Over the holidays, one of the big projects that I undertook was to turn a small, spare bedroom from a storage/catch all into a proper office-cum-library. As I dug through the closet, which was overflowing with old comics, collectibles, and various geeky art, I realized that the way that I preferred to display my geek pride has changed a lot since I was a teenager. Continue reading
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Editorial | That One Author Who Avoided the Sophomore Slump
Not too long ago, I wrote a list of modern fantasy books that everyone should be reading. I considered adding Patrick Rothfuss’s first book in the King Killer Chronicles, The Name of the Wind, to the list, but I simply couldn’t justify it. The prose was acceptable but not outstanding, and the plot was interesting but not mesmerizing. However, thanks to a friend’s urging, I stuck with it, and as I’ve read the second book in the series, The Wise Man’s Fear, I find my opinion of Rothfuss’s merits as an author completely changing. I think that Patrick Rothfuss is a modern author to be read and used as a model for both new writers and modern published authors–as well as being really cool to fans who accidentally bump into him at conventions and lose all their words.
Rothfuss signing his second book (via blog.patrickrothfuss.com)
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Editorial | Review: Into the Woods
Into the Woods is the holiday movie that stitches together several of the Grimm brother’s fairy tales into a single yarn with fantastic sets and brilliant costumes, not to mention magnificent special effects. Based on the Broadway musical, this adaptation gets a lot of things right, although I did find a few aspects either odd or off-putting. Continue reading
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Editorial | Sorry, Mr. Berlatsky, Disdain for Cosplay is Not Misogyny
As a big fan of cosplay, and a huge geek (I edit a geek blog, after all), I am well aware that there are issues between cosplayers and some other convention and event attendees. I’ve spoken out before against the harassment of cosplayers, and advocated that geeks everywhere stand up and say something if they see harassment happen. With that being said, I think that some apologists for the cosplay community can occasionally, in their support for something amazing, see problems that do not exist and declaim persecution that isn’t happening. Continue reading
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Therefore I Geek 