Bookwarm Games

Bookwarm Games

By Wesley SchantzSociety & Culture
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Bookwarm Games episodes

  • Gamecool 25: Conversation with Maggie Parke

    Joining me from Wales, Dr Maggie Parke coordinates the Mythgard Institute's new programming and teaches on Signum University. Her work delves into fan communities, adaptation across media, and engagement between the two.

    https://signumuniversity.org/directory/maggie-parke/

    http://maggieparke.com/


    Musical themes for the imaginary video game adaptation:

    Ceiling Space

    MnTi

    The Fearsome Tartars

    Cloud-pine

    56 min
  • Gamecool 22: Conversation with Lauren Shohet

    Dr Lauren Shohet discusses her work interpreting Milton, poet of Providence and defender of free speech, as well as teaching Pullman in the academy. A professor of English at Villanova, she has published on Renaissance literature, primarily Shakespeare and Milton, as well as articles and books considering Renaissance connections to His Dark Materials. 

    Her website is http://laurenshohet.com/


    Also I share some news on Pullman's knighthood and a release date for the next novel, then musical themes for the imaginary video game adaptation:


    Samoyed Hunters

    Bolvangar Lights

    Sister Clara

    Daemon Cages


    Course page: 

    https://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/gamecool-books-golden-compass-by-philip.html

    1 hr 2 min
  • Gamecool 19: Conversation with Marek Oziewicz

    Joining me to discuss Philip Pullman's work is Dr. Marek Oziewicz, the Sidney and Marguerite Henry Professor of Children's and Young Adult Literature at the University of Minnesota. He's written extensively on the representation of justice in and through storytelling. His One World, One People won the Mythopoeic Scholarship award in 2010; his recent work has traced the connections between literature and scientific research on consciousness.

    Marek's page on UMN: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/ci/people/Oziewicz.html

    Papers available on academia.edu: https://umn.academia.edu/MarekOziewicz


    Musical themes for the imaginary video game: 

    Tiny Plants in the Arctic

    Fencing

    Tunguska Campaign

    46 min

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