Freda Warrington is a British author of vampire, fantasy and supernatural novels. Born in Leicester, Warrington has created such favourites as the Blackbird series, the Blood Wine series, Dark Cathedral series, The Jewelfire Trilogy and Aetherial Tales series. The British Fantasy Society have nominated four of her stories for Best Novel awards and Elfland took […]
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In Dark Service: Exploring Far-Called with Stephen Hunt
Stephen Hunt is geek of note and respect. He step up SFcrowsnest.org.uk, a hugely popular geek site (Geek Native has envy issues), he is an internet pioneer and his fiction has been so successful he writes full time now. The Times described his Jackelian Novels as “inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels”. Hunt’s […]
A look inside Crafty Games’ Terris: Wrought of Copper
Terris: Wrought of Copper is a supplement for Crafty Games’ Mistborn RPG. The book was written in cooperation with Brandon Sanderson the author of the Mistborn series and the sourcebook is considered an official expansion of the canon of the novels. As a result Terris: Wrought of Copper is intended for players, Narrators and fans […]
Dragon Ball’s Android 17 and 18 are called Lapis and Lazuli
Android 17 and Android 18 have had key roles in the Dragon Ball saga over the years. It looks like there’s a little more to their story to discover. At the start of the month Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama was featured in a Q&A session in Saikyo Jump. There’s new material in volumes 4-6 […]
Marvel’s big numbers
A fun and fact filled tour through Marvel in less than two minutes. How many characters are their in the Marvel universe? Which character hit comic book #500 first? Then there’s that story of 18 hidden sex references in X-Men.
Midnight Crossroad: True Blood’s creator Charlaine Harris discusses the supernatural
Charlaine Harris is the best-selling author who created the Aurora Teagarden series, the Lily Bard (Shakespeare) series and the Sookie Stackhouse series. The latter of which is also known as the Southern Vampire series or as True Blood by fans of the HBO series. As part of a blog tour Geek Native had the chance […]
Melanie Rawn fans ahoy! Get Thornlost
Following on from Glass Thorns and Elsewhens, both part of the Glass Thorns series, is Thornlost. Our magical playwright Cade, his glister Mieka, fettler Rafe and always popular masker Jeska are working their unique influence on the highest ranks of society and power. Geek Native has three copies of Thornlost to give away. To win […]
The geek streets: A review of The Secret Service – Kingsman
This post is a mixture. There’s a review, an audio interview with artist and illustrator Dave Gibbons and a video tour of the softback graphic novel. I opened The Secret Service: Kingsman with some trepidation. This is my usual reaction to a Mark Millar piece as I know I may be secrets away from reading […]
Free Comic Book Day: Zombie Tramp and Ehmm Theory
Action Lab are supporting Free Comic Book Day on the 3rd. You can check out some of their current titles on DriveThru Comics or you can make it into a participating stores then keep an eye out for some new titles. One of the “Silver level” book bundles Action Lab will release, via their Danger […]
Free to Download: Almighties Origins for Free Comic Book Day
May the 3rd is Free Comic Book Day. It’s a chance to pop into your local store and show some support. If you’re stuck online then there are Free Comic Book Day downloads to watch out for as publishers use the day wisely. One such publisher is London’s Actuality Press. You can currently download Almighties […]
