Stack Overflow: On Human Evolution
Part of my reading resolutions where some books about this topic, here are my thoughts so far.
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Between the Bookends July 2016: Brontes, Blades, and Boys
This month the GeekMoms recommendations include two new takes on the works of the Brontë sisters and a look at the book that inspired ‘Hamilton.’
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Letting the Oddity Live On: A Salute to Diana Wynne Jones
When I read Diana Wynne Jones, it doesn’t matter how my writing abilities compare, because I’m too busy trying to keep up with my own imagination. It’s like my own magic window to the Related Worlds defogs, and I am suddenly seeing stories everywhere I look and hearing characters come to life in my head.
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In Memoriam: Geek Icons We Lost in 2015
It is only appropriate that we also take a look back and celebrate those who helped advance the collective culture we currently enjoy. It is with admiration and respect that we acknowledge just a handful of those individuals who we lost in 2015.
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3 Things Parents Should Know About ‘The Shepherd’s Crown’
The last ‘Discworld’ novel. The last Terry Pratchett penned book. The final word from my favorite author. Join me, won’t you?
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Authors Who Make Me Laugh Out Loud
GeekMom Lisa raids her bookshelves for her some of her favorite funny reads.
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Cool Books to Share With Your Kids: Terry Pratchett
You didn’t have to know Terry Pratchett or the world he wrote about to start reading him, but once you started, his stories would always leave a mark on you. He changes the way you see the world.
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How Terry Pratchett Made Me a Better Father
A memorial of my favorite author, plus a handy tip for reading his work.
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R.I.P. Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015
There is very sad news in the literary and geek worlds today.
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BBC Radio 4 Brings Good Omens to Life
There may not be a movie in the works, but BBC’s Radio 4 is bringing this End Times comedy to life.
Continue ReadingHow I Did A Deal With The Nightmare
I’m a geek and a writer. Therefore I’m able to talk with mythical and literary beings, which is usually disturbing but may be proved useful, in very rare occasions. I always had a special bond with dreams. Far before I read The Sandman and fell in love with Dream himself (who hadn’t?). I am blessed […]
Continue ReadingAnkh-Morpork Is the Discworld Board Game You’ve Been Waiting for
When I heard that Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series was getting some board game love this year, I was more than a little intrigued. I’ve been a big fan of the series ever since I was a kid, and I’ve always …
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday, Sir Terry Pratchett!
All of us at GeekDad would like to send along our happiest birthday wishes to Sir Terence David John “Terry” Pratchett, OBE, author of the Discworld novels, the amazing, hilarious, and wonderfully satirical series of fantasy stories that have been …
Continue ReadingTerry Pratchett Provides Some Good Good Omens Omens!
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s novel Good Omens is by any reasonable standard one of the top ten funniest books ever written. I’ve read it at least a dozen times over the 21 years since its first publication, and it …
Continue ReadingAnd My Sword: Pratchett’s Meteoric, Medieval Masterpiece
If you’re Sir Terry Pratchett and you want a sword — as a good knight should — you can’t possibly go about it in a typical fashion. That just wouldn’t do. So instead of looking for something expected like steel, …
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