With Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD premiering tonight and bringing the Marvel Cinematic Universe to television with a sort of outlandish police procedural format I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised to see DC Comics moving to do something similar. Their properties have seen pretty great success over on the CW […]
“Razor’s Edge” Truly Embrace’s Princess Leia’s Awesomeness
Star Wars: Razor’s Edge (Star Wars Legends) Author: Martha Wells Release Date: September 24, 2013 Series: Empire and Rebellion #1 Publisher: Lucas Books, Del Rey Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Media Tie-In Rating: ????? Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I grew up on Star Wars books. I did my very first book report on Timothy Zahn’s […]
The Origins of Cyborg 009 Retold
Cyborg 009 Author: F.J. DeSanto, Bradley Cramp, Shotaro Ishinomori, Stephen Christy Illustrator: Marcus To, Ian Herring Release Date: September 24, 2013 Publisher: Archaia Entertainment Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Manga Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: — GoodReads | Amazon Like many nerds, I went through a pretty serious anime phase once upon a time. My experiences with Fullmetal Alchemist […]
Sea Change is the Story of a Girl and Her Kraken
Sea Change Author: S.M. Wheeler Release Date: June 18, 2013 Publisher: Macmillan, Tor, Forge Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Fantasy, Fairy Tale-ish, Young Adult-ish Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon Do you ever come across those books that you almost immediately know aren’t for you and yet you feel compelled to finish the story anyway because you […]
March Reaffirms the Power of Graphic Novels
March: Book One Author: John Lewis and Andrew Aydin Illustrator: Nate Powell Release Date: August 13, 2013 Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): History, Biography, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Medium GoodReads | Amazon John Lewis is a living legend. Born in 1940 he has been the Representative from the 5th District of Georgia since […]
Educate Yourself With These Geek-tastic Non-Fiction Titles
Despite how many books I manage to read and review for Nerdophiles I feel like the vast majority of what I read on a day-to-day basis is actually what most people would classify as ‘Non-Fiction.’ Well, if you consider textbooks non-fiction, anyway, which considering I am in law school right […]
The Guild Official Companion is Perfect for Guild Fans (Read to Win a Copy)!
The Guild: The Official Companion Author: Collaborative, Intro by Felicia Day Release Date: July 16, 2013 Publisher: Titan Books Source: Titan Books Genre(s): Companion Book, Webisodes, Fantasy, Mockumentary Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon So for those who know me, they know that at sometimes I can be critical of nerds represented in media. Shows like […]
Zombie/Apocalypse 2012: A Political Horror Story
Zombie/Apocalypse 2012: A Political Horror Story Author: Ian McClellan Release Date: June 3, 2012 Publisher: Ian McClellan Source: Author Genre(s): Horror, Satire Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon I love an interesting take on the usual zombie fare and I’ll be the first to read or watch anything in hopes of finding those little differences […]
Check Out Madeleine Roux's YA Debut Asylum
Asylum Author: Madeleine Roux Release Date: August 20, 2013 Publisher: HarperCollins Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): YA Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Suspense Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I absolutely loved Madeleine Roux’s first book Allison Hewitt is Trapped. It was one of the first books I reviewed on Nerdophiles and remains one of the only audiobooks […]
"Insidious: Chapter 2" is A Horror Sequel Done Completely Right
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8B9hisNcuw] Insidious: Chapter 2 Release Date: Friday 13, 2013 Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye, Steve Coulter, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Andrew Astor Director: James Wan Studio: IM Global, Entertainment One, Blumhouse Productions Distributor: FilmDistrict, Stage 6 Films Genre(s): Horror, Paranormal Thriller Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Back when the […]
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