Author Claude Lalumière reads the start and finish of a number of the stories in his book Objects of Worship. Claude’s interested in teasing us; how did the beginning morph into the ending? Certainly the differences between the start and the end seem to be pretty huge! Just… if you don’t like spoilers then don’t […]
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William Gibson reads from Spook Country
Famous for his 1984 debut novel “Neuromancer” William Gibson is an established thought leader in the Sci-Fi community. This video harks back to 2007 and features him reading an excerpt from the book Spook Country.
Neil Gaiman reads Instructions
In the latest post to the “Author Videos” secton we skip back in time a few years to visit the ever-popular Neil Gaiman as he reads his poem Instructions. It’s a helpful set of instructions – should you every find yourself trapped in a fairytail then this will help.
Jacqueline Mychaels reads from Nameless
In this video section we visit Jacqueline Mychaels as she reads from her young adult book – Nameless. We pick up as a key character waits his death…
K.V. Johansen reads from Warden of Greyrock – Book Three of the Warlocks of Talverdin
Needless to say; if you’ve not read the first two books of the Warlocks of Talverd then this reading contains spoilers. If you’re a fan of the series then what could be better than author K.V. Johansen reading from the Warden of Greyrock herself.
Rich Fulcher reads from his latest book – Tiny Acts of Rebellion
Rich Fulcher is the American comedian from the British hit The Mighty Boosh. His latest book, Tiny Acts of Rebellion, offers 97 ways to (almost legally) stick it to the man. Not sure what he means? No problem. Here’s a video of him reading from the book.
Stephen King’s Under the Dome gets trailer
It’s tough promoting books; even the biggest publishers have only a wafer thin budget per book when you slice their ad funds up by author. A few authors, however, have an extra special tug on the marketing budget and Stephen King’s one of them. It’s said that he’d tried to finish Under the Dome before […]
Lisa Foiles (@darthchix0r) as Harley Quinn
Halloween is good for all sorts of reasons. Today, the first work day after Halloween, we had a little treat via Kotaku and then Lisa Foiles’ Gaming is Sexy blog. If you’re not already following darthchix0r on Twitter then you may be interested to know that she’s stared in Malcolm n the Middle, Even Stevens […]
Win a signed copy of Mecha & Manga
Here’s a good competition – a chance to win a signed copy of Mecha & Manga. Mecha & Manga is a new Mutants & Masterminds sourcebook from Green Ronin. It’s been authored by Alejandro Melchor. Melchor is an accomplished artist himself and I think this means a lot for any manga book. Alejandro also writes […]
Generic Wizards Night vs Warner Bros
This story popped up on my other radar – the professional digital marketing radar – but I think it belongs to Geek Native. I’ve already seen Ms Marmite Lover on British TV. She was in the spotlight for hosting private dinner parties in her house. You meet strangers at your table. You pay a little […]
