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Geek Media Round-Up: October 3, 2012

3 Oct 2012  Media

Art

Tenth Doctor

  • The Girl with the Photoshop Tattoo
  • LOST as a Point-and-Click Game
  • If Yoda were rendered as a human
  • Serenity comic book artwork for sale.

Comics

  • Interview: Neil Gaiman on ‘Sandman’ prequel: ‘It’s really terrifying’ [Via]
  • The comic convention all about Grant Morrison, MorrisonCon, took place in Las Vegas over the weekend. The creator finally revealed some art from his long-talked about Multiversity project with artist Frank Quitely, among others. Here’s one of the preview pages featuring Blue Beetle and The Question.

Film

  • News: Andrew Garfield, Marc Webb Signed on for Spider-Man Sequel
  • News: Ben Affleck was offered Daredevil reboot
  • 10 Inspirations For Heath Ledger’s The Joker
  • 13 kick-ass time travelers who had what it took to change the past
  • Absolutely Enormous New Hobbit Character Banner
  • The Mandarin Problem In ‘Iron Man 3′
  • Mountain to Moon: 10 Movie Studio Logos and the Stories Behind Them
  • Wizards and elves rule in stunning new White Council Hobbit poster

Internet

  • How Reddit Made a Movie Extra More Famous Than Tom Cruise
  • The Season 6 premiere of the Guild is now online.

Literature

  • Interview: Geek Chocolate interviews China Mieville of Railsea.
  • Interview: Junot Díaz Aims to Fulfill His Dream of Publishing Sci-Fi Novel
  • Interview: Nicole Galland on The Mongoliad: Book Two
  • News: ‘The Giver’ author Lois Lowry releases sequel to dystopian tale with ‘Son’
  • The American Library Association fires the latest response in its tussle with publishers over e-books in public libraries, while in England, a government review of e-books in public libraries is announced.
  • “Ban This Book” was drawn by Grant Snider to celebrate Banned Books Week. Print it off and tape it up in your cubical, breakroom, or locker!
  • The Future of the Novel
  • A literary flash mob at Lafayette College commemorates Banned Books Week
  • Man Going To Show Up To Launch Of J.K. Rowling’s New Book Dressed As Severus Snape Anyway (The Onion)

Science

  • NASA considering deep-space station on moon

Technology

  • Engineers hope to upload bees’ brains into robots
  • Interstellar Aircraft Carriers and Science Fiction Naval Warfare
  • When science fiction melds with reality
  • Which Science Fiction Franchises Depict Space Warfare the Most Accurately? (or “What Battlestar Galactica gets right about space warfare.”

Television

  • Interview: KAREN & ARTHUR offer Advice for the New Companion
  • Interview: Warping Through The Next Generation Years With Ronald Moore
  • News: Terry Pratchett’s Own TV Company To Adapt Good Omens And The Watch
  • The 9 Saddest TV Episodes of All Time
  • 115 Reasons We Love “Buffy the Vampire” Slayer
  • Buffy and research as a common good. Buffy as an exemplar of doing the public good by actually doing research.
  • Doctor Who finale impresses critics
  • First peek at the core S.H.I.E.L.D. characters.
  • How To Stop Spoilers from Ruining TV for Everybody
  • How Star Trek: The Next Generation Changed Pop Culture Forever

Video Games

  • “Video Games Are My Hobby“: An Essay From a 12 Year Old In 1982

Writing

  • Writing For Teens Vs. Adults: Rowling As Case Study



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