Book Reviews
and News for Geeks Like Us
We are awfully excited to be giving away two signed copies of Countdown City, which won the Philip K. Dick Award for Distinguished Science Fiction in April.
I read so fast that I used to think of novellas as not worth it. Now I consider novellas (and short stories) an art form.
Okay, okay, we know The Lego Movie was released to theaters months ago, but when we saw the previews, we thought our childhood would be forever scarred by a soulless commercial vehicle of a movie.
Plus, we’ve always been a little suspicious of modern minifigs.
Not everyone is able to run out day of publication to buy the next book in a series they love. At Fir Grove Elementary, a Title I school, many students depend on their school library to get the books they love.
While browsing Kickstarter, I came across Codemancer — a video game that aims to teach “the magic of code.”
Readings, show and tell, and a puppet show! Authors Marie Brennen and Mary Robinette Kowal are on tour together and recently stopped by Powell’s Books for an author event.
When I heard yesterday that Bob Hoskins had passed away, I was crushed; just three days ago I was watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The 1988 hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit is one of my favorite movies. Comedic, yet mature humor. Creative plot. Amazing execution. It’s a brilliant piece of work that would not have succeeded […]
We’ve recently reviewed the third book in the phenomenal youth series Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke. Our reviewer is a fan of the series, and she can prove it. LisaKaren primarily reviews youth books for us. She has worked with children and books for the past 15 years in an elementary school library. Sometimes elementary schools […]
It was a busy weekend! However, we met authors, had fun, gave out bookmarks and came home with a pile of books.
In Deep Blue, a YA fantasy, mermaids don’t trust humans, whom they call terragoggs, or simply goggs. There is even a group that fights the terragoggs called the Praedatori. “We cut nets and long line hooks. We set up field hospitals for the turtles, dugongs, sea lions, and dolphins injured by them. We jam propellers, tangle anchors, […]
The nominees for the 2014 Hugo for Best Novel are: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. Neptune’s Brood (set in the same universe as Saturn’s Children) by Charles Stross. Parasite by Mira Grant Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles (Follows Hard Magic and Spellbound) by Larry Correia. The Wheel of Time (14 book series starting with The Eye of the […]
These are quick notes from the 47 North Panel at Norwescon, in which questions were posed to the two editors David Pomerico, and Jason Kirk.