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Geek Media Round-Up: October 30, 2009

30 Oct 2009  Media

Art

The Great Pumpkin Returns

  • Jay Stephens shares his take on Linus and the Great Pumpkin.
  • Unreality Magazine has posted a gallery of Kids in Sci-Fi Costumes so cute, your nose may bleed.

Film

  • Ha! Twilight doesn’t top of the list of The Best Reviewed Vampire Movies.
  • Mary Robinette Kowal contemplates the fine line between Horror and Dark Fantasy.

Internet

  • A company at a German trade show has attached tiny banner advertisements to flies and set them loose on unsuspecting visitors, in a bizarre yet effective marketing stunt. [Video]
  • Charlie’s Diary asks a startling question: How habitable is the Earth?
  • FYI: 10 Reasons Not to Bring Someone Back from the Dead this Halloween.
  • The Los Angeles Times suggests TV Costumes for Halloween, beginning with Chuck’s Nerd Herd uniform.
  • World Affairs contemplates the dangers on allowing English to become primus inter pares as the world dwindles down to just 600 languages.

Literature

  • Interview: Author Chimamanda Adichie discusses how important it is for us not to allow a single story to form our view of the world.
  • Interview: Dragon Page interviews Tom Lloyd, author of The Grave Thief.
  • Interview: Tor.com has posted a great video of Ray Bradbury.
  • News: Macmillan US has introduced a news standard lower e-book royalty rate.
  • The Washington Post asks authors What story scares the hell out of you?

Television

  • Interview: Damon Lindelof clears up a few points about the final season of Lost.

Video Games

  • Geek Dad looks back at 10 of the Most Creative Video Game Deaths Ever.



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