Art
- 100 amazing astronomical images
- Batman Noggins
- Delicious cherry-filled Wampa cake
- Joe Vollan’s steampunk-themed paintings of skeletons and crows are the perfect way to kick off the Halloween season.
Comics
- Interview: Suvudu speaks with David Steinberger, CEO of ComiXology, a firm paving the way for readers to purchase and read comics on mobile devices.
- Interview: Tor.com interviews Scott Allie, Editor of Buffy
Film
- Interview: Morgan Freeman on Batman 3 villains: may be more than one.
- Are movie fans getting too obsessed with box office numbers?
- Den of Geek looks ahead to upcoming Alien flicks landing in theaters soon.
Internet
- The Atlantic counts down The 10 Most Valuable Blogs in America.
- Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia is an excellent article aimed at scientists editing science entries.
Literature
- Interview: Enchanted Inkpot interviews Janice Hardy of The Healing Wars.
- Interview: Philip Roth reflects on novel’s decline, saying that technology blurs the edges of our thinking — like wearing of someone else’s glasses.
- News: New study suggests e-book piracy is on the rise
- Confessions of a used-book salesman.
- ‘Enhanced ebooks’ are taking the Frankfurt book fair by storm.
- Is Cormac McCarthy really headed for the Nobel?
- Learn-gasm picks the 50 Most Famous & Impressive Debut Novels of All Time.
- William Shatner and 7 other famous voices recite Poe’s The Raven in honor of the anniversary of his death.
Science
- Researchers at London’s Kew Gardens said Thursday they’d discovered that the Paris japonica has a genetic code 50 times longer than that of a human being. Prepare for your new floral overlords.
