Hi all. Remember me? In case you don’t my name is Jason and I write for GeekSix.com. Sorry to have been a bit absent as of late, but such is the life of a dad with a sick kid who leaves town to go to a professional conference.
At least you guys can be proud as I presented at said conference on how to embrace technology to enable academic advisors to be able to advise over distances instead of across a desk. Totally did half of the presentation in my hotel bathroom via Skype.
Anywho, prior to all of that going down I was lucky enough to get my hands on a ..read more
Josh
Tuesday
11:28 am 
Those of you (like us) who just can’t leave “Firefly” behind are in for a treat. Two new graphic novel projects are going to hit stores this year.
The biggest of them, story-wise, is a hardcover graphic novel that’s been in the works for three years. “The Shepherd’s Tale” will delve into Book’s mysterious backstory, and will be in stores in November. Although his checkered past was often dangled in front of us during the series and movie’s run, this will be the first time we’ve been presented with a canon telling of how a preacher came to know so much about guns.
A few hints about Book’s past were ..read more
Ever wonder where to get your own Precious? Turns out the One Ring used in this episode is from our friends at Badali Jewelry. It just makes me smile to know that we can each have our own Precious to love and take out only occasionally when we go to the park to re-enact our favorite scenes from the ..read more
Sarah Kuhn, the author of One Con Glory recently posted on geek six when Christy mentioned her book. I got curious, so I picked it up and I’m super happy I did. Here are 6 reasons why
1. To get a taste of the book, the main character, Julie, has her own blog. Excerpts of it are in the book, but I just looked at it and it is extensive, nerds like extensive things so of course I approve.
2. I’ve traveled the convention circuit to a certain extent. They are ridiculously fun, especially when you’re by yourself because you have more freedom to talk to random people. These ..read more
At the end of last week the books and eBooks of the America’s largest publisher Macmillan disappeared from the pages of America’s largest online vendor, Amazon.com.
What would bring on such a happenstance?
Well it all started earlier in the week with the announcement of the iPad. See Steve Jobs promised the world that with his iBookstore the publishers would hold more control over the prices set for the book. Macmillan was one of the publishers who had signed on to provide content for the iPad.
Shortly thereafter Macmillan sat down with Amazon and outlined their view on increasing the cost of eBooks for Amazon’s Kindle, somewhere in the range of $3-5 for ..read more
Tim Hodge is a well known animator who worked on such projects as Aladdin, Lion King, and Veggie Tales. His son, Matthew was recently in an accident and is comatose. The insurance won’t cover the costs so the National Cartoonist Society Foundation stepped in and started an ebay auction to help the family out. Animators from all over the industry have donated rare originals, signed books and prints. It’s a pretty impressive collection, I like the art from “How to Train Your Dragon” the best. You can get more information ..read more
I don’t have a wife (Katee Sackhoff is probably the only female I’d swing for and that’s a whole other conversation) since I like boys, but this video is ..read more
A while ago I fiddled here with the idea of starting a ye olde booke clubbe here so we could have SOMEBODY to talk to after we read a fantasy novel just discovered by someone that the rest of the world read in 1996.
My plan is to just give people a heads up every time I start a new novel. If it’s a book you’ve already read feel free to post your thoughts on the story. If you’ve never read it before now is your chance to have some nerdole support (my newly minted nerdy morale support term). Either way you win! Or, I do, since I’m choosing the first ..read more
Josh
Tuesday
12:20 pm
Need a Christmas present for that special geek? Feeling like you’ve been nice enough to treat yourself this year? Enter our contest to win an “Star Trek: The Art of the Film” books from Titan Books!
We’ve leafed through this book, and we’d love to keep it for our very own. The hardcover book measures in at more than 160 pages, and its weight could flatten any number of endangered woodland creatures. The art book is full of delectable concept paintings that didn’t see the light of day, production diaries, interviews and omitted scenes. It’s must-have eye candy for any Trek geek or sci-fi fan.
I want it! What do
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It seems I have my realms of geekdom.
I have my Browncoats. That itch I scratched last Thursday with our local Can’t Stop the Serenity screening.
Then I have my Wheel of Time. You might have noticed the overkill of posts over the last two months leading up to the release of The Gathering Storm, the twelfth book in The Wheel of Time books series. The series was started by Robert Jordan who passed away and is being finished by Brandon Sanderson.
And that Wheel of Time itch I got to scratch Monday night while serving as a Storm Leader at a Sanderson book signing for The Gathering Storm. It was ..read more
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