Imagining a Future Where Chicagoans Get Around in Free Driverless Cars
In Nnedi Okorafor’s new book, Death of the Author, a young author experiences the exhilaration, and panic, of living in the world she’d previously only dreamed of.
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‘Absolution’ Excerpt: Read the Beginning of Jeff VanderMeer’s Newest Southern Reach Book
Read more: ‘Absolution’ Excerpt: Read the Beginning of Jeff VanderMeer’s Newest Southern Reach BookAbsolution, the latest book in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series, begins with a mysterious alligator experiment that seems to have gone wrong. Read the first two chapters here.
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The ‘Diablo IV’ Nobody Ever Saw
Read more: The ‘Diablo IV’ Nobody Ever SawIn 2014, the team at Blizzard began work on a Diablo III follow-up code-named Hades that never saw the light of day. Here’s why.
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Mapping the Marvel Universe in 6 Very Cool Charts
Read more: Mapping the Marvel Universe in 6 Very Cool ChartsHave a hard time keeping track of Marvel’s mystical dimensions? What about where in New York City all the superheroes live? These charts are here to help you make sense of it all.
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What Really Happened While Filming Hodor’s Fateful ‘Game of Thrones’ Scene
Read more: What Really Happened While Filming Hodor’s Fateful ‘Game of Thrones’ SceneIn 2016, Game of Thrones fans online went wild when they found out the meaning of Hodor’s name. In this excerpt from his memoir Beyond the Throne, Kristian Nairn tells the surprising story of what happened while he filmed it.
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The Untold Story of How Ridley Scott Saw ‘Star Wars’—and Ended Up Making ‘Alien’
Read more: The Untold Story of How Ridley Scott Saw ‘Star Wars’—and Ended Up Making ‘Alien’In 1977, Ridley Scott was considering making a medieval period piece. Then he saw Star Wars and set about making two sci-fi classics, Alien and Blade Runner.
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Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console
Read more: Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red consoleHow Nintendo took a gamble on a new kind of gaming experience in the ’90s.
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They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a War
Read more: They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a WarThe untold, top-secret story of the British researchers who found the key to keeping humans alive underwater—and helped make D-Day a success.
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What Happens When a Guy and His AI Girlfriend Go to Therapy
Read more: What Happens When a Guy and His AI Girlfriend Go to TherapyIn Sierra Greer’s new novel, Annie Bot, a man named Doug finds out what it means to have the “perfect” girlfriend.
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The Story Behind Elon Musk’s Tweet Restriction Fiasco
Read more: The Story Behind Elon Musk’s Tweet Restriction FiascoLast summer, Elon Musk began rate-limiting the number of tweets users could see on Twitter. Here’s the real reason why.
