Art
- Interview: Tor.com interviews the cover artist and model from the (really excellent) Mercy Thompson book series.
- 12 Awesome science fiction wallpapers
- The CRAB Robot (Cybernetic Autonomous Remote Barricade) is a bit of conceptual futuristic 3D design by Jamie Martin. Be sure to watch the animation.
Comics
- Interview: Buffyfest interviews Scott Allie, co-writer of Buffy Season 8.
- Comic Alliance remembers The 10 Goofiest Panels From ‘X-Men: Mutant Genesis’.
Film
- Blastr riffs on 33 sci-fi movies made better by cell phones.
- Dissecting ‘Inception’: Six Interpretations and Five Plot Holes.
- Watch the Full Tron Legacy Comic-Con Press Conference from Comic Con.
Internet
- Click this link to learn How to Rebuild Your Attention Span and Focus! Then follow me on Twitter and forget again.
- The Guild’s new music video “Game On” is out now.
Literature
- Interview: Ann and Jeff VanderMeer talk steampunk at the Comic Con.
- Interview: Brandon Sanderson talks with Suvudu about the Wheel of Time.
- Interview: China Mieville took a few moments out of his very busy Comic Con Schedule to discuss his newest novel Kraken.
- Interview: Christopher Paolini interviews Patrick Rothfuss at Comic Con.
- Interview: Margaret Atwood interviewed by The Globe and Mail.
- Interview: Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist interviews Ian McDonald of The Dervish House… so does the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography.
- Interview: The Sun-Times profiles Nnedi Okorafor.
- News: Stieg Larsson becomes the first author to sell a million Kindle e-books.
- Cracked names 6 Great Novels that Were Hated in Their Time.
- The Daily Press offers this Ode to the death of the paper book.
- Flavorwire shares 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Ray Bradbury.
Science
- Britain’s Astronomer Royal Martin Rees argues that the expense of state-funded space projects is not justifiable.
- Lifehacker explains What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain.
- The Science Behind “Having a Bad Day” (and how to solve it)
- Uber weird science of the day: evidence that the brain waves of someone listening closely to another person’s speech can synchronise with them.
Technology
- Last.fm has what may be The Best robots.txt File ever.
- Read Arthur C. Clarke’s 1956 letter predicting GPS and satellite TV.
Television
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