Trailer Theater: ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ New Christopher Nolan, and More
On this week’s Trailer Theater, the first trailer for ‘Bladerunner 2049,’ Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk,’ two new adaptations of Stephen King works, and more.
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Tag: Stephen King
GBBP 98: Joe Hill
Happy Halloween! Today, we’re chatting with Joe Hill, author of the ‘Locke and Key’ comics, novels such as ‘The Fireman’ and ‘Horns,’ and the forthcoming ‘Tales from the Darkside’ scripts.
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Creepy Clowns and Your Kids
There has been a spate of incidents recently in which people dress up as scary-looking clowns and hang around creepy places hoping to frighten people. This sort of prank is nothing new. What’s new is the level of fear and distress being displayed in response to what’s obviously a juvenile prank.
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‘The View From the Cheap Seats’ by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman’s fiction has changed my life several times, so it was no great shock to me that The View From the Cheap Seats, a collection of his non-fiction, would also have a profound impact on me.
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Apocalyptic Summer Reads
Sitting on a beach, reading tales of humanity’s destruction. Sound good to you? Rebecca Angel has a list of great apocalyptic novels for you.
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5 Books That Can’t Hit the Big Screen Fast Enough
Booklovers can look forward to some page-to-screen adaptations in the future that might just live up their expectations. Almost.
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Official ‘Dark Tower’ Casting News
Today Stephen King started the day by officially announcing the casting of Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey as Roland Deschain and the man in black, respectively, in the upcoming ‘Dark Tower’ film.
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‘The Dark Tower’: Will Idris Elba Make a Good Roland?
I’m looking forward to ‘The Dark Tower’ films more than anything else Hollywood is doing, including new ‘Star Wars’ movies. The latest announcement about the possibility of Idris Elba being cast as Roland has now left me torn about my feelings, but not for the reason it is bothering a lot of people.
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‘The Dark Tower’ Movie Gets a Release Date
Variety just reported a whole slew of release dates for Sony Pictures through 2017, but only one really matters–‘The Dark Tower.’
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Change Perspective With ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King
Stephen King’s ‘On Writing’ is a short and snappy book that will make you a better writer, and a better reader.
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19th Time’s the Charm: ‘The Dark Tower’ Picked up by Sony and MRC
Earlier today, I was tagged in a Facebook post by a friend who knows I’m such a huge fan of Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower.’ Her post linked to The Hollywood Reporter’s story announcing the latest in an endless line of studio homes for the screen adaptation of King’s magnum opus. Sony Pictures and MRC have called dibs this time around, choosing to adapt ‘The Gunslinger,’ the first book of the series. They’re going with a revamped script from Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner.
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Between the Bookends at GeekMom
Sherlock Holmes, Heinlein, Barbara Kingsolver and a book about fonts are part of this month’s GeekMom reading.
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Serious Comics, Part 6: Fancy Fiction
Most of the comics I’ve listed in my serious comics posts are ones that I would argue qualify as capital-L Literature. Of course, there are plenty of non-comics books that qualify as Literature already—and some of those have been turned into comics. Here are a handful of literature-based or literature-inspired comics that we think are worth reading. My recommendation: if you like these, then seek out the source texts as well.
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Stephen King Returns to Hard Case Crime With Joyland
Stephen King returns to the Hard Case Crime series with Joyland, a novel about an unsolved murder at a North Carolina amusement park. It’s another turn of the unusual for King and an enjoyable, if not completely satisfying read.
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday, Stephen King — Writing Instructor Extraordinaire
I see that GeekDad’s Matt Blum is again wishing Stephen King a happy birthday, along with many other notables. But I think Blum is giving King short shrift by describing him as “one of the most successful authors of all …
Continue ReadingAn Extremely Geeky Happy Birthday!
I make it a habit to check for birthdays of geek celebrities of all sorts. For this I typically browse through Wikipedia’s page for the day in question, scrolling through it and noting names that I recognize. Most times nothing …
Continue ReadingGeeky Novel Word Counts–How Long Are You In For?
Earlier this week, I found myself in a discussion about the lengths of various novels. It was spurred by two similar conversations I’ve found myself in repeatedly, based on the recent Game of Thrones TV show and the release of the final Harry Potter film. They go like this: Game of Thrones Harry Potter Friend: […]
Continue ReadingThe Journals of Doctor Mormeck: Jeff VanderMeer’s Serialized Fiction Experiment
Jeff VanderMeer is no stranger to GeekDad readers —see here for James Floyd Kelly’s take on his Steampunk Bible anthology or here for an interview I did with Jeff and his wife Ann Vandermeer a few years back. He’s had …
Continue ReadingHow Stephen King Taught Me Percentile Rank and the Normal Curve
I was driving my ’58 Plymouth Fury on a long trip out of Boulder, Colorado to a strange town in Maine, when I stopped at a hotel along the way for a needed caffeine boost. A man in glasses and …
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How Stephen King Taught Me Percentile Rank and the Normal Curve
I was driving my ’58 Plymouth Fury on a long trip out of Boulder, Colorado to a strange town in Maine, when I stopped at a hotel along the way for a needed caffeine boost. A man in glasses and a way with words came over and asked, “So, what do you know about percentile […]
Continue ReadingAn Extremely Geeky Happy Birthday!
I make it a habit to check for birthdays of geek celebrities of all sorts. For this I typically browse through Wikipedia’s page for the day in question, scrolling through it and noting names that I recognize. Most times nothing …
Continue ReadingReview: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
After the surprise success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith is following up his New York Times best-seller with the history/vampire mashup, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Graham-Smith’s publisher sent a galley copy of the book (due for release …
Continue ReadingGeekDad UnWired: Screenless
How many screens do you look at in a day? Computers (at work and home), television, smartphone, laptop, GPS … as screens get smaller and cheaper, we accumulate more and more of them. What used to be a completely non-digital …
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