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books about entertainment — non-fiction
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TRIUMPH OF THE WALKING DEAD – editor, James Lowder
“The Walking Dead” is a surprising television hit. It is water-cooler discussion fodder, and, like so many pop culture hits of this era (it seems), it is based on a comic book series by Robert Kirkman. And what happens to ‘hits’? People analyze them and write about them. This book is a collection of essays… Continue reading
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BEATLEBONE – Kevin Barry
It is the late 1970’s and John Lennon has left New York to seek refuge and solace in an island that he purchased off the coast of Ireland. But getting to the island is an adventure when he relies on the local shape-changing guide to get there. This is not a light, easy-to-read book. It… Continue reading
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THE SCIENCE OF SHAKESPEARE – Dan Falk
It’s hard to believe anyone could possibly write anything new on Shakespeare. Considered by many to be the greatest writer who’s ever lived (in the English language, at least), Shakespeare’s works have been dissected by scholars and his life has been researched and studied by many who’ve spent a lifetime trying to learn more about… Continue reading
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TOTO’S TALE AND TRUE CHRONICLE OF OZ – Sylvia Patience
Too many people think that the Wizard of Oz story is essentially the remarkable film version. It’s a great movie (one of the few that I do still watch repeatedly), but of course there’s much more to the book upon which the move was based. This delightful little book, Toto’s Tale and True Chronicle of… Continue reading
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MIASMA – Greg Cox
TELEVISION WEEK I’ve been enjoying the spate of ebook novellas that I’ve been reading lately, and when you toss in the fact that this one is a tie-in to one of my favorite classic television shows, I was quite happy to read this. I’m familiar with the name of Greg Cox, the author of this… Continue reading
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UNSOLD TELEVISION PILOTS: 1955-1989 – Lee Goldberg
TELEVISION WEEK Unsold Television Pilots 1955-1989 is an expanded version of author Lee Goldberg’s book The Best TV Shows That Never Were (reviewed yesterday). Yesterday’s book focused on, as the title suggests, the best shows that were never made. This book is ALL the shows not made between 1955-1989. It is not a simple read.… Continue reading
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THE BEST TV SHOWS THAT NEVER WERE – Lee Goldberg
TELEVISION WEEK In television lingo, a ‘pilot’ is a one-time television episode that is made to show television executives what a show might look like (apparently because these executives have no imagination from simply reading a script). Every year, there are MANY television pilots made by a variety of networks and studios, all trying to… Continue reading
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TELEVISION FAST FORWARD – Lee Goldberg
TELEVISION WEEK Although I love to read, and I read a lot, I grew up a child of the television age. As one of those first generation ‘latch-key’ kid, the television was my nanny. And when I moved to Hollywood, it was television that I had hoped to break in to. I am also one… Continue reading
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TELEVISIONARIES – Marc Tayer
TELEVISION WEEK This is a phenomenal insider look at the concept, creation, and growth of the digital television industry. When I sit and watch Netflix on my 56″ flat-screen HD television, I know that a lot of time and effort went in to the creation of this technology, but of course, like most people, I… Continue reading
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CELEBROMANCY -Michael R. Underwood
In the first book of the Ree Reyes series, Geekomancy (read my review here) we learn what ‘geekomancy’ is (the ability to manifest, for a short time, the power or attribute of anything or anyone in a movie, comic book on a trading card, etc), and are introduced to the geekomancy poster-child, Ree Reyes. In… Continue reading
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – Philip J. Riley
THROWBACK THURSDAY This “Making of” book about “The Phantom of the Opera” is a tremendous resource and clearly a work of love by author Philip J. Riley. The term ‘classic’ is much over-used today, which possibly takes away from the importance of the meaning. To say that the 1925 film, The Phantom of the Opera,… Continue reading
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WONDER WOMAN: AMAZON WARRIOR – Steve Korté
Ah…I remember the days when I couldn’t wait for the Scholastic book fair that the school would have once a year. As a reader of comic books, this is precisely the sort of book that I would be drawn to. It appears that Scholastic is issuing a few of these books in a “Backstories” series,… Continue reading
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