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Are gamers pessimistic about the future?

July 21, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Is gaming bad for you? Does it desensitize you to violence in a way that being a boxing, wrestling or action movie fan does not? The debate has raged and will rage on for years to come. Geek Native had a copy of Wastelands 2, stories from the apocalypse, featuring authors like George R.R. Martin […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Apocalypse, Cory Doctorow, George R. R. Martin, stats

Competition: Win Wastelands 2 from George R.R. Martin, Cory Doctorow, et al

February 22, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

Wastelands 2 is a series of post-apocalyptic short stories from authors such as Game of Thrones’ George R.R. Martin, Cory Doctorow, Junot Diaz, Rudy Rucker, Hugh Howey, Ann Aguirre and others. The 528-paged book is a feast for fans and is the follow up from the critically acclaimed Wastelands collection. The compilation, from Titan Books, […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: apocalyptic, competitions, Cory Doctorow, George R. R. Martin, Titan Books

Competition: Let me experience The Rapture of the Nerds!

April 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today has had a focus on The Rapture of the Nerds. Geek Native has interviewed authors Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross and even published review. There’s even a competition from publishers Titan Books. To be in with a chance of winning a SIGNED copy of Rapture of the Nerds tweet the fictions piece of technology […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Charles Stross, competitions, Cory Doctorow, Titan Books

Rapture of the Nerds review: clever but weird

April 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I came to Rapture of the Nerds not having read any Cory Doctorow outside his excellent articles on protecting the freedom of the internet and having read plenty of Charles Stross’ books but favouring the battle against ancient godlike beings beyond time and space from the Laundry Files. Rapture of the Nerds is a transhuman […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Charles Stross, comedy, Cory Doctorow, reviews, sci-fi

Exploring Techno-optimism, not watching Doctor Who and the Rapture of the Nerds with Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross

April 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Two big name authors in one interview? Geek Native landed a big one… perhaps. We’ll just have to make sure we can loop in good RPG chat, the sci-fi agenda as well as reflect on the pair’s Rapture of the Nerds. Cory Doctorow, a digital thought leader, is well known enough to feature on XKCD […]

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Charles Stross, Cory Doctorow, The Laundry RPG, Titan Books

The Humble eBook Bundle

October 10, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pay what you want to take home the Humble eBook Bundle and if you pay more than average then you’ll also get to download Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s Signal to Noise as well as John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War. For just a single dollar (money gets split between the authors and charity) you could […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, sale

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