What measures must you take after being bitten by a zombie? David P. Murphy provides everything you need to know if you ever find yourself in such a situation in his new book “Zombies for Zombies”. Zombies for Zombies is a motivational guide designed specifically to make a profound difference in your accidental, strange new [...]
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The follow-up to the international best-seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies! This is Jane Austen’s classic novel of love, heartache, and social distinction, except with nefarious pirates, primitive submarines, and rampaging giant mutant lobsters courtesy of Ben H. Winters. There’s also a pretty good “trailer” for Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ransom Riggs [...]
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Amazon’s new Kindle DX features a larger 9.7″ e-ink display with the ability to rotate for for viewing in portrait or landscape modes. It more than doubles the storage of the regular Kindle allowing for storage of about 3,500 books. The Kindle DX also features a native PDF reader so you no longer have to [...]
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I have a certain fondness for LEGOs and stop-motion animation. Check out this LEGO remake based on H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine” and George Pal’s The Time Machine movie. This Movie was made for the German Brickfilm-Festival Steinerei 2008. It has German audio and English subtitles. Simply amazing. Click here to watch the video
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Amazon introduced their second generation Kindle ebook reader — the Kindle 2. Here are a few features of the new Kindle 2: Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines Lightweight: At 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical paperback Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle, anytime, [...]
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Yes, you read that right — “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”. From author Seth Grahame-Smith: “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” covers the same ground as the original masterpiece – only that ground is full freshly-vacated graves. The “strange plague” has been the scourge of England for years. London has been walled off, and the countryside [...]
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An article over at Universe Today titled “Colonizing Venus With Floating Cities” sparked my interest while at the same time reminding me of the awesome Space Trilogy by C. S. Lewis that I read as a teen. The article is referring to floating colonies in the atmosphere of Venus, however the book I am reminded [...]
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My wonderful wife gave me some t-shirts (you can never have too many t-shirts) and a book for Valentine’s Day. The shirts came from uneetee.com who has some really nice designs. The book is titled Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found. We stumbled across this book the other day at the bookstore and [...]
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I just saw this post by Bob Staake about an upcoming book, Trucks Go Pop. Very nice. As a kid I was always drawn to pop-up books, and to this day, I still am (a kid drawn to pop-up books). Check out Bob Staake’s site. You might not recognize his name, but you will likely [...]
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