The Guild Official Companion has an introduction from Felicia Day. Fear her. Wait, just to be clear; I don’t fear Felicia Day. That’s a quote from Josh Whedon (Buffy, Firefly, The Avengers). To give the full context; Her mind works faster than mine ever will and her mouth works faster than that. Felicia’s career will […]
Exclusive story and Executioner’s Heart competition
George Mann authors the audio scripts for the BBC’s Doctor Who and the Sherlock Holmes series. He writes the popular steampunk Newbury & Hobbes mystery series and the latest book in that is The Executioner’s Heart. Just what is Mann’s writing like? He had a challenge from Geek Native – write a Newbury & Hobbes […]
Superhero Week: A look at The Fall of Ming
The Fall of Ming is part, the last part, of the Complete Flash Gordon Library. Put together from Alex Raymond’s material and published by Titan this is a fantastic coffee table book and still a wonderful read. It’s a large book. That’s one of the reasons I use the phrase “coffee table” to describe it. […]
A review of Stephen King’s Joyland
Joyland is a fantastic story. This is a compelling and yet oddly gentle tale of a young man experiencing the ache of heartbreak and the curve-balls life can throw at you. As it happens, Joyland is written by that master suspense Stephen King. So when there’s the mention that the Horror House in the Joyland […]
Stephen King’s Joyland online carnival tour
Master author Stephen King has a new book. Joyland is a breathtaking tale of love – and loss – set in an amusement park in 70s North Carolina. To mark the launch, Titan Books and Hard Case Crime have organised a touring, prize winning, show across a number of blogs. It’s an online carnival and […]
Exclusive extract: Plague Nation
Today is Plague Nation day on Geek Native. We’re going zombie. Plague Nation is the sequel to Dana Fredsti’s Plague Town. We keep pace with Ashley Parker as she copes with the unfolding zombie plague. Parker isn’t just immune to zombie bites; she’s a wildcard and picked up enhanced speed, strength and senses after fighting […]
Competition: Let me experience The Rapture of the Nerds!
Today has had a focus on The Rapture of the Nerds. Geek Native has interviewed authors Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross and even published review. There’s even a competition from publishers Titan Books. To be in with a chance of winning a SIGNED copy of Rapture of the Nerds tweet the fictions piece of technology […]
Exploring Techno-optimism, not watching Doctor Who and the Rapture of the Nerds with Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
Two big name authors in one interview? Geek Native landed a big one… perhaps. We’ll just have to make sure we can loop in good RPG chat, the sci-fi agenda as well as reflect on the pair’s Rapture of the Nerds. Cory Doctorow, a digital thought leader, is well known enough to feature on XKCD […]
Clone Rebellion: Republic review
I picked up Clone Rebellion: Republic and instantly thought “Star Wars. The Clone Wars”. How could I not? This is a military sci-fi thriller in which a repressive Republic rule the known universe through an army of cloned marines. That’s when the comparisons stop. Steven L. Kent’s sci-fi series is far more likely to appeal […]
SEAL Team 666 review
While reading Seal Team 666 I twice described the book as “US SEALs battle demons”. The first time I did so the reaction was; “sounds awful”. The second time the response was; “my kind of book!”. Now I’m using the phrase again in this review. It fits. SEAL Team 666 is the story of an […]
