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Geek Media Round-Up: August 3, 2012

3 Aug 2012  Media

Art

aMAZEme

  • aMAZEme is a labyrinth built of books
  • Breaking Bad watch designed by Tristan Eaton and given out yesterday to a few people following the promotional campaign.

Comics

  • Interview: Andrew Chambliss and Christos Gage on the end of Buffy Season 9.
  • News: Top Shelf To Release Alan Moore’s ‘Unearthing’ In December
  • ComicVine does a good job picking the Top 100 Batman Universe Stories, but for me, the Justice League issue in which Batman knocked Guy Gardner out with a single punch will always be my favorite Batman moment.
  • Get your Manga Fix with 10,000 Titles on the iPad via Manga Rock 2

Cross-Media

  • 10 Iconic Movie Scenes Recreated Using Valve’s Source Filmmaker.

Film

  • Interview: Alexis Denisof talks about his role in The Avengers as “The Other”
  • Interview: The Dark Knight Rises: Costume Q&A with Lindy Hemming
  • News: Christopher Eccleston in Final Talks to Play Villain of ‘Thor 2′
  • News: Confirmed: The Next ‘X-Men’ Movie Will Be ‘Days of Future Past’
  • News: Olive is the first full-length feature film shot entirely on a cell phone, a Nokia N8 smartphone. The film’s cast includes Gena Rowlands and Randi Zuckerberg (Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s sister). Here’s the trailer.
  • News: Possible ‘Hobbit’ Titles And 3-D Glasses Revaled. Look uncomfortable.
  • Reviews: The Philip K. Dick Movie Report Card
  • How X-Men: Days of Future Past Movie Could Work
  • Watch (or rewatch) the epic Avengers epilogue!
  • Why Nolan’s Batman is the King of Movie Superheroes

Internet

  • News: Ren Faire Held Up With Swords By Guys In Plate Armor. No, Seriously.
  • Yes, there is a Tumblr that matches bathing suits with books.

Literature

  • Infographic: Orwell vs. Huxley
  • Interview: Civilian Reader chats with Jonathan Wood, author of No Hero.
  • Interview: Gail Carriger interviews Lilith Saintcrow
  • Interview: In a Carapace of Light: A Conversation with China Miéville
  • Interview: Over at Pyr Books’ Pyr-A-Zine, there’s a great interview with James Enge, author of the new book A Guile of Dragons, who addresses the burning question: Why do so many epic fantasy novels take place in monarchies and places with hereditary rulers? Where are all the representative democracies?
  • Interview: R.A. Salvatore AMA on Reddit!
  • News: Brandon Sanderson has completed the Wheel of Time series!
  • News: Survey: Digital book readers buying more print books
  • News: Neil Gaiman announces his new novel will be called “The Ocean at the End of the Lane.” I don’t know about you, but I’m sold.

Science

  • Infographic: How Curiosity will land on Mars
  • The Anatomy of Curiosity: Inside NASA’s Next Mars Rover
  • Australian billionaire planning to clone a dinosaur?

Technology

  • Infographic: Envisioning Emerging Technology For 2012 And Beyond
  • ‘Doctor Who’ Science Fact: Five Whovian Things That Exist In Real Life
  • How much does this “Body Extender Suit” look like the cargo loader from Alien?
  • Entrepreneur Dmitry Itskov and a team of Russia’s leading scientists want to make humans immortal. They call it the 2045 initiative, and they plan to create a fully functional, holographic human avatar, complete with an artificial brain chock full of your own thoughts.

Television

  • Interview: Nathan Fillion does an impromtu AMA in /r/denver on Reddit!
  • The trailer for Doctor Who Season 7 has hit the web, and it looks fantastic. Also, check out something coming up on BBC America. It’s called The Science of Doctor Who.

Writing

  • Interview: Writing advice from Carrie Vaughn
  • 35 Modern Words Recently Added to the Dictionary



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