Art
- Legos and Star Wars have been combined many time. There have even been other Lego Chess Sets, but the Star Wars: A New Hope Lego Chess Set is far and away the most drool-worthy.
- The Milky Way Transit Authority offers up this helpful map to the stars.
- Naldz Graphics has posted a gallery of Stunning Warrior Character Illustrations.
- Sci Fi Wire has found The neurotic Seinfeld version of the Star Wars poster.
Comics
- Interview: Fables’ (most excellent) writer Bill Willingham finds a happy ending despite “that damned Shrek.”
- What does the future hold in store for comics? Will digital tablets be the salvation or damnation of the industry?
Film
- Interview: The Book of Eli Directors discuss their Sacred MacGuffin.
- News: Boxoffice behemoth Avatar slipped from the top of the domestic rankings on its 29th day, loosing out to Book of Eli.
- News: ‘Green Lantern’ director says cosmic film will have “a Flash Gordon element.” Dun dun dun… Lantern fans everywhere recoil in horror.
- News: Star Wars and Adidas have officially joined forces.
- This article where io9 calls Book of Eli a reboot of Zardoz had me in stitches. Who in their right mind would reboot Zardoz? Be sure to read through the comments.
- A new poster for the upcoming Kick-Ass has come out.
- Some people are speculating that Avatar techniques could turn back the clock on aging actors.
Literature
- Interview: China Miéville looks ahead in science fiction.
- Interview: Cult Pop interviews John Scalzi and Jim Hines.
- Interview: Matthew Peterson interviews high fantasy authors Carol Berg, L. E. Modesitt Jr., Dennis L. McKiernan, and Diana Pharaoh Francis.
- Interview: The New Yorker profiles Neil Gaiman.
- Interview: SciFiFan interviews Robert Jackson Bennett, author of Mr. Shivers.
- Interview: Webweaver offers an interview with Jeremy C. Shipp.
- Interview: Wenatchee World talks with Kay Kenyon.
- The Book Pirates of Peru turn out to be both numerous and pervasive.
- Is it really doomsday for books? Not while English casts its spell!.
- Offline Book Lending Costs U.S. Publishers Nearly $1 Trillion is a hilarious parody of the recent drama over piracy rates.
- Over at Tumblr, a guy is reproducing a long out of print book titled 2010: Living In the Future that was first published in 1972.
Science
- Faster-than-light pulsar radio waves found! Ability to phone Mars long-distance just around the corner.
Television
- In retrospect, it’s really funny how adamant Leno was about passing on the The Tonight Show to Conan five years ago. [video]
- Little Fivers picks The Top 9 New Shows on the Discovery Channel in 2100.
- Read the scripts from series four of Doctor Who, and finally figure out what all that guff was about. Like who was that mysterious woman?
- Seth Meyers explains how Conan got screwed. [video]
Writing
- Even in the Web era, getting in the door is tougher than ever as writers face The Death of the Slush Pile…
- …of course, not everyone believes the slush pile is dead… or is it?
- Jason Sanford offers some thoughts on simultaneous submissions: Should you sim sub or not?
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