Tom Henthorne
Author of Approaching the Hunger Games Trilogy: A Literary and Cultural Analysis
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Tom Henthorne is associate professor of English and women's and gender studies at Pace University in New York City.
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Approaching the Hunger Games Trilogy: A Literary and… by Tom Henthorne
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.This is a phenomenal academic look at nearly every aspect of The Hunger Games. The topics and discussion thereof helped unlock new layers of the story to me as well as reveal a great deal about Collins' writer's-craft. So many of the nuances of the book are dissected and analyzed in such a way as to be inviting rather than foreboding (as scholarly work often is) and has inspired me to re-read the series once my current to-read list is complete.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.This book is a convenient, complete (enough), guide to the works & concepts of sci-fi punk genius William Gibson, kind of a cross between cliffnotes and a research paper (at textbook prices), with data presented in usable formats.
The Chronology of Life and Works offers logical groupings of works by type/trilogy. The Literary Companion itself is about 120 pages, an alphabetical listing of Gibson's characters, themes, titles, places, obsessions, and interests; longer entries have references. A briefer Glossary offers definitions of real & imagined names, ideas, acronyms in Gibson's work.
The first appendix offers a timeline of tech innovations (tv, atom bomb, Walkman), 1948 - 2010, while the second suggests writing/research topics. There is an extensive bibliography and a basic index.
Readable and understandable, geared toward fans, general readers, and interested students. Thanks to LibraryThing for this ARC.… (more)
The Chronology of Life and Works offers logical groupings of works by type/trilogy. The Literary Companion itself is about 120 pages, an alphabetical listing of Gibson's characters, themes, titles, places, obsessions, and interests; longer entries have references. A briefer Glossary offers definitions of real & imagined names, ideas, acronyms in Gibson's work.
The first appendix offers a timeline of tech innovations (tv, atom bomb, Walkman), 1948 - 2010, while the second suggests writing/research topics. There is an extensive bibliography and a basic index.
Readable and understandable, geared toward fans, general readers, and interested students. Thanks to LibraryThing for this ARC.… (more)
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.This was a very interesting book to read especially because I am a huge hunger games fan. It really helped when I wrote my jan term paper on the series.
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.This book is a good reference guide for anyone who wants to look at the Hunger Game trilogy in a research paper type of way. I highly enjoyed it as the author had many of the same ideas and points I thought about as I read the series. I think that any Hunger Games fan should read this guide and any teacher who is teaching the book in his/her English class.
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