Fannish/Geeky Things/SFF

"Russia Scandals May Make The Americans “Relevant,” but That’s Not What Makes It Great". [Slate]

"The Uncomfortable Legacy of Buffy's Xander Harris".

"Star Trek: Discovery casts Jason Isaacs as captain".

"Announcing “Nevertheless, She Persisted”, a Short Fiction Event Taking Place on March 8th". [Tor.com]

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Every time I make a linkspam post these days I get an extra reminder that I've still barely touched the posting-meme topics--one of them is to talk about putting linkspam posts together. ^^;

Fannish/Geeky Things/SFF

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The casting news I saw all over the place yesterday was Gotham casting Alexander Siddig as Ra's al Ghul, but I would like to draw your attention to Amy Acker having just been cast as a/the female lead in "Fox's Marvel Drama".


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Writing/SFF

"The Writer As Public Figure vs. The Writer Who Actually Writes: Karolina Ramqvist on the Struggle to Balance Success and Meaning". [LitHub]

"An A.I. That Loves Cat Pictures: Hugo-Winning Short Story Becomes YA Novel". [Tor.com]

Cute Stuff

"These Chinchillas’ Butts Are So Round, They Look Fake".

"Man Meets Quokka, Quokka Won’t ( Read more... )

Fannish/Geeky Things/SFF

"Gerard Butler, Neal Moritz Team to Adapt Fantasy Novel 'A Darker Shade of Magic'".

"Hayao Miyazaki is officially moving forward with a new Studio Ghibli movie".

"Nebula nominations with free reads!" "Every year I have trouble finding a hyperlinked list of all the free Hugo and Nebula reading, so this time I’m going to ( Read more... )

Fannish/Geeky Things

"Jamie Chung Joins Fox's X-Men Pilot". [TV Guide]

"Patrick Stewart Is Retiring From X-Men". [io9]

"Live-Action Fullmetal Alchemist Film Reveals December 1 Opening, CG Alphonse". [ANN]

Miscellaneous

Gizmodo says "Change Your Passwords. Now."
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Fannish/Geeky Things

"Marvel’s Runaways Casts The Pride".

A gif on Twitter showing how Hugh Jackman's Wolverine has changed over the years. Wow.

Writing/SFF

"Blood of the Revolution: On Filipina Writers and Aswang". [Angel Cruz at Uncanny Magazine]

"I Have Never Not Been an Object". [Delilah S. Dawson at Uncanny Magazine] [Content notes: ( Read more... )

"Eva Green, Gemma Arterton to Star in Virginia Woolf Movie ‘Vita & Virginia’".

"Conservative Christianity and White Supremacy’s Scary Kinship".

"The best (and worst) mini-games in video game history".

"The Aggressive Self-Care Coloring Book" is currently free/pay what you can.

"A Toaster Just for Bacon Will Make Every Meal So Much Better". [ ( Read more... )

Geeky Things/Writing/SFF

"Why Losing The Manga Bestsellers List Could Be a Loss of The Mainstream".

"Why Deep Space Nine and Voyager May Never Get the HD Remaster They Deserve".

"If You’re Ready, We Might Go Along Then: Authors and Artists Celebrate Richard Adams and Watership Down". [Tor.com]

In this new interview, Seanan McGuire talks a lot ( Read more... )