posted Friday December 05, 2008 11:38am EST

Around the Web: free fiction, Warren Ellis news, and vampire squids

More free fiction than you can shake a stick at - Over fifty works, completely free for your enjoyment.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is out! - Oh J.K. Rowling, is there anything you can’t do?

RIP James Cawthorn - The artist and illustrator passed away on Tuesday. He is perhaps most famous for his Moorcock illustrations.

Marvel Comics rediscovers 1973 comic - Based on the story that inspired The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Moist: Humidity Rising - A Dr. Horrible comic.

Pop-up comic books from the 1930s - So awesome! I wish there were still a market for this kind of thing.

THX-1138 Compositions - Bob Logan looks at a few compositions from the film.

Art of movie titles - Scroll down for the Thanksgiving edition, Soylent Green.

Pixar’s Presto - “The chaos theory behind Pixar’s Presto. It’s Not Magic, It’s a Story without Words.”

Steampunk Star Trek wallpapers - Very nicely done.

Warren Ellis’ X-Men: Ghost Boxes #2 Preview Via his site.

Build your own Rubik’s cube-solving robot - And build it out of LEGOs.

Vampire Squid from Hell - Yes, that is his real name.

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5 comments

1. seamus
VIEW ALL BY · Friday December 05, 2008 01:55pm EST

thanks for posting art of the title, i'd forgotten all about that site. they've got a bunch of other SF title sequences, including Brazil, Planet of the Apes (1968), Gattaca, and mini features on the Alien quadrilogy and True Blood titles.

there's also forget the film, watch the titles. very little SF, but great nonetheless.

2. sphericaltime
VIEW ALL BY · Friday December 05, 2008 03:03pm EST

Wow. That Presto article and some of the other ones on Pixar are very interesting.

3. trinityvixen
VIEW ALL BY · Friday December 05, 2008 04:06pm EST

That vampire squid is...mesmerizing. I hate squidbeasts (I blame Peter Benchley's Beast) and I still was reduced to a slack-jawed gaper.

Also: Steampunk Dr. McCoy? AYYY!

4. JStarr
VIEW ALL BY · Friday December 05, 2008 04:59pm EST

Vampyroteuthis infernalis has been my favorite member of the order Vampyromorphida for quite some time now. Oddly, not my favorite cephalopod. That honor belongs to the Colossal Squid.

I quote: "Unlike the giant squid, whose arm and tentacles only have suckers lined with small teeth, the Colossal Squid's arms and tentacles are also equipped with sharp hooks: some swiveling, others three-pointed."

5. Irene
VIEW ALL BY · Friday December 05, 2008 05:33pm EST

Seamus - did you watch the TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD titles. Amazing. I've seen the movie a few times but I guess I have not caught the opening much - i didn't remember how beautiful it is.