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Geek Media Round-Up: November 14, 2008

14 Nov 2008  Media

Art

  • Geek Are Sexxy rounds up various Lego renditions of Alien.

Comics

  • Vectortuts shares 10 Lessons From Comic book Illustration Legends.

Film

  • Some people are saying that Blu-Ray has done itself in, but TechRadar has named 10 Movie Releases that Could save Blu-ray.
  • Wired counts down The Best Fictional Doomsday Devices.

Literature

  • Free Fiction: Listen to “The Trouble with Superman” by Chris Roberson at RevCast.
  • Free Fiction: Read a preview from Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, “The Only Known Jump Across Time” by Eugene Mirabelli.
  • Free Fiction: Read the 1910 “A Dreamer’s Tales” by Lord Dunsany at Feedbooks. A Dreamer’s Tales was Dunsany’s fifth book, and it had been considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin, and many other genre authors.
  • Interview: Orson Scott Card talks about Ender in Exile.
  • Omnivoracious has selected the 10 Best Science Books of 2008.
  • Tor’s Jane Lindskold discusses The Problem of Series: “Fantasy and SF series are too often an excuse for writing one novel that spans several volumes. Unlike Mysteries or Thrillers, which have a set goal, Fantasy and SF series can go on and on without closure. Why did this become acceptable?”

Video Games

  • College Humor shares the Actual Titles 10 Popular Games Should Have Had.
  • Old Wizard picks the Top 11 Video Game Endings.



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