The Great Geek Manual

Film

• News: Just when you thought every actor who could sell out had, news hits the web that Sir Anthony Hopkins has joined the cast of Thor.
• Den of Geek has posted a great list of 18 Movies that Genuinely Scared Us.
• i09 offers up a perspective on The Scary/Funny History of Horror Comedy.

Internet

• Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google talks about what the web will look like in five years. “The internet will be dominated by Chinese-language content… content will move towards more video… today’s teenagers are the model of how the web will work in five years.”
• Facebook has announced that they now allow the profiles of user who’ve died a real death to be memorialized.

Literature

• Interview: Dead Robots Society has a video interview with Scott Sigler.
• Interview: OF interviews David Anthony Durham, author of Acacia.
• Interview: The Sci-Fi Guys Book Review speaks with James Enge, author of Blood of Ambrose.
• Interview: Writer’s Digest interviews Cory Doctorow, author of Makers.
• News: Isaac Asimov estate announces new ‘I, Robot’ trilogy.
• News: J.R.R. Tolkien earns $50 million a year while still dead. !@&# copyright.
• Check out the book trailer for Stephen King’s upcoming novel, Under The Dome.
• io9 has posted an amazing infographic that reveals that Apocalyptic Stories Changed Dramatically 20 Years Ago. Pollution now dominates the genre.
• Tor.com asks what does it take for you to believe in a dirigible? Which movies do you find most awesome in this regard, and which fall into the category of laughable?

Television

• Topless Robot has a gallery of The 10 Best Commercials Featuring Monsters.

Writing

• Publisher’s Weekly asks What Do Teens Want?