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Geek Media Round-Up: November 18, 2008

18 Nov 2008  Media

Comics

Batman R.I.P.

  • Den of Geek lists 75 comics being made into Films.
  • I agree with Heckler Spray’s choice of Jessica Alba as number one on the list of the Top 26 Comicbook Movie Babes, but I’m questioning the choice of Jessica Biel as number two.
  • io9 looks at 5 Ways That Sandman Changed The World.
  • USA Today takes a look at the Batman 681, out November 26. According to the article, the issue will wrap up Grant Morrison’s Batman R.I.P. story line and kill off Bruce Wayne.

Film

  • Bloody Disgusting has posted a first look at the upcoming sci-fi film Moon, which looks to be another “isolation thriller” like Sunshine or 2001: A Space Odyssey.
  • The latest Star Trek trailer is up all around the web.
  • Slash Film looks at the Art and Development of Wall-E, cute robots and all.

Literature

  • Free Fiction: Read “The Curse of the Monolith” by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter at Unexplored Worlds.
  • Free Fiction: Read “Knight of Sorrows: Frozen Shadows” by Jonathan Moeller at Mindflights.
  • Free Fiction: Read “Never on a Birthday” by Patty Jansen and “Puppet Strings” by Terry Ollila at Byzarium.
  • New Scientist asks six leading writers for their thoughts on the future of science fiction, including Margaret Atwood, William Gibson and Kim Stanley Robinson. Their answers are surprisingly shorts for genre authors.
  • This holiday season, sci-fi author John Scalzi is offering to sign books you order through the mail from his local bookstore.
  • A documentary on science fiction author John Wyndham, author of Day of the Triffids, has been posted to YouTube: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction.

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