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Geek Media Round-Up: August 24, 2010

24 Aug 2010  Media

Art

Stay Puft

  • Have waaay too much time on your hand? Make Your Own Cuneiform Clay Tablet Magazine! [More]
  • SKI-FFY has posted scans from THE ILLUSTRATED DUNE.

Comics

  • Comic Alliance looks at The 9 Craziest Moments of the Silver Age Batman Annuals.
  • Smart Pop considers Smart Pop Books — The Cost of Being Batman.

Film

  • News: ‘Avatar’ IMAX re-release to feature tentacle porn
  • News: Hayao Miyazaki is Planning His First Sequel
  • News: X-Men: First Class to Take Place in the ’60s
  • 10 Movies That Would Have Done Better if Geeks Ruled the World.
  • Empire counts down the most Absurdly Cool Movie Weapons.
  • IFC remembers The 25 Scariest Moments in Non-Horror Movies.

Internet

  • Join the Campaign to Get Nathan Fillion on Saturday Night Live!
  • Police Arrest Zombies. Zombies go to Appeals Court. Zombies settle out of Court.
  • SCORE With Tron-a-Sutra. [NSFW]

Literature

  • Interview: Wired chats with China Miéville about Monsters And Being A Geek.
  • Interview: Frederik Pohl profiles Gene Roddenberry.
  • Interview: Locus Magazine profiles Theodore Sturgeon.
  • Interview: Mur Lafferty interviews Tracy Hickman & Scott Sigler.
  • Interview: Omnivoracious interviews Ray Bradbury. [Video]
  • News: Brandon Sanderson has finsihed writing Towers of Midnight, book 13 in The Wheel of Time series. Huzzah!
  • Turns out, iPads and Kindles are better for the environment than books.
  • Will Google’s Net Neutrality Shift Complicate the Book Settlement?

Science

  • Diet Coke and Mentos Geyser World Record Broken
  • Who Owns You? 20% of the Genes in Your Body are Patented

Technology

  • Could self-aware cities be the first forms of artificial intelligence?

Television

  • Blastr has posted videos of the 11 best commercials featuring Darth Vader.

Want more? Check out Geek Art Gallery for more art links and eye candy. Visit Oneironomicon for more on book trailers, reviews,and writing links.



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