Category Archive: Geek Lit.

Book Recommendations: May 2013

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By Appa the Gypsy Maybe you’re like me, and you’re forever drowning in that pile of books to read that’s always growing, and never seems to shrink. Maybe you wish you read more,… Continue reading

Book Review: ‘Plague Nation’ by Dana Fredsti

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Now here’s a book review that is long over due (thanks in no part to Australia Post whose delivery times seem to be decided by a dice roll). One of the reasons why… Continue reading

Book Recommendations: April 2013

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By Appa the Gypsy This post is a little behind schedule, but don’t you guys worry. May’s Recommendations are circulating in my brain as we speak… Anyway, so this month I decided to… Continue reading

Book Review – ‘Blackbirds’ by Chuck Wendig

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It’s an awesome jacket. Seriously, just look at that Right, Firstly this one is kind of embarrassing for me. I’ve been running this blog for about twelve months now and this is the… Continue reading

Who is Jon Snow’s Mother? (A Theory)

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Watching Season 3 of ‘Game of Thrones’? Make sure you read this handy spoiler free guide to the new characters. So we have a contributor on the site named Doctor Funk. That title isn’t… Continue reading

Book Recommendations: March 2013

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By Appa the Gypsy Maybe you’re like me, and you’re forever drowning in that pile of books to read that’s always growing, and never seems to shrink. Maybe you wish you read more,… Continue reading

Bring Forth the Bard! Casting “King Lear”

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Where is Shakespeare, why has the Bard been so ignored in the last decade? Is his high collar just not in vogue anymore? Why, when we finally do get an adaptation, are we… Continue reading

Book Review: ‘The Aylseford Skull’

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Author: James P. Blaylock Publisher: Titan Plot: In steampunk England of 1883 the brilliant and eccentric scientist Professor Langdon St. Ives is heading to his country home for a break from solving mysteries.… Continue reading

Book Review: ‘Above Suspicion’

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Author: Helen MacInnes Publisher: Titan Plot: Richard and Frances Myles lead a simple life at Oxford, with a annual trip to Europe to visit the mountains. This plan takes an interesting turn when… Continue reading

Your Holiday Guide to Westeros (Game of Thrones Month)

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Welcome to the Land of Ice and Fire, the perfect place for a holiday! Many travellers would be put off by the current political upheaval and state of economic disruption, but for the… Continue reading