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Everything you ever wanted to know about Star Wars.

December 29, 2015 by narfna 10 Comments

Listen up, nerds. This book is for you. I had never heard of it until I read the lovely Emmalita’s review, and now I am eternally grateful to her. I absolutely devoured this book. It’s one of the most thorough and interesting behind the scenes books I’ve ever read. I’ve been all up in Star Wars since I was sixteen, but reading this book made me realize I really only knew the story part of that galaxy far, far away (including the Expanded Universe of novels). […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: behind the scenes, chris taylor, film, George Lucas, lucasfilm, narfna, Non-Fiction, sci-fi, star wars

narfna's CBR7 Review No:202 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: behind the scenes, chris taylor, film, George Lucas, lucasfilm, narfna, Non-Fiction, sci-fi, star wars ·
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Not a funny book, but a book about being funny.

November 16, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was an overall interesting book full of conversations. It is not comedic itself but ABOUT comedy and the people who create it. So, if you’re going into the book expecting to laugh, you’re really setting both yourself and the book up for failure. This book isn’t for people looking for empty laughs, it’s for people looking to read sometimes very personal conversations about comedy behind the scenes, what it takes to do the work, how it effects comedians personally, what kind of person becomes […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: behind the scenes, comedy, comic, interviews, judd apatow, narfna, Non-Fiction, oral history

narfna's CBR7 Review No:175 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: behind the scenes, comedy, comic, interviews, judd apatow, narfna, Non-Fiction, oral history ·
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Also, you should Google ‘Do You Want to Date My Avatar?’

February 23, 2015 by narfna 4 Comments

It’s hard to remember a time before The Guild, the little web show that could, brain-child of Felicia Day. Nowadays it’s taken as a given that Felicia was extremely influential in the flourishing and legitimizing of online content (certainly shows like The Lizzie Bennet Diaries would never have existed, and even Dr. Horrible’s Online Blog probably owes its existence to Day and The Guild (Joss Whedon is on record saying that The Guild gave him the idea to take his ideas to the internet). I […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: behind the scenes, felicia day, geek & sundry, narfna, non fiction, official companions, the guild, the guild: the official companion, web series, youtube

narfna's CBR7 Review No:24 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: behind the scenes, felicia day, geek & sundry, narfna, non fiction, official companions, the guild, the guild: the official companion, web series, youtube ·
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