Just two nerds, who are so talented you wouldn't know it about either of them.

Its very nice watching a lifelong friendship blossom before your eyes.

can we talk about how such a gentleman Mr. Giamatti is? what a class act!

This is the very definition of geeking out together. Plus the smell of old books - preferably in a used book store.

This is my life too! You never get to see this type of conversation on network television! My respect for Paul Giamatti has increased a thousandfold! (I already knew Colbert was cool!)

When I was little, my dad always had a stack of books (mostly sci-fi & mysteries) he was working his way through and took me with him to the library once a week. It became a lifelong habit -- I love libraries & I always have a bunch of books I'm working on. So great to hear these two nerds talking about my no. 1 vice.

Nothing better than a good book.

Made me smile to hear all the names of sci-fi authors I read in my youth. Brings back great memories.

Greg Bear, Gene Doucette, Andy Weir, Terry Pratchett, Martha Wells, Ted Kosmatka, Dennis E. Taylor, Becky Chambers,

Just last Saturday my wife, daughter and I went to pick up our son after his freshman year of college, and we stopped in Silva, NC for lunch, then went for a walk and stopped in a used book shop. I immediately found the sci-fi/fantasy section, which was in a little alcove that, had it had a heavy curtain across the entry, could have been the porno section of an '80s mom & pop video rental place. I scanned the shelves until I found a treasure - a 1978 copy of 'The Best of Murray Leinster', whom I've loved since I read his funny, and amazingly prescient 1946 short story 'A Logic Named Joe', in which he predicted the personal computer, complete with keyboard interface and monitor, and the internet. I could watch these two geek out over sci-fi all day long.

Great men read!

These two could talk about dirt, and it would still be so lovely to watch them interact. Love this.

That was so delightful

OMG, love it! I too am a lover of sci-fi and fantasy books. My kids think I'm crazy because I like to smell the books. I told them it's like a time machine for me. I close my eyes, take it in, and it takes me back to my childhood. I assured them that I am not the only one that does this. Now I have proof!

When I lived in Portland, Oregon I used to hang out at the best bookstore ever, Powell’s. It was massive and amazing. It was literally a full city block with an equally big storage building next door. I would buy a book and sit at the lunch counter on the street level and read and people watch. It was delightful. If you’ve never been to Powell’s I would highly recommend it as they have huge sections on every subject imaginable!

Nerds after my own heart!

True story: I ran in to Paul Giamatti at used book store called Iliad in North Hollywood. We were both in the Scfi/ Fantasy section and you could tell he was on the hunt. Saw him a bit later that day and he was chilling on the little couch, reading happily.

Giamatti’s giddy laugh after receiving the books.

Love these two nerds❤️

this very much like it is when you find someone else that enjoys something that so few other people you meet are into.

Please get Paul to do the Colbert Questionnaire

Don't forget Octavia E. Butler, dudes.

My reading list just grew by dozens of books

So cool!

❤

Book lovers! Gotta love it.

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

This was better than the show

Zenna Henderson, fellas?

Sci-Fi nerds are so very obsessive it's fun to watch.

Those books looked short....i bet Paul read them both that night. Lol

Wow! Validation.

#booksarebetterthanmovies #usedbooksarebetterthannewbooks

Why there aren't thousands of views of Paul Giamatti and Stephen Colbert geeking out on science fiction, I do not understand 😉 ok now I will watch Ryan Gosling on Jimmy Kimmel

In n Out in Salt Lake City is NOT the same.

Two sci fi nerds swapping books. My heart ❤️ 😂

this guy just plays himself all the time

I'd bet neither has read a book by Thomas Sowell.

Stephen loves showing off. We already know you’re really smart, dude.

Beard without moustache...a bad look since before Abraham Lincoln.