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Starlog beams back after seventeen years, now in handy annual form.
Starlog returns in print on 13 November 2026 as an annual, with Annalee Newitz as editor-in-chief. Yes, there's a poem.
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Peter F. Hamilton tells Fantasycon he’s teaming up with an AI firm to animate one of his novels, and the room goes quiet in a very British way (book news).
Peter F. Hamilton told Fantasycon 2026 he's partnering with an AI firm to adapt one of his novels into animation. The company and…
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Work for hire, forever: why Donato Giancola and John Picacio turned down Asimov’s covers, and what the publisher has promised since (magazine news).
Donato Giancola and John Picacio rejected cover contracts from Asimov's owner Must Read Magazines. The publisher has since promised to drop work for…
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Clayface out-grosses The Substance, and Hollywood discovers there’s money in melting faces (film news).
Clayface passes The Substance to become the highest-grossing body-horror film, with $83m worldwide on a $44m budget. Hideo Kojima approves.
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Yokoso Scooby-Doo! sends Shaggy and Scooby to Japan to eat everything in sight and accidentally release hundreds of yokai (anime news).
Yokoso Scooby-Doo!, the first original Scooby-Doo anime, sends Shaggy and Scooby to Japan to chase yokai, with OLM animating for Tubi and Cartoon…
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Wiccan and Hulkling are getting a YA time-loop romcom, so expect the same disastrous date several dozen times (book news).
F.T. Lukens and Julian Winters are writing a YA time-loop romcom starring Marvel's Wiccan and Hulkling, due from Random House in summer 2028.
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The Last King of Faerie: Cassandra Clare starts closing the Shadowhunter shop, with three books and four years to go (book news).
Cassandra Clare's The Last King of Faerie, book one of The Wicked Powers and the final Shadowhunter trilogy, is out today. Mind the…
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Prix Utopiales 2026: Claire North and RJ Barker win in Nantes, and Britain forgets to send a reporter (awards news).
Claire North's Slow Gods wins the 2026 Prix Utopiales in Nantes, and RJ Barker's The Bone Ships takes the Prix Julia Verlanger.
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God of War: Dave Bautista bulks up 20lb for Kratos, and Amazon reshoots everything from before the recast (TV news).
Dave Bautista has gained 20lb to play Kratos in Amazon's God of War series, with Ronald D. Moore reshooting the scenes made before…
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Ben Wang in talks to play Iceman as Marvel’s new X-Men roster nears freezing point (movie news).
Karate Kid: Legends star Ben Wang is in talks to play Bobby Drake, aka Iceman, in Jake Schreier's X-Men for Marvel Studios, due…
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Rings of Power, Blade Runner 2099 and Stephen King’s Institute: November is the month genre TV turns up all at once (TV news).
Rings of Power season 3, Blade Runner 2099, The Institute season 2, Percy Jackson and more: the big genre TV premieres arriving in…
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Bartlet Fairy Basslet: Claymore’s Norihiro Yagi returns with a sword princess and a fish from the sky (manga news).
Norihiro Yagi, the man who gave the 2000s its moodiest silver-eyed swordswomen in Claymore, has a new series out, and it begins with…
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Suicide Squad: The Nightshade Odyssey by John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell and Bob Lewis (graphic novel review).
‘Suicide Squad: The Nightshade Odyssey’ isn’t just stories from their own title but others like ‘Millennium’ and ‘Secret Origins’, with a lot of…
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Captain America #16: Doctor Doom repossesses Hell, voids Mephisto’s contracts, and Spider-Man fans start eyeing One More Day (comic news, spoilers).
Spoilers: in Captain America #16, Doctor Doom takes over Hell and declares Mephisto's deals void, which has Spider-Man fans wondering about One More…
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