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2012 Hugo and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominees

April 13, 2012 8:12am PDT

George R. R. Martin, Rachel Swirsky, and John Scalzi are among this year's Hugo nominees. Find out who else is nominated, as well as the finalists for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

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Apocalypse appropriate movie selections

April 13, 2012 5:19am PDT

Geekend contributor Edmond Woychowsky offers his opinion on which movies to watch and which ones not to waste your time when you're holed up in your bunker.

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One geek's approach to handling his midlife crisis

February 29, 2012 9:32am PST

Find out how a shiny new tech toy, zombies, apes, and other geeky amusements helped Edmond Woychowsky get through his midlife funk.

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2011 Parsec Awards winners for speculative fiction podcasts

October 10, 2011 11:53pm PDT

Maggie Clark, Scott Sigler, and Nathan Lowell are just three of the winners of this year's Parsec Awards, which Ed Woychowsky calls the audio equivalent of the Hugo.

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Still reading banned books

September 30, 2011 8:42am PDT

Avid reader Edmond Woychowsky discusses 10 books that were banned or challenged in 2010 and 2011.

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Filk mixes sci-fi and fantasy with music

September 15, 2011 9:38am PDT

Wish your musical selections contained more references to Star Trek, Tolkien, and zombies? Then you must not be listening to filk.

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Where to find free sci-fi and fantasy ebooks and audiobooks

September 13, 2011 11:07am PDT

Edmond Woychowsky points sci-fi and fantasy readers in the direction of some good resources for free ebooks and audiobooks.

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Celebrate Star Trek's 45th anniversary in style

September 8, 2011 1:36am PDT

Dust off your Kirk uniform, practice your Trekkie pick-up lines, and get some Romulan Ale because it's time to celebrate the anniversary of the first airing of Star Trek.

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Go to the head of Trek Class with this gear

September 1, 2011 8:44pm PDT

Syracuse University's Trek Class inspired Star Trek fan Edmond Woychowsky to do some online browsing for back-to-school items.

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Geek Gifts 2011: Star Trek Bathrobe

August 17, 2011 6:40am PDT

Pretend you're Kirk, Scotty, Spock, or Uhura in your very own Star Trek bathrobe. Reviewer Edmond Woychowsky says one undocumented feature alone makes the robe worth purchasing.

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2011 Hugo nominees for Best Short Story, Novel, Novella, and Novelette

August 16, 2011 1:35pm PDT

The 2011 Hugo Award winners will be announced August 20th at Worldcon. Edmond Woychowsky lists some of the nominees and reveals which nominated sci-fi short stories are his favorites.

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Coming in 2012: a long-awaited film adaptation of a sci-fi adventure story

July 25, 2011 11:36am PDT

Geekend contributor Edmond Woychowsky has marked his calendar for March 9, 2012. Read about the film adaptation of a sci-fi novel released 95 years ago.

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Geek Gifts 2011: Tool Logic Firesteel Knife

July 11, 2011 11:02am PDT

Former Boy Scout Edmond Woychowsky has another suggestion for your apocalypse survival kit: ThinkGeek's Tool Logic Firesteel Knife.

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Geek Gifts 2011: Survival Kit in a Sardine Can

June 23, 2011 10:40am PDT

Whether your summer plans involve enjoying the outdoors or preparing for the apocalypse, ThinkGeek's Survival Kit in a Sardine Can is something you'll want, says former Boy Scout Edmond Woychowsky.

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Celebrate Free Comic Book Day 2011 this Saturday

May 4, 2011 11:46am PDT

Free Comic Book Day 2011 is a great opportunity for young geeks and geeks who are young at heart to get some excellent reading material. See the list of comics that are available for this year's FCBD.

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Elektra One and the possibilities of green aircraft technology

April 22, 2011 8:41am PDT

PC-Aero's Elektra One electric plane is an entry in the NASA-funded 2011 CAFE Green Flight Challenge. Edmond Woychowsky considers where the green aircraft's technology might lead.

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A remembrance of Jerry Lawson, video game pioneer

April 19, 2011 6:37am PDT

Gerald "Jerry" Lawson, the inventor of the first cartridge-based consumer video game system and an early stand-up arcade machine, passed away on April 9, 2011.

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A new kind of superhero

March 28, 2011 12:07pm PDT

Edmond Woychowsky summarizes James Gunn's upcoming film Super, which stars Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, and Nathan Fillion. Wilson as The Crimson Bolt is a sort of DIY superhero vigilante.

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Downsized? Career transition services may help

March 10, 2011 6:29pm PST

Blogger Edmond Woychowsky shares his experience with being downsized and explains how career transition services helped renew his job search.

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A modern Archimedes builds a solar death ray

March 10, 2011 1:21pm PST

The legacy of Archimedes lives on in the solar death ray inventions of Eric Jacqmain. Geekend contributor Edmond Woychowsky calls Jacqmain's R5800 Solar Death Ray fascinating and scary.

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