Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘books’

Gobbledygeek episode 96, “Talking Turkey: Ernest Cline,” is available for listening or download right here. This week, Paul and AJ are honored to sit down with Ernie Cline, author of the New York Times bestselling science fiction novel Ready Player One, which arrives in paperback on June 5. The three of them have a pretty [...]

Read Full Post »

I originally posted this on my personal Tumblr, almost word-for-word, last night. Paul was aghast (rightfully so?) that I didn’t use it for the blog. So here we are. During the Joss Whedon Reddit Q&A yesterday afternoon, one user asked, among other things, I would love to know anything about your personal motivations for being such [...]

Read Full Post »

Gobbledygeek Gift Guide 2011

On the new episode of Gobbledygeek, Paul and AJ told you about all the things you should buy this Christmas season, and now here’s a comprehensive guide! (Including a few items that weren’t even mentioned on the show.) Note: Most links and prices are from Amazon. BOOKS/COMICS READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline $14.33 Hands [...]

Read Full Post »

Gobbledygeek episode 70, “Join Us,” is available for listening or download right here. This week, we get sad and silly. First, the boys say goodbye to Apple founder and tech visionary Steve Jobs. Then, to keep anyone from taking them too seriously, they kick off this year’s Gobbledygeek Halloween (Gobbledy’ween?) Film Festival with a ribald [...]

Read Full Post »

Gobbledygeek episode 69, “Nerdgasm,” is available for listening or download right here. This week, Paul and AJ discuss Ernest Cline’s new book Ready Player One, which may as well be the geek manifesto of 2011. Dystopian future, an evil corporation, an immersive virtual world, 80′s pop culture references out the wazoo…yeah, it pretty much covers [...]

Read Full Post »

Gobbledygeek episode 63, “Mise-en-Scène,” is available for listening or download right here. Have you ever been inexplicably, powerfully moved by a scene in a film? Has there ever been a moment in your favorite television series that captivated you beyond all explanation? Have you found yourself so strongly identifying with a paragraph, page, or chapter [...]

Read Full Post »

Gobbledygeek episode 49, “Wow,” is available for listening or download right here. Is your knowledge of World of Warcraft limited to South Park? Boy, have we got a show for you! Like they did last year with Twilight, Paul and AJ turn to a special guest to explain a geek phenomenon they have little to [...]

Read Full Post »

The Walking Dead: great pilot, good show, could be better. And if you want your horror series to get better, who do you sign on to write an episode? Stephen King, of course. We here at Gobbledygeek (at least the half that’s me) are huge fans of King, and think this news couldn’t be much [...]

Read Full Post »

Gobbledygeek episode 42, “Life, the Universe, and Gobbledygeek” is available for listening or download right here. Paul and AJ celebrate the meaning of life, the universe, and everything by offering up their Deep Thought on how to approach this week’s show. Which, of course, is to fly by the seat of their pants and just [...]

Read Full Post »

Gobbledygeek episode 40, “Etewaf,” is available for download right here. This week, we discuss how certain creators gain or break our trust as audience members, and how far we’d be willing to follow them into the abyss. Those discussed include Richard Kelly, Neil Gaiman, Joss Whedon, Bob Dylan, and Robert Plant, among others. Following that, [...]

Read Full Post »

Older Posts »

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 141 other followers