Like your goblins with a little gunpowder? Your orcs with a little ordnance? Then immerse yourself in the dark and gritty world of hardboiled nor fantasy with the Shotguns & Sorcery RPG Kickstarter.
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Patrick Rothfuss’s charity, Worldbuilders, is hosting its annual fundraiser. Here’s your chance to make a difference and maybe get some really cool stuff at the same time.
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Love to read creepy books on chilly nights? Here are 10 to try this fall and winter, from middle grade to adult.
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The new YA novel makes you paint an entirely new universe in your mind; one that has battles, magic, and love, all on the back of a giant turtle.
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It took a bit, but the GeekMom Game of Thrones Recap is back. This week we talk about Episode 3, “Breaker of Chains” — and it’s a doozy. Don’t forget to tune in right after the show, 10PM EST for our future episodes!
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Geek Dad contributor Bart Lieb and Kay Holt are running a Kickstarter to fund another year (at least!) of Crossed Genre Magazine—their progressive speculative fiction anthology series.
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Is the award-winning editor of one of science fiction’s top magazines a geek or a nerd? Join us as Sheila Williams of Asimov’s answers ten GeekMom questions.
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Does a six foot four, grumpy, Scottish warrior reflect my actual personality, or what I wish I could be? What does your role-playing choices say about your life?
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All setting, no plot, made creating an imaginary college the fun way to deal with illness.
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Fire-breathing dragons like Smaug don’t exist in our world — but what if dragon evolution had gone a different way?
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If you live in the United States or Canada, you could win one of five copies of the YA fantasy Dark Talisman by Steven M. Booth.
Continue ReadingMy nephew is an adult, and one of my favorite people to hang out with. One day, the smell of smokey tea took us to another dimension.
Continue ReadingThe Campbell Award for Best New Writer is given annually to one author who has published his or her first professional work within the past two years.
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Into the cauldron that is her debut urban fantasy novel, The Bone Season, Samantha Shannon has wisely sprinkled every element for potential success.
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If you haven’t read Tamora Pierce’s books, here are six reasons you should start.
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There’s a Comic-Con panel Saturday about The Dark Crystal, as well as the launch of the new official Dark Crystal fan site, which includes a pretty cool “The Making Of…” section with production images, photos, and a peek into Jim Henson’s creative process.
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The Jim Henson Company and Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, are re-booting The Dark Crystal franchise — or so it would seem — with a contest called the Dark Crystal Author Quest. The deal? Fans are encouraged to send in ideas for the “first book in a new young adult series based on the world of the classic fantasy film.” The winner gets a $10,000 contract to write the book.
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There are so few good dads in science fiction and fantasy. Fathers in so many stories are absent for one reason or another (death being fairly common), and sometimes they even turn out to be the villain! So where are the Mike Bradys of science fiction and fantasy? The Cliff Huxtables? You do happen upon dads of those stripes, or roughly equivalent ones, every now and then. Here’s our list of the top 10.
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R.I.P. Jack (John Holbrook) Vance, 1916-2013.
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Fans of the mysterious Raven King and his alternate fantasy history of England will get a chance to see their favorite characters brought to life next year. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, is being co-produced by BBC America as a new drama series to premiere in 2014.
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Japanese steampunk. Yeah, I said Japanese steampunk. Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff is a dystopian feudal Japan setting with Iron Samurai wielding chainsaw katanas. Chainsaw katanas. It is a well-done kung-fu movie as a book, but with a female heroine, and a detailed new fantasy setting.
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In general, geeks prefer to use brains rather than brawn, to get themselves out of a situation. So, their insults are often witty, literary and highly intelligent. But not always. Here are a few of our favorites. Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking… Nerf herder!— Princess Leia, The Empire Strikes Back You know, you are a […]
Continue ReadingUnlucky Charms is the second book in the Cold Cereal Saga, Rex’s series about magic and breakfast cereal. If you haven’t read Cold Cereal yet, I’ll make this easy for you: get it now, read it yourself, give it to …
Continue ReadingPowerful mages battle each other, each with their own philosophies of magic at the ready. Cast spells from your spellbook and maneuver around the arena in a fight to the death. The game is Mage Wars, and things will get …
Continue ReadingWith a total of 3,284 votes cast (a maximum of 10 per reader) for the 87 novels nominated, the best Fantasy novel of all time as selected by the readers of GeekDad is (drum roll…)
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Remember how I said that Lawrence, Kansas is a secret hub of science fiction and fantasy awesome? Meet Kij Johnson, KU’s new fantasy professor, an award-winning writer of fantastic things, and one of the people that makes the city such a great place for geeks. She’ll be at Oxford this January for the inaugural Pembroke Lecture in Fantasy Literature. Recently, I sat down with her to chat about her work, her books, grad school, and life in general.
Continue ReadingWith a total of 2,420 votes cast (a maximum of 10 per reader) for the 39 shows nominated, it was close — a margin of just 3 votes — but the best fantasy TV show of all time as selected by the …
Continue ReadingWe didn’t get a lot of nominations in this category, so we’re going to allow for write-ins. Just add your favorite quote to the voting list, and then in the comments for this post so that others might consider voting …
Continue ReadingOur final category in the week long vote to find the best in science-fiction and fantasy is for the top 10 opening lines in a genre novel. We got some good suggestions during the nominations, and we’re happy to present them …
Continue ReadingEveryone thinks their hero is great at killing monsters and collecting loot. In Gauntlet of Fools, you get to boast about your heroes before entering the dungeon: go in blindfolded or hopping on one leg or with one arm tied …
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