Morning Roundup: Game of Thrones/LOST Smackdown!

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Apr 7 2011 11:42am

Morning Roundup: Game of Thrones/LOST Smackdown!

Morning Roundup Time! Every morning we gather some cool outside links and highlights from the Tor.com satellite sites and our handy “Of Interest” sidebar for your pre-work perusal. Check out the Facebook portals themselves—linked below—for even more items that might tickle your fancy.

This morning we’re getting seranded by a unicorn and matching our wardrobes to our favorite Vonnegut book.

Tor.com Science Fiction: After George R.R. Martin slammed the ending of LOST, Damon Lindelof fought back on Twitter with comments such as: “I don’t take issue with his opinion, I take issue with the fact that he coined ‘Pulling a LOST’ as empirically ‘f–king up the ending,’” “I’ve just been informed George is working on his feud response. I’ll have it in FIVE YEARS!”, and “Two final thoughts, George. A. They weren’t dead the whole time. B. 1997 called. It wants its web design back”...but really, he just loves Game of Thrones.
Tor.com Fantasy: Elitest Book Review has a fantastic interview with Steven Erikson. Also, the Daily Beast has 10 secrets about the Game of Thrones TV show that you may not know....
Tor.com Urban Fantasy: This unicorn wants to win the heart of Sarah Silverman with the power of song. We think he deserves a fair shot.
Tor.com Steampunk: Rapping about tea and cricket. You can’t resist... Also, Crabfu SteamWorks makes your steampunk tech a reality (there’s a steam-driven R2D2 in there).
Tor.com Art Department: Hur Chariot shows us how we can coordinate our wardrobe with these awesome Kurt Vonnegut book covers.
Tor.com Wheel of Time: Our very own Leigh Butler shares her experiences with the Wheel of Time community in this video interview!

From the “Of Interest” Sidebar:

New Troopers videos are here, and they’re crazy fun: “Interrogation” and “Swamp Planet.”
We have Hunger Games casting news! Check out who they have lined up for Gale and Peeta.
You are going to spend the rest of the day traveling the solar system thanks to this 3D model.
Here are some fun facts about Jim Henson’s early work and commercials. Hilariously sadistic and every bit at innovative as we remember him being.

Stubby the Rocket is the mascot of Tor.com. When it was young and fresh out of school it backpacked through the solar system. It was alright.

1. rogerothornhill

view all by rogerothornhill | Thursday April 07, 2011 11:07am EDT

I'm disappointed in Martin for not getting that the sideways world was the only post-death/pre-eternity/bardo thingie in there, same way I'm disappointed at Joe Wright for apparently doing a hermetic critique of Sucker Punch solely based on its poster. It's okay to call things failures, but before you say a creator failed you should first understand what s/he was actually trying to do, particularly if you're a creator yourself.

2. KatoCrossesTheCourtyard

view all by KatoCrossesTheCourtyard | Thursday April 07, 2011 12:21pm EDT

I loved Lost for quite some time but stopped watching after 'Merry' left the show. I wasn't happy with the focus being on the big three/four. I liked a lot of the side characters more; also, real life intruded & I started missing episodes. :-(

Not sure how truly worried Martin is about 'pulling a Lost' honestly. He seems pretty impervious to criticism; especially criticism over his tendency to kill characters readers enjoy. ;-)

I do think, however, that Lindelof handled this criticism from Martin with a good deal of poise, dignity, and a great amount of humour. I mean, come on, that line about having to wait five years for a response from Martin regarding their 'fued' was a riot.

Not every series (TV, book, comic, etc...) ends as the fans want them to. Best we can hope for as fans is that the ending makes sense for the series.

Kato

3. cranscape

Thursday April 07, 2011 04:59pm EDT

I am sad GRRM was one of those who missed the fact they were only dead in the sideways 'verse, not for the entire series. Kate had to wait a long time to meet up with Jack because she lived a long life while for him it was just moments. Eh. I guess I would have been bothered too if they had been dead all along, but that isn't what happened.

GRRM has his own story to finish before he can start comparing his attempt at an ending to Lost's. I'm almost more expectant for his since he is taking so freak'n long and doesn't have to keep to a fast turnaround tv schedule. His should be water tight under those self imposed conditions. Of course with his show starting we'd hope he at least finishes before HBO catches up.

Some fans will be disappointed no matter how many years he puts off ending it. That's just how it goes with rabid fandoms. Hopefully he'll have a grace to "pull a Lindelof" and deal with the fanboys graciously and not go casting stones.

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