On the Books

On the Books

It's my sincere pleasure to announce the launch of Geek Gab's second spinoff series: On the Books. Geek Gab listeners have been asking us to do episodes that are more focused on particular areas of interest. Instead of narrowing the scope of our flagship podcast, we've decided to do gaiden…
May 5, 2017
May the Fork Be with Us

May the Fork Be with Us

Happy May the Fourth! No doubt Disney will be using Star Wars Day as a chance to parade the zombified corpse of their converged franchise before an increasingly resentful public. Well and good for them. This year, the cool kids will be cutting Intersectional Studies class to enjoy beers, smokes,…
May 4, 201726 Comments

Signs of Contradiction

Davis M.J. Aurini considers the six contradictions whose resolution will determine the future of the Alt-Media: For some time now, there have been tremors moving through the Alt Media; foreshocks of a coming seismic event.  Recently these shocks have been coming more frequently, and are increasingly evident to audiences, as…
May 3, 20174 Comments
Fake Ebook News

Fake Ebook News

The Guardian reports the sensationalistic story that readers are abandoning eBooks and going back to print. But surprise, surprise: it's fake news. Sales of consumer ebooks plunged 17% to £204m last year, the lowest level since 2011 – the year the ebook craze took off as Jeff Bezos’ market-dominating Amazon Kindle…
May 2, 201717 Comments

Pulp Extravaganza

This week's awesome episode of Geek Gab witnessed the return of two titans of pulpdom: Appendix N author Jeffro Johnson and the prolific John C. Wright! Listen in as these luminaries of the Pulp Revolution discuss beautiful yet dangerous and forbidden female love interests, whether there's a place for hard SF…
May 1, 2017
Compared to David Lynch

Compared to David Lynch

Over at the Puppy of the Month Book Club, Jon Mollison concludes his multi-part review of Souldancer with what is, in my opinion, a rather flattering comparison. Finishing Brian Niemeier’s works always leave me feeling like I’ve just finished watching a David Lynch film. A little tired, a little confused, but…
April 28, 2017
Yay, Space Opera!

Yay, Space Opera!

Author Yakov Merkin reviews Nethereal. Before we begin, I should disclose that I have had numerous positive interactions with Brian Niemeier, ranging from Twitter conversations, to getting very helpful advice relating to self-publishing, and I was a guest on the Geek Gab podcast, on which he is a co-host. And…
April 27, 2017
Superversive RPG Roundtable

Superversive RPG Roundtable

Join the superversive crew, including Sci Phi Journal editor Jason Rennie, Appendix N author Jeffro Johnson, Geek Gab host Daddy Warpig, record-setting Hugo-nominated author John C. Wright, author and editor Jagi Wright, and more as they delve deep into the topic of role-playing games. Of special note is the Wrights' account…
April 26, 20172 Comments
They Hate Us a Lot

They Hate Us a Lot

The Zman takes his recent viewing of Casablanca as an occasion to meditate on a subject that I have often opined about myself. Here's the Zman: My generation was probably the last to grow up seeing these old films on television. They would turn up on the UHF channels at night or…
April 25, 20179 Comments
Is Sharknado Pulp?

Is Sharknado Pulp?

Does Sharknado meet the requirements to be classified as a pulp story? What is the optimal viewing order for the Fast and the Furious series? Join Daddy Warpig, Dorrinal, and me as we tackle these and many more pop culture questions on this week's fintastic episode of Geek Gab! And mark your…
April 24, 20172 Comments