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Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks book giveaway at DragonCon and Pax this Labor Day weekend!
To celebrate the paperback release, free autographed copies will be given away at the Tolkien Track/TheOneRing.net panels (DragonCon) and the Wizards of the Coast D&D bus (at Pax) this weekend --- plus the book will be for sale on the convention floor. Read here for how to win.
Named a WORD Books (great bookstore in Brooklyn) Book of the Week-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The paperback edition of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks is now available! No need to lug that heavy, heavy hardcover everywhere you go. The paperback is lighter, cheaper and now with fewer errors! Order your copy here
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Nice things nice people wrote about my book [more nice things here]
“For anyone who has ever spent time within imaginary realms, the book will speak volumes. For those who have not, it will educate and enlighten.” —Wired.com | Geek Dad
“Gandalf’s got nothing on Ethan Gilsdorf, except for maybe the monster white beard."—Boston Globe
“Imagine this: Lord of the Rings meets Jack Kerouac’s On the Road….”—National Public Radio’s “Around and About
“What does it mean to be a geek? . . . Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks tackles that question with strength and dexterity. . . . part personal odyssey, part medieval mid-life crisis, and part wide-ranging survey of all things freaky and geeky"—Huffington Post
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Recent adventures in geekery:
>A blog post for Tor.com about literary writers slumming in genre
>A story about the appeal of classic video arcade games (Christian Science Monitor)
>Review of Rick Moody's The Four Fingers of Death (Boston Globe)
>Facing Facebook: review of new book on our favorite addiction, FB (Boston Globe)
>Read "Lord of his own reality"
>new audio essay on The Drum (a lit mag for the ears): listen to "Loving the Momster"
>My review of Tom Bissell's "Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter" in the Boston Globe
>Does Justin Cronin's hugely anticipated and marketed apocalyptic vampire thriller "The Passage" live up to the hype? Read my take here