The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 222): Massive 2013 Gift Giving Guide
In episode 222 of the SF Signal Podcast Patrick Hester, Ria Bridges, Jeff Patterson, Django Wexler, and Fred Kiesche suggest the perfect gifts for the genre fan in your family.
The Panel:
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The Links:
Patrick:
- Joe Kubert Presents
- Doctor Who TARDIS Tea Infuser – ThinkGeek Exclusive: $19.99
- Neverending Story eReader Cover – Etsy $58.95
Fred:
- Rick Kleffel, The Agony Column, interviews Jeff Vandermeer on “Wonderbook”
- Fantasy Flight Games, Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game Core Set (and additional miniatures):
- X-wing
- Millennium Falcon
- X-Wing Bomber
- Slave 1
- Light Freighter
- Lambda Class Shuttle
- Review by The D6 Generation of X-Wing
- Neil Gaiman and Company, Sandman Omnibus (two volumes):
- Vol 1
- Vol 2
- Lego “Franchise” Games: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, More:
- Lego Star Wars Complete Saga
- Lego Indiana Jones
- Lego Lord of the Rings
Django:
- Audible.com Subscription
- Cool Art (DeviantArt)
- Custom Minis (Painting on E-Bay)
- Board Games (Sentinels of the Multiverse)
- Villains by Necessity”
- http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rrpgt/robotech-rpg-tacticstm
- Star Destroyer Reference
Jeff:
- Klingon Khristmas
- Stuck on Star Trek
- FF vol 1
- Ayroen Theory of Everything
- Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman: King of the B Movie
- http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Forces-Watchmen-Rorschach-Toaster/dp/B008VTLRXG
Ria:
- www.etsy.com (search for awesome handmade genre-related stuff, find way more that people could want than I can afford!)
- An e-reader (because it’s like carrying a whole library in your pocket)
- A shopping spree at a bookstore (or comic store, or game store, or any store that sells good geeky stuff, really)
- Time, because people have too little of it and sometimes it’s nice to know that someone else is doing the laundry or making supper so you can read, or write, or play video games, or just relax
- Bagels. Because bagels.
If I was on this episode, I’d be worried about Storming Canadians 😉
I’ve got my eye on you, Paul. When you least expect it, CANADA STORM!
I also remember I once had a boss whose son was into D&D…and so she had, along with her knicknacks on her shelves, had some painted D&D miniatures.
I think that’s what my parents are like.
Realizing how much of what I am getting other people is listed here.
Fortunately nobody listens to this show…
I enjoyed the bagel banter at the end of this episode! Seattle does have bagels, as they appear in the break room every pay day Friday. However I do not know where they come from.
Also that TARDIS infuser looks amazing.
I don’t know if there are any Final Fantasy fans, but earlier this year Square Enix released three art books for the 25th anniversary, and they are absolutely amazing. They would make a great gift for anyone a fan of the series.
Mmm…bagel banter… 😉
This is the only good bagel place in Seattle AFAIK: http://www.blazingbagels.com/
Mmm…loosely organized bagel pyramid… 😀
“Bagels…why did it have to be bagels?” (Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in “Indiana Jones and the Pastries of Doom”, 2016, Disney Studios)
Took delivery on Klingon Khristmas yesterday. Very funny. A bit short. Paintings are gorgeous. Could easily support numerous sequels covering different traditions.
Vandermeer’s Wonderbook kind of reminds me of Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit, only with less pictures.
I have found another one for the list (I was aware of it, but hadn’t seen it, so couldn’t make an honest recommendation): Guillermo Del Toro’s “Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions”.
To be honest, I don’t think I’ve seen a single one of his movies (You all know my mantra about books, right? Movies and TV, about the same.), but I’ve been aware of his art and this is a beautiful collection of sketches, pages from notebooks, his house (his house!!!!) and more. Maybe some day some studio will come to it’s collective sense and allow him to make “At the Mountains of Madness” (but please, without Mr. Wooden Face).
Lots of good stuff here.
Another (more general) gift suggestion: Magazine subscriptions. There are print/eBook magazines, eBook only publications, etc. Take a look at the fine folks at Weightless Books, the only magazines that I don’t get from them (and it is only because they don’t have them–yet!) are Asimov’s and Analog.
Del Toro also write introductions to a series of classic horror novels like Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, reprinted in hard cover with a nice look.
http://www.sfscope.com/2013/09/penguin-classics-releases-six-horror-novels-curated-by-guillermo-del-toro/
Yes, those are on my wish list. Maybe my wife will get the hint. If not, I’ll be picking them up myself. I love those covers!