The Great Geek Manual

Art

• 14 great Cthulhu toys that make devouring souls fun, starting with my favorite, My Little Cthulhu.
• Dresden Codak envisions what Caveman Science Fiction might have looked like.
• A line of toys based on the upcoming Avatar film is already out and looks pretty cool.
• In honor of Zombieland, Inspire 76 has posted a gallery of 26 zombie related images.

Film

• Boston.com runs down its picks for the Top 20 zombie movies of all time.
• FilmSchoolRejects picks the Top Ten Cinematic Trannies, starting, of course, with the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
• FirstShowing has posted a gallery of Photos from the Red Dawn Remake.
• FirstShowing has posted a gallery of Photos from Clash of the Titans, featuring Liam Neeson as Zeus in full armour.
• Over at the LA Times, Dick Jones, the voice of Pinocchio, looks back, looks back at his role seven decades later.
• SciFi Wire asks Do classic science fiction stories still matter?

Internet

• As the service grows increasingly popular, analysts are beginning to wonder, Will Hulu make you pay to watch?

Literature

• Interview: Kristine Kathryn Rusch discusses her writing.
• Interview: Only the Best interviews author David Gunn.
• News: Octavia Butler’s papers going to the Huntington Library.
• CreativeCloud has posted a list of 10 Insanely Coveted Out of Print Sci Fi Novels.
• SciFi Wire names their picks for the 10 scariest Stephen King novels.
• Slate asks When have we not been in the midst of a vampire craze?
• You can buy The Lost Symbol as an ebook or you can download it free from a dozen sites, leading The New York Times to wonder Will Books Be Napsterized?

Television

• Anna Paquin, who was just 11 when she received her Oscar, discusses her role in True Blood, her recent engagement, and more.
• Download your own Law & Order coloring book! “New York City is a place where terrible crimes occur…”
• GeekDad interviews Jamie and Adam of Mythbusters fame.
• io9 shares 6 Important Life Lessons From The Twilight Zone.
• NBC has downgraded Day One to miniseries status. EW wonders wonder is the networks are scared of sci-fi.
• SciFi Wire contemplates 10 theories on what caused the flash forward in FlashForward, though, honestly, does anyone expect the series to progress anywhere near long enough to find out?
• SFX has posted a gallery of Karen Gillan Filming Doctor Who. Is it just me, or is she by far the hottest Dr. Who companion ever?
• Topless Robot picks The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) David Tennant Doctor Who Episodes. Does anyone else think it’s weird that his very best episode is also the one that probably features less face time than any Doctor has ever had in any episode ever?

Video Games

• Ctrl+Alt+Del illustrates The Nine Circles of MMO Hell visa vie Dantes Inferno.

Writing

• Just when you think he’s about to make history, it turns out that Even Dan Brown can’t break the e-book 5% rule concerning e-book sales.