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6 Books with Fantasy Author Django Wexler
Django Wexler is a computer scientist and author of the (excellent) flintlock fantasy series The Shadow Campaigns (see our reviews here and here), as well as the middle-grade Forbidden Library series....
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Thursday Morning Superhero
This edition of Thursday Morning Superhero marks my triumphant return to Austin Books and Comics, the LCS where my journey at Nerds of a Feather began. I felt like a bit of a stranger in my old...
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Microreview [book]: What Do You Do? by Gillian Flynn (Rogues #2)
Short Story #2 in the Rogues anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner DozoisWell, I didn’t particularly care for this one. But Gillian Flynn, in case you didn't know (which I didn't), is...
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Microreview [book] : No Man's World - Black Hand Gang, by Pat Kelleher
A book to end all books?There is a too-commonly analogy used for tough tasks or times being like WW1 trench life. In this case it is appropriate both because this book starts in those trenches, and...
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Zhaoyun's Third Annual Splendiferous Summer Reading List
Boom!1) Various Stuff by Brandon "Branderson" SandersonIt took me a while to warm up to Brandon Sanderson, but I now think he's cool enough to deserve his own one-man celebrity portmanteau: Branderson....
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6 Books with Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Linda Nagata
Linda Nagata is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer from Hawaii. She has written thirteen novels including The Red: First Light, a near-future military thriller that was a finalist for...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
A relatively low key week in comics this week. As I type away I am distracted by the Great Fables Wake which I will be attending next week. In an attempt to recreate the love of Fablescon, the good...
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THE MONTHLY ROUND - A Taster's Guide to Speculative Short Fiction, 07/2015
July has come, which here in Wisconsin means scorching temperatures and summer storms. It also means, apparently, very good speculative fiction. This month was honestly so full of stories that I loved...
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6 Books with Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Aidan Moher
Aidan Moher is an author and Hugo award-winning editor of A Dribble of Ink, a blog about science fiction and fantasy. He likes his family and beaches, and lives in Canada. Today Aidan shares his "6...
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Gen Con 2015: Five Games Under the Radar
Over 61,000 gamers filled the halls of the Indianapolis Convention Center to play games with their fellow nerds for this year's Gen Con. The gaming hobby is thriving and it was a blast participating...
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6 Books with E. Catherine Tobler
E. Catherine Tobler was born on the other side of the International Dateline, which either gives her an extra day in her life or an extraordinary affinity when it comes to inter-dimensional gateways....
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Thursday Morning Superhero
With my disinterest in both the Mavel and DC events, but pull list is shrinking each week. Despite this, some good titles dropped this week and my attention is turned towards the Great Fables Wake....
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AiIP Microreview: The Glass Falcon, by E. Catherine Tobler
The Meat: I love adventures. Mary Shelley, Robert Lewis Stevenson, Mark Twain, so many others- I love stories that simply carry you away. So it is probably little surprise that I am quite fond of this...
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6 Books with Fantasy Author Robert Jackson Bennet
Robert Jackson Bennett is a two-time award winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel, an Edgar Award winner for Best Paperback Original, and is also the 2010 recipient of the Sydney J Bounds...
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Microreview [book]: The Good, The Bad, and the Smug, by Tom Holt
Holt, Tom. The Good, The Bad, and the Smug. Orbit: 2015.Buy it here as of late July 2015.A witty successor to Terry Pratchett!Just making the comparison should make Holt's day: Terry Pratchett was the...
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6 Books with Science Fiction Author Ian Sales
Ian Sales is the author of the award-winning Apollo Quartet (see our glowing reviews of this must-read series: here, here, here and here), and founder of the SF Mistressworks blog. He can be found...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
While not related to comics, I am happy to announce that Cat Tower, one of the games I dubbed a sleeper hit at Gen Con, has found its way to Kickstarter! As a proud backer of this title, I hope you...
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Microreview [video game]: Dragon Age: Inquisition
Sweet Redemption Quite a while ago, I wrote about what I thought of the Dragon Age series as it was prior to the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition. I won't say that I was wrong, because I still stand...
View ArticleA Personal Thank You to 29 Awesome People (and some blogs)
So the Hugo voting statistics are available, and it looks like 'nerds of a feather, flock together' received the 12th most nominating votes. That's still a far cry from the 68 garnered by nominee #5...
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6 Books with Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Aliette de Bodard
Aliette de Bodard is an engineer, a science fiction and fantasy writer and a keen amateur cook. Her stories have appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld or Interzone, and her novel The House of...
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