The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Josh Ellingson is selling prints of the graphic “Wi-Fi Diner” that he created for Wired Magazine in 2003.

Comics

• io9 asks What’s With All The Undeath In Superhero Comics? My answer: money.

Film

• The first concept art for Thundercats is out, and it doesn’t entirely suck.
• Heckler Spray pick the Top 30 Shockingest Movie Moments.
• Movies Oddity chooses the 10 Best Movies That Didn’t Win An Oscar.
• Paramount is refusing to screen G.I. Joe for critics… meaning *drum roll* it’s going to seriously suck.
• Time Traveler’s Wife is not a sci-fi film, it’s a drama… you know, like Back to the Future.

Internet

• The New York Times offers up an infographic on How Americans Spend Their Day.
• Spike names the Top 10 Girls Geeks Love.

Literature

• Free Fiction: Listen to “Miranda And The Butterfly” by Abigail Hilton at Dunesteef.
• Free Fiction: Read the flash fiction story “Three Earth Words” by Chuck Von Nordheim.
• Free Fiction: Read “Life Goes On” by Abner Senires at Kat and Mouse.
• Free Fiction: Read “Playing with Spades” by Mari Ness at Fantasy Magazine.
• The Crotchety Old Fan explains Why Traditional SF is BETTER Than “Literary” SF.

Television

• News: Battlestar Galactica’s Jamie Bamber and Michael Hogan Appearing in Dollhouse Season 2, continuing the streak of great guest stars.

Writing

• Angela Slatter gives writers some helpful pointer in her article On the Fine Art of Submission.
• Going Loooooooong in Fantasy: For the Love of Money or the Story?
• Jeff VanderMeer asks What College Creative Writing Programs Are Sympathetic to Non-Realist Fiction?