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Geek Media Round-Up: February 4, 2010

4 Feb 2010  Media

Art

Star Wars Babies

  • CreativeFan offers 20 Stunning Examples of Beautiful Abstract Fractal Art.
  • Enviromental Graffiti has posted a galley of Evil Fairies Massacre Insects in Mid-Air.
  • Josh Ferrin is selling Star Wars Babies prints over at Etsy shop.

Film

  • Interview: Hero Complex interviews Danny Elfman about the soundtrack of Wonderland.
  • NCAC offers A Brief History of Film Censorship in the USA.
  • Tor.com explains Why the Oscars still aren’t giving genre films the love they deserve.

Internet

  • @issue Journal has a funny piece on the EU Adopting EuroEnglish.
  • EConsultancy revisits 20+ mind-blowing social media statistics.
  • GeekDad picks The 10 Most Useful Gadgets From Science Fiction and Comics.

Literature

  • Interview: Dragon Page interviews Freedom author Daniel Suarez.
  • Interview: Fantasy Literature interviews Katie MacAlister, author of Steamed.
  • News: 93 Percent of E-Book Owners Happy With Device.
  • Booklife discusses E-Books and Issues of Entitlement.
  • Guardian discusses Going back to the future with steampunk.
  • Jay Lake has published An open letter to Kindle enthusiasts and ebook activists.
  • Locus Online offers this 2009 Recommended Reading List.
  • NPR talks Sci-Fi Novels To Keep You Awake At Night.

Science

  • Telescope Finds Galaxy’s Most Massive Star Yet.

Television

  • 5 Second Films imagines what the inside of the Lost Writer’s Room is like.
  • Jon Stewart told Bill O’Reilly on The O’Reilly Factor that the Factor host has “become the sanest voice” on the Fox News Channel. “I like Stewart,” O’Reilly admitted after the show. “It’s a character flaw of mine.”
  • Mel Gibson Calls Reporter an Asshole on air… could be another hiatus coming.

Video Games

  • Entertainment Weekly picks classic literature we’d like to see as a video game.
  • io9 wonders How Does Star Trek Online Fit Into the Star Trek Mythos?

Writing

  • Rants & Ramblings warns new authors of The Top Ten Query Mistakes.



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