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- noun The state of being
geekish .
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Since one of the many flavours of my geekishness is ‘biological sciences nerd’ (a little known subspecies, that), I did find it interesting when I read it long ago, but the journal of his voyage on HMS Beagle is a bit more of a straightforwardly enjoyable read: an intelligent and observant 19th century traveller visiting places that most of us, even now, will never get to, and thinking about what he sees there in ways that most of us are not capable of.
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Actually, that reads like I traded one kind of geekishness for another.
Sometimes My Life is a Musical | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2010
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Umm … Maybe if I just pretend I was thinking of Fray, nobody will shake their head and sigh at my geekishness slipping to the fore.
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Umm … Maybe if I just pretend I was thinking of Fray, nobody will shake their head and sigh at my geekishness slipping to the fore.
The Primordial Stew Of Imagination, Part 2 « The Graveyard 2009
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Bothdespiteand because of this broadening of geekishness to new and wonderful realms, hard SFremains a beloved, male-dominated genre in its own right.
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Bothdespiteand because of this broadening of geekishness to new and wonderful realms, hard SFremains a beloved, male-dominated genre in its own right.
2009 September 15 « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 2009
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One of the things I always like about fantasy--and I acknowledge charges of nerdy geekishness here--is the maps.
:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2009
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One of the things I always like about fantasy--and I acknowledge charges of nerdy geekishness here--is the maps.
Archive 2009-10-01 Tim Stretton 2009
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Bothdespiteand because of this broadening of geekishness to new and wonderful realms, hard SFremains a beloved, male-dominated genre in its own right.
Why Paranormal Romance Is No Fad « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows 2009
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So it occurred to me that I could put my history-geekishness to good use and blog about history as a way to use all the cool bits and factoids I turn up while researching my stories and as a way to educate readers in a fun way about the world my stories are set in.
An Interview with Marissa Doyle! Tia Nevitt 2008
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