The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Over at The Art of M. S. Corley, you can see what the Harry Potter series would look like as Penguin classics. Also, don’t miss what the Lemony Snicket series and Spiderwick series would look like.

Film

• The List Universe picks Top 20 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of the Eighties, and they’re not the ones you’d have guessed.

Internet

• Cory Doctorow discusses How the Internet Will Devour, Transform, or Destroy Your Favorite Medium.
• Little Fivers runs down Signs a Sci-Fi Geek Is Sick.

Literature

• Free Fiction: Read “Dark Planet” by Lavie Tidhar and “Summon, Bind, Banish” by Nick Mamatas at Apex Online.
• Free Fiction: Read “The Listening Glass” by Alexis Glynn Latner at Analog.
• A Christian discusses Frank Herbert’s works without either criticism or sarcasm, claiming “Dune Helped Forge My Religious Identity.”
• The Guardian, which previously ran their list of the 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read, has just published a list of their readers’ all-time favorite science fiction and fantasy novels.
• Try to guess who you would pick as the top three horror writers of all time. Then, see how your picks compare with Mania’s Top 20 Greatest Horror Writers of All-time.

Television

• Bukisa takes a look at the Top 10 Mythological Men of Science Fiction, including our dear Dr. Who and the unforgettable Captain John Sheridan.

Video Games

• Kotaku pontificates on Why You’ll Never Be Happy With Video Game Films.
• Quake Live goes into open beta on February 24th.