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Geek Media Round-Up: November 18, 2010

18 Nov 2010  Media

Art

Mickey No More

  • 11 of the Weirdest Christmas Images From Nightmare Before Christmas’ Tim Burton.
  • Anaïs Goldemberg is selling spooky “Haunted portraits” on Etsy.
  • Martin Ansin’s ‘A Wretched Hive’ ‘Star Wars’ Poster features Obi-Wan Kenobi beating up on the locals in the Mos Eisley Cantina.
  • Mickey no More by Bopchara
  • For all you posers out there, this is what absolute dedication to gaming looks like. Take note.

Comics

  • Interview: Mike Carey talks Thor: Wolves of the North.
  • The BBC News asks Is Spider-Girl the new Spider-Man?

Film

  • Interview: Daniel Radcliffe talks “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.”
  • Interview: Emma Watson ponders fame, Daniel Radcliffe and that kiss.
  • News: Shore has this week confirmed his return to score The Hobbit.
  • 15 Movies That Would Make Terrible Video Games.
  • An Experiment in Accurate But Misleading Movie Descriptions
  • The ‘Harry Potter’ phenomenon: 7 surprising facts.
  • Is the New ‘Avatar’ Blu-ray worth the purchase? Short answer: no.
  • Jezebel on Ryan Reynolds being People’s Sexiest Man in the World.
  • John Scalzi conducts An Experiment in Accurate But Misleading Movie Descriptions with humorous results.
  • MTV counts down the top ten best quotes from the cast of Harry Potter.
  • Photos of 15 Lord of the Rings Locations In New Zealand.
  • Premiere names 10 Classic Movie Wizards Who Aren’t Harry Potter.
  • TotalFilm weighs the merits of the Best & Worst: Fantasy Films.

Internet

  • CollegeHumor imagines If Websites Were Pets.

Literature

  • Interview: Amal El-Mohtar on Fantasy, The Middle-East, and a Conversation with Saladin Ahmed.
  • Interview: Angela Slatter interviews Cherie M. Priest.
  • Interview: Peter Orullian interviews Brandon Sanderson. (Part 3)
  • Interview: StarShipSofa interviews Charles Yu and Saladin Ahmed. [Podcast]
  • Interview: Wicked Little Pixie interviews Vicki Pettersson.
  • News: Barnes & Noble opens first Spanish language digital bookstore in the U.S.
  • Kindle vs. Nook: Specs and Features Compared

Science

  • The Biggest Star Wars Plot Hole, Explained By Science.
  • Reasons not to commercialise space.
  • Stranger than science fiction: Realist fiction struggles to grasp a world increasingly ruled by unreality. We need science fiction and the strange inventions of fantasy to help us understand the modern world.

Television

  • Entertainment Weekly offers an exclusive first look at Game of Thrones.
  • Salon.com examines The fascinating morality of “The Walking Dead”.
  • Walking Dead: Zombies for a recession-age America.
  • Why the BBC’s new Sherlock is Science Fiction.

Writing

  • The Huffington Post recognizes 7 Of The Best Author Websites.
  • Orbit Books asks What kind of fantasy do you write?
  • Orson Scott Card offers tips on Stereotyping Your Fictional Characters.

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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