The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Check out The broke-down steampunk dystopian Magic Kingdom of Epic Mickey
• Here’s a gallery of Custom Design Imperial Stormtroopers from the comic-con.

Film

• Film School Rejects names the The 7 Most Buzzed About Movies of Comic-Con 2009.
• GeekDad explains how one family tragedy has proven that George Lucas Is an Evil Genius.
• Geekend asks What are your Low-budget science-fiction film favorites?

Internet

• It’s funny how, with the passage of time, all the males slowly filter out of photo galleries from the Comic-Con. Ten months from now, you could swear only busty girls attended the event.

Literature

• Free Fiction: Listen to the short story “The Hay Devils” by Colin P. Davies at Pseudopod.
• Free Fiction: Read the flash fiction story “Fade to Black” by Laura Eno.
• Free Fiction: Read the short story “Blighted Heart” by Aliette de Bodard at Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• Free Fiction: Read the short story “The Prince’s Shadow” by Emily M. Z. Carlyle at Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
• Interview: Ursula K. Le Guin discusses Literary Bests at the Book View Cafe.
• Interview: Suvudu has posted even more video interviews with Patrick Rothfuss, author of the upcoming Wise Man’s Fear.
• Clive Thompson ponders the Future of Reading in a Digital World.

Television

• Great news! Spaced has been posted online in its entirety, at Hulu. If you’ve never seen it, go watch it now! It’s hilarious.
• Picking The 10 Lamest Star Trek Villains is kind of like shooting fish in a barrel, but Topless Robot still takes a good stab at it.
• Watch the complete Chuck Panel from Comic-Con 2009.

Writing

• Whatever discusses What You Have to Give Up to Write.