{"id":3640,"date":"2023-12-05T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=3640"},"modified":"2023-12-18T15:22:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T20:22:54","slug":"know-some-nerds-wanna-give-em-books-as-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2023\/12\/know-some-nerds-wanna-give-em-books-as-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Some Nerds? Wanna Give &#8217;em Books as Gifts?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I write horror, SF, and DIY stuff\u2014occasionally in book form. If you want autographed\/personalized copies for your lovelies this holiday season, I can help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the rundown on what I&#8217;ve got on hand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/capitaloneshopping.com\/p\/snip-burn-solder-shred-seriously\/QPKR7PNKQN\">Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred: Seriously Geeky Stuff to Make with Your Kids<\/a><\/em>:\u00a0<\/strong>Just like the title promises. A weird range of projects: Tickle boxes that shock you, PVC didgeridoos, sock squids, and more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Junkyard Jam Band:&nbsp;DIY Musical Instruments and Noisemakers<\/strong><\/em><strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>Again, we like titles that make description redundant. These are oddball little homebrew instruments and effects: an electric ukulele, a synth or two, thumb pianos, lofi audio effects, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>There Was No Sound of Thunder: A Time Portal Novel<\/strong><\/em>:&nbsp;Fresh out of college Taylor lucks into a cushy job in human resources. Now he&#8217;s tangled up with dishonest bosses, domestic terrorists, meth dealers, the &#8220;Problem of Too Many Hitlers,\u201d and threats to space-time integrity. What\u2019s a fella to do?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House<\/em>&nbsp;<em>(a cosmic horror novel)<\/em><\/strong>:&nbsp;Downtrodden Glenn and his none-too-bright sidekick Lennie work for a crooked real estate baron flipping houses in downtrodden Detroit. 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