Art
- Check out the promo poster for The Simpsons Treehouse of Terror.
- The Chicago Tribune shares a gallery of 25 inspirational pumpkin carvings (most of which you’ve probably seen before.)
- RX Fresh has a gallery of Superheros photoshoped into historical war photos.
- Screen Junkies envisions 8 R-Rated Movies as Kids Books.
Film
- Not everyone is loving Where the Wild Things Are. Evidently Parents are bored and kids depressed by the flick, which targets an older audience than the book.
- Turns out, Science Fiction is choked full of Lurid, Bizarre Dream Sequences.
Internet
- Mozealous explains How Twitter Can Save Your Life in a Zombie Apocalypse.
- Topless Robot counts down The 10 Hottest Ladies of Dungeons & Dragons.
Literature
- Interview: The World SF News Blog interviews Ashok Banker.
- News: FTC Attorney Says Guidelines Not Aimed at Individual Bloggers.
- The first photos and details of the Barnes and Noble’s E-Reader, The Nook (with Android!) have been released.
- Patrick Rothfuss is raffling off the chance to name a character in his second book in order to raise money for Heifer International.
Television
- Interview: The New York Times interviews John Ortved, author of “The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History.”
- News: ABC has picked up the back-nine for the mystery dramedy Castle, meaning that viewers will get a full 22-episode second season.
- Creators of the animated series The Simpsons and Fox lawyers did everything they could to stop John Ortved’s unauthorized history. The Daily Beast reveals the inside story of why he wrote it anyway.
- The full cast of the Game of Thrones series has finally been announced. It’s absolutely stacked with talent, but the choice for the role of Arya Stark, who steals the shows in the latest book in the series, looks a bit young.
- Here’s a chronological compilation of every Kramer Entrance ever from Seinfeld.
- TV Tango has posted a schedule of Halloween-Themed Movie Marathons, Episodes & Specials on TV.
Video Games
- Check out the clip of a Salesman breaking a TV on the Home Shipping Network while playing Wii.
- The Dark Mod, a total conversion for Doom 3 in the spirit of Looking Glass Technology’s Thief series, has finally been released after years of development and is now available to download.
Writing
- Penelope Trunk thinks that The Internet has created a generation of great writers.
- Suvudu discusses the Importance of the Writing Space.
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