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After hosting that gee-whiz Steampunk Batman contest, Warren Ellis is now asking artists to dream up a reality in which David Lynch directed Spider-Man. Kyle Maclachlan makes a damn fine Peter Parker! More »
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Receiving a large box from your parents generally means something bad: They've cleared out all your stuff from their basement and now you have to find a place for it, or it's a misplaced care package that's only three years past its sell-by date. For one SF fan, however, that package contained the geek motherlode: More than 100 scifi pulp magazines ranging from the 1930s onwards. More »
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Steampunk: A cultural dead-end reflecting the aesthetics of a long-gone time, courtesy of some SF and fantasy writers for whom a reformation of the past was more interesting than the future? Or shining (and well-bred) example for the future of humanity? Posters at the (steampunk-obsessed) Whitechapel message board are convinced that it's the latter, and are willing to make the case to convince you, as well. More »
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