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Books for the Geek Love of Your Life
Most women say they want flowers, jewelry and chocolate.
Well, I like chocolate likely more than the next woman. But what I really covet is a great book.
So in honor of Valentine’s Day, I put together a list of science fiction books that satisfy both my geeky and romantic soul.
Cordelia’s Honor and A Civil Campaign by […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Books, Lois McMaster Bujold
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How Do We Stop Hollowing Out the Middle of America?
Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means for America by Patrick Carr & Maria Kefalas
I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that the majority of our readership doesn’t live in a rural area. I mean, the majority of America’s population doesn’t live in a rural area—that’s […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Books, brain drain, community development, Education, Midwest, reviews, rural, Science and Education, small town, youth
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Geekly Reader: The Brixton Brothers Book One
As a kid, I loved reading Encyclopedia Brown books, even when I was old enough that the mysteries were really simple to solve and I realized how absurd it was that Chief Brown needed his son’s help to solve cases. I didn’t read quite as much Hardy Boys, except for one summer when my younger […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, book review, Books, conspiracies, detectives, humor, kid lit, librarians, mystery
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Catalog Your Books Online
Geeks like books and we want our kids to like books. If you are obsessive like me, you have the urge to catalog those books. Or maybe, in this age of online information consumption, you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to read more books this year. Or maybe you want a place where the grandparents […] Continue reading
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How to Get Your Kids to Like Literature
My kids are probably among the last whose family gets a daily newspaper with substantial, if somewhat dated, funny pages. (As I learned by reading his Twitter feed today, the 14-year-old gets a particular kick out of the absurdity of Mark Trail.) And of course, having access to their dad’s comic book collection, they’re familiar […] Continue reading
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Learn Physics Fast With the Instant Egghead Guide
You’ve gotta love a book that follows “Chapter One: Matter” with “Chapter Two: Quantum Theory.” The Instant Egghead Guide: Physics by Brian Clegg and Scientific American does just that, and then continues on through chapters about Light, Relativity, Forces and Energy. The cover calls it “60-Second Science,” and each subject is a two-page spread that […] Continue reading
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Starting the New Year Hungry
Less than a week into 2010, I’ve already plowed through a pair of good science fiction reads and tagged a third on this year’s “can’t wait” list. And the best thing is, I get to blame my kid.
I started Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games late last Saturday night, planning for a little wind-down reading before […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Books, Hunger Games, Science Fiction
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Win Signed Copy of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks
Author Ethan Gilsdorf, Globe Pequot Press and Froobi.com have teamed up to offer a special opportunity to win one of 10 free autographed copies of Gilsdorf’s critically-acclaimed book Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms.
As reviewed here on GeekDad, the book […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Books, D&D, Dungeons & Dragons, J.R.R. Tolkien, MMOG, RPGs
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How to Get Your Kids Out Drawing from Nature
A page from Carol Coogan’s new book Backyard Naturalist Vol. III
Even in chilly upstate New York, nature artist Carol Coogan tries to sketch outdoors whenever she can. Carol writes and illustrates a weekly column for my local newspaper called “Backyard Naturalist.” I have always loved her little vignettes of wildlife, and last year, when the […] Continue reading
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