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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, rapture of the nerds, 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, rapture of the nerds, 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, rapture of the nerds, The Laundry RPG, Titan Books

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