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Geek Media Round-Up: January 7, 2010

7 Jan 2010  Media

Art

The Interceptor

  • Etsy is selling the Lipson Robotics, a line of robot sculptures created from random objects. Check out even more photos at Flickr.
  • Tor.com looks at the art of The Shadow Rising ebook cover by Sam Weber.

Film

  • Cinematical wonders Why Is Avatar Defying the Usual Box Office Patterns?
  • FirstShowing has posted a list of IMDb’s Top 25 Movies of the Decade, starting with The Dark Knight.
  • IGN looks back at the Top Alter Egos of Film, beginning with Gollum.

Literature

  • Interview: BSC interviews Neal Asher, author of Prador Moon.
  • Interview: Dragon Page Cover to Cover interviews Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
  • Interview: Willing to See Less interviews Stephanie Burgis, author of the upcoming A Most Improper Magick.
  • News: Samsung unveils e-reader, partnering with Google.
  • Andrew Brown of the Guardian is encouraging readers to vent their hatred of Tolkien. I don’t think he got the response he was looking for.
  • Christian Fundamentalists warn Beware of Science Fiction! I’m not sure whether to be angered or amused by the warning, but here are two more points of view.
  • How do you sign an Ebook? The answer is so simple it’s genius.
  • Tor.com discusses Religion and Science Fiction: Asking the Right Questions.

Science

  • News: 90 Percent Of Languages Will Be Extinct Next Century – And That’s Good.
  • MSNBC counts down the results of its 2010 Weird Science Awards contest.

Television

  • Interview: While The Daily Show is always entertaining, Jon Stewart’s interview with George Lucas was absolutely brilliant.
  • Interview: The producers of Lost discuss the emotional final season of their show.
  • MSN Money predicts that 3-D television will flop and explains why.

Video Games

  • BlueNews.com has posted a trailer for the upcoming Star Trek Online.

Writing

  • Jeremiah Tolbert debunks 5 Lies Writers Believe About Editors.
  • Gigaom examines How the Internet Changed Writing in the 2000s.

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