The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Core77 gas posted a gallery of laser-cut sculptures of Victorian/Steam Punk Construction Vehicles. The artist’s original site is currently, down, but once its back up, it’s sure to be worth a look, too.
• The UK’s Telegraph has collected some beautiful Examples of Literary Tattoos. See if you can place the quotes.

Film

• Are Geek overrated Hollywood or we really a (market) force to be reckoned with? Reuters investigates.
• In case you missed the sound of a thousand fans screaming it, the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer has hit the nets this week. *Sigh* Now that damn movie is all we’re going to hear about.
• io9 believes that Scifi Movies are Finally Catching Up to Novels and Going Steampunk, and with the slate of steampunk coming to theater, I have to agree.
• Is the Foundation Trilogy finally going to make it to the Silver Screen, or are our hopes going to be dashed yet again? Seldon only knows.
• John Scalzi examines whether or not The Dark Knight is Oscar worthy.
• Robo Cop remake to be Rated R. The reason behind the rating, according to internet, is that there will be a LOT of killing.
• The Termination Salvation poster is out and as badass as fans could hope.

Internet

• Deen of Geek has rounded up The Top 10 Secret Hideouts… but can a starbase the size of a small moon really be termed a “hideout”?
• Only Topless Robot would write it: The 7 Biggest Asshole Computers in Science Fiction.

Literature

• The Crotchetry Old Fan offers up a carefully-considered list of the Top 150 Classic Science Fiction Authors.
• Free Fiction: “Dry Frugal With Death Rays” by Alex Wilson is an interesting bit of satire from Futurismic.
• Free Fiction: “Laws of Survival” by Nancy Kress is online at WebScription.
• Free Fiction: “The Wind” by Edward Willett was originally published in Dark Wisdom, but is now freely available at EdwardWillett.com
• Interview: Adventures in SciFi Publishes hosts Neil Gaiman discussing his experience teaching at the Clarion workshop.

Television

• Entertainment Weekly has post a gallery of The 24 Smartest TV/Movie Characters, which features Henry from Eureka, Lisa Simpson, and Mr. Spock.
• io9 lobbies for a Farscape Reboot. I say waaaaaay too soon. Wait for society to change, then reboot the series to fit the audience.

Video Games

• Tenton Hammer has posted a Preview of the StarGate MMO from the Comic-Con.