by David Brin
First published 2013
Smart Pop presents a sampler of their upcoming 2013 analytical collections. The volume features David Brin's tribute to Anne McCaffrey from a Pern retrospective, alongside Michael Whelan's exclusive commentary on creating cover art for the Dragonwriter collection. Liam McIntyre contributes material from the official Munchkin companion guide. The Percy Jackson universe gets examined through essays on death mythology, while Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series receives analysis of friendship dynamics. Neal Shusterman explores themes in Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, accompanied by an exclusive interview with Card himself. The Hunger Games receives extensive coverage through rebellion analysis and character studies featuring Katniss and the Capitol. Anne Jamison traces fanfiction's historical development, while location guides map the New York settings from HBO's Girls series.
Genres: fiction, essays, anthologies, fantasy, criticism, fantasy-romance, books-about-books, academic
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family
Setting: New York
Period: 2013
180 pages · Kindle Edition · Smart Pop