Tales from The Paper Mountain: Volume 5
This month. as I climbed my paper mountain, I discovered heirs to Pratchett, Adams, and Asimov, a new series of DC icons, and a great book about the perils of immersing yourself in computer games.
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Tales From the Paper Mountain: Volume 4
The long-time-coming 4th volume of the Tales From the Paper Mountain, includes alternate history, time travel, demons, and a little bit of romance.
Tales From the Paper Mountain: Vol 3
This month’s Tales From the Paper Mountain includes two novels about the Soviet Union. One about fictional Russians who travel in time, the other about a legendary composer who never had the courage to escape.
Further Tales From the Paper Mountain
A waystation between stops on the paper mountain to highlight two excellent books that are completely different, yet remarkably similar.
Tales From the Paper Mountain: Volume 2
The Paper Mountain Vol. 2 takes in Commodore 64 nostalgia, goblin kings, and Irish villages.
Tales From the Paper Mountain: Vol. 1.
Following on from my 2017 reading resolution, this is the first of series of monthly reviews of the books that form my ever-growing paper mountain.
‘Warlock of Firetop Mountain’ Now Available on iOS
All of Steve Jackson’s classic Fighting-Fantasy paperback adventures, now available for your iPhone and iPad.
‘The Warlock of Firetop Mountain’ Brings Choose Your Own Adventure To Life
‘The Warlock of Firetop Mountain’ by Tin Man Games brings to life the classic choose-your-own-adventure novel to the digital tabletop.
GeekMom: Comic Book Corner — Spider-Man and Space Mountain
Ultimate Spider-Man and Space Mountain take you for a ride this week in GeekMom’s Comic Book Corner.
Pinbusted or Pintrusted: Making Fire Starters With Toilet Paper Tubes
Let’s continue testing out the ideas we see on Pinterest by making toilet paper tube fire starters!
60 Mountain Lion Tips for Mac Users
For those of you who have made the jump to OS X Mountain Lion on your Macs, you’re going to want to check this one out. David Sparks and Brett Terpstra have just released a new book in the Macsparky …
Mountains on the Moon: A Stunning Image From LRO
If you don’t already, you really should checkout NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website daily. Today’s image has left me particularly awestruck at its beauty. It is an image from the Tycho Crater on the Moon taken with …
Snow Day No.5: Paper Craft Activities
Since we continue to be snowed in I have an all points bulletin out for things to do with my Geekette. She has been out of school since January 28th (one sick day the rest due to our mountains of snow) and everyone is getting on each others nerves happy to be spending so much […]
Review & Giveaway: Paper Jamz Makes Guitarists Out of Air
If you were a teenager or a twenty-something anytime in the past 60 years or so, the odds are you’ve played air guitar at least a few times. It’s OK to admit it: we all do it, and we all …
RPG Battle Maps Square Off: Paper or Gaming Paper?
I’m always on the lookout for something cool to bring to the gaming table. The one thing I’m never satisfied with? My battle map. A few months back, I put the Battle Graph Dry Erase Boards to the test and …
Stack Overflow: 2019 Reading Resolutions
What do you want to read this year? The GeekDads and GeekMoms share our reading resolutions for 2018.
5 Reasons to Read the ‘Themis Files’ by Sylvain Neuvel
What’s best about discovering a trilogy when all the books are out? Devouring the whole lot at once. My 5 Reasons to Read the ‘Themis Files’ by Sylvain Neuvel.
5 Reasons to Read 5 Great Books – June 2018 Edition
Looking for some great reads take you through the Summer? Here are 5 great books with 5 reasons to read them!
Stack Overflow: 2017 Year-End Reflection
Well, somehow we’ve reached the end of 2017 already, and we figured it was time to check in on the reading resolutions we made at the beginning of the year.
Introducing Word Wednesdays With DK’s ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie’ Books
In the first of new series of Word Wednesday video reviews, we take a look at DK’s range of books from ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie.’
Stack Overflow: 3 Great Books by Women Writers
In this week’s Stack Overflow, Robin looks at three works of fiction from female writers and finds three of the best books he’s read this year.
GeekMom: Countdown to Christmas with Advent Calendars from Insight Editions
It’s beginning to look a lot like… Yeah, I know, it’s still a bit early for most of us (myself included). However, while there might still be over six weeks until The Big Day itself, the beginning of Advent is just three weeks away so I hope you’ll forgive me popping in with a few […]
GeekMom: Father’s Day Gift Guide 2022
Welcome to this year’s Father’s Day Gift Guide where we celebrate all things fathers and father figures. Our writers have put together a list of what they think the dad in your life would love to unwrap from exercise equipment to books to games to toys and more. We’ve got a little bit of everything […]
Re-Roll: This Week’s Tabletop Game News for the Week Ending June 10, 2022
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending June 10, 2022.
GeekMom: Between the Bookends: 5 Books We Read in April 2022
This April, Sophie and Scott picked up a varied selection of books including the conclusion to a series that has spanned nearly 20 years, the latest novel from David Duchovny, and a fascinating memoir by an MIT astrophysicist. They hope you find something to enjoy from this month’s reviews. Please note: This post contains affiliate […]
GeekMom: Into the Woods With My Babes
I often wonder whether my offspring will inherit my loves, my passions, my obsessions. When my eldest was a baby we would load the iPod with Beatles albums and play them while he slept. Who knew it would take the Beat Bugs to secure his love, and Star Lord’s Walkman to take him deeper. We […]
Dark Matter Collider TKL Gaming Keyboard
Monoprice delivers an amazing tenkeyless gaming keyboard with Cherry MX switches at an amazing price this holiday season!
Get Ultimate Help for DMs and Players With ‘The Ultimate Random Encounters Book’ and ‘The Ultimate RPG Quest Keeper’
‘The Ultimate RPG Quest Keeper’ and ‘The Ultimate Random Encounters Book’ are easy, inexpensive roleplaying aids that inspire and foster creativity for both players and DMs.
GBC AutoFeed+ Home Office Shredder
GBC’s new Autofeed+ Home Office Shredder helps you take those old documents and safely dispose of them.
GeekMom: Green Toys vs. Greener Toys
We are a things family. We buy things, lots of things. We each collect something. We each have a favorite kind of souvenir we get when we travel. We’ve never adopted the approach that many of our friends did when we all started having kids, with all wooden toys, no synthetic fibers and the like. […]