Friday, September 13, 2013

Fantastically Fun Fridays: September 13, 2013

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone!  To celebrate, here's a blast from the past--the trailer for the original Friday the 13th movie:


Also, today we'd like to offer congratulations to Alannah from California, who was the winner of our Overpowered giveaway!

Here are some other fun things we found for you this week:

  • Turns out, Voyager has left the solar system...again. (xkcd)
  • A glimpse at some rarely-seen full-size illustrations from the U.S. version of the Harry Potter books, as done by Mary GrandPré. (Buzzfeed) 
  • And speaking of Harry Potter, it seems that J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers are teaming up to bring us a new film series based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. (Facebook)
  • So, this isn't exactly scifi/fantasy, but it's really interesting--apparently, color words appear in stages as a culture and language develop, and across the world, the color blue always appears last. (Radiolab)
  • A hilarious Wizard of Oz-based tourism ad for Wisconsin. (YouTube)
  • Pictures of the real-life places where J.R.R. Tolkien lived, and that may have inspired his fiction. (Telegraph)  
  • The history of Hollywood--illustrated in LEGO. (Imgur)
Have a great weekend, everyone!