Happy Holidays - Aiden & Sammie
Dec
20
Happy Holidays
In the new year I am hoping to redesign and convert Geekin’ Out into what it was originally conceptualized to be – an online zine all about the geeky things in life. It sort of is that now, but I want to push it even more and I’m also looking for volunteer writers to help make posts a lot more frequently as well as provide multiple views of the geek culture.
If you are interested in writing on a volunteer basis throw me an email at bree@geekin-out.com.
Child of the Morning by Pauline Gedge
Child of the Morning
Hatshepsut was considered a child of the gods, and not only because she was the daughter of the Pharaoh. She fated to be strong, intelligent and a leader. Unfortunately, she was born the wrong gender. She lived in a world where only men could learn, fight and rule, but she was determined to prove that even as a woman, she was the true ruler of Egypt. It is with this determination and the love given and recieved by her followers that Hatshepsut was to become Egypt’s one and only female Pharoah.
Child of the Morning is a brilliant piece of historical fiction that transports the reader to Egypt’s magnificent 18th dynasty and brings to life one of the most Keep Reading »
Sep
18
Review: Watchmen
The Watchmen
With the movie coming out in six months the buzz around Watchmen is getting loud – especially since the trailer is being run before The Dark Knight. In July and August combined the comic sold over 62,000 copies from comic specialty stores – this doesn’t include regular book stores like Chapters – and will most likely continue to fly off the shelf until March 2009.
Just like the other 62,000 people (and counting) I jumped on this bandwagon and picked myself up a copy of the book. Now, most true comic book fans will shun me for not having read “one of the greatest graphic novels ever written” until now, but I had my reasons. Keep Reading »