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In The Starter, the sequel to 2009’s The Rookie, Scott Sigler manages to combine the seemingly disparate elements of football, gangsters, and science fiction into one cohesive story that, as usual, entertains the reader with a believable group of Read More

We have a really cool giveaway this week that will be of interest to anyone who has recently bought a Corellian freighter or maybe even just to Star Wars fans. Scholastic has provided us with copies of their new hardcover, Star Wars: Millennium Falcon - Read More

Wizards of the Coast has addressed Dungeons & Dragons' steep learning curve with their new line of Essentials, books and accessories designed specifically to bring players into the game armed with all the knowledge and goodies they'll need to start Read More

What better time than Halloween to come up with a list of top films and books based on nutter Ed Gein's grisly habit of wearing his mother's torso as a face? Here's a list of my favorite Ed-Gein-based movies and books. Read More

We're giving away the Klutz Book of Animation, and you just have a few more days to enter the contest! You need to have your entries in before midnight Eastern time the night of Monday, October 11. Read More

If you have a computer with some sort of attachable camera, you have everything you need to make your own animation! Well, everything except the Klutz Book of Animation to show you how it all works. But fear not... this week we have three copies of the Read More

Quirk Books was kind enough to send us copies of Night of the Living Trekkies, a novel of Star Trek meets zombies, written by Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall, and now we're passing the awesomeness along to you! Here's how you can enter to win a copy Read More

Two days ago, Quirk Books released the official trailer for one of its most imaginative mash-up novels yet: Night of the Living Trekkies. Unlike the majority of the book trailers that I've seen in the past, it not only features relatively impressive Read More

The desert world of Athas is back for 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. Here's a look at the core book and the Creature Catalog. Read More

The Zombies of Lake Woebegotten is a well-constructed novel that offers a tongue-in-cheek, solid and fast read. It's a humorous, yet creepy portrayal of the type of paranoia that could envelop a small, isolated community like Lake Woebegotten when the Read More

Jersey Devil Press's 2010 anthology collects 20 short stories, dropping the reader into the middle of a crazy collision of character moments, pop culture, profanity, and unspeakable acts with unicorns. Read More

I went into reading Starfishers expecting to enjoy it. A story about space whales, spies, espionage, and a universe where Earth is the kind of place you make certain your spaceship doors are locked when passing by? That should be right up my alley. Read More