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Hyperion Being Adapted by Warner Bros.
The studio has announced that they’ll be adapting the first two books of Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos (Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion) into one feature film. Trevor Sands, a relative newcomer, convinced the studio to let him write the adaptation by “taking a selective approach to the two novels’ multiple points of view in a…
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Science!
T-shirts On the Edge of Forever has an amusing collection of shirts that celebrate the mad scientist in all of us. They’re associated with Amorphia Apparel, whose designs include a drum-playing T. rex and an octopus squirting Valentines out its heinie. It’s oddly compelling. This is still my favorite science-related shirt, though. (Available in the…
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Are We Giving Robots Too Much Power?
The Onion has a chilling cautionary tale.
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Top 10 Space Conspiracy Theories
Howstuffworks has a roundup of space conspiracy theories, including the Face on Mars and the hoaxed moon landing. I wasn’t aware of a couple of these, so I guess I’m not cool enough to get invited to the conspiracy parties. Link
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The Echo Park Time Travel Mart
Time travelers have a lot to contend with: What if you show up to ride with Gengis Khan and you’re fresh out of kumiss? Will Leif Eriksson tell you you don’t smell like a warrior? Fortunately, your local Time Travel Mart is there to help, supplying the discerning temponaut with powdered horse milk, Viking odorant,…
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Lose Yourself in Space
Unless you’ve been living under a rock,* you’re surely aware of Google Earth by now. You may even have played around with Google Moon and Google Mars. Now check out Google Sky. To help you explore the far reaches of our universe, we have teamed up with astronomers at some of the largest observatories in…
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Instant Science Fiction Convention Finder
A convention finder searchable by zip code has just been launched, and they’re looking for gonzo fans to help populate it: Now, it has to be filled with conventions. Spread the word to your various fan groups and/or, if you know of a convention that’s coming up in your area that would be of interest…
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Glow-in-the-Dark Rabbits Are Only the Beginning
Science Junkies suggests that gene splicing might be fraught with peril. DNA Combination: Chicken + Cockroach + Giant Squid Intended Result: A quickly reproducing completely boneless chicken yielding six to ten tasty “drumettes” (boneless drum sticks) Unfortunate Outcome: A quickly reproducing flightless, 8 beaked cephalopod with a bullet resistant exoskeleton :::giggle::: Link
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Return to Luna, At Least in Fiction
We can’t get off the ground in real life, but the National Space Society is sponsoring a short-story contest on the theme of returning to the Moon. WE ARE LOOKING FOR: Science Fiction stories that show the adventure of lunar settlement. We want to feel the romance of life there, the wonder of the lunar…
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Oh, Not Again
Variety reports that Dune is going to be flogged to death remade again, this time by Paramount Pictures. Peter Berg (The Kingdom) has been hired to direct, and the project has been farmed to writers. I’m sort of mystified by Hollywood’s moth-like attraction to the conflagration that is Dune. The planning meetings had to have…