Books

Apocalypse literature now, and then.

Philip K. Dick Award nominees announced.

100 Greates SciFi and Fantasy books.

Stephenie Meyer launches Twilight: the graphic novel.

Neglected Books: the list.

‘Oral sex’ definition prompts dictionary ban in US schools.

Confessions of a Book Pirate.

Gateway drugs: what books are good for introducing non-SF readers to SF?

Movies

News round-up: Red, Tim Burton, Expendables, Mad Max, Mannequin remake, Push TV show.

Banksy film set for Sundance premiere.

Knights of Badassdom sounds awesome.

Bad (and Best) Science in SciFi.

Music

Open Letter from OK Go – total epiphany regarding youtube and embedding and restricted content.

20 Animated Music Videos.

Wu Tang Vs The Beatles.

twoyoutubevideosandamotherfuckingcrossfader.com.

Politics

Gabriel Byrne tells of childhood sexual abuse.

New Orleans cops use ancient “unnatural copulation” law to turn prostitutes into sex-offenders.

Religion

God Hates Shrimp.

Science

If alien life exists, we have probably weirded it out by now.

From Arecibo, to the sound of vaginal contractions, to an ad for Doritos—a short history of Earthlings’ attempts to communicate with the cosmos. The vaginal sounds recording reached Epsilon Eridani and Tau Ceti in the late 1990s. New Scientist says, “It is unclear what sort of reply we should expect.”

TV

Torchwood May Be Coming To America.

Completely Different Things

Awkward Stock Photos.

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