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.
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Amazon Presents 100 Children’s Books to Read in a Lifetime
It’s no secret that children’s books aren’t just for kids, and it’s with this fact in mind that our friends at Amazon compiled a list of “100 Books to Read in a Lifetime, Children’s Book Edition.”
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The Cliffs of Insanity: Equality In Our Role Models
Role models should never be limited to someone exactly like you.
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Geeky Oxford–26 Characters and The Story Museum
A museum dedicated to reproducing favorite characters from children’s stories? Yes, it exists. GeekMom Helen explores the 26 Characters exhibition at the Story Museum.
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11 Young Reader Picks for National Reading Month
GeekMom Helen collates great books for younger independent readers for National Reading Month.
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17 Picture Book Picks for National Reading Month
These picture books cover the gamut of books that are new, old, well-known, and never heard of, but all are loved by the families that read them.
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10 Questions With Award-Winning Science Fiction Editor Sheila Williams
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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The GeekDads Episode #142: Several Minutes of Gore
Ken & Matt are back for more geeky conversaion, talking about the holiday movies and catching up on some recent sci-fi reading.
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Remembrance of The Doctor: A Personal Journey Through Time and Space
We need heroes. I need heroes. In the wake of the death and the disillusionment of living heroes, we make up stories with heroes who live up to our values and expectations, heroes who idealize our aspirations and can only let us down if we let them. The Doctor is, in my opinion, the epitome of the hero archetype.
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Holiday Gift Guide #2 — Page After Page of Wonderful Books!
This week, the GeekDad holiday gift guide turns the page to an area of interest, many of us are fanatical about — books. Check out our list and see some of our favorite choices we found on our bookshelves this year.
Continue ReadingGeekMom: Comic Book Corner — November 6th, 2013
We have a wide variety of reviews this week, including Wonder Woman, Black Orchid, and several DC Comics coming out today.
Continue ReadingGeekMom: Comic Book Corner — October 30th, 2013
This week we’re looking at Grimm fairy-tale world, DC Comics villains in Super Villains of DC Comics plus Sandman Overture, Forever Evil Argus, Damian: Son of Batman, and Buffy Season 9 Volume 4.
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Nine Badass Quotes That Motivate
Need an extra boost of confidence to face your nemesis? Here are some of my favorite ego-boosting, up-to-no-good, rebel-without-a-cause quotes to motivate you!
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Best Audio Books for Family Road Trips
Park the gadgets and keep the road trip bonding flowing with our extensive list of great audio books the whole family will love.
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Serious Comics, Part 1: The Usual Suspects
In the world of comics, just as with novels or kids’ books, there are some stories that transcend the realm of “hey, it’s just entertainment” and become Serious Literature. Let’s start with a few big names, the usual suspects.
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Fund This: Video Games and Neil Gaiman Ought to Be in Pictures
An ode to video games and Neil Gaiman’s big-screen debut await your hard-earned cash.
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Neil Gaiman on Cybermen, Google Glass, and World Domination
Tonight, we get to see Neil Gaiman’s second outing writing an episode of Doctor Who. Given the popularity of his first episode — “The Doctor’s Wife” — expectations are high, and I can promise you this episode will not disappoint.
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Ten Things That Make Arthur A Great Geeklet Show
Marc Brown’s bookworm aardvark-who-doesn’t-look-anything-like-an-aardvark has long been sharing shout-outs to geek culture and fandom. There are dozens of references and parodies and plots exploring science (both fiction and fact), art, classic literature, movies… Honestly, it’s hard to find a show for younger kids that’s better at appealing to geek parents and sowing all sorts of neat ideas.
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The Cliffs of Insanity: Kansas City & How to Write Comics
This week’s adventures climbing the cliffs of insanity are centered on my trip to the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Kansas City where I dived into workshops on the invention of romance and how to write comics, subjects that both deal with myths and how to translate them to storytelling.
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Scents Inspired by Neil Gaiman by Our Sponsor Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
Neil Gaiman and his mysterious, magical, marvelous books serve as inspiration for a whole group of scents from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab.
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Support Our Sponsors: Going Gaiman With Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs
On the off chance that you haven’t figured it out by now, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab makes some eccentric and unusual stuff. Perfumes inspired by comics and roleplaying games are just the start, though. To prove that they understand their audience and know we require the very best, most magical and delightful, they have a series of lines inspired by the work of none other than Neil Gaiman.
Continue Reading9 Fictional Beverages You Can’t Have (And Recipes for Them)
In part one of this post, we gave 14 fictional foods and recipes for re-creating them. Now we turn to the potent (and not so potent) potables of our favorite far-off places.
Continue ReadingNaughty and Nice: A Game of Words
I have a game that I play with my son. We read books before bed together every night (my wife and I take turns), and each time he and I read, we play the game.
The game doesn’t have a name, …
Continue ReadingNeil Gaiman Announces New Prequel to The Sandman!
Nearly a quarter century after the first issue of Neil Gaiman’s incredible series, The Sandman, was released, Gaiman has madea very exciting announcement.
Continue ReadingThe Avengers: Why the Myth of Hawkeye Is More Important
An article that ran yesterday on GeekDad by Jim MacQuarrie made it very clear that, from the standpoint of professional archery, Hawkeye couldn’t hit the broadside of Tony Stark’s mansion. With my limited exposure to archery I can’t argue against what …
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday to Doctor Who!
It was 48 years ago tonight, Doctor Who taught the world to play in time and space. It was the day after the world had changed. U.S. President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas, Texas, and the world …
Continue ReadingGeekMom Supports All Hallow’s Read!
All Hallow’s Read is an initiative we at GeekMom have to support (and not only because we love Neil Gaiman who launched the original idea and explains the concept in a zombie-full video.) We also love it because it’s simple (and we moms crave easy-to-do celebrations), because it’s a new Halloween tradition (and we enjoy […]
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 ReadingReview: Anya’s Ghost
As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t read a lot of graphic novels. And when I do, my taste seems to run less towards fantasy than memoir. But when an unsolicited copy of Anya’s Ghost from publisher First Second Books, the …
Continue ReadingDoctor Who: The Doctor’s Wife – A Recap
**** Warning this post contains spoilers about The Doctor’s Wife and may refer to previous episodes of Doctor Who. If you haven’t watched the episode or don’t want to be surprised do not read further. **** Everyone seems to have a story that they would like to see the Doctor live out on screen, […]
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