Art
- The Avalanche Software Art Blog suggests a few Potential Disney Heroines.
- Here’s a logo of Conan in the style of Mad Men.
- PSDTuts+ showcases the matte paintings of artist Jaime Jasso in an interview.
Film
- Interview: Kristine Kathryn Rusch answers reader questions.
- News: Fresh from the desk of I Told You So: O’Reilly drops ebook DRM, sees 104% increase in sales. Now if only other publishers would follow suit.
- News: Gaiman: “Graveyard Book” Movie Not Happening.
- Astrobiology explains why Avatar’s Moon Pandora Could Be Real.
- Darren Naish has written up the Tet Zoo Guide to the Creatures of Avatar.
- Evolution of Horror Movie Poster Designs: 1922 – 2009
- MovieMaker has compiled a list of the 50 Best Blogs for Moviemakers.
Internet
- io9 remembers 10 Science-Fiction Heroes Who Don’t Need Origin Stories.
Literature
- Interview: Adam at Visions of Paradise profiles Jack Vance.
- Interview: Diabolical Plots talks with Orson Scott Card.
- Interview: The New York Times profiles James Patterson.
- News: Avatar has now officially made more than Dark Knight.
- News: Planet of the Apes Reboot of the Reboot Is Back On.
- The Independent wonders, Can Apple save the written word?
- Jo Walton asks what books are good for introducing non-SF readers to SF?
- Netflow Developments discusses Science Fiction as a tool for human survival.
- SFSignal polls authors on the perfect spec-fi book to give people who aren’t fans.
- Suvudu discusses roleplaying games and their relationship with the development of fantasy fiction. [More here]
Music
- News: “Piracy Isn’t Killing Music” Radiohead’s Guitarist Says.
- Thrive as a Musician Without Suing Your Fans.
- Wired asks Is the World Ready for the Successor of the MP3?
Science
- News: Manuscript account of Newton’s apple made public.
- Aliens visiting Earth will be just like humans, scientist claims.
- The age of the killer robot is no longer a sci-fi fantasy.
- Satellite TV and the digital revolution is making humanity more and more invisible to inquisitive aliens on other planets, according to the world’s leading ET hunter.
Television
- News: Conan O’Brien takes the higher road by thanking NBC for 20-year career.
- Everything I Know I Learned from Firefly, like “Sometimes the voices in your head are right” and “Whore is just another way to say ‘I love you.’”
- Stan Lee contends that The Big Bang Theory is a drama, not a comedy.
Writing
- Damien G. Walter wonders Are 70% royalties the future?
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