If you remember falling to sleep while one of your parents read Goodnight Moon at your bedside, and if you also remember the first time you read Dune and found yourself wide awake late into the night with thoughts of ornithopters, sandworms, and spice – well, Goodnight Dune is going to be right up your [...]
In the year 2511 on one of Saturn’s moons, a man with serious girlfriend issues dismembers a race of alien monsters called Necromorphs. Dead Space 2–already positioned to be one of the goriest major releases in 2011–is a refined follow-up to 2008′s rough but promising survival horror game.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2010
Today is World Oceans Day, but given the current catastrophe going on in the Gulf thanks to BP, it’s not easy being so lighthearted about the situation and compiling a list of waves I’ve seen in sci-fi flicks that I’d love to surf. But I’m going to do it anyway.
What to do when you find your fledgling alien series in a could-be-canceled fix? Strip down a character or two.
Blogger and sci-fi author Cory Doctorow’s For The Win hit bookstores today and to celebrate, he’s giving away free copies via download on the book’s web site, like he’s done in the past. (Seriously, if you like For The Win, download Makers from 2009. Yeah, it’s free.) Or, if you’re a print person but aren’t [...]
Yay! Iron Man 2 opens today.
I want you all to know that the headline for this piece was supposed to include the word MILF, but that was deemed inappropriate for the family-oriented website we’re trying to run here. I explained to them that it stands for Mom I’d Like to Friend — you know, like on Facebook! But that cut [...]
Art student Jim Tierney of Philadelphia’s University of the Arts has created some really beautiful new skin for Jules Verne.
Sci-fi is sexy – well, most of the time. From Bela Lugosi’s first neck nip to Avatar‘s ponytail fumblings beneath Home Tree, the genre has never lacked in the love department. Both sweet and surreal.
Valentine’s Day is stupid.
