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    Starwatcher: Beautiful. #sciencefictionart more »
    asyouwere: I wouldn't steal a book from one of those libraries either- avoiding the attention of ancient eldritch gods is a hobby of mine. If I could frame my ... more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: I would totally steal a book from the library. Actually, that's what I do most of the time. I can't find any links for purchasing any of these; perha... more »
    Plague: Saw this on Morbid Anatomy this morning. Quit following me around the interwebs. more »
    Hamslicer: Dank IO9! Dieses ist fantastischer Posten. Etwas, das ich nicht normalerweise gefunden haben. more »
    J_Frank_Parnell: Galury iz brokun. PLz fix kthanxbai. more »
    Roklimber: I think it won't surprise most frequent io9 readers that I disagree with this article. "I don't mean to disparage hard science fiction, because done w... more »
    kolacek: I want to know why Walter can't get REAL Frankenberry cereal. Can't he just slip over to Earth-1 and buy some? Huh? Double You Tee Eff. I want some an... more »
    James Foreman: Fake/fun mad science is what I prefer over hard science - I love that there's a show on TV about it. But why does it have to be a snorefest like Fring... more »
    GraceButes: While I can agree that the "science" part of the show doesn't need to be real or plausible, at least the actual human parts of the show should make se... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Also, it's a continuing weekly TV show that follows American Idol. It's not trying to be Important and Serious and Truthful, it's trying to regularly ... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: It's scientifiction, is what it is. You got your mad scientist (good) vs. mad scientist (evil) who were buddies, your beautiful heroine, your wisecrac... more »
    tudza: So why don't they just call it magic and stop annoying people? more »
    phildini: I would appreciate the science more if there weren't quite so much science negativity. Science is involved in finding the solution, but its also almos... more »
    van_line: the whole glass recording thing, doesn't that have to do with egyptian pottery and that it has sounds recorded on them. somebody help me out. more »
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    The Ultimate German-Inspired Gothic Art Frenzy!

    We always suspected the lush, surreal covers of Germany's 1919 fantasy magazine Der Orchideengarten would drive people to madness... and now it has come to pass. A Journey Round My Skull posted more Orchideengarten images, and sponsored a bookplate contest. More »
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    The Lovely, Surreal Ugliness Of The World's First Fantasy Magazine

    The first fantasy/horror magazine wasn't Weird Tales — it was Austrian magazine Der Orchideengarten (The Garden Of Orchids), launched in 1919. Featuring H.G. Wells and Karel Capek, the magazine was also known for its lush, surreal art. Gallery below. More »
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    Why Bad Science is Good on Fringe

    Though the science on Fringe is head-slappingly fake, somehow the series makes real science exciting. The show is like a pulpy 1920s serial, and its fantastic plotlines are far more appealing than hard scifi "realism." More »
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    Cosplay Abounds at Zombie Fest in Pittsburgh

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    Weird Tales Reinvents Modern Spooky in Website Relaunch

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    Anything Called "Blasphemous Horrors" Belongs on My Wall for Sure

    In May of this year, historically transgressive SF monthly Weird Tales launched a year-long tribute to one of its greatest writers, cosmic horror scribe Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Lovecraft's work fills a lengthy bibliography, and now it can fill the walls of your (no doubt sci-fi-themed) living room as well. Inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos — the Lovecraftian universe of tales that focuses on the extraterrestrial deities who inhabit our world — artist Steven Archer is creating one painting a day for sale at the Weird Tales blog. So far he's had plenty of eerie, supernaturally lovely hits, and there are 235 days to go in the series Weird Tales is calling "Blasphemous Horrors." More »
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    A Spam-Based Writing Contest from Weird Tales

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    Celebrate the 85th Anniversary of Weird Tales

    85 years old this month, Weird Tales is the magazine of the "bizarre and unusual" that sustained the career of H.P. Lovecraft and his scifi-horror pals back in the 1920s when it first launched. In its early days, Weird Tales set itself apart from other pulps by always going one step deeper into the freak zone. Stories dealt with aliens, witches, and mutants. Covers often featured devils making love to ladies, monsters menacing beleaguered ingenues, and (my personal favorite, above) devilish monster ladies making love to scantily clad lovelies. Now the venerable, perverted, brilliant magazine is celebrating its 85th birthday in style. More »