It’s 4-26 — Happy Alien Day! (Get It?)
Happy Alien Day! Celebrate your favorite xenomorphs with some Alien books!
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Tag: Titan Books
In Space, No One Can Hear a GeekDad Scream…
If you call yourself an ‘Alien’/’Aliens’ fan, then you’re going to love some of the recent book releases concerning our favorite xenomorph. So, gather all the supplies, weld up the doors, and hunker down with any or all of these three entertaining books.
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Stack Overflow: The Late Late 2016 Book Round Up
Possibly the latest end of the year round-up to grace the pages of GeekDad. Here are some of the best books of 2016 that I didn’t find time to review.
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Book Review: ‘Invasion’ by Luke Rhinehart
‘Invasion’ by Luke Rhinehart is a political satire that promotes fun whilst examining the state of the nation.
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‘Feeding Hannibal’: An In-Depth Look at Dr. Lecter’s Table
With ‘Feeding Hannibal,’ the lack of practical recipes for the average home is entirely irrelevant. This is a book of art and of story, filled with stunning photography and pre-production sketches of the dishes that graced Doctor Lecter’s table over the course of the show’s three seasons.
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Titan Books Celebrates Three Anniversaries
Titan Books is one of my favorite publishers; they put out many outstanding series of books as well as one-offs, and I’m always impressed with the quality of the writing and the printing. Recently, I had three different oversized hardbacks arrive on my doorstep, each of them celebrating a milestone of sorts.
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Stack Overflow: Writing Under the Influence
More and more books seem to be written that are influenced or directly inspired by classic works and authors. My stack overfloweth with them. Here’s a few of the best.
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It’s 4-26 — Happy Alien Day! (Get It?)
Happy Alien Day! Celebrate your favorite xenomorphs and check on Twitter for an excellent all-day giveaway party, starting at 12am ET!
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I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: ‘Nod’ by Adrian Barnes
End-of-Days via sleep deprivation. ‘Nod’ by Adrian Barnes: Apocalypse thriller or Parenting Memoir?
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The Blacklist: Elizabeth Keen’s Dossier — Fan Approved!
I’ve written before about my fondness for books filled with pullouts and other ephemera; bonus points are awarded to books that go the extra step and format the pages and/or cover to fit a theme. And then there are books that do it all like the recent Titan Books release of The Blacklist: Elizabeth Keen’s Dossier, an amazing nod to The Blacklist TV show.
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‘The Lazarus Gate’ – London vs London in Trippy Alternate World Tale
First things first… this is NOT steampunk. Yes, it’s 1890 London, but this is the London we know from history books. Queen Victoria, horse-drawn carriages, and the London Tower… but no goggles or steam-powered ray guns. But whether you’re a fan of steampunk or not, ‘The Lazarus Gate’ is one really cool novel that involves a brewing war between two parallel worlds.
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Sherlock Holmes Book Reviews and News Q1 2015
Over the 2014 holiday and into the new year, I’ve enjoyed catching up on a lot of my reading. One stack that I always look forward to whittling down is my stack of Sherlock Holmes books. Below you’ll find some short summaries of a few Sherlock-related books that I finished and enjoyed, and am happy to recommend to other fans.
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GeekDad Book Review: The Art of John Alvin
You know John Alvin’s work, even if you don’t know his name. Starting in 1974, the Massachusetts-born artist created dozens of the movie industry’s most memorable posters, from Blazing Saddles to The Lion King to E.T. and Blade Runner. He also designed a range of other movie-tie-in imagery, like the original Star Wars Concert poster and a popular fifteenth-anniversary Alien print.
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Ellen Ripley Is Back!
Ripley is Ripley, and we’re not happy if she’s not blasting aliens out of airlocks, going ten rounds in a Powerloader suit, and nuking entire sites from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure, right? So, when Titan Books asked me if I’d like to give a read of their new official trilogy that takes place between the events of Alien and Aliens, I was a bit hesitant. I mean, we all know that Ripley floated peacefully along (with Jones) for 57 years before the salvage crew found the Narcissus. End of story, right? Well, apparently 20th Century Fox knows otherwise, and has contracted three authors, Tim Lebbon, James A. Moore, and Christopher Golden, to fill in the details.
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Holmes and Watson Hunt for The Will of the Dead
It’s a great time to be a Sherlock Holmes fan. I don’t think there was ever a loss of interest in the great detective, but with shows like Elementary and Sherlock bringing in new fans, it definitely feels the floodgates have opened when it comes to new mysteries, especially in book form.
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Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz
f you’re a fan of the original Star Trek (or know someone who is), this is your lucky day. A new oversized book from Titan titled Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz has just been released that contains artwork from artist Ortiz that offers up each of the original episodes as either a movie poster, magazine cover, or book cover. All 80 episodes (this includes The Cage) are made available as 11 x 17 inch prints, and I’m having a very difficult time trying to figure out which one is my favorite and will be pulled out and framed for hanging in my office.
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Elysium: Art of the Film — The Ultimate Fan Resource
I just saw Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It does have some not-so-subtle messages about the Haves and Have-Nots, the role of robotics in society, and our overall duties (or lack of) in the care of our planet, but it’s really just one kick-ass action film once it gets rolling.
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Digital Editions: The Art of Dead Space and The Art of Halo 4 — Plus Giveaways!
Titan Books is releasing digital editions of two of their latest books based on popular video games. The Art of Dead Space and The Art of Halo 4 are now available from iTunes. I’m not a Halo player, but I have enjoyed the Dead Space series, and I recently reviewed the print version of The Art of Dead Space and found it to be a book written for the true fan — plenty of concept art, behind-the-scenes stuff, and much more. And that was the print edition! Now, with the digital editions of both books, Titan is providing fans with even more content, including videos with the game creators and bonus galleries.
Continue ReadingThese Classic Flash Gordon Comics Could Just Save Everyone of Us
I’ve always been a fan of early pulp science fiction. The fins on the rockets, the sweeping curves of the ray guns, the clothing and space helmets… the future they presented never arrived. Every planet was breathable, most problems could …
Continue ReadingComic: Lenore Swirlies Features The Cutest, Craziest Undead Little Girl Ever
Meet Lenore. She’s an undead little girl with a 400-year-old vampire friend named Ragamuffin who looks like a doll who’s had most of his haired yanked out. Lenore is good-natured, mostly, so the havoc and death of innocent bystanders around her is usually not on purpose.
Continue ReadingYou Only Live Thrice – The James Bond Omnibus Returns for a Third Time
Skyfall won’t be hitting theaters until later this fall, but if you’re feeling the need to get a Bond fix, Titan Books has you covered with the third edition of their James Bond Omnibus series. The book is packed with …
Continue ReadingFlashback British Sci-Fi Action With Dan Dare
I love cheesy sci-fi from the early 1930s through the 1960s. I make it a point to watch Forbidden Planet every year and my office is a collection of retro robots and rockets scattered on the shelves and desktop. There’s …
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