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Welcome to Geek Native's Books section, your portal to the multiverse of the written and illustrated word. From epic fantasy novels to the frontiers of science fiction, we keep you updated with timely book news and insightful reviews to help you discover your next great read.

Our definition of 'books' proudly includes the vibrant world of comic books. This is your essential hub for the latest comic news, in-depth graphic novel reviews, and our curated selection of reshared comic strips that catch our eye. Whether you prefer sprawling literary sagas or the dynamic panels of sequential art, this is a comprehensive celebration of storytelling for the modern geek. Dive in and find your next adventure.

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Continuing the archive of independent Books reporting (Archive Page 162).

Frank Miller attacks and insults the #occupy movement

November 13, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Frank Miller – yeah, that Frank Miller; 300, Sin City, er, Holy Terror – has launched an all out assult on the Occupy movement. Sure, there’s a lot of criticism that could be aimed at the movement – such as a lack of clarity around its goals, a lack of accountability in its structure or […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: 300, Frank Miller

Stark’s War Review

November 9, 2011 by James Leave a Comment

Science fiction and cyberpunk novelist William Gibson once said that science fiction is best used to explore contemporary reality rather than attempt to predict the future. Whether you agree with that opinion or not, you can certainly see where it was coming from if you read Stark’s War, which is the first in a three […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Jack Campbell, reviews, sci-fi

Captain Nemo review

November 6, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kevin J Anderson is a prolific author who’s written a huge number of great books. Geek Native readers may recall from our interview with the writer that Captain Nemo is one of his favourite efforts. Unfortunately, that’s not the case for this blogger. Captain Nemo is not one of my favourites. The book is a […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Jules Verne

Cubicle 7 launch fiction imprint and headline with Mindjammer

October 31, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cubicle 7 have recently been on a reputation roll with titles ranging as far as the Laundry Files RPG, Doctor Who RPG and the Lord of the Rings RPG The One Ring. This week they’re using this earned reputation to push into a new frontier. Cubicle 7 are launching a fiction imprint. The new imprint, […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: cubicle 7, rebellion, Sarah Newton

75th Anniversary The Hobbit edition contains newly discovered Tolkien drawn art

October 29, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Researchers discovered more than 100 illustrations created by JRR Tolkien in the archive of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Publisher Harper Collins have the rights, and as it is the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit, they took the decision to publish a deluxe limited edition of the famous fantasy book that contained some of the […]

Filed Under: Art, Books Tagged With: J. R. R. Tolkien, the hobbit

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies interactive book app

October 24, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies has become something of a franchise. First there was the book and we’ve had pretty much everything else since including graphic novel. Now? Now there’s a Pride & Prejudice & Zombies interactive book app. It looks pretty good, to be fair.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: pride and prejudice and zombies, trailers

Marvel release Android App

October 12, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Marvel has released an Android App. It’ll run on your Android phone or tablet – and keep in mind that the Kindle Fire is an Android tablet. The app also syncs with your Marvel account so any digital comics you’ve already bought for your iOS device will also be available for your Android. The app’s […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: android, Comixology, marvel

The Darkness II trailer

October 1, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Born from the Witchblade franchise is the Darkness. It features hitmail Jackie Estacado who is possessed by the ancient force – the Darkness. It gives him the power to be scary and kick ass, Estacado isn’t really one of the good guys and has pretty much everyone after him. If you want to catch up […]

Filed Under: Comics, Console, PC Tagged With: PlayStation 3, Top Cow, trailers, witchblade, Xbox 360

Sega give away free Rise of Nightmares comic

September 30, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Back in June we published a rather weird video from Sega called Rise of Nightmares. It’s a horror survival game with plenty of WTF. In order to promote the game they teamed up author Al Ewing and artist Marc Olivent to put together a free comic for it. It shows the side story of Private […]

Filed Under: Comics, Console Tagged With: free to download, kinect, sega, Xbox 360

A lifetime of movie posters

September 27, 2011 by Brian 1 Comment

Drew Struzan may not be a household name but if you don’t know who he is, you certainly do know his work. A quick flick through Drew Struzan: Oeuvre is enough to see just how important his work has been over the past three decades, but you will want to give this collection more than […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Indiana Jones, movie, sci-fi, star wars

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