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The Decades-Long Flame War Between Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov
Science fiction history has its share of disputes and disagreements, but there’s only one that left a plane crash, untold awards ceremony speeches, and the world’s first combination war treaty/book dedication in its wake.
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Joss Whedon Sci-Fi Drama Ordered Straight to Series at HBO
'The Nevers,' which landed at the premium network amid competition from Netflix, will be written, directed, exec produced and showrun by the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' grad.
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The Original VFX Team Behind Firefly Made the Best Anniversary Video in the 'Verse
It’s been just over 15 years since Firefly fans were introduced to Captain Mal and the crew of the Serenity, and almost as long since those same fans began desperately waiting for the show to come back from cancellation. That’s probably really unlikely at this point, but you can dream a little with this gorgeous tribute video.
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All Rights Reserved: a YA dystopia where every word is copyrighted
In Katsoulis's world, the super-rich have legitimized their wealth and power -- and the indentured slavery of nearly everyone else -- by claiming ownership over every expressive word that can be spoken and gesture that can be made.
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‘The Expanse’ finds a new home on Amazon Prime
After an outcry among fans following Syfy’s discontinuation of the series on its network, The Expanse will be getting a fourth season on Amazon Prime after an announcement from Jeff Bezos. Bezos revealed the news at the International Space Development Conference where members of the show’s ca…
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Stuff We Love: The Guild’s 'I’m the One That’s Cool' is the world’s greatest geek anthem
I’m not a touchy-feely person. On the Myers-Briggs personality scale, I “think” rather than “feel.” (ENTP, babies.) But watching the video for The Guild’s "I’m the One That’s Cool" put a lump in my throat and made me sniffle with what-the-hell-are-these-human-feelings emotion.
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My friend, the robot
Hugo- and Nebula-winning science fiction author David Gerrold was spot-on in his 1999 predictions about smartphones. Now he predicts computing’s future…again.
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Why Did Fans Flee LiveJournal, and Where Will They Go After Tumblr?
A fascinating survey details the migration patterns of pop-culture obsessives.
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20 Years Later, 'Dark City' Remains One of the Smartest Sci-Fi Films Ever Made
It's been 20 years since director Alex Proyas unleashed his science fiction masterpiece, and we're celebrating this Dark City anniversary in style. Let's take a look at why this brilliant movie has stood the test of time.
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The 'Firefly' canon is expanding with a series of original books
It may sound like something out of science-fiction, but it's true: More Firefly stories are on the way. EW can exclusively report…
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Counterpart creator Justin Marks on alternate realities and love quadrangles
Even though it's only January, we're calling it now: Starz's Counterpart is one of the best television series of 2018. Despite being set in the present, Counterpart has a Cold War vibe that chills to the bone, and its spy-jinx are so subtle that the plot doesn't happen as much as creep up on you. It's just plain terrific. WARNING! Spoilers for the first episode of Counterpart lurk in the shadows below!
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Firsts: The first cosplay took place at the first-ever con... in 1939
When cosplayers dress up as their favorite character, or even their interpretation of a favorite character, they're not just expressing their fandom. They're also carrying on a tradition that began with ... well, the first iterations of fan conventions.
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Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929-2018
Ursula K. Le Guin died today at 88. The author of the Earthsea novels, The Left Hand of Darkness and many others, she was and remains among the brightest stars in the sky of fantasy literature.
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Dune Remake Will Be "Star Wars For Adults," Denis Villeneuve Says
Denis Villeneuve may not have gotten the call yet from Disney and Lucasfilm to direct a Star Wars movie, but he can make his own — in the form of his Dune remake. Dune is Frank Herbert’s seminal science-fiction novel published in 1965, years before the first Star Wars film came out in 1977. In fact, Star Wars director George Lucas has acknowledged the influence that Dune had on early drafts of A New Hope, so it’s fitting that Villeneuve may bring it full circle.
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‘Stargate Origins’: First-Look Teaser Trailer & Premiere Date Unveiled
We’re getting the first look at Stargate Origins, the new 10-episode digital series based on the sci-fi franchise. MGM/New Form also announced a February 15 premiere date for the series on MGM’s new digital platform Stargate Command.
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Science fiction triggers 'poorer reading', study finds
It might feature such thought-stretching concepts as time travel and warp drives, but reading science fiction actually makes you read more “stupidly”, according to new research. In a paper published in the journal Scientific Study of Literature, Washington and Lee University professors Chris Gavaler and Dan Johnson set out to measure how identifying a text as science fiction makes readers automatically assume it is less worthwhile, in a literary sense...
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Robby the Robot is now the most valuable movie prop sold at auction
At the end of October we wrote that Robby the Robot — one of our all-time favorite non-human characters — was up for auction. But even though he’s priceless to fans of the 1956 film Forbidden Planet, in which he makes his on-screen debut, it was impossible for Bonhams auction house to place an Earth dollar value on the Altair IV relic. It turns out that he’s worth $5,375,000.
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Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Worth a Second Look
The BBC America sci-fi series has never had a huge audience, but it's definitely worth watching.
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Robby the Robot is up for auction
Robby the Robot was the breakout star of the 1956 film Forbidden Planet, with his winning good looks (which include “sax valves" and “gyroscopes”) and his sarcastic dialog (Altaira: “Robby, I must have a new dress, right away.” Robby: “Again?”). And now Robby — who cost $100,000 back in 1956 — is up for auction.
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This clever copy of Fahrenheit 451 can only be read when burned
Fahrenheit 451 is the 1953 Ray Bradbury novel (soon to be a film) about a “fireman” who burns books rather than saves them, as a means to keep society illiterate and complacent. The novel has been a lightning rod for issues of censorship and book banning, and it begins with the sentence, “It was a pleasure to burn.”
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