I had heard about the potential for this when I listened to S.T. Joshi’s “Reflections on H.P. Lovecraft” lecture, but it appears to be official: scheduled for release in 2010, del Toro will be directing a film version of At the Mountains of Madness.  Thanks to Jeremy for the E-Owl.

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An Author and Her Story; Did Rowling borrow from LeGuin?; L’Engle: “Obey the Story”
You can subscribe to the Hog’s Head PubCast through iTunes; you can also write a review there. Vote for the Hog’s Head PubCast at Podcast Alley! (See the VOTE link on the left side). Let’s get this podcast much [...]

 

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Much to the chagrin of many here, Del Toro was not in the running to direct Deathly Hallows, because he’s in talks to direct The Hobbit.
Is this true?  And if so, is it a double blow?  (No Delo Toro for DH, no Jackson for Hobbit?)
Brief Del Toro discussion makes it into my next pubcast, which [...]

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by Dave
Harry is a hero. That Harry Potter draws from long established literary heroic traditions is well documented. Nearly every book length treatment or anthology concerning the series addresses this subject and examines the link between Harry’s more traditional literary roots in alchemical and mythic-heroic traditions and his postmodern deconstruction of the hero [...]

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by Travis
Several quick housekeeping items here at SoG. First, shameless self-promotion:

I’m finally starting to get up to speed on how to promote a blog, and I’ve added the blog to Technorati. I’m not entirely sure what that is, but I know it’s supposed to help get the blog more exposure. I’ve [...]

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Andrew Sullivan posted this excerpt from an essay by Ursula K. LeGuin (author of the Earthsea books) on the decline of reading (I think you have to be a subscriber to read the whole essay):
Over the years, books kept in print may earn hundreds of thousands of dollars for their publisher and author. A few [...]

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by Travis
I was suddenly taken back to our Lovecraft month today as I listened to this week’s story from The Classic Tales: Guy de Maupassant’s “The Horla” (text here). It’s a great reading by B.J. Harrison of a truly chilling tale, and it strongly reminded me of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu stories. As I [...]

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In the interest of continuing to point you to scholarly works about the Rowling’s great predecessors, this website is a wealth of information on J.R.R. Tolkien:
The Catholic Imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien

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My Portus 2008 proposals; Snape and Dumbledore: Rowling’s intent and the literary realities; news and commentary.
You can subscribe to the Hog’s Head PubCast through iTunes. Travis will (most likely) be appearing with Harry Potter Prognostications at Portus.
Pub Menu:

Orson Scott Card: Who is Snape?
Portus 2008 and the Podcast Palooza
C.S. Lewis blog

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 Hog's Head PubCast #41: An Author and Her Characters [28:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1370)

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by Travis
For C.S. Lewis fans, there’s a new blog that’s bound to be tremendous. It’s got a host of great contributors. Visit it regularly; put the RSS feed in your blog aggregator. This will be must reading, I assure you.
You might want to start with Dr. Michael Ward’s summary of his thesis [...]

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by Dave
I saw this article this morning at IGN. It says the last film’s script has been reportedly split into two films and that the HBP crew have already been notified of the change. Mugglenet is reporting that the original story is in The Daily Mail.
The Daily Mail article makes a [...]

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by Travis
Slate is featuring an article by Tim Wu on the whole Vander Ark Lexicon vs. Rowling thing.  The first link below is just the key paragraphs; the second is the entire article at Slate:

More than 95 theses: J.K. Rowling versus the Harry Potter Lexicon
Slate: J.K. Rowling’s Dark Mark

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by Dave
The Runcie documentary that’s caught some attention here and at HogPro is a mixed bag for me as a Potter reader. Stylistically, the film is as engaging as any documentary I’ve ever seen — which is quite a few because I’m a big geek (I even watched a documentary on the Sundance Channel [...]

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by Johnny
I watched the documentary, J.K. Rowling - A Year in the Life, and I simply loved it. Airing on ITV in the UK on 30 December 2007 and available online, this documentary is an intimate look into the personal life of J.K. Rowling this past year when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was [...]

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By Matthew
What upcoming movie are you most looking forward to?
Options on the sidebar.
EDIT :  Thanks Reyhan for the “Avatar” clarification.  Poll has been clarified.

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