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The Geeks: N. K. Jemisin

Posted inBooks & Authors, Geek Stuff, Works by Eric
I get to work with some pretty cool people on Geek Wisdom. One of them is N. K. Jemisin. In addition to being pretty damn funny, N.K. (or Nora) is an accomplished author with some excellent work under her belt. Her first novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, came out earlier this year. It's the first part of a trilogy. Her work has also appeared in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, and a slew of other places, including some awesome anthologies. Oh, and this: She has been nominated for Hugo and Nebula awards. Hell yeah. Pretty damn spiffy, that. Go spend some time…
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The Geeks: Zaki Hasan

Posted inBooks & Authors, Geek Stuff, Works by Eric
Yesterday you met Genevieve Valentine, one of the four folks I'll be working alongside* on Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture. Today it's someone I knew (in the Internet sense of the term) prior to this project, unabashed geek and sometimes political commentator Zaki Hasan. Zaki knows his geek stuff. He teaches film, but if you ask me his real passion is in the nerdier (and thus cooler) end of the film spectrum. His commentary on geek films and pop culture is always engaging, and few people dissect a good comic book yarn like Zaki. I've enjoyed his…
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The Geeks: Genevieve Valentine

Posted inBooks & Authors, Geek Stuff, Uncategorized
One of the exciting things about Geek Wisdom, which I announced yesterday, is the opportunity to work with some excellent writers. One of them is Genevieve Valentine. She is a regular blogger at Tor.com, probably the most recognizable publisher of science fiction and fantasy, and her work has appeared in Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, and many others. Her first book, Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, is coming in 2011 from Prime Books. Oh, and did I mention she is a Work Fantasy Award nominated author? Pretty cool. Genevieve deals in fantasy, steampunk, weird fiction and more. I…

Some books by friends

Posted inBooks & Authors
You folks should check out some of these books. They're self-published by folks I know, but knowing these folks isn't the point. I wouldn't be plugging them if they sucked. They don't suck. These are interesting, unusual, and memorable books worth checking out. Brian Spaeth is a visionary and probably also a lunatic. I would not let him date my daughter, but I would let him give a speech at my funeral. He has some books. The Christmas Bridge - "It’s a timeless excitement fable and that means maybe lessons, and explosions, and emotions, and etc." LOL, WUT? In The…
Citizen 13660 – forgotten gem of graphic literature

Citizen 13660 – forgotten gem of graphic literature

Posted inBooks & Authors, Comics & Graphic Novels
Every now and then you stumble across something and think, "Why isn't this considered a landmark in its field?" Citizen 13660, published in 1946, is one of those things. It's not quite a comic, but should be hailed among the important works of graphic literature. Somehow, though, despite being an avid comic/graphic novel reader, this has slipped under my radar and the radar of every other fan of the comic medium I know. That's too bad. This deserves to be widely known in such circles.   In 1946, just after spending time in two internment camps, Japanese-American Miné Okubo published…