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Geek Media Round-Up: September 12, 2012

12 Sep 2012  Media

Art

The Ghost of You Haunted Me

  • 52 Shades of Greed is a new art project from Occupy Wall Street
  • Dalek Wedding Cakes
  • Patrick Rothfuss plugs this somewhat naughty Literary Pin-Up Calendar
  • Somebody needs to make J★RYU’s “The Ghost of You Haunted Me” exhibit into a Nightmare Before Christmas style claymation film. It would be brilliant.
  • This is a remote controlled, Barbie-sized power loader

Comics

  • Comic book sales thrive despite digital age
  • Dark Horse Continues Superhero Revival With “X”
  • Interest in comic books grows
  • Tomorrow Jones is a comic about a female superhero just starting out.

Cross-Media

  • 12 Greatest Science Fiction War Stories

Film

  • Interview: CBC’s Eli Glasner sits down with Joss Whedon and talks about Much Ado About Nothing at TIFF in Toronto.
  • Interview: Joss Whedon praises ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director.
  • Interview: Lana Wachowski opens up about sex change
  • Interview: Watch the Q&A from the premiere of Much Ado About Nothing.
  • Interview: Variety interviews Joss at the Toronto International Film Festival.
  • News: In Trek news, J.J. Abrams sequel has a title – Star Trek Into Darkness.
  • Indy vs. the Swordsman: A new look at a classic ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ scene
  • Top Ten Greatest Science Fiction Worlds!
  • WhatCulture! points out 5 Ways Star Wars Prequels Are Better Than The Original Star Wars Trilogy. Children of the seventies and eights may feel free to disregard this link. It’ll just precipitate a counter-rant.

Internet

  • News: McAfee: Emma Watson Is ‘Internet’s Most Dangerous Search Term’
  • News: Nearly one fifth of the U.S. can’t watch online HD video
  • The Great Geek Sexism Debate
  • What If Jurassic Park Was a Musical?

Literature

  • Interview: Lapham’s Quarterly interviews China Mieville
  • Interview: New Release Interview for Two Ravens & One Crow by Kevin Hearne
  • Interview: Tor/Forge talks with Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross.
  • 10 Science Fiction Books Every Physicist Should Read
  • Agency Pricing Settlement: Some fear higher prices are the way? But, then again, Amazon is already discounting settling publishers’ ebooks.
  • Are Free eBooks Killing the Market?
  • Chris Beckett’s Special message to people who don’t read SF
  • “How To Read Gene Wolfe” by Neil Gaiman
  • LitReactor on The Top 10 Best Closing Lines Of Novels.
  • Toward working definitions of science fiction and fantasy
  • The World SF Blog discusses Heinlein and Racism.

Technology

  • Behold, the Toothbrush That Just Saved the International Space Station
  • Toys R Us to Launch Their Own Kid-Friendly Tablet

Television

  • News: Grab the tissues! Fringe finale date confirmed
  • News: Matt Smith learnt to ride a horse for Doctor Who
  • Doctor Who : A Town Called Mercy episode pictures released
  • Seven (or More) Queens That The Doctor Met Before Nefertiti…
  • Stan Lee, Still a True Believer, Spends a Day on AMC’s ‘Comic Book Men’

Writing

  • 10 Ideas for a Time Travel Story



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