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Geek Media Round-Up: February 1, 2010

1 Feb 2010  Media

Art

  • The City Poses Many Dangers For Giant Robots
  • Fandomania has compiled a gallery of Mass Effect fan art from around Deviant Art.
  • ObsessedwithFilm has Tarantino’s filmography in minimalist poster form!
  • ThinkDoCreate looks back vintage Monster Movie Posters.

Comics

  • io9 asks Which One Of Marvel’s Many Avengers Will Die?!?

Film

  • GeekDad reminds us of Top Ten African-American Characters in Science Fiction.
  • TCM picks the 15 Most Influential Film Soundtracks.

Literature

  • Interview: The Dragon Page interviews Gail Z. Martin.
  • Interview: Locus Magazine interviews Charles Coleman Finlay.
  • Interview: OF interviews Darren Campo, author of Alex Detail’s Revolution.
  • Cory Doctorow speaks out on Amazon vs. Macmillan, saying “[I]f one of the five titans that control almost all of publishing gets into a scrap with one of the four or five titans that control almost all ebook publishing, or the one company that rules the audiobook market, the collateral damage is that you will have to choose to eschew a gigantic slice of all the literature ever made in order to hang on to your library, or abandon your library in order to get access to that publisher’s work.”
  • Cover gallery has a directory of Over 650 Philip K. Dick book covers.
  • io9 asks Who’s Got The Real Monopoly On How You Get Your SF Books?
  • MediaBistro wonders Can Amazon Kindle Save the Short Story?

Television

  • News: Who writer pens sci-fi game show.
  • Business Pundit remembers 7 Of The Most Expensive Flops In Television History.
  • Entertainment Weekly remembers 15 of the Worst TV Spin-offs Ever.
  • Lost is engaging in a little viral marketing over at Kayak.com by offering seats on Oceanic Flight 815.



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