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Speculative Science Books and Other Pop Books

1. The Computers of Star Trek, co-author Bob Weinberg, Basic Books, science, adult, 2000 hc/trade
2. DragonBall Z, St. Martin's Press, young adult humor, 2000 trade
3. The Science of Superheroes, co-author Bob Weinberg, John Wiley & Sons, speculative science, adult, 2002 hc/trade
4. The Science of Supervillains, co-author Bob Weinberg, John Wiley & Sons, speculative science, adult, 2004 hc/trade
5. The Science of James Bond, co-author Bob Weinberg, John Wiley & Sons, speculative science, adult, 2006 trade
6. The Science of Anime, co-author Bob Weinberg, speculative science, adult, 2005 trade
7. Exploring Lemony Snicket, St. Martin's Press, young adult, 2004 hc
8. The Unauthorized Eragon Guide, St. Martin's Press, young adult, 2006 trade
9. The Unauthorized Guide to His Dark Materials, St. Martin's Press, speculative science, young adult/adult, 2007 trade
10. The Science of Stephen King, co-author Bob Weinberg, John Wiley & Sons, speculative science, adult, 2007 hc
11. The Fan's Unauthorized Guide to the Spiderwick Chronicles, St. Martin’s Press, young adult, 2007 trade
12. The Unauthorized Guide to Artemis Fowl, St. Martin’s Press, young adult, 2008 trade
13. The Many Mysteries of Indiana Jones, co-author Bob Weinberg, John Wiley & Sons, adult, 2008 trade
14. The Twilight Companion - The Unauthorized Guide to the Series, St. Martin's Press, young adult, 2008 trade
15. Second Edition of The Twilight Companion - The Unauthorized Guide to the Series, St. Martin's Press, young adult, 2009 trade
16. The Hunger Games Companion - The Unauthorized Guide to the Series, St. Martin's Press, adult, 2011 trade

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Random Reviews

THE HUNGER GAMES COMPANION (2011)

"...belongs in any collector's or fanatic's library."
--TEEN INK, EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD: The Hunger Games Companion, an interview with Lois Gresh

THE COMPUTERS OF STAR TREK (2000)

"For the computer illiterate, the Star Trek savvy and all combinations in between, THE COMPUTERS OF STAR TREK is not only a painless examination of the history and future of computers but a highly entertaining one as well. I recommend it to all who are prepared to address the future not only in fiction but in fact."
--Walter Koenig, one of the crew members on the original Star Trek

"The Computers of Star Trek goes where no other Star Trek book has gone, to the mind and logic of the thinking machines of the primal SF TV universe. Gresh and Weinberg have written a funny and amazing book about a 'hidden' world of Trek."
--Matt Costello, author of Mirage and Masque

"The Computers of Star Trek downloads the hard facts of deep cyberspace from each generation of the legendary television show and makes the details of computer science as engaging as a session in the holodeck. Lois Gresh and Bob Weinberg boldly go into the computer world of the future and report how Star Trek has hit and missed the mark. It's the first must-read computer manual."
--E.C. Krupp, Director, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles

THE SCIENCE OF SUPERHEROES (2002)

"Fantastically hilarious"
--Diamond Galleries SCOOP magazine

"---the book should go down well with the comics' teenage readers: the writing is an accessible style and the authors skillfully manage the difficult gear-shift between describing the heroes and discussing the science."
--New Scientist

"What seemed impossible just sixty years ago during the Golden Age of Comics, now appears increasingly plausible. The Science of Superheroes serves as an entertaining and informative guide to comic book wonders bound to come."
--Julius Schwartz, Editor Emeritus, DC Comics

"I found this book to be a hoot from beginning to end. Ms. Gresh and Mr. Weinberg must have spent some time in institutions for the deranged, because well-balanced minds could not have conceived of this project. But thank God for their derangement, for they have produced a package of pure fun from first page to last. If, like me, you admire superheroes from a distance, or if you are a hardcore fan of them, you will enjoy this book as surely as you would enjoy waking one morning to discover that you are invincible, able to fly, and in possession of a totally cool costume behind which to hide your true identity."
--Dean Koontz, New York Times Best-Selling Author

"We comics fans have known it for years, of course: somewhere, in some nether dimension or on some alternate world, there is an Earth on which superheroes are real...and now Lois Gresh and Bob Weinberg have shown us how that's possible. To paraphrase an old DC Comics feature: Science says you're wrong if you believe that The Science of Superheroes isn't more fun than a barrel of genetically altered winged monkeys."
--Roy Thomas, writer and editor of X-Men, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Superman, Justice League of America, Legion of Superheroes, Star Wars, and many other comic book classics

"Weinberg and Gresh tell it like it is -- and how it would be if our favorite comic book characters actually existed. The Science of Superheroes is a fascinating and entertaining examination of everything from astrophysics to genetic biology to the evolution of the 'superhero.'"
--Mark Powers, editor of X-Men and Uncanny X-Men

THE SCIENCE OF STEPHEN KING (2007)

"What a treasure house is this book! Robots, space aliens, Einstein, black holes, time travel -- these themes, and much more, from Stephen King's amazing books are opened up like toy chests. It's tremendous fun, entirely educational, and a great tribute to King."
--Peter Straub

"A fun, fun read."
--F. Paul Wilson

"The Science of Stephen King appeals to both the scientist and the longtime reader of Stephen King in me. Gresh and Weinberg use concepts from King's fiction as launching pads for in-depth explorations of concepts as diverse as ESP, pyrokinesis, time travel, artificial intelligence, quantum chemistry, alternate realities, string theory, and the possibility that we'll be visited by aliens or that we'll face a global pandemic. Much of what Stephen King writes about in his novels is closer to reality than you might think."
--Bev Vincent, PhD, author of The Road to the Dark Tower

"A superb overview of King's use of scientific concepts in his stories. And considering all the scary talk lately about pandemic flu, their chapter on The Stand is timely as hell."
--Stephen Spignesi, author of The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia

"Just as Sagan and Asimov popularized science to the massses by making it entertaining and informative, so too do Gresh and Weinberg. Compulsively readable and thought-provoking."
--George Beahm, author of The Stephen King Companion