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Geek Media Round-Up: May 11, 2011

11 May 2011  Media

Art

Escher Papercraft

  • Alternate American Gods Cover Art
  • C3PO / Iron Man Mash-Up
  • Check out this Turret Model
  • DIY Escher Papercraft
  • Fan-made ‘Fables’ Posters
  • Pokemon Meet Dr. Seuss
  • Steampunk Kangaroo?

Comics

  • Interview: Brief MTV interview with Scott Allie about Buffy Season 9.
  • The 10 most absurd superhero drug freakouts
  • Are Marvel’s $2.99 Comics Shortening to 20 Pages of Story?
  • Comics Artists Have Works Seized By Customs headed from the States to Canada for the Comic Arts Festival after their work was declared to be obscene.
  • Do comic book companies want fans angry or apathetic? It seems like being controversial (Johnny Storm dying, Superman renouncing U.S. citizenship) helps sells issues. But is that tactic sustainable?
  • If you could be any supervillain, who would you be?
  • Manga Game of Thrones book covers are glorious to behold
  • ‘Tying up Loose Ends‘ – a review/recap of the last three issues of ‘Spike’.

Cross-Media

  • 10 works of science fiction that are really fantasy
  • Comparing British sci-fi to American sci-fi
  • Pics of Sarah Michelle Gellar reading to children at a Los Angeles library for the Nestle Joy of reading program.

Film

  • Interview: Guillermo Del Toro Talks Future Projects
  • Interview: Lily Collins Says ‘Priest’ Is No ‘Twilight’ Vampire Movie
  • News: Google to allow movie rentals via the Android Market
  • News: Highlander Reboot on its way… so, I guess there can, in fact, be two.
  • 13 dark fantasy films to watch while you wait for CONAN
  • The 15 Worst Things About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Movie
  • Avengers: Everything We Know
  • A Cult Influence: a short film on cult films
  • How Attack The Block redefines the high-concept movie
  • Infographic: How ‘Star Wars’ Changed the World
  • The Lost Roles of Ghostbusters
  • Martin Sheen prepares to portray the decidedly doomed Uncle Ben in new set photos from The Amazing Spider-Man. Looks like a good fit for the role.
  • TotalFilm remembers the 23 Scariest Movie Screams.

Literature

  • Interview: C.J. Henderson is the contributor for this week’s Take Five
  • Interview: Lauren Beukes on South African Culture and Writing About Race
  • Interview: PKD Award Winner Mark Hodder on Steampunk, Michael Moorcock, and Laughing Like a Lunatic
  • Interview: Patrick Rothfuss Talks with Peter Orullian (Part Three)
  • Interview: SFWA interviews Nnedi Okorafor of The Shadow Speaker.
  • News: Kindle Revenue Supposed to Hit Near $5.5 Billion This Year
  • News: Possible Borders Sale Gains Traction
  • News: Random House and Lucasfilm announce Star Wars eBook Program
  • News: Three French publishers file new lawsuit against Google
  • 5 Questions Never to Ask at a Bookstore Reading
  • 10 Literary Cities We Wish Were Real
  • China Miéville leads radical SF’s invasion of the mainstream
  • Confessions of a Fairy Tale Addict
  • Cover art for the next book in the Parasol Protectorate series, Timeless, is out.
  • Developer blames Apple for ruining eBook business
  • The Fascinating Histories Behind Your Favorite Fairy Tales
  • “Is there an answer?”: Searching for the meaning of life in The Hitchhiker’s Guide
  • Six Companies Looking to Digitalize the Textbook Industry
  • Which Challenging SF/F Books That Are Worth The Effort To Read

Science

  • Fungus Turns Ants into Zombies, Then Eats Their Brains

Technology

  • 12 wild and wacky patent applications that are weirder than sci-fi
  • DARPA seeks help for interstellar starship
  • Transitioning into the Hybrid Age
  • Water-propelled jetpack hits the market for $99,500

Television

  • Interview: Emma Bell talks about her time on The Walking Dead.
  • Interview: Liza Lapira on Traffic Light and Dollhouse.
  • Interview: Nathan Fillion rocks Castle in this interview with AssignmentX.
  • Interview: Robert Kirkman delivers another spoiler-chocked interview
  • Interview: Sarah Michelle Gellar comments on the Buffy reboot: “To try to do a Buffy without Joss Whedon?… It’s the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard.”
  • Interview: Steven Moffat ‘hates’ fans who spoil show’s secrets
  • News: Fox cancels The Chicago Code, Human Target, Breaking In, Lie To Me, and Traffic Light. Geeks just liked them damn much.
  • News: Fox Renews ‘House’ For Eighth Season; Creator David Shore To Return
  • The 50 Greatest Cartoon Vehicles of All Time
  • Final Goodbye for Stargate Universe
  • Infographic: The Relationships of ‘Game of Thrones’
  • io9 picks The 10 Best Star Trek Episodes
  • So Long, Stargate Universe…We Hardly Knew Ye
  • Your Stupid Face: Why Mr. and Mrs. Pond Belong on the TARDIS

Video Games

  • Interview: Sarah Michelle Gellar talks about “Call of the Dead”.
  • Create Your Own Portal 2 Test Chambers and More
  • Details Emerge on Modern Warfare 3
  • Free for All: Gaming with Game of Thrones
  • How I invented games, and why not: an essay by game designer Christian Freeling
  • Play Angry Birds Online, Right Now, for Free
  • U.S. Navy Uses MMO to Train for Real-World Piracy

Writing

  • 5 Free Formatting Guides on How To Publish Your eBook
  • Top 10 Secrets and Lies of Publishing

Want more? Check out Geek Art Gallery for more art links and eye candy. Visit Oneironomicon for more on book trailers, reviews,and writing links.



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