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![Our Economy Needs A Miracle... Like In Science Fiction [Pennies From Space]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/4/9/c/2/7/c/4/c/5/9/349a690f91dd51659b2bf0.jpeg) |
Our Economy Needs A Miracle... Like In Science Fiction [Pennies From Space]io9 - Nov 26, 2008 Don't panic! Sure, our economy is crappier than a crap-monster attacking a crap factory. But that's the time when you should look to the future. Our economy could be transformed at any moment, by developments like new … Also tagged: doctor who, star trek, top, jules verne, voodoo economics, david louis edelman, krugmania, pennies from space, scifi economics |
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How To Steal An Election, Science Fiction Style [Election Rigging]io9 - Nov 3, 2008 You're sitting there, freaking out about tomorrow's election and wondering if it'll be rigged. You can stop wondering: It will. American elections always, are to some extent, usually on both sides. (It's almost never … Also tagged: doctor who, top, heroes, superman, marvel comics, battlestar galactica, robert heinlein, lois and clark, election rigging, doom patrol |
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Science Fiction Writers Reach Out From Beyond the Grave [Famous Last Works]io9 - Oct 27, 2008 Science fiction writers have fantastical powers. They can peer into the future, invent strange new gadgets and alien races, and make us lose hours between their pages. And some writers can even speak to us from beyond … Also tagged: books, arthur c clarke, novels, robert heinlein, douglas adams, isaac asimov, posthumous, frederik pohl, famous last works |
![The Past Goes Back Further Than Life on Mars [Radio Gaga]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/4/c/a/b/8/7/2/5/5/7/eed48dc9c8d86b4a28a03e.jpeg) |
The Past Goes Back Further Than Life on Mars [Radio Gaga]io9 - Oct 11, 2008 As a budding fan of old radio broadcasts, one of my favorite places to hide on the internet is Counter Clock, a blog highlighting the golden age of the medium. The site features the entire broadcast of Washington D.C … Also tagged: short stories, radio gaga, isaac asimov, x minus 1 |
io9 - Oct 6, 2008
Ridley Scott's Blade Runner has claimed inspiration from many sources, but these mid-1970s panels by legendary French illustrator Jean Giraud (pseudonym Moebius) from his collaboration with Dan O'Bannon for The …
Also tagged: comics, graphic novels, comic, marvel comics, blade runner, moebius, replicants
io9 - Sep 28, 2008
The question of what happens after we die is unanswerable outside of Fringe, but the question of where and what will represent our death looms large. Some of our finest genre writers have had themselves cremated: H.G …
Also tagged: books, authors, jules verne, literary endings
io9 - Sep 24, 2008
What's the worst that can happen if you vote Republican in November? Science fiction has the answer, with a wealth of stories about right-wing policies taken to their most horrendous extremes. We already recounted the …
Also tagged: top, gawker, william gibson, robert heinlein, margaret atwood, dystopia, robert a heinlein, dystopian futures, dystopias, walter jon williams, right wing dystopias
io9 - Jul 26, 2008
This week's X-Files 2 release will have everyone wanting to believe in vast government conspiracies. But Cigarette-Smoking Man isn't the only shadowy villain by far. Authors like Philip K. Dick and Margaret Atwood were …
Also tagged: the matrix, wachowski brothers, conspiracy theory, dark city, the x files, grant morrison, david s goyer, margaret atwood, eric frank russell, dreadful sanctuary
io9 - Jul 25, 2008
Civil rights, international politics and superintelligent apes are in the future of Marvel Comics, according to Thursday's Mondo Marvel panel. The new series announcements moved away from the massive big events like …
Also tagged: marvel comics, war machine, comic con 08, legend of the blue marvel, electric ant, mondo marvel, agents of atlas
io9 - Jul 16, 2008
Look at the Russian cover for Robert Heinlein's Stranger In A Strange Land: It's like one of Caravaggio's Bible scenes: lurid, fiery, over-the-top and awesome. It should surprise nobody that Heinlein and Philip K. Dick …
Also tagged: books, gallery, russia, covers, robert a heinlein, science fiction art