The Great Geek Manual

Art

• 130 Halloween Pumpkin Carvings for Your Inspiration.
• Adam Crowe has posted an amazing infographic of NASA’s 50 Years of Space Exploration.
• Alastair Levy is photographer whose subject matter consists of everyday objects, each with its own little twist.

Comics

• Create Your Own Marvel Comic Book, no experience necessary.

Film

• Interview: The New Yorker profiles director James Cameron.
• SciFi Wire looks back at the 10 most nightmarish movie prom nights.

Literature

• Interview: Romance Bandits interviews Laura Anne Gilman, author of the Retrievers series and the new Flesh and Fire.
• Interview: SF Signal has posted a gallery of videos from behind the scenes of The Gathering Storm, the last book in The Wheel of Time series.
• Interview: Suvudu interviews Christopher Paolini, author of the Inheritance series, and Esther Friesner, author of Sphinx’s Princess.
• Margaret Atwood has embarked on a four-month international tour to promote her latest novel, The Year of the Flood.
• “Nearly universal literacy is a defining characteristic of today’s modern civilization; nearly universal authorship will shape tomorrow’s.”

Television

• IGN counts down the Top 25 Anime Characters of All Time with few surprises.
• USA Today looks at What really happens on ‘Inside the Actors Studio’.
• Wil Wheaton wrote about his appearance on The Big Bang Theory this week.

Video Games

• Unreality has compiled How Sweet: A Collection of Video Game Marriage Proposals and Weddings.

Writing

• All Freelance Writing explains to writers How to Make Your Own “Dumb Luck”.
• To Develop Your Writer’s Intuition, You Must First Read Like A Maniac. (Duh)