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Master of Muppets
This is the kind of thing that the Internet was designed for. See the whole list from Ranker: Top 10 Greatest Muppet Mashups (via BoingBoing)
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Trivia Thursday
Who are the Draka? A vast alien spaceship passes through the solar system in this Arthur C. Clarke novel, using the Sun’s gravity to boost its velocity. Human explorers witness the brief blossoming of its artificial life system, but do not meet its makers. Name it! What SF magazine edited by Michael Moorcock was strongly…
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Send Fan Letters to “Martian” Crewmen
Over at BoingBoing, Maggie Koerth-Baker makes an excellent point: The six people who are going to spend 520 days in a mocked-up Martian spacecraft are getting kind of a bum deal. You get all of the inter-personal stress, all of the isolation from family and friends, all of the crappy food, all of the monotony…
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I Find Your Lack of Maps Disturbing
Apparently the TomTom GPS system allows you to download voice files for several Star Wars characters, including C-3P0, Yoda, and Darth Vader. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the recording session for Vader’s voice. I’m assuming they don’t have a Jar-Jar option because of the increased risk of drivers deliberately aiming for a cliff. (via Weird…
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Link Dump
Voracious Brain – Awesome science-based stitchery. The artist also has an Etsy shop. CosaNostra Pizza T-shirt – ThinkGeek has shirts that advertise Snow Crash‘s pizza parlor. Escape from Earth Day – Suvudu ends the world in various interesting ways. Alchemist Keyboard – Lovely computer keyboard mod. The Office Kid – A kid-in-a-kit for childless people…
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It’s the Cognitive Bias Song!
Everbody sing! Lordy, I love the Internet. (via Skepchick)
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Trivia Thursday
What was the name of the ship that first encountered the alien in Alien? This book consists of ten short stories by William Gibson. It contains the title story, as well as “The Winter Market,” “Dogfight” (co-authored with Michael Swanwick), and “Hinterlands.” Name it! What planet was the birthplace of Paul-Maud’Dib? What was Kip Russell’s…
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A Century of Gernsback
Hugo Gernsback’s novel Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660 was first serialized in Modern Electrics magazine almost a century ago in April, 1911. Which, by most accounts, really sucked. But it also helped to kick off SF as a genre. Ars Technica has an article about Gernsback and his contributions.
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Is a Deus ex Machina Science Fiction?
BoingBoing posted about this essay by Terry Pratchett, wherein he claims that Dr. Who is not science fiction because he’s gone well beyond “sufficiently advanced technology” and seems to be careening into the realm of straight up magic. People say Doctor Who is science fiction. At least people who don’t know what science fiction is,…
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“Wrinkle in Time” Graphic Novel Announced
Despite L’Engle saying that she never wanted her books to be illustrated, artist Hope Larson has been tapped to adapt the YA classic A Wrinkle in Time as a comic book graphic novel. The work will apparently eventually tie in to the planned movie. Geeks of Doom has more. They also ask readers if they’re…