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Book Review: Strikingly True

Sep 16 2011 3 Comments 77 views

Book: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Strikingly True
ISBN-13: 978-1609910006

Series: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!
Publisher: Ripley Publishing
Genre: Non-Fiction / Trivia
Release: September 13, 2011
Length: 256 pages (Hardcover)

Verdict

Each time I pick up one of Ripley’s super-sized coffee table books, I can’t help but think that, if Reddit’s front page were a book, this would be it. (Except, you know, the complete lack of trolls.) Strikingly True is choked full of the same riveting sort of trivia, photos, and anecdotes that the lure me away from my work and onto the internet each day. Only, this compact version makes for an eye-catching centerpiece for your coffee table.

If, like me, you loose track of the time pouring over Digg, Reddit, and Tumblr online, you’ll love this latest entry in the Ripley’s Believe It or Not series.
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Free Fiction Round-Up: September 13, 2011

Sep 15 2011 No Comment 73 views

Audio Fiction and Podcasts

Listen to “All The Cool Monsters At Once” by James Alan Gardner at Dunesteef.
Listen to “Arvies” by Adam Troy-Castro at Beam Me Up.
Listen to “Bring On The Rain” by Josh Roseman at StarShipSofa.
Listen to “Bubbles” by David Brin at Lightspeed Magazine.
Listen to “The Eater” by Michael J. DeLuca at Pseudopod.
Listen to “The Even Chance” by C.S. Forester at Journey Into…
Listen to “Everything is Green” by David Foster Wallace at Miette’s Bedtime Story.
Listen to “From Paris, With Regret” by Starla Huchton at Peculiar Occurrences.
Listen to “Join” by Liz Coleman at Lightspeed Magazine.
Listen to “The Parable of the Shower” by Leah Bobet at PodCastle.
Listen to “Pack” by Robert Reed at Clarkesworld Magazine.
Listen to “Signals in the Deep” by Greg Mellor at Clarkesworld Magazine.
Listen to “Using It and Losing It” by Jonathan Lethem at Fantasy Magazine.

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Geek Media Round-Up: September 14, 2011

Sep 14 2011 No Comment 94 views

Art

8-Bit Big Bang Theory
Bioshock Sushi
Playhouse is a whimsical Sculpture of a mushroom cloud treehouse.
The Venator Class Star Destroyer recreated in Legos is composed of 43,000 parts, weighs 82 kg, and is a whopping 2.44m long

Comics

The Frontline of the Fall Comic Wars: A comic shop owner’s viewpoint of the Great DC Reboot – he said it’s resulted in a lot of “churn,” with comics newbies considering the fresh origins a great jumping-on point – but also, longtime DC loyalists swearing off the line out of anger.

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