Author: Sylvain Neuvel Release Date: January 24, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Books Genre(s): Science Fiction, Fantasy Series: The Themis Files Review Spoilers: GoodReads | Amazon A young girl falls through the earth into the waiting palm of a giant hand, changing the world forever. Seventeen years later, that same girl, Rose, is in charge of a […]
“A Conversation in Blood” Brings Egil & Nix To Audiences With New, Rowdy Adventures
Author: Paul S. Kemp Release Date: January 24, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Books Genre(s): Fantasy Series: The Tales of Egil & Nix Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon Jumping into a series without having read it from the start can be daunting, but A Conversation In Blood welcomes new readers with open arms and quickly immerses them in the […]
“The Bear and the Nightingale” Makes for a New Classic Fairy Tale
Author: Katherine Arden Release Date: January 10, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Books Genre(s): Fantasy Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon The Bear and the Nightingale delivers an atmospheric fairy tale that curls around readers like the first tendrils of frost, slowly until it becomes all-enveloping and impossible to put down. This debut novel from Katherine Arden, the […]
SDCC Sundays: 3 Things To Do Today in Preparation for SDCC 2017
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a new year and yet all is quiet on the Comic Con International front. This year, it seems that CCI is pushing the deadlines much closer to the actual convention, as we’re still waiting on a lot of key events to occur – including Returning Registration, […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – December 28, 2016
A lighter week around the holidays, but we’ve still got two stellar issues! Sam reviewed a new stand-alone Lumberjanes issue from BOOM! Studios and Kylee continues through her favorite on-going series right now, Harrow County from Dark Horse Comics! Check out our reviews and let us know in the comments what […]
‘This Census-Taker’ Counts Out More Questions than Answers in this Stark & Intriguing Novella
Author: China Miéville Release Date: January 3, 2017 Publisher: Del Rey Books Genre(s): New Weird, Fantasy, Sci-Fi Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon “A boy ran down a hill path screaming. The boy was I.” Thus begins China Miéville’s latest novella in his self-described ‘new weird’ genre, This Census-Taker, which is available in paperback today. The story […]
Best of 2016: Graphic Novels We Fell In Love With This Year
We read a lot of comics and graphic novels this year. Whether we’re talking about on-going comic series, standalone graphic novels, or short mini-series, we definitely walked away with some new favorites this year. Our comics staff got together to talk about what our favorites were and we came up […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – December 21, 2016
This week, Sam enjoyed The Backstagers from BOOM! Box, while Kylee read the topical Briggs Land and female-centric Spell on Wheels, both from Dark Horse Comics. Kylee also read the first issue of Hook Jaw from Titan Comics this week. Want to hear more about what we thought about these issues? Read on – and […]
Marvel Universe Crochet is Perfect for Geeky Crafters & Beginner Crocheters!
Release Date: September 16, 2016 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Genre(s): Crafts & Hobbies Review Spoilers: N/A Amazon Are you still looking for one final holiday gift for that crafty nerd in your life? Search no more, the Marvel Universe Crochet kit is exactly what you need to give a gift that will continue […]
Vote D4VE! Pre-Order D4VEOCRACY #1 At Your LCS Today!
Imagine Earth – sorry, 34RTH – has been taken over by robots who have gleaned their speech patterns and mannerisms from the internet. Yes, that internet. No, no, come back, come back! It didn’t work out all that well for Microsoft, but writer Ryan Ferrier and artist Valentin Ramon have […]
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