Following are news items from around the Internet for the week prior to December 11, 2010:
http://thevaultofhorror.blogspot.com/2010/12/little-boy-and-monsters-who-are-saving.html
The inspiring story of a monster kid.
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2034975,00.html
Hammer Films rises from the dead.
http://torontoist.com/2010/12/doug_trumbulls_space_odysseys.php
A look back at 2001: A Space Odyssey through an interview with special effects technician Doug Trumbull.
http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-national/the-walking-dead-has-army-of-viewers-for-season-finale
The Walking Dead attracted even more viewers for its finale than for its record-breaking premiere episode.
http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/12/06/oscars-horror-movies/
Cinematical asks whether Oscars have a double standard in regards to horror films.
http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/12/06/oscars-horror-movies/
The Baltimore City Paper discusses the documentary Nightmares in Red, White and Blue.
http://sfatsf.blogspot.com/2010/12/escaping-into-fantasy-fiction.html
The blog sf@SF writes that “Many people accuse the genre of fantasy fiction of being a means of escape. Because the worlds in fantasy novels are generally meant to be fantastical and so unlike our own, it is assumed that the people that read them are escaping into a more pleasant world. This is not always the case.”
http://www.feoh.org/?p=114
A blogger speculates on why many “hardcore” fantasy and science fiction fans don’t care for Harry Potter.
http://tylersaul.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/seeing-through-the-robots-how-to-watch-science-fiction/
Some thoughts on how to view science fiction.
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