I rarely pick up Alternative History novels. I like Alternative History and my expectations for Alternative History novels are sky high. The problem is that most Alternative History books fall short of those expectations; they could always have been so much better if only the author had done things differently. I think the only reason […]
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Beat zombie hordes and win Resident Evil prizes
Last month Geek Native looked at Resident Evil: Nemesis and Reisdent Evil: Code Veronica. These are two classic Resident Evil novels by S.D. Perry that have recently been re-printed (zombies never die). Here’s your chance to win a copy of each of them; two books for one competition. To enter you have to follow the […]
Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows’s Neonomicon banned from library
Neonomicon, published by Avatar Press in 2010, was the first ever winner in the “Graphic Novel” category at the Bram Stoker Awards. The graphic novel has now been banned from one American library after a complaint from a parent. Their 14 year old daughter had managed to use an adult library card to get access […]
Review of VS Comics v1
VS Comics is a monthly, digital comic from Mike Garley (Dead Roots, Collider) and James Moran (Doctor Who, Severance) and an impressive line of guest contributors and assistance. The creator owned project uses a format that has Moran and Garley contribute ten-page stories each month and multiple guest slots. In issue one we bring in […]
Win a copy of The Wyld Hunt
In November Geek Native carried the news of Angus Abranson’s Chronicle City finding a sister publisher in Delta14. Delta14 will specialise in sci-fi, fantasy and RPG cross-overs. Peter Cakebread, author of the RPGs Clockwork & Chivalry and Airship Pirates, is on board with the project but the first author to publish with Delta14 is Gobion […]
The Company of the Dead review
Depending how your festive period went and perhaps how much liquid lubrication was involved in your Hogmanay celebrations; time travel may sound like a good idea. However, changing even a small event can have serious unforeseen consequences, so what would be the effect of saving the Titanic? This is the premise for the “The company […]
A week left to be a hero
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1412864360/you-are-the-hero/ [Back this Campaign] You Are the Hero is a Kickstarter campaign by the author Jonathan Green. The goal is to raise £15,000 to fund a celebration of 30 years of Fighting Fantasy, a book with a forward from Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone themselves, art and insight. At the time this post was written […]
Punisher movie: Do Not Fall in New York City
This video is based on the story written by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon and is illustrated by Luis Pelayo Junquera. It’s clearly the work of a Punisher fan. The video is 7 minutes long and entirely not for profit. It was made using Photoshop Premiere, After Effects, Flash CS4, Wecom Intuos 4 and Autodesk […]
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
S.D. Perry, author of a supporting host of Res Evil books, first published Code: Veronica in 2001. Titan re-released the book in December 2012. Fancy that; a novel of a horror computer game getting published more than ten years after it first saw print. That says a lot. I’ve asked around and the consensus seems […]
Resident Evil: Nemesis
S.D. Perry’s novel of the third Resident Evil game – Resident Evil: Nemesis, the fifth book in the franchise, first came out in the year 2000. Nearly 13 years later and it’s back in print, in fact, Amazon UK only has a few copies left. No doubt the recent movie is partly due to the […]
