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In July, the io9 Book Club read Genevieve Valentine Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti. Now Valentine is coming to answer your questions about the book tomorrow, July 29.
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On Monday, Syfy launches its $100 million show Defiance, which is full of Wild West tropes, and this summer we ;re getting the fantasy-oriented Lone Ranger. Lately, tons of people have tried to combine the rollicking Western with the wider expanses of science fiction and fantasy. And they ;ve failed financially. For one simple reason. On the face of it, science fiction and Westerns ought to be a perfect match. Science fiction is all about exploration, which meshes perfectly with the pioneering spirit of cowboys. Space is as lawless as the Old West. Instead of casting Native Americans in the roles of antagonists, you can have aliens or space zombies. And yes, that can get weird. To be clear: we ;r
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