Art
- Boba Fett Wants You To Read!
- Download your own papercraft Kick-Ass toy.
- Fandomania has a round-up of Aragorn fan art gathered from around Deviant Art.
- Mark Coleran is the Visual Designer responsible for the computer interfaces you see in films. (Video)
- Tor.com has a gallery of Lovecraft art.
- The Toy Zone has posted a chilling gallery of 15 Truly Terrifying Dolls.
Comics
- Comic Alliance reminds you of Five Reasons You Need To Check Out Graphic Novels At Your Local Library.
- GeekDad explains Why You Should Read Comics Aloud to Your Kids.
Film
- News: Hobbit Filming Delayed to Mid-Summer.
- 11 Points remembers the 11 Most Disappointing Movies of the 2000s.
- The A.V. Club’s Best of the Decade: Films. Performances. Scenes. Bad Movies. Books. Short Story Collections. Comics. Video Games Music. Metal. Electronic Music. Comedy Albums. Television Series. Television Episodes. Reality Series/Competitions. Made-For-TV Movies/Miniseries. Late-Night Comedy/Talk Shows. One-Season Wonders. And the orphans.
- Here’s a great list of the Top 10 Worst Portrayals of Technology in Film, starting with that classic cyberpunk gem Wargames.
- SciFi Squad counts down The Top Ten Sci-Fi Remakes.
Internet
- A Hulu You Have To Pay For Is “Not In The Cards” Says Comcast.
- Naruto Snuggies makes leisure time more like cosplay. (Better than dog Snuggies!)
- Optimizing Your Brain at Work is a pretty fascinating talk at Google by David Rock about managing your brain’s internal states and attention.
Literature
- Interview:Agony Column talks with Zoran Zivkovic, author of the award-winning novel The Library, at the World Fantasy Convention.
- Interview: Aidan Doyle discusses Writing by Numbers.
- Interview: Booklife Essentials interviews short fiction writer Nathan Ballingrud.
- Interview: Grasping for the Wind talks with Natasha Bennett.
- Interview: Stomping on Yeti keeps an eye on Daniel Abraham.
- Before the internet, Usenet, and Fidonet, scifi fandoms had the amateur press association, and they got it from H. P. Lovecraft, Founding Father of SF Fandom.
- The BSC Review discusses The Marriage of Science Fiction / Fantasy.
- Mark Charan Newton explains Why SciFi Is Dying & Fantasy Fiction Is The Future.
Writing
- The Google Books Settlement has released a Supplemental Notice with a summary of the changes in version 2.0. It’s six pages long.
- J.C. Hutchins, author of 7th Son, discusses how to deal with rejection.
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