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Geek Media Round-Up: October 9, 2008

9 Oct 2008  Media

Art

  • The WebUrbanist takes a look at 20 Essential Works of LEGO Art.

Comics

  • Fantasy Magazine deconstructs Black Superheroes.
  • io9 has posted a preview of the first ten pages of Marvel’s new Enders Game.

Film

  • Jay Garmon runs through a list of the geek movies you’re embarrassed you like, to which I would add Barbarella and Waterworld.
  • Ridley Scott has confirmed that he’s going to remake Brave New World.

Internet

  • I love this list: The 10 Greatest Evil Robot Dopplegangers.
  • Popular Mechanics takes a look at the many different models of Terminator.

Literature

  • Interview: In the UK’s Daily Mail author Terry Pratchett discusses his struggle with dementia.
  • Interview: Over at SciFi Wire, Gene Wolfe talks about An Evil Guest.
  • Six science fiction classics to help you choose the next President.

Television

  • Heckler Spray counts down the 26 Hottest Star Trek Babes, starting, of course, with Tasha Yar.
  • One of the Five Ways Doctor Who Made a Difference is, interestingly, the popularization of “cyber” as a prefix for anything robotic.

Video Games

  • GamePro does has compiled a really excellent list of The 32 Best PC Games.
  • Kotaku.com has posted a sneak-peek at the box art of Halo: The Cole Protocol, which will be hitting shelves November 25th.
  • PC World looks at The 15 Coolest Games of Fall 2008.

Writing

  • Ten Things to Consider Before You Sit Down to Write a Poem.

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  1. Planet-x.com.au » Geek Media Round-Up: October 9, 2008 said

    am October 9 2008 @ 10:11 am

    [...] Art The WebUrbanist takes a look at 20 Essential Works of LEGO Art. Comics Fantasy Magazine deconstructs Black Superheroes. io9 has posted a preview of the first ten pages of Marvel’s new Enders Game. Film Jay Garmon runs through a list of the geek movies you’re embarrassed you like, to which I would add Barbarella and Waterworld. Ridley Scott has confirmed that he’s going to remake Brave New World. Continue here: Geek Media Round-Up: October 9, 2008 [...]

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