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Brandon Sanderson – Nerd Icon

In a world of George R.R. Martins and Patrick Rothfusses it’s hard not to appreciate the quiet work-ethic of Brandon Sanderson. Fantasy fans have become accustomed to standing vigil for years, parched for the next drip of information about the next book from their favourite authors. A quick glance at Sanderson’s website shows immediately all […]

Pottermore Reveals More About Ilvermorny

The latest reveal of Harry Potter site Pottermore is quite fun, if the information part is a bit long. Since the website reverted from the original almost game-like website in September last year there was some outcry from fans. Those who really enjoyed playing through the stories and making potions, even when they were hard to […]

Twin Peaks Novel Reveals TV Series Plot

Twin Peaks is coming back with a possible Q2 2017 release and anticipation is high. The show, which ran from 1990-1991 has amassed quite the cult following. And that following can’t wait to get back to Dale Cooper and company next year. Last month, co-creator Mark Frost read an excerpt from a tie-in novel he is writing. The […]

Knockout: eBooks vs Books

Brandon and Abel pull no punches when it comes to their reading! Both passionate about their pages, they’ve a shared passion for the literary world! Unfortunately they tend to differ about how one should treat and experience their books! It’s the classic versus the modern as the pair pit books against eBooks. For eBooks When […]

The Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con – Review

The Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con was a kitschy hullabaloo, a satisfyingly quaint collection of artists, writers, and geeks making a living from their fandom. Let’s dive into it. Local Vegas comic stores were well represented in the merch stakes, and from perusing them and other stalls something I’ve always felt has finally been confirmed. […]

Warren Ellis Next Novella To Be Serialised

Warren Ellis has a lot of projects going on. He speaks  about most of them in his newsletter, however he uses codenames because of NDAs. However, the important thing is that in last week’s he announced his next work, a novella called Normal. As Ellis puts it, it’s a locked-room mystery set in a remote rest […]

Get Shorty To Be Adapted To Television Series

Get Shorty, comedy thriller by Elmore Leonard and famously adapted to film with John Travolta, Danny DeVito, Gene Hackman and Rene Russo, is set to be adapted into a television series for Epix. The project is being helmed by executive producer Davey Holmes (Shameless) According to Deadline, rather than Chilli Palmer, the new adaptation will be structured around […]

Emma Watson Reveals Her June Book Of The Month

Emma Watson has revealed her June ‘Book of the month’ for her bookclub, and it comes as a nice nerdy surprise after three semi-biographical, more theoretical, prose books. Her pick, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi,  is only the second selection that varies from the typical ‘woman tells her experiences of life as woman’ book, was announced via the Goodreads […]
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