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Geek Media Round-Up: September 19, 2012

19 Sep 2012  Media

Art

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  • Star Wars Mashup Cake

Cross-Media

  • 10 Fictional Languages We Wish We Knew

Film

  • Interview: Disney producer Clark Spencer discusses How Wreck-It Ralph Gets To Use All Those Famous Video Game Characters
  • News: James Cameron, Fox Get ‘Avatar’ Copyright Suit Dismissed
  • 10 Criminally Underrated British Horror Films
  • 20 Plot Twists That Would Have Made Great Movies Even Better
  • The Avengers 2: 5 Female Avengers We Don’t Want to See
  • Can a faithful ‘Judge Dredd’ movie be made?
  • Has Hollywood Lost its Way? Hollywood is closing its doors on original stories.
  • New photos of The Hobbit include Gollum, Dwarves, Galadriel and more.
  • Preview Of PROMETHEUS Deleted Scene: The Engineer Speaks!

Internet

  • John Scalzi makes an excellent list of How to Be a Good Commenter..
  • Yes, September 19th is “Talk Like a Pirate Day,” though its been said that it’s really “Talk Like Robert Newton‘s Portrayal of a Pirate Day.” I say do whatever shivers one’s respective timbers. Also, you may wish to brush up on the The Five A’s of Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Literature

  • Interview: Agony Column interviews Tad Williams of Dirty Streets of Heaven.
  • Interview: The Functional Nerds interviews Laura Anne Gilman of Dragon Justice.
  • Interview: ‘Thrones’ Author George R.R. Martin Plays Not My Job
  • News: A New Report States 15% of all eBook Reviews will be Fake by 2014
  • News: Stephen King Sets Release Date for THE SHINING Sequel Novel, DOCTOR SLEEP Sept 24th, 2013! Just a reminder.
  • News: Who’s buying teen books ? Lots and lots of adults
  • 10 Novels That Deserve a Prequel
  • All bookshops must start selling electronic ‘e-books’ by the autumn if they are to ensure their long-term survival, a leading trade body has warned.
  • Georg Klein on The future of the novel
  • Publishing’s digital switchover: Take two industries trying to adapt to the digital era, music and publishing. One is packed with bright young ruthlessly ambitious people who have to be aware of the latest trends – the other is, well, publishing. So which is coping better? Publishing, believe it or not.

Science

  • News: Spacecraft Detects Snow Falling on Mars
  • I think Scientists just worry too much. Sun is too round, say scientists.
  • Watch Richard Dawkins call for evolution-based education

Technology

  • News: Report says 57.8% of U.S. students prefer digital textbooks
  • NASA Starts Work on Real Life Star Trek Warp Drive
  • Scientists Claim “Real-Life” Enterprise Could Be Possible

Television

  • Interview: Screenwriter Vanessa Taylor claims Game Of Thrones Season 3 “More Visual,” “Less About Clever Dialogue”
  • The Doctor Who Titles Are Getting Darker…
  • The Role of Pacifism and Gun Violence on “Doctor Who”

Video Games

  • How the video games industry is faring



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