happy mutants Translating Homer's Odyssey into limericks Cory Doctorow

classics Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey Rob Beschizza

Spoken Word with Electronics Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey Ethan Persoff

movies 2001: A Space Odyssey original space suit is up for auction David Pescovitz

kubrick Kubrick wanted a clear monolith for 2001: A Space Odyssey Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Have some fun with these attention-grabbing face mask designs Boing Boing's Shop

Voice actor shows off his skills by mimicking animal sounds Rusty Blazenhoff

futility closet In 1946, Australian engineer Ben Carlin decided to circle the world in an amphibious jeep Futility Closet

Book World Made By Hand is a post-pandemic world novel Mark Frauenfelder

puppets Check out these awesomely creepy puppets of microbial creatures Thom Dunn

science fiction Beautiful boxed set of two Octavia Butler novels Mark Frauenfelder

books Out today: a two-volume, slipcased edition of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, introduced by Gloria Steinem and Toshi Reagon Cory Doctorow

android Run Android on your Nintendo Switch Jason Weisberger

Games Wonderful profile of Anita Sarkeesian, the feminist games critic who made an army of shitty manbabies very, very upset Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The 2019 Locus Award nominees: your guide to the best sf/f of 2018 Cory Doctorow

books 2001: A Space Odyssey presented as a children's read-along book Mark Frauenfelder

movies 2001: A Space Odyssey, the 15-minute "audiobook" version for kids David Pescovitz

music THE BUREAU: Part Six, The History of Telepathic Infant-Based Mind Control of U.S. Presidents Ethan Persoff

Space NASA InSight robot lander's amazing first images from Mars David Pescovitz

recycling Wherein Werner Herzog gives voice to a lonely plastic bag Seamus Bellamy