The Great Geek Manual

Art

• 20 “Doctor Who” Parodies
• Download Jesus riding a Dinosaur as a paper toy from DigitProp.
• The Page Turner is the latest Rube Goldberg machine from Brooklyn-based kinetic artist Joseph Herscher.
• School Yard Superheroes
• Skyrim in Legos
• Space Invaders Graffiti

Comics

• Comic Book Men Previews And Premiere Revealed

Cross-Media

• Top 11 List of Science Fiction Books, Movies and Music for Creative Inspiration

Film

• Interview: In an interview on The Daily Show, George Lucas claims RED TAILS “The Closest You’ll Ever Get to EPISODE VII”
• The 10 Golden Rules of Superhero Movies
• 10 Nagging Questions Left Open By Disney Movies
• Concept art of the Quinjet in ‘The Avengers’.
• The Hobbit a twelve-minute animated film by Gene Deitch from 1966
• James Bond theme, with NSFW lyrics explaining why he is an arsehole
• The most anticipated Zombie movies of 2012
• Sci-fi energizes South African films: After District 9 genre remains in demand
• Why It’s Important That Han Shot First

Internet

• Battlestar Galactica – The 16-bit Game
• The Best Star Wars Lego Corporate Response Ever
• “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” Performed by the attendees of Burning Man 2011
• Wizards of the Coast has announced that the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons is open to playtesting. It’s a way to see how games are created and refined.

Literature

• Interview: Classic Alfred Bester Interview
• Interview: The Guardian interviewed four science fiction authors on the theme of the current state of SF: Lauren Beukes, Michael Moorcock, Alistair Reynolds and Jeff Noon, the latter two being interviewed together.
• Interview: Horrortalk chats with Joe R. Lansdale
• Interview: James L. Sutter talks about writing and RPGs at SF Signal
• Interview: Newbie’s Guide talks to Jeff Strand, author of Wolf Hunt.
• Interview: Sabrina Benulis plugs her new book, Archon: The Books of Raziel
• 10 Impressive People Who Educated Themselves With Only a Library Card
• FYI: Why Do Libraries Have That Smell?
• Find a Good Book to Read by Exploring Urban Fantasy Novels
• The Joy of Books is a stop-motion tribute to “real books” created by Type Books.
• The Rules of Magic, According to the Greatest Fantasy Sagas of All Time
• The Shared DNA of Epic Fantasy and Steampunk

Science

• Interview: Stephen Hawking on the future of mankind
• How to get a cosmos from nothing
• Science Fact or Fantasy? 20 Imaginary Worlds

Technology

• 3-D Printers: Sci-Fi Technology for the Masses
• Bing looks ahead to Funky, Futuristic Travel

Television

• Interview: Frank Darabont reveals the Walking Dead episode we’ll never see
• News: Tom Hanks to start animated science fiction TV show “Electric City.”
• The 15 Most Devastating Space Vessels in the Star Trek Universe
• The 20 Best Sci-Fi TV Series Opening Credits Of All Time
• Amy Pond Death Watch has begun
• The Ultimate Guide to 2012’s Science Fiction and Fantasy TV
• Why Jon Pertwee made Doctor Who producers fire the 1st Sarah Jane

Video Games

• An analysis of the design of the first dungeon in The Legend of Zelda
• No Limits to Computer Play, Says Psychologist Peter Gray
• The Top Ten Video Games of 2011, as chosen by Comics Bulletin.

Writing

• Why the internet is a trap – and how this writer deals with it

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