1. SciFi novelist and Scanner columnist John Scalzi runs down the three ways to make good and cheap science fiction . Wait, isn’t that redundant?

2. Nick Nadel explains how to make a successful Hulk movie. And don’t disagree with Nick: You’ll make him angry, and you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry…

3. Prep the FTL drive, input the nav coordinates into the hyperdrive computer and buckle down for warp speed because H is for Hyperspace in this week’s ABC’s of SciFi.

4. The Scanner talks to Marvel’s Brian Michael Bendis, who describes the complexities of nerdgasms. Seriously.

5. How do you make a Tyrannosaurus Rex appear? Follow Drew Pisarra’s four simple procedures, then run like hell.

SciFi Dept. Video: Kevin Maher is here to tell you that if you think you’ve seen the weirdest movie on the planet, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

SciFi Scanner Talk Forum: This week’s forum discussed the best science fiction vehicles. Halonut117 said, “I like the trailers from Log on to the Talk forum to join in this conversation, or to start a Science Fiction topic of your own!