Books in Genius Geek's Guides series

A hilarious mix of fact and fiction. Every boy in the world wants to be Doctor Who, and the Space Traveler's Manual will let him imagine he is! Need to fix your warp drive with nothing but Betelgeusian chewing gum? Stuck in a black hole? Under attack by an interstellar warlord after you mistook his grandmother for a wardrobe? These are the kind of problems faced by the modern space traveller - and routinely and heroically overcome by adventurer Gaga Rin/Buzz Dustbin, 'author' of The Space Traveler's Manual. Rin gallantly voyages across the galaxy and doesn't need his alien travel companion Galaxina to rescue him from the consequences of his own stupidity very often at all. Based on the latest real theories about scientific phenomena in space, The Space Traveler's Manual is a trip for the imagination that also has a factual core of the kind that gets boys hooked. Hop on board for a trillion-mile joyride!Tim Collins is the author of over thirty fiction and non-fiction titles, including Wimpy Vampire, Cosmic Colin, Monstrous Maud and Dorkius Maximus. His books have been translated into over thirty languages.

Need to fix your warp drive with nothing but Betelgeusian chewing gum? Stuck in a black hole? Under attack by an interstellar warlord after you mistook his grandmother for a wardrobe? These are the kind of problems faced by the modern space traveller - and routinely and heroically overcome by adventurer Gaga Rin/Buzz Dustbin, 'author' of The Space Traveller's Manual. Rin gallantly voyages across the galaxy and doesn't need his alien travel companion Galaxina to rescue him from the consequences of his own stupidity very often at all. Based on the latest real theories about scientific phenomena in space, The Space Traveller's Manual is a trip for the imagination that also has a factual core of the kind that gets boys hooked. Hop on board for a trillion-mile joyride!

A laugh-out-loud guide to being a superhero, the next in a series of aspirational tales that mix fact and fiction with a dash of real science. Professor Krypton is the guru, the sempai, the omega, the really old egg-headed dude who smirks enigmatically and tells you you're lame when you enroll at the Superhero Academy. But now you can get the inside track! This is his personal guide to training and on-the-job experience as a super superhero with super superpowers (and homemade costume). Using the academy syllabus, reminiscences of his youth as Cryptoman, and assistance from such stars as Heroman, Bucketwoman, Flyboy, Powergirl and Invisibleperson (gender unstated - a nightmare for instructors obsessed with getting everyone to use the right toilets), Prof K gives you the lowdown on how to succeed, even if your mother sewed your cape and your real name is Quentin. With a twist of real science behind the superpowers and superexploits in every chapter, The Superhero's Guide is laugh-out-loud funny for kids and a win with parents as well.

Dr Frank Neinstein lives in a lab in a castle in a forest in a ravine and for some reason hardly ever gets visitors. Possibly this is because he is MAD and NO ONE CAN STOP HIM from creating works of terror and genius. And also really getting on the nerves of his assistant Igor, particularly when he insists on flushing half-finished experiments down the toilet and, surprise surprise, a couple of days later Igor's fighting off tentacled sewage monsters again. Because of the no visitors thing (he does tend to use them as experiment fodder), Dr N is worried that his brilliance may be lost to the ages, so he has written this comprehensive manual for aspiring geniuses. Complete with annotations by Igor, who is actually rather a good practical scientist who explains the real underpinnings of Dr N's mad masterworks.