As we all know, the internet is a brilliant place to find incredibly odd and wonderful things so I figured, hey, it’s Thursday, let’s round up all that fun and have a giggle. So I’ve trawled the far reaches of the world and present for your perusal some great things to improve your day.
Fancy reading a free chapter of the new Joe Abercrombie novel Red Country? Who would win between Power Rangers and zombies? Which is better, an Iron Throned Obama or a dancing Wolverine? And finally, who are those sexy gents with Iain M. Banks?
Enjoy.
Red Country
Red Country is out TODAY! To celebrate, the guys at Gollancz are giving you the third chapter of the book to read for free.
Kickass 2
The official synopsis for Kick Ass 2 has been revealed over at Coming Soon. Check it out here.
The Hobbit
Here be new images from The Hobbit including the first look at the return of Elijah Wood as Frodo! (Via Collider)
Iain Banks has a new book out!
LOOK! It’s us, your Fantasy-Faction editors on the Orbit Books blog as they celebrate The Hydrogen Sonata making the Sunday Times Bestseller list.
Iron Man 3 Promo Image
Is it just me who is very, very excited by this promo image for Iron Man 3? (Via ComicBookMovie.)
Nightmare Before Christmas Poem read by Christopher Lee
I LOVE this. Tim Burton’s original The Nightmare Before Christmas poem read by the one and only Christopher Lee. Can you believe how much of what made it into the movie is here in the original poem?
Cookie Monster on Mars
Cookie Monster has been spotted on the planet Mercury! (Via IO9)
Power Rangers vs Zombies in London
Apparently Power Rangers recently rescued London from zombie hordes.
Coming from Orbit 2013
Back to Orbit books as they give us a look at what we can expect from them next year. UK link here and the USA here.
Black Library’s: The Gret Betrayal
You can read a short extract form the new Black Library novel The Great Betrayal here.
US Election Fun
There are some brilliant memes coming out of the most recent US Presidential debate and BuzzFeed have them collected up here. The above two are my favourites for obvious reasons.
The Daylight War is coming!
Harper Voyager have a short but sweet piece on the cover shoot for the hugely anticipated next novel from Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War.
And Finally…
And finally, to play us out on this Thursday, I leave you with one of the only pictures that could possibly top Obama on the Iron Throne. One of these men is a singer, a dancer and from a strange faraway continent and the other man is Korean popstar. Yes, it’s Hugh ‘Wolverine’ Jackman and Psy doing Gangnam Style. (Via Psy’s Twitter)
Richard Marpole
Jennie Ivins
I just checked out the free chapter of Red Country…Brilliant writing- you feel the hearts beating under the gritty, grungy exteriors of the characters. I’m a new fan of Joe A.!!!