Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

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Promo Bits: Tor at Comic-Con — the Schedule

If you haven’t received an email from them yet, then you’ll be surprised to learn about all the fun things Tor Books will be up to at the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con. They include (taken from the email): This year at the Tor Booth (#2707), we’ll not only have our popular *in-booth signings and giveaways, […]

Promo Bits: Robocalypse Book Trailer (German Edition)

I’ll be honest: I don’t speak German and half of the words spoken in the video below are unintelligible to me. But the video is too damn awesome to ignore! Check it out (after the fold): The production value is astonishingly good for a book trailer, don’t you think?  I wish all book trailers were […]

Promo Bits: Lord of the Rings: Returning to Theaters!

The title only gives you have the picture.  It’s been a long while since RotK hit the big screen.  Now we can see the extended cut the way it was meant to be seen! Here’s the info: Return to Middle-earth as the most magical epic adventure in motion picture history comes to the big screen […]

Promo Bits: Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh

I figured this would be of interest to you guys: Soft Apocalypse is the extraordinary debut novel by Will McIntosh. It follows the journey of a tribe of formerly middle class Americans as they struggle to find a place for themselves and their children in a new, dangerous world. A world that still carries the […]

ToC for ODD? (vol. one) Released (and It Looks Good!)

Jeff VanderMeer has released the table of contents for the first volume of the upcoming anthology called ODD? (edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer). Here’s the list: Amos Tutuola – “The Dead Babies”Gustave Le Rouge – “The War of the Vampires” (new translation by Brian Evenson and David Beus)Jeffrey Ford – “Weiroot”Leopoldo Lugones – “The […]

Promo Bits: Gantz (Live Action Film) Premieres on the Jan. 20th,2011!

I recently received an email about this event and decided that, since I’m planning to go, you all should know about it so you can go too. Here’s the info (after the fold): There are a lot of really sexy people in this movie, by the way… You’ve watched the series, you’ve read the manga […]