Geeks aren’t very good at love. At least that’s what the mainstream entertainment industry would have us believe. Consider the Academy Award-nominated movie The Social Network, wherein über-nerd Mark ...

How do geeks find romance? Whether their passion is Star Trek or superheroes, if their sun sets on Tatooine or rises on Gallifrey, they still must find love and presumably breed to keep the geek ...

The Binewski circus is in trouble. So Al and Crystal Lil decide to resuscitate it with freaks—their own children, deliberately mutated by insecticide and drugs. Strap in for a shocking, hilarious, ...

This transcript was created by a computer and edited by a volunteer. Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. The late Portland writer, Katherine Dunn, the author of “Geek Love”, ...

There is something tangibly unsettling about a carnival: It is a space that inspires mystery and magic; that evokes danger and darkness and suspense. Even the etymology of the word — a season or ...

Dating's never easy, but try dating in a Darth Vader mask or Wonder Woman ensemble. Now meet nerd-tastic Ryan Giltch, founder of Sci-Fi Speed Dating, who will bring viewers into the fun, quirky and ...

(PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The Atlantic magazine has included “Geek Love,” the breakout 1989 novel by the late Portland writer Katherine Dunn, on its recently released list of “The Great American Novels.” ...