This Week With The GeekMoms
Alexandra Siy, author of Cars on Mars, is in San Francisco at the National Science Teachers Association conference where she is presenting on a panel with Loree Burns, author of The Hive Detectives....
View ArticleThe Zombie Autopsies: Getting to the Science of the Zombie Brain
Do you have a plan for the zombie apocalypse? Maybe you should start by learning a little bit about the science of the zombie brain. There’s a new novel out, The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks from...
View ArticleJourney of the Bonesetter’s Daughter: PBS Sunday May 8 – 10 p.m. ET
“These are the things I know are true” Thus begins Amy Tan’s semi-autobiographical novel The Bonesetter’s Daughter. Over the course of six years, creative minds from China and the US transformed this...
View ArticleBooks to Listen to in the Car
We just got back from two weeks of what felt like non-stop driving — a three-day trip to Canada, and another long weekend to see the inlaws in New Jersey, with a few longish errands in between. Now,...
View ArticleWho Really Writes the Stories?
Who wrote your favourite book? You probably think that’s a pretty easy question to answer, but some research I conducted this week suggests you might actually be wrong. I’m not talking about ghost...
View ArticleOut of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis
Most people associate C.S. Lewis with The Chronicles of Narnia but his body of work encompases far more, including a science fiction trilogy that is available for the first time in ebook format. Out of...
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Revisit Classic Science Fiction With Time’s Last Gift
The story follows John Gribardsun and three fellow anthropologists as they travel back in time from 2070 A.D. to 12,000 B.C. in order to study primitive man. What they discover is that the impact of...
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Book Review Doctor Who: Shada by Douglas Adams and Gareth Roberts
Back in 1978-1979, Douglas Adams was a Script Editor for Doctor Who. One of the scripts that he wrote, Shada, was never completed due to a labor strike and was left unfinished until now. The post Book...
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The Twenty-Year Death: Three Mysteries in One
This debut novel by Ariel S. Winter is a unique tribute to classic crime fiction. It's actually three separate books that come together to form one story. Each takes place in a different decade that...
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How Much I love Jim Butcher
It is hard to express my complete enjoyment while reading Cold Days: A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. Basically, I want to have Jim sit next to me the whole time so I can hug him, read ......
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How You Can Help Peter David
Geekdoms of many colors have spread the word by now about Peter David's stroke in the final days of 2012. His wife Kathleen has been posting updates on Peter's site about his status. Today she writes...
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