Category: Books

  • Geekdown: Top Ten Samurai

    I dig samurai.  You dig Samurai.  We dig samurai. Chicks dig samurai.  (Or is that Giant Robots?)  Anywho who doesn’t dig samurai?  Lone warrior, loyal to their masters, fighting stuff…


  • Tome of Geek: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu

    As a long time reader of both science fiction and fantasy I often find myself weary of books that cross genres.  Call me old fashion but I enjoy my aliens…


  • Geekitorial: Screw You Stephen King – I prefer Richard Bachman

    I am an avid reader.  I love reading.  I have shelves upon shelves of books.  That brings up an interesting question.  Why is it when you’re apartment is about to…


  • Panic View: Jeff Somers: The Sequel

    In the past year or so I have been able to interview several authors for 42 Webs.  Thank, partly, to Hal-Con, to different groups I have become affiliated with, and…


  • Tome of Geek: Nexus by Ramez Naam

    In the near future. I love a book whose jacket starts with ‘in the near future.’  Those words instil a sense of hope and possibility; they show a world of…


  • Geekdown: Top Ten Books I Recommend The Most

    In the latest edition of Stolen from Matt I present to you the Top Ten Books I Recommend the Most. I’m a BIG reader and I always encourage people to…


  • Panic View: Lee Collins

    I love westerns, and I love monsters.  So when I found a book combining the both I may or may not have squealed liked a little girl.  Spoiler Alter: I…


  • Geekdown: Top Ten Books I Read in 2012

    Welcome to the latest installment of ‘Stolen from Matt.’  Today’s geekdown topic – The Best Books I’ve read in 2012! Black Womb by Mathew LeDrew After lots of nagging from…


  • Geekdown: Top New-To-Me Authors of 2012

    Welcome to the latest instalment of ‘Stolen from Matt.’  Today’s geekdown topic – The top new-to-me authors of 2012! 2012 was a weird year for reading.  I didn’t get my…


  • Reader’s Block!

    Originally posted on Dysfunctional Literacy: When I was a kid, this was the only way I could read Moby Dick without getting reader’s block. Who am I kidding? It’s still…