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    Jeyl: "who didn't like J.J. Abrams' breezy reinvention of the 1960s space adventure show" Me. more »
    NigelGallows: If you liked TROTF you might like shiney things like these jingly jangly keys. more »
    J_Frank_Parnell: Awesome post, more like this pretty please! more »
    Supernatural_Canary: God I hated Wanted. For many reasons, though the notion mentioned above about becoming a (nihilistic) ubermensch and subsequently treating everyone e... more »
    bipolarber003: If you think you'll like Avatar... you'll like "My Name is Joe" by Pohl Anderson... the novella the movie is ripped off from. more »
    Dirk Anger: I watched Knowing maybe two months ago, and I must have blocked it to protect my memory of that crapfest, because I don't remember absolutely anything... more »
    antimatty: if you liked wolverine...... then maybe you should go read a coloring book . #bookvortex more »
    MrBuffalo: thank you for the addition of good omens. great book. #bookvortex more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Last week I ordered a boatload of the older Culture novels by Iain M. Banks. I suspect I might need someone to tow me to work as I might forget what "... more »
    Servercat: Bolo's Hammer's Slammers Hellbore ftw :) #bookvortex more »
    engtech: For the last recommendation, the title of the book is missing. It's Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks #bookvortex more »
    Dr Emilio Lizardo: Now we have a problem. David Drake is one of my guilty pleasures, especially Hammer's Slammers. But to insult me by lumping that in with Transformer... more »
    lorq: Why didn't anarcho-syndicaslists like Abrams' "Star Trek"? I'm pretty much an anarcho-syndicalist and I liked it. (Unless you're just doing a little... more »
    fraying: This article made me buy a book. Damn you, Charlie Jane! (By which, I mean, thank you, Charlie Jane.) #bookvortex more »
    Oz Mendoza: "...You'll love Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett" Personally, I didn't love it. Just didn't bring the funny, not for me anyway. And I'm ... more »
  • #booklists

    If You Like These Recent Movies, Here Are Books You'll Love

    Movies may thrill us with their huge ideas and set pieces, but you always know that anything a movie did, a novel did it first... and better. If you liked these dozen recent movies, here are some books you'll love. More »
  • #interview

    Richard K. Morgan Talks Noir Fantasy

    Richard K. Morgan's The Steel Remains blew us away with its nasty slog through a fantasy world where heroes get forgotten, mistreated or queer-bashed. And we were jazzed about the trend of noir fantasy, so we asked Morgan about it. More »
  • #geowanking

    A Map Of Your Future Mega-Cities And Megalopolises

    The cities of the future are massive, sprawling, beautiful monsters, covering entire coastlines — and in some cases, entire continents. Whether it's Judge Dredd's Mega-Cities or William Gibson's "Sprawl," future cities always devour land. Here's a map of future megalopolises. More »
  • #fantasynoir

    The New Noir Fantasy Shows Magical Cities In Decay

    A noir light is shining over fantasy — many of the best fantasy books on the shelves right now feature bloody-minded, morally gray protagonists battling their way through rotten cities and bleak landscapes. Here's why noir is truest urban fantasy. More »
  • #alteredcarbon

    V for Vendetta Director Sets His Sights on Cyberpunk Noir

    V for Vendetta director, and frequent Wachowski Brothers collaborator, James McTeigue is taking a break from science fiction, filming vengeful ninjas and Edgar Allan Poe. But he's still got his sights on an adaptation of Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon. More »
  • #richardkmorgan

    Sexual Repression Is Science Fiction's Secret Hyperdrive Fuel

  • #interview

    Richard K. Morgan on the Failures of Capitalism and the Success of Science Fiction

  • #antiheroes

    Why Do Anti-Heroes Rule Science Fiction?

    The first time I ever read the word "anti-hero," it was in an article about science fiction, and it's always seemed a very science fictional type of word — like anti-matter, or anti-gravity. Science fiction has its share of one-dimensional white hats, but the characters who capture our imagination are usually the morally blurred rascals, who have their own best interests at heart. You never quite know what an anti-hero will do next. Here's our guide to the roots of science fiction's greatest anti-heroes. More »