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Geek Media Round-Up: February 11, 2010

11 Feb 2010  Media

Art

LOST Valentines

  • Adventuring Company has posted a collection of LOST Valentine’s Day Cards, featuring Hurley, Jack, Ben, Locke, Kate, Sayid, and Jin.
  • Becca Baldwin, Colin Fix, and Seamas Gallagher have posted Bioshock fan art.
  • Steampunk miniatures based on Smog on sale at the Smart Max Store.

Comics

  • According to Gizmodo, Comic Books Will Look Incredible on the iPad.

Film

  • News: ‘Book Of Eli’ Directors In Negotiations For ‘Akira’ Movie
  • News: The Lord of the Rings trilogy stars Liv Tyler and Viggo Mortensen have proved to be box office gold, after they were named Hollywood’s highest earning screen couple.
  • Complex.com offers a list of 25 Romantic Comedies That Don’t Suck.
  • John Scalzi explains how Everything I Need to Know About Winter I Learned From SciFi Movies… me, I learned it all from living in Michigan.

Internet

  • GeekDad recalls The Top 10 Tragic Love Stories in Geek Fiction.
  • io9 looks back at Science Fiction’s 10 Most Epic Love Stories.

Literature

  • Interview: The Future and You interviews sci-fi giant Frederik Pohl.
  • Interview: Sci Fi Chick interviews Robin Hobb.
  • News: Scribd Coming Soon to a Kindle Near You!
  • News: The title is out for the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy.
  • An Alternate History Of H.G. Wells’ Time Machine investigates the mystery of the early American version of the book.
  • E-Book Price Increase May Stir Readers’ Passions: “In the battle over the pricing of electronic books, publishers appear to have won the first round. The price of many new releases and best sellers is about to go up, to as much as $14.99 from $9.99. But there may be an insurgency waiting to pounce: e-book buyers.”
  • Following the whole Macmillan standoff, some people are seeing the Publishing industry repeating mistakes of music industry.
  • io9 asks What Is Paranormal Romance?
  • Sci-Fi Fan Letter has compiled a Romantic Sci-Fi Reading List.

Television

  • MTV removes “Music Television” from iconic logo. The M now stands for “millennial.” ’bout freaking time.



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