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The art director of Tor Books, Irene Gallo, posted a collection of sci-fi/fantasy illustrations that reference famous paintings. Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase? I think not. Have a look at C-3PO Descending a Staircase… from John Mattos.

I really liked the flick The Fifth Element…, and have seen the movie several times. One of the things I remember most about the movie was Bruce Willis driving that flying taxi like a mad man. Apparently, this dude named Jean-Phillippe Lajoie Dorval really likes the taxi too.

Looking for the perfect gift for your child? Well here’s an idea, get them a new bed. I know what you’re thinking, a kid is going to get as excited about a new bed as they would a pair of socks on Christmas morning. But I’m not talking about just…

Now, it’s been more than 20 years since Aliens… hit the big screen, but that doesn’t make this movie-accurate prop Pulse Rifle any less awesome.

The guys over at ThinkGeek got their hands on these limited edition replica guns which are completely faithful to the weapons wielded in James Cameron’s

It’s the ultimate alien artifact – the Firstborn’s computer and servant. It can teleport, replicate, and send radio and magnetic waves. It can kill. It is the Monolith.…

While I do agree with a few commentators on Reddit that science-fiction and fantasy shouldn’t be bundled together, I really like this infographic, which is a sort of mega-recap of the themes that we’ve seen in television over the last 40 years.

This graph was made by Steph Fox for…

Bill George has been in love with spaceships and other sci-fi props ever since he was a little boy. Now he’s a Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic, but even his job is not enough to satisfy his craving for fictional spaceships. So he put up the Sci-Fi…

Check out the new Periodic Table of Sci-Fi Film and Television and let me know if you can find all of your favorite shows and movies. And if you can’t, feel free to complain in the comments below.

Overall, I think you’ll find the table more inclusive of your faves…

I loves me some ooey-gooey Alien… Chestbursters, and I certainly enjoy the occasional PS3 game. This over-the-top casemod combines both.

Modder GivinTats originally did another Alien casemod a while back, and then had someone reach out to him to make a custom mod featuring a gory Chestburster pushing its way

If you know how to turn old camera and radio parts into a real raygun, please let me know. Until that day comes (and I’m hopeful that it will!), we’ll have to settle for checking out completely awesome non-working rayguns constructed from random odds and ends.

Look out, y’all–it’s atom-powered,…