Alex is a history nerd and science fiction nerd who reads far more than is probably healthy. He is a fan of alternate history, and has had four stories in that genre published. When not being that type of nerd, he is a devoted partaker of various partner dances.
NAME: Alex Wallace
SECRET UNDISCLOSED LOCATION: A black site outside Washington DC
NERD SPECIALIZATION(S): alternate history, Star Wars, SFF literature more broadly
MY PET PEEVES IN NERD-DOM ARE: apologia for murderers
VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, ZOMBIES, ALIENS OR ROBOTS: robots hands down
RIGHT NOW I'M READING: The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch
...AND A COUPLE BOOKS I RECENTLY FINISHED ARE: The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam and Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg
NEXT TWO ON QUEUE ARE: The Dark Side of the Street by Danielle McGuire and Guantanamo: an American History by Jonathan Hansen.
WHEN THE WEATHER SUCKS OUTSIDE I'M MOST LIKELY TO BE... reading
MY FAVORITE SUPERHERO AND SUPER-VILLAIN ARE: Ant-Man and Thanos
IF I WERE A SUPERHERO/VILLAIN, MY POWER WOULD BE: invisibility
THE BEST COMIC FILM OF THE PAST 5 YEARS IS: Shazam!
THE WORST COMIC FILM OF THE PAST 5 YEARS IS: Eternals
I JUST WATCHED XXXX AND IT WAS AWESOME: Cocaine Bear
THE BEST COMIC FILM OF THE PAST 5 YEARS IS: Shazam!
THE WORST COMIC FILM OF THE PAST 5 YEARS IS: Eternals
I JUST WATCHED XXXX AND IT WAS AWESOME: Cocaine Bear
I JUST WATCHED XXXX AND IT WAS TERRIBLE. Kruty 1918 (although more 'okay' rather than truly terrible)
EVERYONE SHOULD SEE XXXX BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, Overlord
BEST SCIENCE/SPECULATIVE FICTION SHOW OF THE PAST 10 YEARS: The Plot Against America
NAME A BOOK YOU *NEED* A MOVIE OF (OR VICE VERSA): V-S Day by Allen Steele
Welcome Alex!
Welcome Alex!
