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Geek Media Round-Up: March 8, 2010

8 Mar 2010  Media

Art

Monet’s Vader with a Parasol

  • CollegeHumor offers an explanation of The Origin of the “Force Quit”
  • Darth Monet finds your lack of artistic appreciation disturbing.
  • Fans imagine what Captain America Movie Posters would look like.
  • This kick-ass Alan Moore doll was made by Ryusuke Hamamoto of Deviant Art.
  • This elaborate Lego Steampunk city is pretty amazing.

Comics

  • News: J. Michael Straczynski to write SUPERMAN and WONDER WOMAN
  • Kristine Kathryn Rusch ponders Batman in the Real World.

Film

  • Interview: Mark Millar discusses Kick-Ass, Superman, and Wanted.
  • News: Green Lantern Comes To Theaters In 3-D In June 2011
  • News: JJ Abrams predicts science-fiction win at the Oscars
  • A new Iron Man trailer has been released to the web. (Official site here.)

Literature

  • Interview: Elizabeth Moon discusses life in the military with Suvudu.
  • Interview: Michael A Ventrella interviews Lawrence Watt-Evans.
  • Interview: Sci-Fi Fan Letter speaks with N. K. Jemisin, author of the recently released (and really excellent) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms.
  • Interview: Teri Hall, author of The Line, talks with John Scalzi.
  • Interview: Tor.com profiles Margaret Atwood.
  • Ben Bova brags “I saw e-books (and related problems) coming.”
  • NPR plugs Marilyn Johnson’s new book, “This Book Is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All“.
  • Publishing Perspectives wonders In the Age of E-books, Does the Cheap Paperback Have a Future?

Science

  • News: It’s official: An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs
  • Listverse has compiled a list of the Top 10 Theoretical Megastructures.

Television

  • News: Fringe Renewed For A Third Season
  • Chud remembers The Geekiest Oscar Moments Ever.
  • Here’s a depressing chart of What the cable company pays for the channels they sell you. Prepare to hate your cable provider.

Video Games

  • Is Your Life Just One Big RPG? Jesse Schell talks about the present and future of video games. [Part 2, Part 3]

Writing

  • GalleyCat has compiled a list of Book Editors on Twitter.
  • Tamara Sellman maintains that Everything I’ve learned about writing this year I’ve relearned by watching the Olympics.



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