian Schools?
Margaret Atwood's seminal dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale has been called many things before — but sexist? That's what one Toronto parent is claiming in his quest to get it out of schools. More » -
#liberaldystopias
Best Future Dystopias Where The Liberals Have Won
The Republican Party is gathering in St. Paul, to put forth its vision of the future. And over the next few days, you'll be hearing a lot about the horrendous futures that could take shape if gormless liberals were allowed to run the show. Which makes us wonder: what does science fiction, the literature of the future, have to say about liberal-run dystopias? And it turns out, there are plenty of horrendous futures blighted by the heavy hands of our zinfandel-spitting liberal elites. Here are the scifi stories John McCain should mention in his acceptance speech. More »
