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Geek Media Round-Up: December 3, 2009

3 Dec 2009  Media

Art

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  • Ape Lad has a great collection or creative Twitter icons formed from various popular characters.
  • Tor.com is selling Cthulhu Christmas Cards through the Zazzle.com website.

Comics

  • Piper comic book to be Adapted into a Film.

Film

  • News: Quentin Tarantino Was Offered Green Lantern.
  • Cinematical explains everything that you what to know about Everything You Need to Know About Peter Berg’s Battleship.
  • Gizmodo has confirmed that R2-D2 made an Appearance in Star Trek.
  • Hollywood.com names its choices for the Top 10 Heist Movies.
  • io9 explains Why The Road’s Baby Scene Was Cut And Its First Trailer Sucked.
  • John Scalzi names his picks for the Ten Worst SciFi Blockbusters of the ’00s.
  • Koldcast counts down the 17 Seminal Moments in Sci-Fi Films.
  • Mania counts off 9 Cities Hollywood Made Look Like Hell.
  • A second official still from the next Harry Potter film has emerged.

Internet

  • News: Blogs can boost literacy says National Literacy Trust (NLT) research.
  • This io9 infographic traces Cylon Evolution, From Toaster To Centurion To Six.

Literature

  • Interview: GeekDad talks with Tobias Buckell, editor of the Halo Encyclopedia.
  • Interview: John Scalzi profiles J.C. Hutchins.
  • Interview: Tor.com interviews John Joseph Adams.
  • Interview: PunkTalk interviews Andy Remic, author of War Machine.
  • News: Apparently age guidance ratings for books have gotten Christmas shoppers and booksellers up in arms or confused over in the UK.
  • News: Book Piracy Is on the Decline
  • Andrew P. Mayer asks Is Fantasy the New Science Fiction?
  • BSC Reviews talks about Updating Genre Labels.
  • Check out a video of Time Inc’s new digital magazine concept demonstrated.
  • Jim Hines explains “Why I Haven’t Written a 4th Goblin Book.”

Science

  • Aliette Debodard points out What Stargate isn’t telling you about science…

Television

  • Over at the Chicago Tribune, Joss Whedon talks about the end of his Fox show.
  • SciFi Wire names its picks for This fall’s 10 most awesome sci-fi TV characters.



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