The Great Geek Manual

Art

• 13 insane foreign sci-fi movie posters
• Five Iconic 1st Edition AD&D Illustrations proving David A. Trampier is one of the best fantasy artists of all time
• The Geek Art Gallery has posted a gallery of the art of Andry Shango.
• New cool concept art for X-Men First Class
• Super Mario Bros Graffiti

Comics

• News: All First Prints of New 52 Sell Out
• A 7-Year-Old Girl Who Loves ‘Teen Titans’ Reacts Sadly to the New Starfire
• 12-year-old girl thinks DC’s reboot is about Transformers and strippers… So, she’s pretty much dead on. Smart kid.
• The Digital Age: Better Late Than Never
• DC Comics On Starfire Controversy: ‘Pay Attention To The Ratings’
• “The Secret History of Women in Comics” at SPX
• Things From Another World is holding a nick and dent sale.

Film

• Interview: Empire Online has an interview with Guillermo del Toro
• Interview: Idris Elba On Rumors He’ll Be The Next Bond
• Interview: Joseph Gordon-Levitt sits with Collider at the Toronto Film Festival to discuss 50/50, The Dark Knight Rises, and more.
• Interview: Michael Shannon Talks Man of Steel
• News: Ready Player One Gets Movie Deal
• News: Theater owners blast Sony’s decision to stop bankrolling 3-D glasses
• Anne Hathaway’s Full Catwoman Costume Revealed
• Brian Malow on Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Movies
• Infographic: All The Problems Star Wars Characters Could Have Avoided
• New ‘Dark Shadows’ Photos show Johnny Depp Doing His Best Nosferatu
• The Top 10 Movies for Hypochondriacs
• What’s Next for Pixar? The Moon, Scotland and Dinosaurs

Internet

• Cory Doctorow: Tech Companies Exploit the Way We Undervalue Privacy
• This Tumblr devoted to Stormaggedon, The Dark Lord of All is officially my new favorite daily read. Bow down!!!
• YouTube Set to Launch Channels With Scheduled Content

Literature

• Interview: Fantasy magazine interviews Brandon Sanderson of The Alloy of Law
• Interview: Jon Armstrong and Chris Moriarty Talk About Magic in Their Writing
• Interview: John Hodgman interviews George R.R. Martin
• Interview: MTV covers Carrie Vaughn and George R.R. Martin at Bubonicon 43
• Interview: The New York Times profiles urban fantasy rock star Jim Butcher
• Interview: Peter V. Brett discusses the World of the Demon Cycle.
• News: Stephen King has confirmed he is working on a sequel to The Shining called Doctor Sleep. He discussed the book and read excerpts at George Mason University. The book features a new grown up Danny Torrance working as a hospital orderly, fighting vampires pirates, and using his powers to bet on horse races (which sounds familiar). Fans of Kubrick’s film adaptation (which doesn’t include King) were treated to a tribute in a recent Doctor Who episode that recreated a few rooms and corridors from the Overlook Hotel.
• Amazon Publishing: How it controls whole book supply chain
• Are Fantasy Tropes a Punk Response to Literature?
• Frankenstein Moon: Scientists Use Moonlight To Trace Date Mary Shelley Came Up With Monster Storyline
• How the eBook is Changing the Industry
• How to Choose Your Favorite of NPR’s Top 100 SFF Books
• J.M. McDermott Says Our Digital Future is Already A Few Months Behind Us, So What Is It, Exactly, and What Should We Do About It?
• Who Decides What Books Teens Read? Some people think “exposing” teens to dark fiction is a bad idea… Of course, these are the same idiots who later spend a great deal of time wondering why teens don’t act more like adults.

Science

• News: Neil Armstrong denounce NASA, space program as ‘embarrassing’
• Gamers discover two potential new planets
• Real Life Fringe Science

Technology

• Amazon unveils a new full color 7″ multi-touch tablet it is calling Kindle Fire. Also announced are a new Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G. The new Kindle is a tablet for the masses, but it’s not an iPad killer, according to Slate. … though it does put Barnes & Noble in a Tight Spot.
• Engadget has posted a transcript of Amazon’s tablet event in NYC!
• Game consoles to bolster video capabilities
• Glowing bacteria encrypt codes
• Neal Stephenson considers Innovation Starvation

Video Games

• Every gamer knows that strange feeling when videogames start bleeding into the real world. Some call it the Tetris Effect (Wiki entry), but a new study calls it ‘Game Transfer Phenomena’. Sally Adee argues that this property, which she calls ‘everting’, could pave the way for a
  new integration with the Internet and the physical world.
• Felicia Day is Just What Gaming Needs
• Game Consoles Will Continue to Be ‘Gold Standard,’ claims GameStop
• Forbes calls New Activision Promotion ‘Nothing Short of Unholy’
• New Stealth Gameplay Trailer For GOLDENEYE RELOADED

Writing

• Are writers harming themselves by sticking with traditional publishers?
• Paul S. Kemp on How to Write Antiheroes

Want more? Check out Geek Art Gallery for more art links and eye candy. Visit Oneironomicon for more on book trailers, reviews,and writing links.