It’s winter (or will be in just a few days) and that means it is time to hide inside and keep warm with a good book! Just in case you’re hard up for reading material we have interviews with four northwest authors this week, Harry Connolly, Ben Thompson, Ken McConnell and Caitlin Kittredge, all of whom have geeky books that deserve to be on your list.
As always we also have the weekly geek news, Seattle area geek events.
Just as a reminder, this is our final podcast episode for 2009! We’re taking the next two weeks off but we will return on January 7 with our Best in Geek 2009 show.
Our Geek Week
- Movie reviews from Ask a Geek Gal
- Reading the The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes anthology
- Caught up on Legend of the Seeker
- Watched the finale of Dexter (HOLY CRAP!)
- Prepped for a D&D session using material from Iron Gazeteer from Kobold Quarterly
- Finished writing the questions for our Neptune Coffee Trivia Night!
Winter Reading Roundup
Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie
We had a little mix-up with the bad movie this week. Shannon intended to watch bad slasher movie Ice Cream Man (1995). Unfortunately what came from Netflix was bad slasher movie Mr. Ice Cream Man (2002). An easy mistake to make.
The upshot of this is that with the correct bad slasher movie involving purveyors of frozen dairy treats currently making its way towards us, the review will have to wait until we return in January.
If you want to dare Shannon to watch a bad movie, e-mail us at seattlegeekly@gmail.com or call us at (206)201-2352
Check our Dared Movies Page to see what is on the list and what Shannon has already watched.
News
- Emerald City Comic Con news!
- Buying your ECCC tickets by 12/31/09 gets you the best price!
- Erin Grey, best known for her role as Colonel Wilma in the Buck Rogers tv series, has joined the growing list of media guests
- Unlimited Free Trial of the first 20 levels in Age of Conan now available
- Lord of the Rings trilogy coming on Blu- ray (but only the theatrical versions for now)
- Golden Globe award nominations announced
- New trailer for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood
Events
You can see more events and keep up with everything going on in the Seattle area on our event and convention calendars
- December 18, 2009 8 – 10pm Neptune Coffee 8415 Greenwood Ave N Seattle – One Trivia Night to Rule Them All with Seattle Geekly! Join us as we host a night of trivia covering The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Books and movie versions are all on the table! Test your knowledge and win some prizes!
- December 18, 2009 8pm SIFF Cinema 321 Mercer Street, Seattle – The Dark Side of Oz. Travel to the Dark Side of Oz with the pairing of two classic titles: The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Pink Floyd’s 1973 Dark Side of the Moon. Enjoy a synchronicity that may have been intentional or may be a stunning coincidence, and decide for yourself. The connections include lyrics, song titles, mood and timing of the music, and even the cover art; connections which have escaped an easy answer for nearly forty years. Come and experience it for yourself at this special screening!
- December 18, 2009 7pm University Book Store 4326 University Way Northeast, Seattle – A Special Fantastic Fiction Salon with Geoff Ryman. Join NW Media Arts and University Book Store in welcoming acclaimed writer Geoff Ryman to Seattle. Ryman’s novels include The Unconquered Country, The Warrior who Carried Life, The Child Garden, Air, and The King’s Last Song. His most recent volume When it Changed is an anthology of stories written by British authors in collaboration with scientists researching at the University of Manchester and its facilities. It includes stories by Gwyneth Jones, Ken MacLeod, and others. Ryman’s 10 books and numerous short stories have earned him 14 awards. Sponsored by NW Media Arts, Richard Hugo House and University Book Store. Suggested donation of $5.
- December 18 – 19, 2009 12:30am Historic University Theater 5510 University Way Northeast Seattle – Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas. In Jet City Improv’s show, your holiday memories are turned into heartwarming theater–until black sheep Uncle Mike shows up and craps on everything as usual. Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas begins as a typically cheery and annoying holiday show. The performers solicit favorite holiday anecdotes from the audience and begin to retell the stories. And then Uncle Mike shows up and ruins everything.
- December 19, 2009 9am Seattle Center 305 Harrison Street, Seattle Olympic & Orcas room – PTQ – San Diego in Seattle. Qualifying tournament for the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. Format: ZENDIKAR – Sealed with booster draft finals. The structure for Pro Tour Qualifier tournaments will be modified-Swiss style, with a cut to top players playing in single elimination for prizes based on attendance. Entry fee is $30.00
- December 20, 2009 1 – 5pm Green Lake Games 7509 Aurora Ave N Seattle – Game Night with Seattle Geekly! Wind up your weekend with some boardgames and prizes!
- December 29, 2009 7pm The Nectar Lounge 412 N 36th St, Seattle – Nerdcore Rising: A Movie & A Concert. See a screening of Negin Farsad’s film Nerdcore Rising and live performances by Beefy, Ultraklystron, Billy the Fridge and Death*Star! Tickets are THREE DOLLARS for cryin’ out loud! HOW CAN YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT MISSING THIS?
Contest!
We have a bar of Geeky Clean’s Bar Trek soap to get you smelling good for the holidays and a Seattle Geekly “geek bingo” t-shirt to give away!
Need that Klingon stink to cling off? Showers can become scarce in between the hot alien babes and judo chopping the next Romulan. You, my friend need Bar Trek! This unique black soap shimmers like stars when wet, and leaves you feeling fresh all the way from Delta Quadrant to Uranus! Bar Trek, it’s only logical!
Bar weighs roughly 5 oz and contains a black d20.
The t-shirt is the one featured in the Seattle Geekly store and comes in the size of your choice as long as that size is L, XL or XXL.
Contest will run from December 8 until Decmber 27, with the winner picked December 28/
“How do I enter?”
Please register / log in to our website, and leave a comment on THIS POST and tell us your favorite character or movie, or episode from Star Trek. One entry per person please, we’ll delete any multiple or offensive posts. Make sure you use a valid e-mail address when you register so we can contact you if you win!
“How will you randomly pick someone?”
We have D&D dice of all shapes and sizes, even a 100 sider! We’ll roll and see who wins!
We’ll be sending out the prizes to you via USPS
Music
Music this week was The 2009 Holiday song Batman Smells (a Rebuttal) by John Anealio and also his 2008 Holiday Song Millennium Falcon for Christmas
Next show: We’ll be back January 7th with an all new show – Seattle Geekly’s Best in Geek 2009!
One Response to “Show Notes – Episode #43 “Winter Reading Roundup””
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It sounded terrific. Nicely done. And I was surprised to hear Jet City Improv mentioned. The world is a small place (or maybe Seattle is a small city).
Thanks for having me.