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Geek Media Round-Up: July 30, 2009

31 Jul 2009  Media

Art

Zombie StormTrooper

  • Check out this photo of a Zombie StormTrooper!

Comics

  • Dell Rey has announced that it will be releasing an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Film

  • John Scalzi looks at SciFi’s Baddest Computers, asking if they’re evil or just misunderstood… my vote is cast for evil.
  • M. Joseph Young offers detailed temporal analyses of the timelines of the most popular time travel films, including: 12 Monkeys, Donnie Darko, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Terminator.
  • NeoSprockets deflats 8 Embarrassing Hollywood Tech Cliches.

Literature

  • Free Fiction: The latest issue of Abyss & Apex is online.
  • Free Fiction: Listen to the short story “The Devil’s Playthings” by Jeffrey Conolly at The Daily Tourniquet.
  • Free Fiction: Read the short story “Blighted Heart” by Aliette de Bodard at Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
  • Free Fiction: Read the short story “Farewell Tour” by Keith Graham at The Freezine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
  • Interview: The Nebula Awards website interviews Gwyneth Jones, author of Spirit.
  • Interview: Suvudu has posted a video interview with Patrick Rothfuss, author of the much anticipated fantasy novel Wise Man’s Fear.
  • Adam Roberts has criticised the line-up for this year’s Hugo awards, accusing the SF readers who voted for the shortlist of being ‘old-fashioned.’
  • Study explains why we get lost in a good book, MSNBC reports. Evidently, our brains simulate events we read the same way we process real world.

Television

  • The teaser trailer for the next season of Heroes is online.

Writing

  • BookFox offers Ten Guidelines for Structuring a Short Story Collection.
  • Writer Unboxed suggests 6 tricks for writing when you don’t feel like it.

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