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Geek Media Round-Up: August 27, 2012

27 Aug 2012  Media

Comics

  • Interview: The Writers of Angel & Faith and Spike compare notes.

Film

  • News: Sleepwalk With Me beats The Avengers at the box office! Ira Glass engages in some gloating over a significant victory in per-screen average this weekend.
  • In Defense of Peter Jackson
  • Prometheus: 6 Answers To The Key Questions

Internet

  • Star Trek Fans Rescue Enterprise Bridge

Literature

  • Interview: Celebrated anthologists James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel join Gary and I to discuss their upcoming anthology Digital Rapture, their anthology work generally, and whether science fiction has a mission!
  • News: How College Bookstores Are Killing College Bookstores
  • Book Reviewers for Hire Meet a Demand for Online Raves
  • China Miéville was the star turn at the Edinburgh International Book festival
  • E-books and the Personal Library
  • Literary Fiction vs. Genre – what’s the difference?
  • Spec-Fic and Podcasting: Earbuds vs. Books (Part 2)
  • Why Aren’t Publishers Pushing eBooks?

Science

  • Interview: Lightspeed has an interview with Kim Stanley Robinson, the bestselling author of sixteen novels, including his latest novels are Galileo’s Dream and 2312.
  • News: New JPL mission to Mars approved by NASA
  • Personal genomics: where science fiction meets reality
  • When will we find life in space?
  • Why novelists need scientists, and vice versa

Technology

  • Glasses-Free 3D Could Be Coming to Theatres Soon
  • Ten Inventions Inspired by Science Fiction

Television

  • Interview: Doctor Who could make BBC money forever, says Steven Moffat
  • Interview: Steven Moffat defends ‘Doctor Who’ budget: ‘I have no complaints’
  • 10 TV Shows Cancelled Before Their Time
  • Doctor Who, Pond Life: Episode 1 is now online! The week long web series leads up to the premiere of Doctor Who Series 7.
  • “The setting itself is a character”: 17 fictional TV towns with personality

Video Games

  • 10 Most Annoying Video Game Characters Ever
  • Bill Hanstock over at SBNation has put together a hilarious article that imagines fantasy football as an actual fantasy game.
  • Metacritic Presents Real Problems for the Industry

Writing

  • How to Write Your First Novel: 6 Pieces of Advice
  • Why self-publishing is no longer a vanity project



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