Bree Tanner: First Critical Responses

June 7, 2010 by 8 Comments

It’s been two days since The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (hereafter Bree Tanner or Bree) was published and the first critical reviews are in.

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BYU Professor Steve Walker Talks About Twilight

June 5, 2010 by 6 Comments

Listen to these podCast interviews and conversations originally posted at Twilight News Site for the insights of the BYU English professor about whom Stephenie Meyer said:

The professor who had the most influence on me was Steven Walker, mostly because he was just insanely brilliant. The way his mind worked was fascinating, and it helped me look at the literature we studied in so many new ways.

If you’re a Twi-hard, these two interviews and conversations are a must!

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Guest Post: Hunger Games Mark Evanses & Names

June 4, 2010 by 9 Comments

More from Prof. Louise Freeman at Mary Baldwin College on neglected details in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games!

“Mark Evanses”

(What is a ‘Mark Evans’? People we’ve heard mentioned in the story but not been told about who could turn out to be important later, or could just as likely be nobodies. Read here for the Harry Potter reference.)

  1. Peeta’s brothers. We know Prim from the get-go. We at least meet and learn something about Gale’s siblings: their ages, genders, the fact that little Rory registers for tesserae and was starting to learn hunting. All we know is that Peeta has two older brothers, one likely too old to be in the Games, the other eligible but who Katniss flatly states “won’t” volunteer to take his kid brother’s place.  Either Brother #2 knows of the Pearl Plot and realizes Peeta’s the best to court the Mockingjay, or he takes after his mom. [Read more…]
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Harry Potter, Philosophy, and… Tennis, Anyone?

June 4, 2010 by 5 Comments

Harry Potter sage and Philosophy Professor at Liberty University, David Baggett, has edited a new book, Tennis and Philosophy. I don’t play tennis and don’t care to watch it, either, because, as with hockey and cricket, I have no idea of what it’s like to play the game or what constitutes greatness. But I probably will eventually pick up a copy of Tennis and Philosophy just to read what Prof. Baggett says about the metaphysical aspects of the game. If you’re a tennis player or fan, I hope you’ll buy a copy and post a review here about tennis as competitive alchemy, a “resolution of contraries” in action over a mean…

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Bree Tanner: Mrs. Meyer Tells All

June 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The full interview is available at The Twilight Saga (which involves a fairly involved registration process!) and excerpts from the interview have been published at USA Today. On the eve of the book being on sale in book stores and posted online at the author’s site, Mrs. Meyer expands on what she has told her readers previously about the novella’s origins and the influence of the Twilight movies on its composition.

I was most intrigued by this question and comment: [Read more…]

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