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Until the popular Guardians of the Galaxy movie was announced, the obscure team of space faring goofballs were an unknown quantity to most. I fall into this category, so I tracked down a few…
Read story ↗The first and only thing you need to know about this book is that it's magnificently, enthrallingly, undeniably brilliant and you should read it. Immediately. Well, what are you waiting for? Go, go! Unconvinced?…
Read story ↗There's a story about the punk movement that goes like this: Someone asked me "what is punk?" so I kicked over a garbage can. He kicked over another garbage can and asked, "so that's…
Read story ↗Apparently it's music week here at Geekly, because after the punk-rock showdown that was The Unnoticeables, we now have Last Song Before Night, a decidedly different take on what happens when you mix magic…
Read story ↗I'm a sucker for fairy tales. A large part of that probably comes from growing up in the golden age of Disney animation. Another large part of that comes from the fact that fairy…
Read story ↗Oh, Nnedi Okorafor. You make the unknown familiar and the familiar delectably strange. You make magic more than just mathematical formulae, and you make math into magic. You turn earth into history, history in…
Read story ↗The Library at Mount Char is one of my favorite books of 2015, and I sat down with author Scott Hawkins to discuss languages, dogs, and homicidal librarians. Christina Ladd: What had you picking…
Read story ↗You know the adage "don't judge a book by it's cover"? Of course you do. No matter how much you might want to take issue with that, just don't judge this book by this…
Read story ↗Angels are tricky. They're not like vampires or werewolves (obviously): their motivations are opaque, and their weaknesses are practically nonexistent. They make poor monsters as a result, and even poorer heroes, prone to perfection…
Read story ↗Perhaps no other book has influenced my thinking about freedom of expression and the power of art as much as The Merro Tree. Yet when I tell people that, I get blank stares. It's…
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