Podcasts about geek book club

Everything is crazy right now, but we do have some exciting digital news.   The Sartorial Geek Book Club is coming to Discord!   Kristin from @superspacechick (and her bookish YouTube) is leading an open book club starting this June. Our first book choice is The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins.    Join us for digital chats and all kinds of bookish goodness.   Stay safe, and stay nerdy.  Join our Patreon for bonus gifts and content!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/sartorial-geek. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Geeks read some stuff and you get to join in the conversation!  Find out what our crew thought of our first geek novel in our book club, Six of Crows, followed by some impromptu comic book reading with Kingdom Come and Neil Gaiman's run of Eternals.  Plus a Watson game as the Dude's rug to tie it all together. Like what you're hearing?  Be sure to share this podcast with your friends and give us a review on iTunes over at http://bit.ly/gabbinggeek  Be sure to check out our awesome new web site at http://gabbinggeek.com/ where we have tons of stories and articles about the geekiest content you want to read! Feel free to email us at gabbinggeek@gmail.com, tweet us @gabbinggeeks, or join in the Facebook conversation at http://bit.ly/facebookgg

It's a brand new year (has been, for a month or so) and the Geeks are here with their Bold Predictions, Geek Resolutions, Biggest Anticipations, and a Geek Book Club!  Like what you're hearing?  Be sure to share this podcast with your friends and give us a review on iTunes over at http://bit.ly/gabbinggeek  Be sure to check out our awesome new web site at http://gabbinggeek.com/ where we have tons of stories and articles about the geekiest content you want to read! Feel free to email us at gabbinggeek@gmail.com, tweet us @gabbinggeeks, or join in the Facebook conversation at http://bit.ly/facebookgg

Our follow up to the incredible ‘Three Body Problem’, we revisit this rich world. Does the story survive a translation from a different author? Let’s take a spin through the future, and how humanity would survive an alien first contact! Shop for ‘The Dark Forrest’ on Amazon https://amzn.to/2KxQqBj Download this week’s show as an audio … Continue reading "Geek Book Club 014: ‘The Dark Forest’ By Liu Cixin"

A near future colony on the moon! A protagonist who flirts with criminal activities. A noir caper to change the face of the lunar economy. ‘Artemis’ is a fun romp through sci-fi crime from the author of ‘The Martian’. Andy Weir delivers just enough science to keep the story grounded, but just enough drama to … Continue reading "Geek Book Club 013 – ‘Artemis: A Novel’ by Andy Weir"

Our first fantasy novel on the Geek Book Club, with a fun insider story from Andrew. He knows the author! The first book of the “Barrow” series introduces the setting; the city of Barrow on the Thousand Stars Plane. Andrew sat down with John Deakins to chat about writing the book, publishing, and fantasy stories. … Continue reading "Geek Book Club 12b – Interview with ‘Barrow’ Author John Deakins"

Our first fantasy novel on the Geek Book Club, with a fun insider story from Andrew. He knows the author! The first book of the “Barrow” series introduces the setting; the city of Barrow on the Thousand Stars Plane. In a multiverse of unstable pocket universes, the Thousand Stars Plane is nearly normal, except for … Continue reading "Geek Book Club 012a – ‘Barrow’ by John Deakins"

A gut-wrenchingly beautiful story about art and story telling in a post apocalyptic world. Station Eleven walks us through the fall of modern society, the individuals who survive, and asks us to imagine how we might preserve our stories and art. “Existence is insufficient”. Shop Station Eleven on Amazon https://amzn.to/2LGi1Qo Download this week’s show as … Continue reading "Geek Book Club 011 – ‘Station Eleven’ by Emily St. John Mandel"

Sometimes you just have to see if you CAN go home again. One of Juan’s favorite Trek novels as a kid, does it live up to his memories? Can it survive the scrutiny of “Man Child Juan”? Let’s take a look back at Vendetta, one of the first stories to feature a Borg killing antagonist! … Continue reading "Geek Book Club 010 – ‘Vendetta: Star Trek The Next Generation’ by Peter David"

Maybe the most passionate love letter to the 1980’s ever written. Releasing this week as a feature film adaptation, directed by none other than Mr. Steven Spielberg, ‘Ready Player One’ is a high concept fantasy adventure celebrating all things geek and pop culture in a wonderful mash up style. Here’s our take on the book, … Continue reading "Geek Book Club 008 – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline"

Pulp noir storytelling, hard science fiction setting, and a little life philosophy. ‘Altered Carbon’ has a little something for everyone. No surprise that this book series was optioned by Netflix for a 10 episode series. Sure, TV is fun to watch, but we’re BOOK GEEKS! Let’s read this puppy! Let’s read the HECK out of … Continue reading "Geek Book Club 007 – Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan"

The Left Hand of Darkness is an incredible achievement in science fiction, pushing the boundaries on late 1960’s gender discussion, and building a world for future novels to explore. What happens to a society when you strip away gender, and then introduce a man into that society? Plus we get super squirrely talking about fantasy … Continue reading "Geek Book Club 006 – The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin"

Our review of ‘Little Brother’ by Cory Doctorow! It’s time to tackle some YA fiction, and why not also get SUPER political! Doctorow’s book takes a hard look at American politics and our government’s response to tragic events. Can a group of tech savvy kids take down Homeland Security? How can young citizens get involved? … Continue reading "Geek Book Club 005 – Little Brother by Cory Doctorow"

We take a break from our regularly scheduled Geek Book-Club assignments to bring you a very special GFU-at-The-Movies. Marvel's "Logan". We review the 2017 sepia-toned action thriller "Logan" starring Hugh Jackman in his swan song performance of the surly Canadian Wolverine. Also starring Patrick Stewart and Dafne Keene. Directed by James Mangold.  In a SPOILER filled podcast we discuss X-23, "Clogan", and the differences between kid friendly Wolverine, and R-Rated Wolverine.    

This week, our geekbrarians look sternly over their glasses, tell you to shush, and go back to pushing their book trolley around the shelves, as we bring you some of our favourite examples in the first of an occasional series delving into geek books. We wrangle with minds, drones, and dubiously named ships, we offer ourselves as tribute, and we make sure we always know where our towels are.   Plus our Thimble of Win features heads in boxes, questionable dubbing and unholy alliances between demons and angels.   Thimble of Win Links: http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3420411/writer-andrew-kevin-walker-shares-never-seen-first-draft-se7en/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XziLNeFm1ok https://www.theguardian.com/books/tvandradioblog/2016/apr/15/good-omens-neil-gaiman-to-adapt-terry-pratchett-collaboration-for-tv   Other Links: http://www.thehungergames.co.uk/the-books/ http://www.douglasadams.com/ http://www.iain-banks.net/science-fiction/  

Episode 56—Fangirl, Finally—is here and ready for your listening pleasure.  We start off with the Geekiest News of the Week (GNOW) where we cover the newly announced Marvel movies and some shifting dates of existing Marvel Cinematic Universe films.  Then we talk about Steven Spielberg’s latest comments on the movie version of our beloved Ready Player One.   Then, finally, it’s time for our Geek Book Club discussion of Fangirl.  Who liked it?  Who didn’t?  Is this even a geek book?  And speaking of Geek Books, we’ve got a new Geek Book Club recommendation from our very own Tom Kelly.   Finally, we wrap up this episode with a discussion of the broader topic—what is geeky subject matter anyway?  Is there a way to define geekdom?  Hear what we have to say and let us know what you think over on GabbingGeek.com!   Like what you're hearing?  Be sure to share this podcast with your friends and give us a review on iTunes over at http://bit.ly/gabbinggeek   Be sure to check out our awesome new web site at http://gabbinggeek.com/ where we have tons of stories and articles about the geekiest content you want to read!   Feel free to email us at gabbinggeek@gmail.com, tweet us @gabbinggeeks, or join in the Facebook conversation at http://bit.ly/facebookgg 

Episode 55, Not A Fangirl, was originally supposed to include our Geek Book Club segment on the book Fangirl.  But as you probably guessed from the title, we didn’t have the book club because 33% of our podcasters didn’t finish the book.  We won’t say who, but it was Watson.  Instead we filled it with some fun content and plenty of jokes at Watson’s expense.  Basically, every other episode of Gabbing Geek.   In our Geekiest News of the Week (GNOW) we cover returning TV shows like the amazing second season of Gotham and Jenny updates us on her Lego Dimension experience.   We all saw The Martian, did you?  If not, SpoilerBot makes his triumphant return to tell you when to skip ahead because we need to talk about the movie in all its glory.   Finally, since Watson prevented our regularly scheduled content he made up for it by conducting a Watson level trivia game all about aliens.   Like what you're hearing?  Be sure to share this podcast with your friends and give us a review on iTunes over at http://bit.ly/gabbinggeek   Be sure to check out our awesome new web site at http://gabbinggeek.com/ where we have tons of stories and articles about the geekiest content you want to read!   Feel free to email us at gabbinggeek@gmail.com, tweet us @gabbinggeeks, or join in the Facebook conversation at http://bit.ly/facebookgg 

In Episode 47—Red, Beans, And Smaller Than Rice—we start off with our Geek Book Club discussion of The Martian.  We’ve activated the super sassy SpoilerBot 3000 to let you know where to skip if you haven’t finished the book.  But, really, GO FINISH THE BOOK!  And be sure to pick up Armada by Ernie Cline for our next Geek Book Club in episode 51.  You can even get a free audio book of Armada over at http://audibletrial.com/gabbinggeek !   After our book club we have a fun trivia game where Jenny and Watson try to guess the movie that Sean Bean was in and lived. Yes, there are multiple movies where Sean Bean lived!   Finally, we wrap up the episode with a discussion of the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Ant-Man.     Like what you're hearing?  Be sure to share this podcast with your friends and give us a review on iTunes over at http://bit.ly/gabbinggeek   Be sure to check out our awesome new web site at http://gabbinggeek.com/ where we have tons of stories and articles about the geekiest content you want to read!     Feel free to email us at gabbinggeek@gmail.com, tweet us @gabbinggeeks, or join in the Facebook conversation at http://bit.ly/facebookgg  

Episode 43 is all about Pretty Pictures.  After a brief discussion of audio books (because, you know, http://audibletrial.com/gabbinggeek gets you a free one) we announce a new Geek Book Club for Episode 47—The Martian.  Read it now or head to that link for your free audio book of it!   In Geekiest News of the Week (GNOW) we cover some digital comics news.  Comixology app has a great update and the site just added Dark Horse comics!  Plus there’s a new comic out called Fallen and we have an exclusive interview with the writer of the book!  I won’t say it’s me.  Wait, is that talking about myself in the third person?  Does that make it the fourth person?  Does anyone read these notes?   Jenny mentions a fun article she wrote on the GabbingGeek.com website about the Geek Fuel monthly mystery box. You should check it out.   We have a great discussion about Inside Out and we’ve activated SpoilerBot 3000 to let you skip ahead if you haven’t seen the movie.     After the Inside Out discussion we bring you our latest List of Truth where we’ve ranked all 15 Pixar films.  Which ended up on the bottom and which reigned supreme?  Find out!   Like what you're hearing?  Be sure to share this podcast with your friends and give us a review on iTunes over at http://bit.ly/gabbinggeek   Be sure to check out our awesome new web site at http://gabbinggeek.com/ where we have tons of stories and articles about the geekiest content you want to read!     Feel free to email us at gabbinggeek@gmail.com, tweet us @gabbinggeeks, or join in the Facebook conversation at http://bit.ly/facebookgg  

This week we have an interview with Aaron Erickson (@AaronErickson), a C# MVP.  Aaron talks with us about F#. Show notes Aaron’s book “The Nomadic Developer” Monte Carlo Simulations ”Expert F#“ by Don Syme "Foundations of F#" by Robert Pickering ”F# for Scientist” by Jon Harrop Milwaukee area’s Geek Book Club Download / Listen to the Show http://shows.thirstydeveloper.com/TD063.mp3 Twitter Feed Thirsty Developer has a twitter feed, friend us at http://twitter.com/thirstyd