There is a veritable plethora of rereleased titles available this week, including entire lines of “Cliff’s Notes” and “I Love the 80s” branded releases. Most of these seem to be the bare bones releases, with no new special features compared to the originals, so I’ve only listed those that either tie into new product (eg. Starship Troopers) or offer something new (eg. a digital copy.)
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Weekend Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde’s novel has been adapted numerous times, most famously in this Oscar (and Hugo) winning production from 1945.1
Monster of Montauk
Since Tuesday, the debate has raged over the identity of this corpse which washed ashore on Long Island. Is it a turtle, dog, or raccoon? A beast as yet unknown to science? The result of a mad experiment? A viral marketing campaign?
Video below.
What do bureau-crats believe?
“Tales of Beedle The Bard” available for pre-order
As mentioned last December, one copy of JK Rowling’s handwritten book of fairy tales sold for nearly two million pounds. Fortunately, we can get it slightly cheaper now… The standard edition is available for pre-order now, at seven dollars and change; even the fancy collectors’ edition, dolled up to look like something from the Hogwarts library, is a meager $100.
Secret Invasion Review – “Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #3”
This wraps up this miniseries. None of the other tie-in issues this week do so, so those reviews will come later.
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Foundation and Film
The founders of New Line Cinema plan to bring Asimov’s Foundational work of SF to your local cinema.
Glitzy Space Elevator Commercial
joe__gee writes, This is *not* science fiction. The folks at Carbon Designs, Inc. have put together an amazing goosebump inspiring video. According to other pseudo-commercial sites, as well as the video, much of the technology required is now available.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Teaser
Weekly Comics Discussion – July 30, 2008
As usual, the complete list is available here.
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Geoff Johns writes for “Smallville”
Geoff Johns has been involved in many of DC’s best output in the past few years. He had a great run on “The Flash,” completely reinvigorated the “Green Lantern” portion of the universe with Green Lantern: Rebirth, and has been writing Superman and Legion of Super Heroes of late. At San Diego Comic Con, it was announced that he’s always working on “Flash: Rebirth” and an episode of “Smallville” coming up this fall. Everything else about the “Smallville” announcement is spoilery, but what little is known can be found here.