Borderlands is a fantastic science fiction and fantasy bookstore on Valencia Street. It's also the home to Ripley, a hairless sphinx cat, who, after radiation treatment to beat cancer, grew "fur" for the first time. Jason Sussberg's minute-long video tells you all you need to know. more ›

"This is no joke, no lie, no delusion," claims the Craigslist ad, UFOs were spotted hovering above the City last night. It seems. At least according to a lunatics and/or pranksters in the Mission. (Where else?) Two people enjoying a day at Dolores Park saw shiny saucers that "looked exactly like the white lights in the day sky over Guadalajara from 2004. They formed a perfect isosceles triangle over Dolores Park, and many appeared afterwards." Did you also do too many mushrooms see these unidentified flying objects of light and mystery, too? (Mission Mission, via 40 going on 28) more ›

Rejoice, space believers! For there is finally - yes, finally! - someplace you can go on l'Internet to read about such sci-fi-ness (excuse us, "science fiction-ness" for all of you purists) ranging from Samuel R. Delany to Joss Whedon to Small Wonder. Io9, a Bay Area-based blog care of Gawker, launched yesterday, and we couldn't be more thrilled. That is, until we read about their editor, Annalee Newitz. more ›