Mark your calendars, Terry Goodkind fans: Disney's television series based on Goodkind's Sword of Truth series, Legend of the Seeker, premieres on your local ABC affiliate this Saturday, November 1.  Check the official website for local channels and times.  (In the Boston area, it starts at midnight on Channel 5.)

Despite the creepy feeling that I typically get when exposed to most of Mr. Goodkind's work, I'll be there, red pen in hand, ready for some Objectivist action/adventure. Review to follow.

In the meantime, those of you who can't wait until Saturday can check out an early review of the two-hour premiere episode by the Hollywood Reporter.

Those searching for virtual immortality will be pleased to hear that a German company, dtp Entertainment, is in the process of bringing Tad Williams' near-future sci-fi virtual world to life as a massively multiplayer online computer game. 

Williams's Otherland tetralogy, which is comprised of City of Golden Shadow, River of Blue Fire, Mountain of Black Glass, and Sea of Silver Light, is a sprawling tale of friendship, family, conspiracy, and immortality, focused at its core on a secret brotherhood and the hyper-real, virtual reality network they have created to achieve their dark ambitions.

The books are definitely worth the read; we'll have to wait and see about the game.  But it was only a matter of time until Otherland-as-MMO happened.  The only question is, will it live up to the books' vision?

dtp's Otherland MMO is already in development.  The Eurogamer story links to some teaser screenshots.