Film
- The trailer for Tron Legacy makes the movie look like a really nice compromise between the style of the original and modern movie sensibilities.
- The Spout Blog looks back at 10 Comic-Con Hits That Became Box Office Bombs.
- Watch the original Tron online at Google Videos.
Internet
- NPR covers the 40th Anniversary of the Comic-Con.
- Rotten Tomatoes has posted a slideshow of Cosplay from the 2009 Comic Con.
- Yikes! Ten years after the release of Star Wars Episode I, it’s evident that George Lucas has ruined Jake Lloyd’s life. The kid is one shove short of a psychotic break.
Literature
- Free Fiction: Read “A Certain Talent” by David Weber at The Williamson Effect.
- Free Fiction: Read “Elfrithe’s Ghost” by Kij Johnson at Realms of Fantasy.
- Free Fiction: Read the flash fiction “The Wages of Sin” by Lee Hughes.
- Free Fiction: Read “Special Needs” by K. D. Wentworth at Strip Mauled.
- Interview: Fandomania interviews author Kevin J. Anderson.
- Tor.com asks Is Print on Demand the future of Magazines?
Television
- io9 offers up a tribute to David Tennant as Doctor Who.
Video Games
- In a twist on the norm, Den of Geek has posted a list of 10 videogames that would make terrible movies, to which I would like to retroactively add Super Mario Brother.
Writing
- Write to Done shares 7 Writing Habits of Amazing Writers.
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