Geek Media Round-Up: October 17, 2011

Art

• 9-foot-high Harry Potter cat house took over 300 hours to build
• Amazing Doctor Doom Cosplay
• Nintendo-themed Wedding Invitations

Comics

• Interview: Scott Allie Slayalive Q&A
• Comics Apps Top Grossers on the iPad
• The Complete History Of Marvel
• The results of the Women Working in Comics survey are in. Meanwhile Comics Alliance has asked creators how comics can do better at female characters.
• World Copyright Watchdog Publishes Piece on Manga Piracy

Cross-Media

• The 9 Worst-Dressed Movie Supervillains
• How The Avengers characters fit in with the rest of the Whedonverse.
• John Scalzi complains about Things Science Fiction Film Has Ruined.
• ‘Real Life Superhero’ Phoenix Jones Unmasks After Dodging Assault Charges, says ‘I’m just like everyone else.‘
• What the Dickens? Famous Authors as Science Fiction Characters

Film

• Interview: James Erwin on Selling ‘Rome Sweet Rome’ to Warner Bros.
• Interview: Mary Elizabeth Winstead on living up to John Carpenter’s legacy
• Interview: The Thing Director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. On Prequels & Effects
• News: Sony Picks Up Steve Jobs Biopic
• News: ‘Starship Troopers’ Anime To Be Released in 2012
• News: Warner Bros. To Make Movie Out of Reddit Comment
• 10 Actors For The Steve Jobs Biopic
• The 10 Best Opening Songs in Movies
• 10 Reasons Why Horror Might Be The Best Film Genre
• Infographic: Top 10 Film Locations
• Pajiba lists 12 Truly Crappy Follow-Ups To An Oscar Win.
• Science Fiction lists The Ten Worst Science Fiction Films of All Time.
• Watch Chris Nolan talk Star Wars: “I wanted to be Han Solo”
• Watch ‘Trick ‘r Treat’ Director Mike Dougherty’s short film Making Friends
• WhatCulture looks back at the 10 Most Memorable Horror Posters.
• Why Hulu’s Not for Sale Anymore

Internet

• Dr. Steven Schlozman, psychiatrist and associate professor at Harvard Medical School, discusses How to Survive (the Inevitable) Zombie Attack.
• Felicia Day Launches Dragon Age Web Series. Looks like a must-see series.

Literature

• Interview: Margaret Atwood on Sci-Fi, Religion, and Her Love of ‘Blade Runner’
• Interview: Omnivoracious has a video interview with Witches of East End author Melissa de la Cruz
• Interview: R. A. Salvatore plugs his newest book, NeverWinter.
• Interview: SF Signal Podcast talks to Jennifer Brozek, author of In a Gilded Light
• Interview: Suvudu asks The Unforsaken author Sophie Littlefield five questions.
• News: Atwood pilots new reading technology: A special edition of Atwood’s book on science fiction comes with its own futuristic twist.
• News: British Library attacked for Amazon link
• News: Margaret Atwood’s New Book Printed On Straw That Could ‘Spare 800 Million Trees Per Year’… the question is, is the idea coming too late?
• Does Amazon Want to Monopolize The Entire Publishing Chain?
• Magical Schools: What Are They Good For?
• Neil Gaiman suggests giving a book this Halloween in place of candy.
• Samuel R. Delany weighs in on Racism and Science Fiction
• Stephen King: ‘One of the best writers of all time’?
• Ten Weird Facts About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
• Why the A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work Video Is Ridiculous

Science

• Your brain won’t allow you to believe the apocalypse could actually happen

Technology

• Best Toy On The Block: Nao Humanoid Robot Plays Card Games With Kids
• Nao Robots Can Feed Themselves By Plugging Into Their NEST
• New Digital Tools Let Professors Tailor Their Own Textbooks
• Non-Lethal Weapons: How they change the future of military engagements.

Television

• News: Season Premiere of Walking Dead To Be Centerpiece of AMC’s Fearfest
• New faces in season 2 of Game of Thrones
• ‘The Walking Dead’s’ zombie apocalypse evolves
• Watched every episode of the “Big Bang Theory” and still want more? There’s always Belarus’s unauthorized copy of the show, titled “The Theorists”.

Video Games

• A Peek At Next-Gen Gaming: Ultra-Realistic Future Of Video Games

Writing

• Buzzfeed lists The Last Words Of 25 Famous Dead Writers.
• C.J. Hill on Using Dragons as Bad Guys
• Is Your Second Line as Good as Your First? Making the Most of Your Paragraphs
• Laura Resnick on How to Write Humor
• Mark Charan Newton on Interaction & the limits of writing fiction.

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