Book Recommendations: February 2013
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
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Book Review: ‘Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha Cha Cha’
Author: Kim Newman Publisher: Titan Books Synopsis: In an alternate history that has been reshaped by the survival and political mechanization of Count Dracula, the powerful and famous faces of vampire society descend… Continue reading
Book Recommendations: January 2013
By Appa the Gypsy Just in time for the New Year, I’ve decided to kick off a new series of recommendation posts, because now that it is a new year, and we all… Continue reading
Book Review: ‘Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula’
Author: Loren D. Estleman Publisher: Titan Books Plot: Pretty much you get in the title – the world’s most famous detective faces off against the world’s most famous monster. Review: There’s practically a… Continue reading
Does ’50 Shades of Grey’ Deserve its Criticism?
So here’s how this review came about. About a year ago I became aware of a growing pop culture phenomenon called the ‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy. I went to find a copy (because I’m… Continue reading
‘World War Z’ Trailer: Is It Like the Book?
If a 2 minute and 27 second trailer is any indication then Marc Foster’s version of World War Z will be almost nothing like the Max Brooks novel that the film is based… Continue reading
Book (?) Review: ‘The Lands of Ice and Fire’
Author: George R.R. Martin and Jonathon Roberts Publisher: HarperCollins Voyage So there’s this book series – you may have heard of it – called ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ that has reached… Continue reading
Book Review: ‘Silhouettes From Popular Culture’
Illustrator: Olly Moss Publisher: Titan Sometimes a book cross our threshold here at the House of Geekery that provides a challenge for our humble reviewers. Sometimes the book defies typical convention and proves… Continue reading
Book Review: ‘The Cocktail Waitress’
Author: James M Cain Publisher: Titan Plot: Joan Medford may be young but she has already found herself to be a widow and a single mother. With little in the way of qualifications… Continue reading
Book Review: ‘The Martian War’
Author: Kevin J. Anderson Publisher: Titan Books Plot: Astronomer Percival Lowell and disgraced biologist Doctor Moreau have tracked an envoy from Mars to the Sahara Desert and come face to face with a… Continue reading
