Geek Media Round-Up: January 26, 2010

Film

• News: Clash of the Titans, Harry Potter VII to be 3-D.
• AMC explains The Five Real Reasons Why Video Game Movies Usually Stink.
• NPR Radio interviews Mark Coleran, the guy who designs computer interfaces for Hollywood movies.

Literature

• Interview: At The Way the Future Blogs author Frederik Pohl profiles legendary author Issac Asimov.
• Interview: The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Podcast interviews Marjorie M. Liu, author of Darkness Calls.
• Interview: I Should Be Writing interviews James Enge, author of Blood of Ambrose.
• Interview: John Scalzi interviews Margaret Ronald, author of Wild Hunt.
• Interview: The Occult Detective interviews Maurice Broaddus, author of King Maker.
• Interview: Pulp Noir interviews Charlie Huston, author of the Joe Pitt series.
• Cory Doctorow discusses copyright in an article in the Guardian.
• The Klencke Atlas, the largest book in the world, goes on show for the first time.
• Lawrence Lessig Calls Google Book Settlement A “Path To Insanity”.
• The Los Angeles Times contemplates Apple’s tablet and the future of literature.
• The Millions offers Confessions of a Book Pirate. “In truth, I think it is clear that morally, the act of pirating a product is, in fact, the moral equivalent of stealing… although that nagging question of what the person who has been stolen from is missing still lingers.”
• Publishing Perspectives takes issue with the lack of innovation in e-books.
• Rachel Swirsky discusses Genres of Fiction, and Why They Aren’t Discrete Entities.
• With Kindle, the Best Sellers Don’t Need to Sell, authors can just give copies away.

Science

• National Geographic explains How to Make Mars the New Earth.

Television

• i09 explains 5 Reasons Caprica Is The Season’s Most Promising New SF Series.
• The New York Times explains the cancellation of Conan O’Brien.
• Sci Fi Wire has posted a gallery of photos from the series finale of Dollhouse.

Writing

• The BSC Review offers advice on Writing a Shared-World Novel.
• The Magic District discusses Story Mapping and various ways of doing it.
• Rants and Ramblings answers the question How Do You Become an Agent or Editor?

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