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fringe recap
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december books
Plagues, Hidden Cities, and Harbingers of Doom at the Bookstore This Month
Nothing is better than curling up during the holidays with a good book, and December brings a lot of terrific options. Dark urban fantasy dominates, with The Engine's Child and Knights of the Cornerstone, but there's also some good space opera from Mike Resnick and Karen Miller - and a whole lot of apocalypse with a new Wild Cards novel and Scott Sigler's latest "virus ate the world" book. Check out what's coming to your local bookstore in the next few weeks, below. More »
3:50 PM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Annalee Newitz
1,209 views, 14 commentsMost discussed Evil Tortie's Mom: So "Muse of Fire" is an expansion of a novella or novelette (forget which it was), "Kilimanjaro" is a sequel more »
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knowing
Why Does Every Apocalypse Need a Scary Globe Poster?
Here's the teaser poster for Knowing, the "numbers are bad" apocalypse movie starring Nicolas Cage, and it looks strangely familiar . . . Could it be the "menacing globe" that almost every genre film has pasted onto their posters as well? Methinks yes. The wide shot globe poster has been done from E.T. to The Core. If you don't believe me, check out the gallery of globe shame below. More » -
scifi gift guide
Gift Ideas for the Ten Major Species of Science Fiction Fan
We've got the definitive guide to what you and your fannish pals should have on your holiday lists this season. Not sure what to buy for the Star Wars fan in your life? Got a steampunker or zombie lover on your list and no clue where to look? Wondering what's out there for the Battlestar Galactica watcher, the Trekkie, or the Whedon devotee? Our gift guide offers ideas for the ten major species of scifi fan. More » -
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kronk burger
You Will Sweat Nanoblobs: Your Future Workplace!
Chances are, you're reading this blog at work. At the same time, you're pretending to be a cat princess in a bestiality-quest MMO with your left hand, making a new Lynyrd Skynyrd/MC Frontalot mashup with your right hand and denouncing Saxby Chambliss with both feet. And you're still bored. But fear not — the workplace revolution that's coming will eradicate boredom forever. You will be amazed. More »
9:00 AM on Wed Dec 3 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
2,062 views, 40 commentsMost discussed Grey_Area: As a fully certified Grammar/Spelling ChronoNazi^tm I'd like to point out that the acronym on the resplendent Holo-Banner in the more »
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sarah connor chronicles recap
A Piece Of The Terminator Action
Top ho! It's a 1920s Terminator speakeasy party, with flappers doing the Charleston and some positively ripping cocktails. I've been excited for the killing-machine-meets-Valentino episode of Sarah Connor Chronicles since I read some pages from the script, and it was just as mold-breaking as I'd hoped. I'm beginning to think this show's at its best when it's doing a weird digression, rather than trying to push the overall plot forward. More » -
failed franchises
Why Is It So Hard To Start A New Franchise?
In an alternate universe, we're all obsessing about the impending release of The Matrix V and Chronicles Of Riddick 9. Even as we're drowning in retreads of things that launched in the 1960s, just think of all the more recent works that tried — and failed — to launch a franchise. Why is it so difficult?
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heroes recap
On Heroes, Everything Is Back to Normal
Last night's episode of superhero freakout show Heroes, part two of "Eclipse," brought an unexpected plot development. Everybody went back to normal. And I don't just mean the plot arc from this two-parter about how an eclipse (which, strangely, takes place everywhere in the world) temporarily robs our heroes of their powers. I mean that our main characters' wildly-shifting personalities all went back to exactly the same place they were at the beginning of the season. With one notable exception. Let us consider these changes and counter-changes, shall we? Spoilers ahead! More » -
new comics we crave
Schoolgirls And Movies Rule This Week's Comics
If you're heading to your local comic book store on Thursday, I have one word for you to remember: schoolgirls. Yes, this week sees the usual amount of heroes, monsters and super-this-and-that, but the best books of the week? They're about girls in school. And not like that, perverts. More »
9:00 AM on Tue Dec 2 2008
By Graeme McMillan
2,623 views, 23 commentsMost discussed Ulquiorra-Schiffer: I miss walking dead. New issues please :P more »
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The Gone Away World review
A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy Features Ninjas Fighting Mimes
Nick Harkaway's first novel, The Gone Away World, proves that you can only talk about the really important things in the world by resorting to science fiction. At the heart of this silly, horrifying romp is a brilliant science fictional conceit for talking about the senselessness of war: a super-weapon that isn't just senseless, but which actually eradicates sense. Spoilers are crawling up your arm, just below. More »
