The Great Geek Manual

Film

• The List Universe’s choice not to include Kubrick’s The Shining in its Top 15 Movies Based on Stephen King Stories urks me to no end. True, it didn’t follow the novel to the letter, but it’s one of the classics that every film student watches for good reason.

Internet

• The International Society of Supervillains calls out 10 Supervillains Who Need New Catchphrases.

Literature

• Interview: Art & Literature interviews Lewis Shiner, author of “Black & White”.
• Author John Scalzi has launched a new site, BigIdeaAuthors.com. The site is designed to inform readers about new books, entertain them through author essays, appearances and interviews, and motivate them to discuss books them with others.
• I didn’t need any convincing, but it’s always nice to have your own opinion validated: Why Fantasy Is Still Awesome.
• The Magic District is the newest fantasy group blog. It’s authors include Tim Pratt and Greg van Eekhout and strikes me as interesting reading.
• Neil Gaiman explains his take on the issue of whether or not the Amazon Kindle’s text-to-speech function infringes on copyright.
• The Shirley Jackson Awards is holding a lottery to raise funds for the award… though I’m not certain anyone who has ever read Jackson’s works would actually enter.

Television

• io9 previews the first three episodes of Dollhouse, the new Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku scifi spy series.
• The eleventh Doctor, Matthew Smith, has been signed for a three year stint on Doctor Who.

Writing

• The Paperback Writer explains the The 22 Immutable Laws of Publishing.

Writing

• IGN lampoons 10 First-Person Shooter Cliches.
• Unreality has posted videos of The Top 15 Funniest Halo Deaths.