The Great Geek Manual

  • Blog
 

Geek Media Round-Up: September 17, 2012

17 Sep 2012  Media

Art

Game of Thrones for Kids

  • “Chalk Warfare” is a Live-Action War With Chalk Weapons by Wickert & Leigh
  • Disney / Avengers Mash-Up
  • DragonCon 2012 Gangnam Style!
  • Only in San Francisco would writing out Pi in the sky to a thousand decimal places be considered art. Wish I lived in San Fran.
  • Tardis Quilt

Comics

  • Interview: Countdown to Stan Lee’s Comikaze: Aspen’s Vince Hernandez
  • Interview: Star Trek’s Walter Koenig on His Vampire Graphic Novel
  • Hero Worship: Why Death Still Matters in Superhero Comics
  • Local libraries are expanding collections to respond to growing demand for adult graphic novels. “You think, ‘I’m a grownup, I don’t need to read comics anymore.’ And then these pictures pull you in.”
  • Why Wonder Superman And Wonder Woman Should Split Up

Film

  • Interview: Avengers Assemble: Clark Gregg and Titus Welliver, Agents Of SHIELD
  • Interview: Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard on his lost weekend
  • Interview: Kick-Ass Takes A ‘Surprising Journey’ In Sequel, Says Aaron Johnson
  • Interview: Nathan Fillion On ‘Guardians’: ‘I’m Very Busy Right Now’
  • Interview: Scarlett Johansson On Buffing Up For Avengers, Trying to look Sexy…
  • Interview: Titanic Director James Cameron Reveals He Wanted ‘Jurassic Park’, But Steven Spielberg Beat Him To It. Would’ve been dramatically different movie.
  • 10 Quibbles With The Harry Potter Films
  • 12 Zombie Movies that Root for the Zombies
  • First Look at a Suit From the New ‘RoboCop’
  • London’s Prince Charles Cinema has gone to the next level and hired ninja (volunteers wearing zentai suits) to keep order.
  • The Psychotic Cabin in the Woods Monsters You Didn’t See in Theaters!

Literature

  • Interview: Ink Scratchers interviews Gwenda Bond, author of Blackwood
  • Interview: Junot Díaz of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao on the imperfect perfection of the novel and why genre fiction gets so little respect.
  • Interview: Bookish chats with Tad Williams of Dirty Streets of Heaven
  • Interview: On the appeal of the Apocalypse: Q&A with young adult author Karen Thompson Walker of The Age of Miracles.
  • Interview: William Gibson on The Past, Present & Future of Sci-Fi
  • News: Major Announcement Could Change How You Buy Books
  • 10 Great Chase Scenes in Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
  • The Best Space-Travel Science Fiction Novels
  • Cataloguing Cultural References in ‘Oscar Wao’
  • Five Favourite Literary Heroines

Science

  • News: Science Confirms the Obvious: Literature is Good for Your Brain

Technology

  • Antimatter Spaceships Could Make Long Flights Before End Of Century
  • The Coolest Robots On Display at the Unmanned Systems Show 2012
  • How I turned my Kindle Fire HD from a cash register and billboard into a good machine for an e-book lover

Television

  • Interview: Doctor Who Interviews for “The Power Of Three”
  • Interview: Doctor Who “The Power Of Three” Writer Chris Chibnall Interview
  • Game of Thrones The Season 3 Battles Have Begun in Northern Ireland

Writing

  • 5 Pieces of Advice for Surviving an Action Sequence by Gwenda Bond



Add to Social Bookmarks

del.icio.usRedditTechnoratiFurlBlinklistNetscapeYahoo My WebNewsvine
SocializerMa.gnoliaStumble UponGoogle BookmarksRawSugarSquidooSpurlBlinkBits
NetvouzRojoBlogmarksCo.mmentsScuttleFeed Me LinksYiggMr.Wong
  • Archives

    • May 2013
    • April 2013
    • March 2013
    • February 2013
    • January 2013
    • December 2012
    • November 2012
    • October 2012
    • September 2012
    • August 2012
    • July 2012
    • June 2012

    Categories

    • Gadgets & More
    • T-Shirts
    • Geek History
    • Geekology
    • Geek Reading
    • Humor
    • Graphical Gags
    • Motivational
    • Videos
    • Webcomic
    • Infographics
    • Japan 101
    • Links
    • Media
    • Books
    • Book Reviews
    • Movies
    • Music
    • Short Films
    • Television
    • Video Games
    • News
    • Photo Galleries
    • Books
    • Quotations
    • Rantings
    • Science
    • Software & Tech
  • Related Posts

    • Geek Media Round-Up: May 2, 2008
    • Geek Media Round-Up: March 7, 2008
    • Geek Media Round-Up: February 3, 2009
    • Geek Media Round-Up: September 11, 2009
  • Sponsors

    • Host Color: Multiple Web Site Hosting
    • Take home a robot vacuum cleaner from Robomaid.

     

BlogRoll

  • Bibliophile Stalker
  • The Daily Top 10
  • The Geekanerd Blog
  • I Can Has Motivation
  • (Jeff)isageek
  • The Lair of the Evil DM
  • Lisa Paitz Spindler
  • The Presurfer
  • Not So Motivational
  • The Science of Fiction
  • Weirdwarp
  • Coming Soon...
  • Coming Soon...
  • Coming Soon...
  • Coming Soon...

SiteInfo

  • About the Author
  • Book Reviews by Author
  • Book Reviews by Title
  • Contact the Author
  • Credits
  • Disclaimers and Notices
  • Donations
  • Hostcolor
  • Recommended Reading
  • Subscribe via E-Mail or RSS
  • This Day in Geek History

PopularPosts

  • Blogging is a lot like Sex...
  • Motivational Monday: Humorous Posters
  • Picture of the Week: Harry Potter Porn
  • Portable Utilities for USB Drives
  • Programming is like Sex...
  • Neville Longbottom's Favorite Plant
  • Seven Unexpected Harry Potter Endings
  • Sex Advice from a D&D Player
  • Signs the IT Department is out of Hand
  • Top Ten Halo Pick-Up Lines
  • Top RapidShare Link Communities
  • Top Ten Signs a D&D Player is Gay
  • Top Ten Turn Down Lines for Geek Chicks
  • A Traditional D&D Thanksgiving
  • The Ultimate D&D Gaming FlowChart
Host Color Web Hosting

508 CSS XHTML
Website Credits & Disclaimers