Entries from October 2008 ↓

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Since we launched in January, io9 has steadfastly covered only science fiction, futurism, and science. We’ve had arguments with you over what this means, and occasionally we’ve covered borderline-fantasy tales like Hellboy and Ekaterina Sedia’s novel The Alchemy of Stone .

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What Urban Fantasy Tells Us About the Future [Urban Fantasy]

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Here’s Exhibit A for why I like the new Life On Mars series way more than it deserves. The time-stranded cop show just goes way, way over the top, as you can see in this bizarre acid trip. Sam Tyler doesn’t just have naughty thoughts about his own mom — he also sees the Vietnam war, bizarre kinky sex acts and his boss dressed as a gangster

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A Retro 70s Oedipal Robot Explosion Wet Dream, Yeah! [Life On Mars Recap]

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Too busy rebuilding a tiny Manhattan? Don’t worry, we’ve compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you. Charlie Kaufman Will Break Your Brain in Synecdoche, New York http://io9.com/5069579/ Synecdoche, New York , the latest film from Charlie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” Kaufman, creates its own brand of magical realism crossed with science fiction

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The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week [Best Of The Week]

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When the Star Wars saga started delving more into the grim ‘n’ nasty Clone Wars era, I wasn’t that thrilled. I know, some bad stuff happened between the big fight scene at the end of Attack Of The Clones and the big fight scene at the start of Revenge Of The Sith — but I wasn’t sure I needed to know much more than the comics and Tartakovsky cartoons had shown me. But that was before I got my hands on Karen Traviss’ superb Republic Commando novels, plus her novelization of the Clone Wars movie.

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Why I Fell In Love With Karen Traviss’ Clones [Star Wars]

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What better way to celebrate Hallowe’en than listening to one of the greatest poems of all time read by one of the greatest orators of all time?

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Stan Lee’s Acting Talents Finally Put To Good Use [Happy Hallowe'en]

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It seems like only two weeks ago, we were asking where why more movies weren’t remaking the classics , and apparently Warners was listening… kind of.

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Robby The Robot Makes Comeback In Forbidden Planet Remake [Forbidden Planet]

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What does the sun smell like? This seemingly insoluble question faced Brisbane artists David Haines and Joyce Hinterding, as they developed their new art installation Earthstar, which promised you would “see, hear and smell the sun.” Seeing and hearing was no problem: They married time-lapse photography, using special filters, with a recording of radio signals from the sun, from a special antenna. But smelling?

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Smell My Sun! [Science Art Gone Mad]

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Armageddon comes in many forms, from nuclear disaster to social and economic collapse, and a savvy survivalist must be ready for it all. Enter blogger Jim Rawles, who offers tips and tools to get you through any brand of disaster. Rawles, a former US Army Intelligence officer, believes that most first worlders’ intellectual detachment from their resources sets them up for failure in the event of a crisis: “A huge segment of the population doesn’t even stop to think of where the water comes from when they turn on the tap, or where the electricity comes from when they flip a switch,” Rawles says.

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Survivalist Blogger Prepares You for the Coming Apocalypse [Post-apocalyptic Survival]

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The Mighty Hercules and Andromeda Captain, Kevin Sorbo, has a new mission: escape the evil secret society whose head hitman he used to be. In his new movie The Illuminati , Sorbo gets to kick a little ancient secret society butt, and dabble with all sorts of deadly weaponry. We got a chance to pick Sorbo’s brain about his fancy electrified dragon armor, and how breeding with reptiles can build you a super race.

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Kevin Sorbo Talks Breeding With Reptiles And Assasin Work In New Illuminati Film [Exclusive]

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Just in time for Halloween, we have our first-ever io9 hoodie swag. Every day this week, we’ve been bringing you cool scifi-inspired hoodies and t-shirts, created in collaboration with DiY hoodie-makers Neighborhoodies.

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The Greatest io9 Hoodie of Them All [Sci Fashion]

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