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SHOW NOTES
WARNING: Episode contains spoilers for Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett.
Thanks to Emily from the North American Discworld Convention for joining us! 2011’s NADWCon is gearing up here. Be sure to follow Emily on Twitter (@foresthouse) and on LiveJournal as well!
Emily is also the creative force behind Ask Deadpool! http://ask-deadpool.livejournal.com/ and @Ask_Deadpool on Twitter.
Wow, did we get an amazing response from listeners about book recommendations! Here’s a list of what you’re all sharing with the rest of the class:
–Dr. Bill Bass and John Jefferson – Death’s Acre
–Libba Bray – The Gemma Doyle Trilogy Book One: A Great and Terrible Beauty
–S. G. Browne – Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament
–Anthony Eaton – Nightpeople (Darklands Book 1)
–Neil Gaiman – The Sandman Vol. 1
–Seth Grahame-Smith – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
–Anthony Horowitz – The Power Of Five Book 1: Raven’s Gate
–Shirley Jackson – The Haunting Of Hill House
–Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett – Havemercy
–Books by Tamora Pierce
–Terry Pratchett – Unseen Academicals; more books by Terry Pratchett
–Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson and the Olympians
–Markus Zusak – The Book Thief
More on the Body Farm, if you’re morbidly curious, is here.
Hearkening back to Episode 23, here are a couple of articles on the psychological rationale of celebrity worship: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200407/seeing-starlight-celebrity-obsession and http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=101550
Here’s the Twilight blog Yes, I Read It; It’s Still Stupid featuring “Extra Credit: The Twilight Saga and Domestic Abuse”. Worth a read.
Here is the “Buffy Summers Vs. Edward Cullen” mashup mentioned. Even if you’ve already seen it, it never stops being funny. :)
Also, here is Wil Wheaton talking about voicing the Romulans in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek.
Music used in the episode:
-“Paperback Writer”, Les Fradkin – purchase on iTunes
-“The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered At All”, adapted by Warren Mars – download free
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