Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: Turn Your Kindle into The Neverending Story

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:00 pm, March 22nd, 2013

Best Kindle cover ever. None others come close. Etsy seller GeekifyInc has also made tablet covers that resemble H.P. Lovecraft‘s The Necronomicon, the Red Book of Westmarch from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, and To Serve Man from The Twilight Zone. (/Film)

Hallelujah, it’s the weekend. Have seven pictures of a grumpy otter being awoken from a nap. Then, if you want, go take a nap. Thanks, The Frisky.
GeekDad wishes a happy 82nd birthday to William Shatner. Happy… birthday… Bill.
It looks like Warner Bros. has all but triumphed in the epic, years-long battle over who owns the rights to Superman. More info over at The Hollywood Reporter.

So. This Neil deGrasse Tyson candle is a thing that exists. (io9)

Comics writers Marjorie Liu and Becky Cloonan have a chat about women in comics over at Comic Book Resources.
In the wake of Lynne Ramsay‘s much-talked-about absence from the set on the first day of Jane Got a Gun, which she was going to direct, Calum Marsh at Film.com writes an excellent essay on Why We Need to Talk About How We Talk About Female Directors. (via Women in Hollywood)
Twitch gives us the heads-up on streaming panels from this weekend’s PAX East. And nudge nudge, our own Susana Polo is a panelist on Sunday afternoon’s “You Game Like A Girl: Tales of Trolls & White Knights.” So, y’know. You should watch that. If you want.

This is apparently a few months old, but I just saw it and couldn’t resist throwing it in here. Best Firefly cosplay or best Firefly cosplay? (blastr)

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Anonymous

………..I have The Auryn tattooed on my back. I cannot express how much I love The Neverending Story (and I haven’t even read the book yet, just the movie!). I think I will get a Kindle JUST for this reason. Holy…so happy!!! *cries*
http://twitter.com/Brooke_Surname Brooke Michelle

Welp, I need a kindle now.
Anonymous

This is silly and I don’t need one.

This is silly and I don’t need one.

This is si… oh, hell with it. *clicks buy*
ACF

Love the interview with Liu and Cloonan. Liu’s one of my favorite writers.
Anonymous

If I believed in eBooks I would totally snag that cover or their version of the Red Book of Westmarch.
Anonymous

I got one of these Neverending Story covers for my eReader and it was brilliant at first. Just as awesome as it looks in the picture and I got a ton of compliments on it. But, then after a few months the lining of the cover started to stain and discolor my device. I stopped using it immediately, but the stains remain. Nothing cleans them off… just a cautionary tale for all my fellow geeks out there before they spend their hard earned cash.
Robert Vary

All of those tablet covers are fantastic, but for me personally I’ve gotta give the edge to “To Serve Man.”

“It’s an e-book! AN E-BOOK!”
Anonymous

I might have to get that for my kindle.
Anonymous

Updated! After I posted last night, the very nice fellow who makes the eReader covers e-mailed me with apologies and to let me know that they have since changed both the dyes they use and the production methods, so the staining issue I had should no longer be a problem. In that case, these really are beautiful covers!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003037095323 Jerilyn Nighy

You can get that Auryn on the cover at Shapeways.
Anonymous

I told my partner about this, and he said the same thing. So I told him, “But babe, you don’t understand…it looks like The Neverending Story book!!” O.o!!! He is still not impressed.
Anonymous

Tsk. His ‘taste’ module may be broken… do you think that’s still under warranty? ;)