false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235231991m/5530930.jpg 5530930 3 Acclaimed authors Holly Black (<I>Ironside</I>)<I></I>and Cecil Castellucci <I>(Boy Proof</I>) have united in geekdom to edit short stories from some of the best selling and most promising geeks in young adult literature: M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Tracy Lynn, Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Barry Lyga, Wendy Mass, Garth Nix, Scott Westerfield, Lisa Yee, and Sara Zarr.<BR><BR>With illustrated interstitials from comic book artists Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O'Malley, <I>Geektastic</I> covers all things geeky, from Klingons and Jedi Knights to fan fiction, theater geeks, and cosplayers. Whether you're a former, current, or future geek, or if you just want to get in touch with your inner geek, <I>Geektastic </I>will help you get your geek on!<BR> 5701963 book 1 8 2009 Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd total:286|5:68|4:118|3:83|2:15|1:2| 286 1093 1087 107 3 1 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 14:58:41 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 14:59:41 -0700 2009 http://yannabe.com/2009/10/08/review-gee...

Summary: A collection of stories from YA authors celebrating geekdom in all its many forms—from roleplaying to Buffy to being the smartest kid in school.

Review: I recently told a friend of mine about this collection. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 29 17:27:54 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 17:28:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 19:26:59 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 19:28:15 -0700 2009 http://janicu.livejournal.com/80600.html...

I picked this one up at BEA since I'm a Holly Black fan and she was signing it.

Geektastic is an anthology of geek related stories. According to the charming Editors' note, the idea was formed after Comic Con, where, in line for a bur...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 16:01:38 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 16:31:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 09:20:21 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 09:32:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 15:52:51 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 07:36:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 12:43:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 12:54:16 -0700 2009 One thing that got me is how many of these authors seem to revel in being a GEEK themselves. Some of them still do LARPing, D&D Huge fans of SciFi and Fantasy (what a surprise) and wearing costumes while growing u...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 10:56:37 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 11:06:49 -0700 2009 David Levithan...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 09:15:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 12:12:16 -0700 2009
I felt like the stories were very uneven in their quality and their interest. Some stories had me at the first sente...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 23:49:11 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 08:35:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 12:20:29 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 13:57:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 21:04:19 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 21:49:38 -0700 2009
Basically, it's a bunch of stories all about nerdy things. Some of them I could relate to because they were things I was ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 12:42:42 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 15:26:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 07:59:49 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 18:27:02 -0700 2009 As exciting as geekhood is, I have to admit that with...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 13:46:21 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 16:51:53 -0700 2009 "Definitional Chaos" by Scott Westerfield - I like how this was geeky and also philosophical, and also that somehow made it even more geeky. And it had a little bit of action.
"Quiz Bowl Antichrist" by David Levithan - I lov...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 11:32:12 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 11:40:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 07:56:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 07:12:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 12 04:03:46 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 04:04:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 12:14:40 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 12:19:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:56:20 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 14:31:09 -0700 2009 And okay, I'll also admit, I was drawn in by the first word in the title "Geektastic" because I consider myself a geek/nerd and I'm proud of it.
However, the whole book wasn't fantast...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5530930