This April, take advantage of a massive sale on superhero fiction books, priced at just $0.99, and multiple giveaways for free science fiction and fantasy books, all part of large author collaborations. These promotions run until April 30th, showcasing a diverse array of Indie author offerings.
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Revelations is out!
Happy book birthday to Revelations: Book 1 of The Protectorate!
A team of young superheroes…
…is fated to save the world!
In a world where superhumans have existed since the 1950s, superheroes are nevertheless uncommon. A new team of young heroes has formed, but they soon find they are in over their heads and facing off against forces they could not have imagined!
Revelations: Book One of The Protectorate is now available!
Buy it now at:
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This Week in Geek (6/15-6/21)
On June 19, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation, first issued in January 1863, was read in Texas, the most remote of the U.S. states that had rebelled in the American Civil War. The date, which has come to be known as Juneteenth, Freedom Day, and other names, is celebrated as the end of slavery in the United States, and a day to honor the contributions of African Americans to the nation’s history.
This week, Geek Unified Theory will be sharing several stories to do just that. On #TrekTuesday, we will post a story about Star Trek and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. For Comic Book Wednesday, we will discuss the history of black superheroes. Thursday Game Night will feature a story about African Americans in the game industry, and SFF Friday will showcase African American science fiction and fantasy writers. (more…)
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Diseases in Science Fiction
Humanity has been fighting against disease throughout history, from the common cold to the Bubonic Plague, and most recently, the coronavirus, aka COVID-19. Humanity continues this fight in fiction, to varying degrees of success.
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The Bloody Road to Star Trek’s Future
The future of the human race in Star Trek is a bright one. Humanity had struggled with war, disease, and hunger, but had “pretty much wiped ‘em out,” by the mid-twenty-second century, as Charles “Trip” Tucker bragged in the first episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. But, as the theme song to the series made clear, “it’s been a long road, getting from there to here.” The path to the bright future of Star Trek’s Earth was a dark and bloody one.
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This Week in Geek (5/25-5/31)
Birthdays
25: Ian McKellen (1939); Frank Oz (1944); Bob Gale (1951); Connie Sellecca (1955); Ray Stevenson (1964); Anne Heche (1969); Octavia Spencer (1970); Cillian Murphy (1976); Brec Bassinger (1999)
26: Peter Cushing (1913); Roy Dotrice (1923); Pam Grier (1949); Helena Bonham Carter (1966); Alex Garland (1970); Benji Gregory (1978)
27: Vincent Price (1911); Christopher Lee (1922); Harlan Ellison (1934); Lee Meriweather (1935); Louis Gossett Jr. (1936); Richard Schiff (1955); Eddie McClintock (1967); Joseph Fiennes (1970); Paul Bettany (1971)
28: Shane Rimmer (1932); Glenn Quinn (1970); Laura Bailey (1981); Megalyn Echikunwoke (1983); Jacob Kogan (1995); Cameron Boyce (1999)
29: Sebastian Shaw (1905); Kevin Conway (1942); Danny Elfman (1953); Adrian Paul (1959); Steve Cardenas (1974); Adam Brown (1980); Alessandra Torresani (1987); Pearl Mackie (1987); Erica Lindbeck (1992)
30: Keir Dullea (1936); Michael Piller (1948); Colm Meaney (1953); Cynthia Gouw (1963); Mark Sheppard (1964); Minae Noji (1973); Jared Gilmore (2000)
31: Lea Thompson (1961); Peter Clines (1969); Colin Farrell (1971); Robin Wasserman (1978); Sophia McDougall (1979)Anniversaries
25: It Came From Outer Space (1953); Star Wars (1977); Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983); Back to the Future Part III (1990); Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
26: Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Super Force finale: “A Hundred Years a Second” (1992); Johnny Mnemonic (1995); Star Trek: Voyager season 5 finale: “Equinox” (1999)
27: Dominion Tank Police (1988); Doctor Who TV movie (1996)
28: Tremors: The Series premieres (2003); Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
29: Seven Days finale: “Live From Death Row” (2001)
30: Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: “Assimilation²” published (2012)
31: The Last Starfighter (1985); Total Recall (1990); The Arrival (1996); Dark Skies finale: “Bloodlines”Genre Holidays
25: Geek Pride Day
25: Towel Day
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Let your geek flag fly on Geek Pride Day
Monday, May 25 marks the 14th annual Geek Pride Day, which was officially begun in Spain in 2006. Taking inspiration from geek pride festivals in the United States that dated back to the late 1990s, Geek Pride Day celebrations quickly spread worldwide. The day is also Towel Day, which honors the anniversary of the death of author Douglas Adams; the anniversary of the release of Star Wars in 1977; and in the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett, it is the anniversary of the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May.
