Movies, TV, Behind the Scenes, Books, Unicorns, and Science!

All right...if I talk too much about everything I found for you all today, we'll be here far, far longer than I'd like.  So let's get right to it.

First...the CATICORN!

That's Stanley, Aunt Tricia's awesome kitty.  We got here a unicorn horn for cats while we were in Paris.  This is the result.  The box says that cats love it....

I'm not sure the makers of the unicorn horn actually have cats....

I finally caught up with some of my mail today, and I found out the George R. R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, and Patrick Rothfuss are all writing for an anthology of stories about rogues!  And Pat's story is going to be about Bast!  And George R. R. Martin!  And Neil Gaiman!  So here's the book, and I'm pretty sure it can be pre-ordered now on Amazon.

Speaking of George, I found a few YouTube videos to share with you all.  The first is the season four trailer which features a really great song, and the second is all about how the series came into being--as narrated by Charles Dance--otherwise known as Tywin Lannister from the series.


Here is the season four trailer, and below is the Game of Thrones: Long Story Short.


From one fantasy to another, we head from world of epic fantasy to a beloved fairy-tale--that of Sleeping Beauty.

For those of you in the know, we've been privileged these past few years to have some marvelous (and terrible) reinventions of our favorite fairy tales.  Disney's Maleficent seems to fit in the marvelous category so far--or at least that's the impression I've gotten from their recent trailers.  This third trailer, released today, makes me really excited and hopeful for the movie--and hopeful that future fairy-tales may begin to see some beautiful, magical retellings on such an epic scale as this.  (Also, check out the music for this.  It gives me the shivers.)


With all that fantasy, we need a little science fiction to balance it out, and with that in mind, the BBC is set to deliver.  They have a new series that will be premiering after Orphan Black this year called The Real History of Science Fiction.  From what I've seen on the web site so far, this is a definite must-see for any science fiction lover.

And here's a little teaser trailer....


Last, but not least, we turn to science and Brian Green who recently launched the website World Science U.  He recently did a question and answer session with io9 about String Theory--and other science stuff.

World Science U offers courses in all kinds of scientific areas including particle science, the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, and ...well, go take a look for yourself!  I'm certainly looking forward to exploring them all.