While an ebook subscription might sound ideal, you should take some time to consider the pros and cons of each one. These digital reading services are often billed as the…
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10 Great Tech Books to Gift (or Keep for Yourself)
Technology is exerting an ever-growing influence on our world. A cast including Facebook—or Meta—Google, and Apple, with leads like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Elizabeth Holmes, looms large in the…
How Dune’s VFX and Sound Teams Made Sandworms From Scratch
They call it “sandscreen.” Out in the deserts of Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, where director Denis Villeneuve shot much of Dune, everything is varying shades of beige. To…
With Dune, Frank Herbert Designed the Maxi Pad of the Future
Don’t tell Frank Herbert (or the people at Thinx), but he actually came up with a pretty genius pair of menstrual underwear. Back in 1965. Only, well, his was outerwear—and…
The Missing Teen Who Fueled ‘Cult Panic’ Over D&D
Tactical Studies Rules, the company cofounded by Gary Gygax to publish the rules for Dungeons & Dragons, held its annual “GenCon” convention in the summer of 1979. At that point,…
He Charted Marvel’s Massive Story—and Revealed an Epic
A longtime comics reader gets good at dealing with different versions of time. The image in any individual comic panel might capture an infinitesimal slice of an instant, a picture…
Day One at the Every: An Excerpt From Dave Eggers’ New Novel
“I think so,” Kiki said. “But you should know—you were the forest ranger!” Delaney cackled idiotically and thought she’d choke. She tried to breathe. “Almost forgot,” Kiki said, seeming alarmed….
The Stunning New Dune Trailer Begs You to See It in Theaters
If you know anything about Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel Dune, besides the fact that it’s kind of extra, it’s that the latest film adaptation has been highly anticipated for a…
WIRED’s Ultimate Summer Reading List 2021: Books for Kids and Teens
by Anthony Cleveland Ages 13–16 Aliens. Drugs. Government secrets. A UFO-obsessed, gun-toting podcast host. Impending planetary doom. When you stack up the elements of Anthony Cleveland and Antonio Fuso’s Stargazer,…
The Best Made-Up Worlds Are Made Up of Real Parts
At Disneyland, though, most of the weird historical details are also made up. In Disney parlance, topic-delimited sections of theme parks are called “lands” (like Tomorrowland), and the new one…