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Geek Media Round-Up: January 19, 2010

20 Jan 2010  Media

Art

Wraith dispatching kit circa 1869

  • DZine has rounded up a collection of 35 Amazing Fantasy Art 3D Wallpapers.
  • The Pocket “holy order” wraith dispatching kit circa 1869 is a beautiful piece of “original cryptozoological scientific art.”

Comics

  • Interview: Felicia Day Talks About The Guild Comic.

Film

  • News: Hustler’s Making an Avatar Porno.
  • Ask Google: Will Avatar Really Win Best Picture?
  • Cinematical looks back at The Good and The Bad of Gaming Movies.
  • The Ferris Bueller’s Fight Club Theory makes watching Ferris Bueller’s Day Off about a hundred times more interesting.
  • H.G. Wells wrote this review of Fritz Lang’s film Metropolis
  • io9 wonders Why Does Science Fiction Invent New Religions?
  • Sci Fi Wire explains Why Green Lantern won’t be a cheesefest. I’m not buying it.

Internet

  • Interview: Teleread interviews Pablo Defendini, Producer and blogger for Tor.com.
  • I’m not the only one with this pet peeve. Check out the “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks.

Literature

  • Interview: BSC Review interviews Charlie Huston. [Video]
  • Interview: Charles Tan interviews Nick Mamatas, editor of the new Haikasoru line of Japanese SF in English translation.
  • Interview: Neth Space interviews Charlie Huston, author of the Joe Pitt series.
  • Interview: Tor interviews P.W. Singer, author of Wired for War.
  • News: Publisher in Talks With Apple Over Tablet. [More] …but some people don’t think this is news O’Reilly explains.
  • The New York Times looks back at the history of Sherlock Holmes property.

Television

  • Conan proves there’s no gag order against him.

Video Games

  • CBC Radio show Spark, hosted by the lovely Nora Young, has an interesting segment with indie game designer Cliff Harris, who asked “pirates” why they were pirating his games.

Writing

  • Shawn Speakman discusses The Lesson I Learned From George R. R. Martin.



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