Sights and Sounds at Star Wars Celebration VI
Star Wars Celebration VI wrapped up in Orlando Sunday, bringing to a close four days of Jedi, Sith, saga celebrities and revelations about George Lucas’ ever-expanding universe.
Continue ReadingAuthor: John Booth
Writer John Booth lives in northeast Ohio with his wife and daughter. He is the author of the book "Collect All 21! Memoirs of a Star Wars Geek – The First 30 Years."
Star Wars Celebration VI Photo Gallery: Costumes, Toys, and Family Fun
I’m excited to be here in Orlando for another Star Wars Celebration, surrounded on all sides by rogues, rebels, robots – hat tip to Brian Daley and the original Star Wars Radio Drama – and fellow fans.
Continue ReadingRediscover the Magic of Books With Libriomancer
Author Jim C. Hines, who tackled the typical dungeon adventure from a new point of view in his Jig the Goblin series, and demolished damsels-in-distress tropes with his Princess books, kicks off his Magic Ex Libris urban fantasy series with …
Continue ReadingInterview with Libriomancer Author Jim C. Hines
2012 Hugo Award nominated author Jim C. Hines discusses Libriomancer, the first book in his new urban fantasy series, Magic Ex Libris.
Continue ReadingWord Winder Is a Winner
It figures that David L. Hoyt, whose puzzle-creation work includes staples like the syndicated Jumble and Word Roundup, is behind a new game that probably deserves a spot on the shelves with classics of the word/board game arena.
The basics of …
Continue ReadingDark Matters Returns to Science Channel
If you liked Science Channel’s always bizarre and often morbid science history show Dark Matters: Twisted But True when it aired last summer, you’ll be happy to know it’s back for another six-episode season.
Continue ReadingDungeons & Dragons: Into the Unknown
I don’t get to play Dungeons & Dragons as much as I’d like (I know: Who does?), so I look forward Wednesday nights, when I drive to my Friendly Local Bookstore for a few hours of D&D Encounters.
Continue ReadingCongratulations to the Star Wars Celebration VI Ticket Winner!
Thanks to all the GeekDad readers who entered our drawing for a pair of four-day passes to Star Wars Celebration VI next month in Orlando.
Continue ReadingContest Deadline: Star Wars Celebration VI Ticket Giveaway
If you want to enter GeekDad’s random drawing for a pair of four-day Celebration VI passes, generously provided by our friends at Lucasfilm, you’ve only got until midnight tonight – July 3 – Eastern Daylight Time. (You can also find …
Continue ReadingAdd Your Voice to the Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion Vote
Are the Disney baddies worthy of cover space on the box art for the upcoming Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion or should Mickey go it solo?
Continue ReadingTimeline: A Look Back at 40 Years of Atari
Forty years ago today – June 27, 1972 – Atari Incorporated was born.
Continue ReadingStar Wars Celebration VI: GeekDad Ticket Giveaway!
For Star Wars fans and families, there really is no experience quite like a Star Wars Celebration.
The sixth – or, if you prefer, the VIth – U.S. edition of the Lucas-saga-centric convention is returning to Orlando in just …
Continue ReadingR.I.P. Ray Bradbury: 1920-2012
There’s something in science fiction fandom’s eye today.
Continue ReadingGirl Genius: Omnibus Volume One
When Tor Books unexpectedly sent me a copy of the recently-collected first hardcover edition of Girl Genius: Omnibus Volume One – Agatha Awakens, it was a welcome introduction to this bizarre and entertaining steampunk adventure. This edition covers the storyline …
Continue ReadingBrand New Jonathan Coulton: “Redshirt”
For the past couple weeks, science fiction publisher Tor.com has been hosting “Journey to Planet JoCo,” a series of daily interviews between author/Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America president John Scalzi and singer/songwriter geek music icon Jonathan Coulton. If …
Continue ReadingJohn Scalzi’s Redshirts: GeekDad Book Review
You already know what this book’s about, right? I mean, it’s called Redshirts. And if you know why that’s funny, and you’re a fan of the genre that made it so, John Scalzi’s new novel will make your day. In …
Continue ReadingPoor Ensign Jones: John Scalzi on Redshirts
A starship captain, a commanding officer and an ensign walk into a bar on an away mission. Guess which one dies?
Author John Scalzi has been having some fun with one of science fiction’s longstanding traditions, and the result is his …
Continue ReadingJordan Weisman Talks Shadowrun Returns
It’s been more than 20 years since a half-dozen friends and I played through an entire first-edition Shadowrun adventure in one awesome overnight session. And while the cyberpunk-meets-magic-and-fantasy role-playing game created by Jordan Weisman back in 1989 has evolved through …
Continue ReadingA Quick Trip to Motorcity: GeekDad Exclusive Clip!
If Detroit Deluxe control freak Abraham Kane had his way, you’d have to wait until next week’s official broadcast premiere to catch Disney XD channel’s Motorcity. Fortunately, GeekDad’s got Mike Chilton and his friends in the underground, who have provided …
Continue ReadingFoxTrot Creator Launches Mini-Collections for iPad
FoxTrot creator Bill Amend has begun offering collections of his long-running comic strip in an iPad-friendly format which he likens to collectible card-game booster packs.
Continue ReadingPast and Future Collide in Disney’s Motorcity
Disney XD channel’s Motorcity is set firmly in the future – things like robots, laser barrages, floating buildings and robodogs are dead giveaways – but there’s plenty to the tone, theme and feel of the the half-hour cartoon, that echoes …
Continue Reading2012 Hugo Award Nominees Announced
Congratulations to the recently-announced finalists for the 2012 Hugo Awards, which were announced Saturday. The winners will be announced in August at the World Science Fiction Society’s Chicon 7 convention in Chicago.
Continue Reading“Hack of All Trades” – An Interview With Eureka Co-Creator Andrew Cosby
A little more than a year ago, I found myself unexpectedly hooked on Syfy’s Eureka. Perhaps not so unexpectedly, the Syfy network announced the entertaining and enjoyable show would end following the forthcoming fifth season, which has wrapped production and …
Continue ReadingMillennium Falcon Owner’s Workshop Manual: Under the Hood
Follow-up gifts can be tough. That’s especially true if you know someone who got a YT-1300 Corellian Freighter for Life Day – or any similar celebratory occasion. Fortunately, there’s the forthcoming Del Rey / Haynes Hardcover Millennium Falcon Owner’s Workshop …
Continue ReadingThe Grid, the Streets, and the Webhead Coming to Disney XD
A minute-long promotional video for Disney XD’s 2012 programming has been released which includes peeks at Tron: Uprising, Motorcity, and Ultimate Spider-Man: Tron: Uprising features the voices of Elijah Wood and the original Tron himself, Bruce Boxleitner; Motorcity teams some …
Continue ReadingThe Fellowship of the Ring and a Decade of Family Geekdom
Almost unbelievably, it’s been ten years since the theatrical release of Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring. Remember ten years ago? If you wanted to re-watch the epic teaser trailer on your computer, kids – – you had to …
Continue ReadingWhat’s Behind James Gough’s Cloak?
One of my favorite storytelling hooks is the classic “hidden world” angle, from motorcycle-riding mice to sentient toys to wizards living among us. In Cloak, Ohio writer James Gough brings a mix of fairy tales and science fiction and fantasy …
Continue ReadingCongratulations to the Doctor Who Giveaway Winners!
From the shores of Lake Silencio, Utah, to the kindness centers of Apalapucia, the sixth series of Doctor Who took fans on yet another spectacular rollercoaster ride through time and space. A quick TARDIS trip to the future revealed the …
Continue ReadingJohn Scalzi: Lord of the Tweets
Watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy has become a holiday tradition in our home, so we spent part of Thanksgiving weekend enjoying The Fellowship of the Ring. Writer and geeky dad John Scalzi went a bit further, immersing himself …
Continue ReadingDoctor Who Sixth Series: DVD Review and Giveaway
As a family, we loved so many things about the most recently-concluded Doctor Who series. The head-spinning convolutions of forking and back-flipping character timelines; the awesome creepiness of The Silence; the return of old friends like the Cybermen and Craig …
Continue Reading