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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

A new book, written by io9 alumni Andrew Liptak, spotlights the creative, awesomely nerdy folks who make dressing up an art form. Cosplayers who look forward to comics conventions have had it rough during the pandemic, but the community’s spirit is still thriving. Cosplay: A History: The Builders, Fans, and Makers Who … Read more.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

No matter what becomes of Marvel’s mutants in the comic books or any live-action movies Marvel Studios is undoubtedly dreaming up , the ‘90s animated series that dominated the Saturday morning TV bloc will always be one of the most definitive takes on Charles Xavier and his students. Today, io9 has an exclusive look at… Read more.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Now, a new book wants to detail Thra’s grand bestiary—and io9 has an exclusive look inside shows. The world of Thra is full of incredible beings and creatures, from major civilizations like the Gelfling and the Skesis, to humble landstriders and adorable (and occasionally horrifying) Nurlocs. Read more.

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JULY 17, 2020

Dark Horse and CD Projekt Red are about to release a 200-page hardcover book detailing the lore of the entire world months before the video game pops into your console, and io9 has an exclusive sneak peek. If you’re looking forward to the Keanu Reeves-starring Cyberpunk 2077 , we have a homework assignment for you. Read more.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 12, 2021

When Charlie Jane Anders was still here at io9—she co-founded the site with Annalee Newitz back in 2008—she wrote several popular posts offering advice and inspiration to both aspiring and veteran authors of sci-fi and fantasy. Those posts gained even more value after she herself became a best-selling fiction author,… Read more.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

A fascinating new book digs into some of the show’s squishiest cases , and io9 has a sneak peek plus an interview… Read more. Well, Scully and Mulder, of course—and while the show was famous for its alien conspiracy mythology, we confess to preferring its signature monster-of-the-week episodes.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

The final season of The Expanse arrives this Friday , so io9 hopped on a video chat with writers Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham (who co-author The Expanse books as James S.A. Corey ) and showrunner Naren Shankar to talk about the show’s past, present, and (hopefully?) Read more.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Author Chuck Wendig is a favorite here at io9; we’ve featured excerpts from his books before, including his 2019 sci-fi smash hit Wanderers. Today we are thrilled to be debuting the cover and first excerpt from its follow-up, Wayward , which will be out next summer. Read more.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

With season six now in the books and the show wrapped for good, we’re looking back at the final season. Obviously, it’s still one of the greatest sci-fi shows of all time (it made io9's list of best TV of 2021 !), The Expanse is over. Long live The Expanse ! but we had a few nitpicks this final go-round. keeping in… Read more.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest and greatest in toy news. This week: Hasbro goes back to Star Wars with big new playsets and big new droids, Lego asks us what we really really want, and Doctor Strange magics himself up a new Multiverse of Madness figure. Check it out! Read more.

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MARCH 31, 2021

This month we’ve got teenage telekinetics, magical twins , shapeshifters, supernatural detectives , space adventures, palace intrigue, fantasy epics, monsters, and more—plus the first-ever YA fantasy novel by io9 co-founder Charlie Jane Anders. Read more.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

The second book in the series, Moon Witch, Spider King , will be out February 15, 2022, but today, io9 has the exclusive… Read more. Marlon James began his Dark Star trilogy—aka “the African Game of Thrones” —with 2019's highly acclaimed Black Leopard, Red Wolf , which is currently being adapted for the screen by Michael B.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Later this year, these key pieces of Star Wars are getting their own book and, to celebrate, io9 is excited to give you your… Read more. The Jedi weapon is one of the most recognizable pieces of one of the world’s most popular franchises and a truly elegant feat of design.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Welcome to io9’s look back at the Dungeons & Dragons novels of yore, where I read these classic fantasy books to see… Read more. In the frozen tundra of Icewind Dale , four unlikely (sort of) heroes (sort of) join forces (sort of) to defeat an evil wizard (sort of) wielding unimaginable power (actually, it’s pretty imaginable).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It’s standard procedure for comic book heroes and villains to come back from the dead. io9 has your exclusive preview today. But sometimes they come back but stay dead, and that’s the case in DC Comics ’ new series Task Force Z. Read more.

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JULY 1, 2021

From the hard boiled crime worlds of the Pete Fernandez series to the galaxy far, far away to chart the young life of Star Wars ’ Poe Dameron , Alex Segura might be better known to comics fans for his work at Archie Comics and now Oni—but his latest novel is combining both sides of his professional career, and now io9's… Read more.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Maybe one of those hobbies is knitting—and if you did pick up that skill, a new Star Wars book is going to be your new favorite thing in the world. io9 just happens to… Read more. While 2020 hasn’t been a great year for travel, gatherings, or general overall happiness , it has given many of us the chance to work on new hobbies.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Now, the storyteller is back with a new art book, The Labyrinth , and io9 has an exclusive look inside the maze. Tales From the Loop creator Simon Stålenhag has a knack for playing on our greatest hopes and fears, combining the innocence of youth with science fiction’s fascinating, yet terrifying , unknown. Read more.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

io9 is excited to share a vivid first excerpt from the book today. Two young women—one an African warrior , one a Viking princess —become important allies in Black Shield Maiden , a new medieval fantasy that’s the first in a new series from musician turned debut author WILLOW , co-written with Jess Hendel. Read more.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Books have shown us how he left his homeworld and the unknown regions to explore “our” side of the Star Wars galaxy, but Timothy Zahn’s latest trilogy is delving back into that past, and io9 has a look inside. In Star Wars ’ current canon, we’ve seen Thrawn’s rise as one of the Empire’s most cunning Grand Admirals. Read more.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest toy and merchandise news. This week, The Book of Boba Fett ’s end means merchandise a-go-go with Star Wars toys from Lego and Hasbro (and more, for good measure), and Playmates boldly goes forward with Star Trek: Prodigy toys and back into the past with r… Read more.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest toy news around the internet. This week The Book of Boba Fett meets Nerf, McFarlane dives deep into the Batman rogues’ gallery, and EXO-6's latest Star Trek figure takes a trip to the Q Continuum. Check it out! Read more.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Fantasy author Terry Goodkind passed away in September, but he left behind a long legacy of books , including the Sword of Truth series. Today io9 is excited to share an excerpt from The Children of D’Hara , a posthumous release collecting five of his serial novels that continue the story of the Sword of Truth. Read more.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Typically, a Dungeons & Dragons adventure book is all about creating a world for your heroes to go on epic campaigns —detailing the vast settings of places like Eberron or Icewind Dale , or setting up cities like Waterdeep or even the Magic: The Gathering land of Ravnica.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The 14 books that comprise Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time fantasy series were released over 23 years. When io9 asked star Daniel… Read more. Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming TV adaptation can’t possibly last half that long, but if the show is successful, it’s still going to be a massive time investment for every actor on board.

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Gizmodo

MAY 6, 2021

DuckTales may have ended on TV (sigh), but the adventures of Huey, Dewey, and Louie will continue in a new middle-grade book series from author Tommy Greenwald and illustrator Elisa Ferrari: the mystery-themed Duckscares. The first entry, The Nightmare Formula , is out now, and io9 has a peek inside. Read more.

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round-up of the latest and greatest in nerdy merchandise. This week: Lego’s latest modular building brings some class to your display, The Book of Boba Fett opens up to a page of action figures, and Destiny ’s most iconic rocket launcher is getting the Nerf treatment. Check it… Read more.

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Gizmodo

MAY 17, 2021

If you’ve seen Darren Lynn Bousman’s new Saw movie , Spiral: From the Book of Saw , you might have walked away thinking the film’s surprise ending came as a reaction to some very serious real-world issues that have rightfully been getting more attention lately. But as Bousman revealed to io9 in a recent interview,… Read more.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 12, 2020

The novel coronavirus pandemic’s effects have already been felt far and wide, in comic book publishing and sales , the gaming industry , Hollywood, and more. To that end, io9 decided to talk to some folks about what the covid-19 pandemic has done to… Read more. But it’s also, of course, affecting people on an individual level.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

io9 talked to showrunner Rafe… Read more. Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time novels have legions of fans and sold millions of copies, but adapting their 10,000+ pages into live-action was never going to be easy. Spanning thousands of years and starring thousands of characters, there’s literally too much material to put on film.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

io9 is thrilled—like, James-Holden-finding-a-working-coffee-maker-in space thrilled!—to The Expanse has just been renewed for a sixth and final season, but it’s not time to say good-bye just yet. In fact, season five arrives on Amazon in just a few short weeks. to share the very first clip from the season premiere. Read more.

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MAY 21, 2020

To help, io9 parsed the main, spoiler-free stuff you need to know before Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation arrives this December. Prophecies, ancient sisterhoods, a bible that’s orange for some reason. Religion in Dune can be a bit confusing. Read more.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Josh Winning’s The Shadow Glass asks a big question on its cover, which io9 is revealing today (and you can see in full below): “What if it was all real?” The “it” in this case is a puppet fantasy world created by the main character’s father—reminiscent of The Dark Crystal , Labyrinth , The NeverEnding Story , and other… Read more.

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JULY 20, 2020

The novel won’t be out until March, but io9 has an exclusive look at the gorgeous cover and the reveal of the thrilling first chapter. The destinies of two women—one, a soldier; the other, a princess —become intertwined in C.L. Clark’s debut , The Unbroken , a fantasy tale set in a desert kingdom inspired by North Africa. Read more.

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MARCH 14, 2022

But if you’re looking for more on how Gotham was brought to life in Matt Reeves’ new DC movie , a new artbook has you covered—and io9 has an exclusive look inside. The Batman ’s noir aesthetic gave us a moody, grimy world for Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne, as well as his many friends and enemies, to play around in. Read more.

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JULY 8, 2021

It’s called Stars and Bones , and io9 has the exclusive cover reveal and an exciting excerpt to share today. Powell, author of the Embers of War series, has a new space opera coming out next year that’ll kick off a new series. Read more.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Memoranda from the End of the World” by Gene Doucette. You can read the story below or listen to the podcast on our website. Read more.

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