For You TwitterHeads

18 Sci-Fi Twitter Feeds You Should Be Following (Courtesy of SciFi Wire)

Warren Ellis
23,987 followers
http://twitter.com/warrenellis

The brilliant, and occasionally warped, mind behind Freak Angels, Planetary and Transmetropolitan has a twitterfeed that's antagonistic, insulting, never safe for workand always entertaining.

"Apparently I just gave a guy an anxiety/heart attack simply by responding to his tweet. I believe I like this new power"

Greg Grunberg
41,035 followers
http://twitter.com/greggrunberg

Fans of Heroes' Greg Grunberg (psychic cop Matt Parkman) tweets about the show, Band from TV (his charity cover band) and real life. More importantly, unlike some of the other big names on Twitter, he makes a point to respond to those who are following him. Grunberg landed on Twitter thanks to Heroes castmate Brea Grant (@breagrant, speedster Daphne on the show) and in turn he's convinced James Kyson Lee (@jameskysonlee, who plays Ando) to join.

"Okay, one cliffhanger thing I can reveal is... well.. how do I put this? Uh, you see, Parkman... he, uh... well, he and uh... that guy with"

Wil Wheaton
294,062 followers
http://twitter.com/wilw

Some may always consider him the once and future Wesley Crusher, but Wheaton's moved beyond that, with several books (Just a Geek, The Happiest Days of Our Lives), acting gigs and his blog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net (in Exile). He's amassed an impressive legion of followers on Twitter and tweets about life, acting, parenting, writing and whatever catches his geeky eye.

"Today is GEEKTASTIC: Not only is it pi day, it's the 15th birthday of version 1.0 of the Linux Kernel. Also, I'm DMing tonight. *snort*"

Elizabeth Bear
780 followers
http://twitter.com/matociquala

Bear's a writer (Hammered, Undertow, Dust) who proudly proclaims she tells lies to strangers for money. Her tweets include word counts, misadventures in moving, occasional geekouts about movies, and technological ruminations.

"Ways to spot a writer: She has a mountain of baby name books in seven languages, and has never been pregnant."

David Hewlett
9,096 followers
http://twitter.com/dhewlett

Hewlett played the neurotic genius Dr. Meredith Rodney McKay on Stargate: Atlantis and when the series was in production, he used Twitter to update followers about scripts and on-set adventures. As big a geek in real life as he is on the show, he's used Twitter to promote his projects and random encounters with the real world.

"Meeting Flanigan for lunch...seeing Joe always makes me wish I had more hair...in the RIGHT places...have I just made lunch weird?!"

Felicia Day
251,873 followers
http://twitter.com/feliciaday

The Dr. Horrible alumna and writer/actor on The Guild tweets about her online comedy about a day in the life of a MMORPG-obsessed gamer and her dysfunctional guildmates. An avid gamer in real life, she also tweets about playing Fallout 3 and Dungeons & Dragons, what's on her SF/fantasy reading list and her trials upgrading WordPress.

"Read my #PHB2 on the plane, lady next to me spilled water on it. Wanted to kill her. Sorcerer is out of control want to roll one now please!"

John Scalzi
3,903 followers
http://twitter.com/scalzi

The author of Old Man's War and its sequels as well as the blog Whatever, Scalzi's demonstrated he's not afraid of trying new things by posting his first novel online, twittering and taping bacon to his cat.

"Staying off the computer for the whole day. Unless, you know, I get bored with real life. But what are the chances of THAT?"

Kevin J. Anderson
232 followers
http://twitter.com/TheKJA

Anderson, author of Star Wars and X-Files tie-in novels and the Dune prequels, twitters about the creation of his best-selling books, hiking in Colorado and the daily details of a writer's life.

"deaths, conspiracies, mayhem, poisonings, rampaging sandworms, just another day at the office on DUNE."

Agent M
222,521 followers
http://twitter.com/Agent_M

Agent M is a Marvel.com blogger who brought the company into the Twitterverse. You can thank him by following the official @Marvel twitter feed, as well as that of longtime Marvel editor Joe Queseda (@JoeQuesada).

"We have the Howard the Duck DVD on while cleaning. You can't recognize how far we've come unless you take a hard look back."

Levar Burton
192,666 followers
http://twitter.com/levarburton

Star Trek: The Next Generation's Levar Burton (Geordi La Forge) recently battled his online doppelganger, defeating him in single combat. Or at least managed to get the admins at Twitter to eject the imposter and give him the account. Since then he's been a prolific Twitterer.

"@MargoEve The inspiration for the VISOR was a Banana Clip. How much was the wager? Even more important, how much is my cut?"

Brent Spiner
110,034 followers
http://twitter.com/brentspiner

Nothing like his Data persona from Star Trek: TNG, Spiner's engaging, amusing and often chatty. It's great when Burton, Spiner and Wheaton go on a Star Trek jag riffing on the series and each other. Spiner's engaged with his fans, often replying to tweets, and recently ran a contest to give away his 500th tweet based on the funniest/smartest fan reply.

"Did the interview. Told them my idea for a set with DNA. They didn't seem to go for it but when I left I was missing my little finger tip."

Cory Doctorow
13,866 followers
http://twitter.com/doctorow

Writer, geek dad, co-editor at Boing Boing and Creative Commons advocate, Doctorow took a break from Twitter for a while, but he's back in force now, talking about new media, digital rights and his creative life.

"The baby just said her first word: Chewbacca. SRSLY!"
"She was having her bath with her Star Wars bath toy and staring intently at Chewy. I said, 'That's Chewbacca' & she said 'Joo-bak-ba!' Lots!"

Marvel
12,409 followers
http://twitter.com/Marvel

Marvel's a perfect example of a company that gets Twitter. Instead of a link dump of posts from Marvel.com, Marvel on Twitter regularly polls followers about their favorite comics and heroes, talks about new releases and generally engages their fan base. They're also following a fair number of people.

"Okay! #marvelasks votes are all tallied. Clearly, the Marvel Twitterverse thinks Spider-Man's better friend material than Human Torch. 76-48"

Neil Gaiman
89,335 followers
http://twitter.com/neilhimself

The author of Sandman, American Gods, Neverwhere, Stardust and Coraline tweets from the road, recounting inns, coffee shops and other destinations on his book and movie promotional tours. The release of Coraline in theaters saw him tweeting regularly about the movie.

"Good morning world. I am blinking and strange-haired today. Will be interviewed on Colbert Report tonight, the reality of which just hit me."

Bill Corbett
2,953 followers
http://twitter.com/Billcorbett

One of the writers on Mystery Science Theatre 3000, as well as the voice of the wisecracking Crow T. Robot, Corbett tweets about his new project, Rifftrax. Expect tweets about writing and random encounters with life, some of which include conversations with longtime collaborator Kevin Murphy (@kwmurphy).

"I like Twitter a lot, even if it does tend to make people write in some mashup of Rorschach's Journal and late 80s Seinfeld monologue."

Joe Quesada
6,208 followers
http://twitter.com/JoeQuesada

If you ever wanted to peek inside the mind of a comic-book editor, here's your chance. The big boss at Marvel tweets about ongoing projects, (like the Spider-Man musical) and responds to a surprising number of followers.

"Despite popular and conventional belief, simpler covers work best for grabbing the eye. White background covers even more so."

Brea Grant
17,079 followers
http://twitter.com/breagrant

Grant plays the speedster Daphne on Heroes and has a role in Rob Zombie's upcoming Halloween 2. The Halloween role has her researching horror films and tweeting about what she likes.

"Aliens = amazing sequel. I wish my name was Ripley."

Robert Llewellyn (aka Bobby Lew)
17,830 followers
http://twitter.com/bobbyllew

Bobby Lew is must-follow for Red Dwarf fans that want to keep up with news about the series' new BBC movies. His tweets feature updates on the project, insights into working on the set, and the TV business.

"It's just possible that my obsession with laundry and clean sheets was picked up by Rob and Doug and woven into Mr K's character. Possible?"