The Great Geek Manual

Audio Fiction and Podcasts

• Listen to “About 77 Degrees, West of Nassau” by Don Norum at Pseudopod.
• Listen to “The Children of Alex Rankin” by Steve Vance at Cossmass Infinities.
• Listen to “The Code Of The Poodles” by James Powell at SFFAudio.
• Listen to “The Faithful Solider Prompted” by Saladin Ahmed at StarShip Sofa.
• Listen to “Kachikachi Yama” by Michael R. Underwood at Escape Pod.
• Listen to “The Poisoner” by Holly Day at Pseudopod.
• Listen to “Sarging Rasmussen: A Report By Organic” by Gord Sellar.
• Listen to “Skatouioannis” by Nick Mamatas at PodCastle.

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Audio Fiction and Podcasts

• Listen to “Chemical Magic” by Katherine Sparrow at PodCastle.
• Listen to “Death of a Spaceman” by Walter M. Miller at StarShip Sofa.
• Listen to “For The Lover of Mechanical Minds” by Brenda Cooper at StarShip Sofa.
• Listen to “The Outsider” by H.P. Lovecraft at 19 Nocturne Boulevard.
• Listen to “Songdogs” by Ian McHugh at PodCastle.
• Listen to the science fiction drama Edict Zero.

Comics and Graphic Novels

• ComicBookResources offers a preview of Angel: Illyria #1.
• Read a preview of Serenity: Downtime at USA Today.
• Read a seven page excerpt from Stephen King’s “American Vampire”

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Audio Fiction and Podcasts

• Listen to “At The Mountains Of Madness” by H.P. Lovecraft at SFFAudio.
• Listen to “Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva” by James Morrow at StarshipSofa.
• Listen to “The Devil’s Fauna” by Michael Stone at Dunesteef.
• Listen to “The Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family” by H.P. Lovecraft at Dunesteef.
• Listen to the final installment of the “Sublimation Angels” serialized short story by Jason Sanford at StarshipSofa. [Parts 1 & 2]
• Listen to “Maybe Then I’ll Fade Away” by Joseph D’Lacey at Dark Fiction.
• Listen to “The Moon-Bog” by H.P. Lovecraft at 19 Nocturne Boulevard.
• Listen to “On the Banks of the River Lex” by N. K. Jemisin at Clarkesworld.
• Listen to “Perhaps The Last” by Conrad Williams at Dark Fiction Magazine.
• Listen to “Pumpkin Night” by Gary McMahon at Dark Fiction Magazine.
• Listen to “Sleepless Afternoon” by Rish Outfield at Dunesteef.
• Listen to “Something Wicked This Way Plumbs” by Vylar Kaftan at PodCastle.
• Listen to “St. Darwin’s Spirituals” by D.K. Thompson at Escape Pod.
• Listen to “Standard Loneliness Package” by Charles Yu at LightSpeed Magazine.

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Audio Fiction and Podcasts

• Listen to “Corvus Curse” by Barry J. Northern at Pseudopod.
• Listen to “Fuel” by Matthew S. Rotundo at Escape Pod.
• Listen to “Life on Earth” by Pat Cadigan at StarShipSofa.
• Listen to “Something Wicked This Way Plumbs” by Vylar Kaftan at PodCastle.
• Read “Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back” by Joe R. Lansdale at Lightspeed Magazine.

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Audio Fiction and Podcasts

• 19 Nocturne Boulevard is offering up classic H.P. Lovecraft stories for Halloween, including The Book, The Hound, Lost Hearts, Pickman’s Model, The Temple, The Tomb, The Whisperer in Darkness, and more.
• Listen to “The Belated Burial” by Caitlin R. Kiernan at PodCastle.
• Listen to “CHEMO: The Condemned” by J.M. Perkins at Dunesteef.
• Listen to “The Chronology Protection Case” by Paul Levinson.
• Listen to “Creature” by Ramsey Shehadeh at PodCastle.
• Listen to “Cruciger” by Erin Cashier at EscapePod.

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Audio Fiction and Podcasts

• Listen to “The Girl Who Tasted the Sea” by Sarah L. Edwards.
• Listen to “Jury Service” by Cory Doctrow at Craphound. [Part 2]
• Listen to “Listening For Submarines” by Peter Higgins at Aural Delights.
• Listen to “McIIvaine’s Star” by August Derleth at Aural Delights.
• Listen to “Papa Was a Gypsy” By Shannon Celebi at Pseudopod.
• Listen to “Only Springtime When She’s Gone” by Eugie Fosterm at Escape Pod.
• Listen to “Shakespeare In My Pocket” by David Macpherson at Everyday Fiction.

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Book: Lord of Emperors
ISBN-13: 978-0451463548

Author: Guy Gavriel Kay
Series: The Sarantine Mosaic, Book 2
Publisher: Roc Trade
Genre: Historical Fantasy
Release: October 5, 2010 (Reprint)
Length: 448 pages (Hardcover)

Rating: A- (95 / 100)

Verdict

Guy Gavriel Kay concludes The Sarantine Mosaic with the same intricacy and grandeur with which he began in Sailing to Sarantium. Kay matches Jordan and Martin with the astonishing scope of his narrative and the depth with which he develops his characters. However, where Jordan and Martin couch their tales in elaborate magical systems and foreign worlds, Kay’s books are set in a past where the superstition and faith of early civilization gently blurs the line between historical fact and fantasy. The result is a literary novel of humbling quality.

If you’re looking for excellent writing and a world in which to loose yourself, look no further. If you’re looking for high fantasy or a light bit of reading, look elsewhere.

Pros: Extremely well written. Fascinating historical backdrop. Exciting races.

Cons: Long on history, short on fantasy elements. Slow pacing.

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Audio Fiction and Podcasts

• 9 Nocturne Boulevard is offering H.P. Lovecraft stories, including The Cats of Ulthar, The Colour Out of Space, From Beyond, and What the Moon Brings.
• Listen “After We Got Back The Lights” by Eric Del Carlo to at StarshipSofa.
• Listen “Five Thrillers” by Robert Reed to at StarshipSofa.
• Listen to “Flash on the Borderlands IV” by Sylvia Hiven at Pseudopod.
• Listen to “The Speed of Dreams” by Will Ludwigsen at .
• Listen “Squonk and the Horde of Apprentices” by P.M. Butler to at Escape Pod.
• Listen to “The Whistling Room” by William Hope Hodgson at Podcastle.

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