The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Seizure is an art project created by Roger Hiorns. “75,000 litres of copper sulphate solution were pumped into the council flat to create a strangely beautiful and somewhat menacing crystalline growth on the walls, floor, ceiling and bath.” (YouTube)

Film

• IGN counts down the Top 10 Teaser Trailers of all time.
• This weekend, the trailer for Iron Man 2 released at Comic-Con has leaked to the net.

Internet

• io9 asks Has Sci-Fi Become Too Infected By Fantasy?

Literature

• Interview: Lev Grossman talks about Fantasy Going Mainstream at GalleyCat.
• Interview: The Montreal Gazette has an audio-interview with George R. R. Martin.
• Interview: Sci-Fi Fan Letter interviews Joe Abercrombie.
• After a judge granted an injunction against an author attempting to publish what amounts to The Catcher in the Rye fan fiction, Media organizations unite to defend the Salinger Sequel… seemingly contrary to common sense.
• The Free Software Foundation is circulating a Petition for a DRM-free Kindle.
• The 2009 Hugo Awards were announced at Worldcon. Winners included Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book for best novel, Nancy Kress’ The Erdmann Nexus for best novella, Elizabeth Bear’s Shoggoths in Bloom for best novelette, and Ted Chiang’s Exhalation for best short story.
• National Post tries to explain How fantasy took over science fiction. Needless to say, the article begins with the words “Harry Potter.”
• Neil Gaiman discusses The Power Of Storytelling and comics hitting the mainstream.

Video Games

• Elements and Mytheria are Magic-the-Gathering-like CCG flash games.

Writing

• Australian author Karen Miller claims that Writers in general are just not sane.
• Mark Newton shares Some Interesting Things I Never Knew About Being A Writer.