{"id":683,"date":"2008-11-21T06:32:26","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T06:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/11\/21\/books-received-112108\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:33","slug":"books-received-112108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/11\/21\/books-received-112108\/","title":{"rendered":"Books received 11\/21\/08"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/1595821651\/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51nNNi-5%2BDL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wolves-Buffy-Vampire-Slayer-Season\/dp\/1595821651\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1227306622&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Wolves at the Gate<\/span> (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 3) by Drew Goddard (Author), Joss Whedon (Author), and Georges Jeanty (art)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vampires that, at will, can transform into wolves, panthers, insects, or fog invade the Slayer base of operations in northern Scotland, and not only walk away unscathed, but in possession of Buffy&#8217;s scythe, the symbol of Slayer power worldwide. Buffy and the Slayer-legion travel to Tokyo in order to learn more about their dangerous new foes, as Xander journeys to Transylvania to solicit the only person they&#8217;ve ever known to possess such power &#8211; Dracula!<br \/>\n(Collects #11-15)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/57153931549273bf544d26.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Heroes-Vol-2-Tim-Sale\/dp\/140121925X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1227306963&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Heroes Volume 2<\/span>  Written by Joe Kelly, Steven T. Seagle, Duncan Rouleau, Christopher Zatta, Mark Sable, Mark Warshaw, Christine Boylan, Chuck Kim, Harrison Wilcox, Pierluigi Cothran, Jim Martin, Timm Keppler, DJ Doyle and others; Art by Staz Johnson, Michael Gaydos, Tom Grummett, Ryan Odagawa, Jason Badower, Travis Kotzebue, Marcus To and 0thers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The sequel to last year&#8217;s top-selling HEROES hardcover is here! This stunning new volume collects the incredibly engaging online comics based on the smash-hit, Emmy Award-nominated NBC TV series Heroes! Collecting every online chapter from Season Two, this volume features the work of top TV and comics writers. Included are the stories &quot;TheTen Brides of Takezo Kensei,&quot; &quot;The End of Hana and Drucker,&quot; &quot;The Golden Goose&quot; and many more!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">I&#8217;ve read about half of this and for the most part it&#8217;s better than anything in Season Two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/0061537268\/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51-robpz-NL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Book-Lists-Collection-Featuring-Introduction\/dp\/0061537268\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1227310354&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Book of Lists: Horror<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The phenomenally popular <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Book of Lists<\/span> series has sold millions of copies from coast to coast, enthralling trivia aficionados with fascinating infobits about simply everything! Now the latest edition turns an evil eye toward the strange, the blood-curdling, and the macabre with spine-tingling fun facts from the dark side of entertainment. Chock-full of creepy information from the netherworlds of movies, TV, literature, video games, comic books, and graphic novels, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Book of Lists: Horror<\/span> offers a blood-feast of forbidden knowledge that horror fans are hungry to devour, including:<\/p>\n<p>    * Stephen King&#8217;s Ten Favorite Horror Novels or Short Stories\u2014learn what scares the master!<br \/>\n    * Top Six Grossing Horror Movies of All Time in the United States\u2014 which big shocks translated into big bucks?<br \/>\n    * Top Ten Horror-Themed Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll Songs\u2014maybe it is \u2018devil&#8217;s music&#8217; after all!<br \/>\n    * And much, much more!<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on its authors&#8217; extensive knowledge and contributions from the (living) legends and greatest names in the horror and dark fantasy genres, The Book of Lists: Horror is a scream\u2014an irresistible compendium of all things mysterious, terrifying, and gory . . . and so entertaining, it&#8217;s scary!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/columns\/geeks159.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">perfect bathroom book<\/a>, this entertaining collection is both interesting and insightful.  Sure to send you looking for many obscure movies and books.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. Wolves at the Gate (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 3) by Drew Goddard (Author), Joss Whedon (Author), and Georges Jeanty (art) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/11\/21\/books-received-112108\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/11\/21\/books-received-112108\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Books received 11\/21\/08 - The Geek Curmudgeon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound. 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