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more about #orsonscottcard Hypnosifl: What's the three-headed thing in the picture? By the way, for cool visual depictions of very alien-looking aliens, see if you can find a copy of Wayn... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Although Star Trek is frequently guilty of making their aliens human stereotypes with funny foreheads, they have also made some truly alien aliens. T... more » MISS MERCY STREET: Would the Monoliths of 2001/2061/3001 be considered an alien species? more » Counterglow: Just a shout-out to an old high school librarian who's probably dead now. His last name was Johnson. We called him "Wimpy" because of a slight resem... more » hwilam: Anne McCaffery's Pern books create an entire catalogue of teaching ballads to remind humanity of the tasks necessary when the red star comes near. more » Grey_Area: Dan Simmons used the diary bit in Hyperion with the girl who was ageing backwards. That always creeped me out. "See you later alligator." "In a while... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Buckaroo Banzai: write it on your palm, lick your palm, slap your mentor on the forehead so he gets a copy too. more » RoboBagins: Gundam is only an acronym in alternative universe of Gundam Seed. In fact, I'm not sure of where it comes from in classic Universal Century (UC). In... more » techgoddess: Only .002 cents per byte: OH GOD TVTROPES Thanks io9, for making me fail this semester!!! XD more » goldfarb: the 'Method of loci' is, and always will be, the coolest way to remember things... more » Belabras: I thought of another one, but I forgot it. more » Trai_Dep: As a boy, I was horrified by tales from the bigger kids of how Juvenile Hall was overrun by roving packs of gibbering, adolescent rape-gangs and lurki... more » Skunky: Carrie from "Turning Point" (first of the Sholan Alliance series) didn't exactly have it great either, living on a planet where humans were repressed ... more » tetracycloide: no mention of david rice's brush with gangrape at all? more » zenpoet: I bought a very dog-eared hard cover copy of Psion at a used book store a long time ago, and thought it was a great read, but assumed it was kind of "... more » Zidel333: I have no sympathy for Bean whatsoever. He's a flat, annoying second character trying to take over the protagonist, and for that, I shall NEVER forgiv... more » Lassus: Gurney Halleck had it pretty rough, if I recall. more » Zidel333: Thanks for adding Citizen of the Galaxy; this is my fave Heinlein Juvenile, since I read as a kid, and when I reread it about 1 1/2 months ago. It's a... more » Lamar Henderson: Ah, it reminds me of my old da, who, when I would complain about having to hold up the corner of the house that was starting to sage because of the sl... more » JennaW: But then Mark turns out surprisingly well! *loves Mark* more » -
#rant
The Case For Aliens Who Are Truly Alien
In James Cameron's Avatar, we're introduced to an alien race that we immediately take to: the almost-human Na'vi. But sympathizing with slightly-different people is easy. Here are few examples of sci-fi giving us truly "alien" aliens. More » -
#triviagasm
How To Jog Your Memory, The Science Fiction Hero Way
The busier you get, the more stuff you forget, and navigating that mental clutter can be worse than steering through an asteroid field. Luckily, lots of intrepid galactic heroes have faced faulty memories, and created some handy techniques for remembering. More » -
#triviagasm
11 Books About People Whose Childhoods Were Worse Than Yours
Are you wasting thousands of dollars in therapy unraveling your horrendous upbringing? Check out 10 science fiction books about kids who really had it rough, and put your issues into proportion. It'll be cheaper!
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#poll
Would You Boycott Science Fiction Writers Because Of Their Politics?
Most SF authors aim to make you think — but some of them make you think, "I disagree with everything this person stands for." Would you ever avoid someone's books based on his/her political views? More » -
#exclusive
Producer Says Ender's Game Not Over
After Orson Scott Card claimed he was "not interested" in the Ender's Game film adaptation, it seemed as if this classic novel would never be made into a film. Not so, the producers tell io9.
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#endersgame
Ender's End Gets Rewritten
Just when you thought that the character was relegated to comic books, Orson Scott Card has written another novel starring Ender Wiggin, telling what happened to the character after Ender's Game... and also during it? -
#exclusive
Read The First 10 Pages of Marvel's Enders Game
The first issue of Marvel's adaptation of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game hits stores tomorrow - but if you can't wait that long, you're in luck. We've got an exclusive preview of the book's first ten pages to whet your palette. More » -
