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Summer Reading List 2025
The 18th edition of Nuketown’s sci-fi and fantasy summer reading list features 16 books (13 novels, 3 non-fiction books), 1 novella, and 2 graphic novels. This summer will be epic, as my son and I return to Philmont for nearly two weeks of b ackpacking in the New Mexico. We went in 2021, and I…
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Summer ’25 Readers Assemble!
Summer 2025 is coming fast, and while the world is chaos, there is one thing you can be sure of: Nuketown’s Summer Reading List. I’m in the process of assembling the list so if you’ve got suggestions, post a comment or email me at nuketown@gmail.com. There are a few books already on the list because they’re…
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Indiana Bones’ Last Adventure
Fourteen years ago, we named the dog Indiana. He passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, leaving us to go on his last adventure. Indy re-introduced us to the world of puppies We got him a few months after our previous dogs, Madison (another Lab) and Saint (a German Shepherd), passed away. Our kids were…
Eclipse 2024
Burlington, VT was one of the best places to see 2024’s eclipse, and I was there, watching the sky turn dark with my daughter and son. Read the post.
Summer Reading 2024
Nuketown’s 17th Annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Summer Reading List is over, but you can still read the book reviews!
Project: Ready Player One Replay
The Ready Player One Replay is an ongoing exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Love it or hate it, there’s value in revisiting our geeky roots.
- Zork – Ready Player One Video Game Replay
- Dig Dug – Ready Player One Video Game Replay
- Pac-Man – Ready Player One Video Game Replay
Column: Game Day
Nuketown’s Game Day columns focus on running and playing in RPG campaigns, from prep to execution to reflection.
- Fallout 2d20: Meet Steve NuGunnar
- Farewell to Google Jamboard
- Entering the Matrix of Cyberpunk RED Campaigns
Radiation Cloud
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