Today we start voting on fantasy novels. We received over 80 nominations, so browse through the list before making any snap decisions. Although this is a popularity contest, we ask you to not only keep in mind whether you liked the book …
Continue ReadingToday we start voting the world of fantasy. We are trying to find the our reader’s favorite fantasy TV shows of all time. Keep in mind, that while whether you like the show or not is important, you should also …
Continue ReadingThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is perhaps the most expected journey audiences will go on this year. We’ve all been madly waiting to venture back to Middle-earth — back to Peter Jackson’s cinematic version of Tolkien’s world. The anticipation, and …
Continue ReadingThis week we are taking nominations to add to our list of all things best in science-fiction and fantasy. Yesterday we asked you to nominate your favorite science-fiction novels. Today we are looking for nominations for the top fantasy novels. …
Continue ReadingNominate the fantasy TV shows you think we should include in our list by adding a comment to this post. You don’t have to nominate 10 shows, nominate as many as you want, but please give a brief description as …
Continue ReadingJim C. Hines raises money for a good cause while posing in the style of book covers.
Continue ReadingFor my nephew, I made this Mine of Moria-themed cake, which I managed to put together in about two hours. Making this monstrosity, about 12″ x 18″ in the end, was actually not that hard, and as you can see, …
Continue ReadingAlf Seegert’s latest game involves deck-building, but it’s unlike any other deck-building games you’ve played before. In Fantastiqa, players discover themselves in a “land of fabled beasts and fantastical quests,” subduing creatures and recruiting them as allies to fulfill quests.
Continue ReadingCross Yoda with a fairy and what do you get? Brian and Wendy Froud. The fantasy artists and innovators are appearing this weekend at New York Comic Con, opening an art show in SoHo and lauching a new book of …
Continue ReadingOur D&D group has been playing together for almost three years, and one of the hardest things for all of us is scratching the itch between Wednesday sessions. We’ve tried a lot of solutions over the years, mostly in the …
Continue ReadingWhen we last left our intrepid author, Matt Forbeck, he had successfully funded six novels and was well on his way to adding another three to his to do list. Now he’s back with his final trilogy. Yep. 12 books …
Continue ReadingFantasy writer R.A. Salvatore has sold 17 million copies of books. He’s written some 50 novels, 24 of which have been New York Times bestsellers. But it wasn’t easy.
Continue ReadingAuthor 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 Reading2012 Hugo Award nominated author Jim C. Hines discusses Libriomancer, the first book in his new urban fantasy series, Magic Ex Libris.
Continue ReadingBack in 2008, Geek Dad contributor Bart Leib and his wife (and GeekMom contributor) Kay Holt started up a science-fiction and fantasy magazine called Crossed Genres, which eventually grew into a full small publishing operation dedicated to bringing genre-bending novels …
Continue ReadingIt used to be difficult to find genuinely good female characters in science fiction and fantasy. And even today, with plenty of excellent female characters to pick from, there still aren’t that many that are also mothers. In honor of …
Continue ReadingAt the start of April, a call went out to sports-minded GeekDads asking them to join in a new community project: a fantasy baseball league. The first assignment was to have kid franchise owners brainstorm a name and logo for …
Continue ReadingAs widely reported yesterday, J.K. Rowling and her publisher Little, Brown have announced her new book. And, as you may have heard, it’s not for kids. The “blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising” book, her publisher says — her first …
Continue ReadingMy nine-year-old quads are hooked on Wizard101, the kid-safe, free-to-play MMO from KingsIsle Entertainment, aimed at fantasy-loving children like them. They’ve even ponied up for a monthly membership out of their own allowances, which is about the highest endorsement any …
Continue ReadingJust in time for the premiere this Sunday. The author of this article is Dr. Kelly DeVries, a fantastic history professor I was lucky enough to have when I attended Loyola University (then College) in Maryland during my undergraduate years. …
Continue ReadingLast December, author (and GeekDad contributor) Matt Forbeck announced he was writing twelve — yes, twelve — novels in 2012. He successfully Kickstarted his first three, a trilogy of books set in the world of his popular Brave New World …
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Continue ReadingIn honor of the 50th anniversary of A Wrinkle in Time, there is a special edition that was released this month, with the same artwork as the original hardcover release. The new covers have some metallic foil stamping, a Newbery …
Continue ReadingWhile you’re eagerly awaiting the arrival of Thunderstone Advance, I’ll catch you up on the last two expansions from the original series. These both came last summer, when I was in the middle of a major move and had to …
Continue ReadingWizards of the Coast announces a crowd-sourced effort for developing the next iteration of its venerable tabletop RPG, but will this be enough to bring back a fractured fan community?
Continue ReadingIf you don’t know how to fill in the rest of that quote, shame on you. Yes, I’m being horribly judgmental but I am an avowed Star Wars fan and that quote is one of the biggies. It’s right up there with “Use the Force, Luke!” and “I’ve got a very bad feeling about this.” […]
Continue ReadingThe second issue of PrinceLess sees our brave heroine, Princess Adrienne, embarking on a quest to save her sisters from their tower prisons. We also learn that it’s not just the girls in the kingdom who are being forced to live their lives the way the King wants, their own wishes be darned. Now that Princess […]
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Peter Nimble is a blind orphan who, under the tutelage of the beggarmonger Mr. Seamus, became trained in the art of thievery. But one day, while breaking into the carriage of a mysterious Haberdasher, he discovers a mysterious box that sets him on a fantastic journey. Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is, naturally, the story of that journey, and it is filled with magic, adventure, colorful characters, and a riddle.
Continue ReadingBehold, a beautiful princess is trapped in a tower guarded by a fierce dragon and only the bravest knight in the land can save her from her terrible fate. Oh, woe is the helpless maiden! Yeah, that’s not this story. This comic, which is the first in a series of four, is all about a maiden […]
Continue ReadingWatching 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 …
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