By Matthew
Do you ever imagine the Theme from Shaft playing when you enter a room?
Me neither, but it’d be cool.
I’ve been thinking about music or songs that fit various Harry Potter characters and I’ve made a list and checked it twice.
The songs I’ve put with various characters are not an attempt to find an exact [...]

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If you want to get your comments on the next podcast, please send an E-Owl or a voicemail (206-222-2491) no later than Tuesday, 7AM EST.

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If the Hobbit ever gets around to being made, Sir Ian McKellen confirms he will be Gandalf.

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Added:  Poster for Half-Blood Prince (not a very clear picture, as it’s not been actually “released” yet)
Last Harry Potter Film Split into 67 Parts (Spoof)
Brief but poignant observation from John Granger about the story of Rowling’s contemplated suicide.
Get more familiar with Andrew Peterson’s music from these YouTube clips.
Completely not-Potter and non-literature related, but if you’re [...]

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A completely absurd question: How would all those British characters vote in the U.S. elections?
Also: Winner of the Book Givewaway (On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness) announced!
You can subscribe to the Hog’s Head PubCast through iTunes, and VOTE for The Hog’s Head for the month of March at Podcast Alley.

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 Hog's Head Pubcast #48: How Would Harry Vote? [19:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1614)

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OK, so either no one wants a free book (which I can’t imagine), or no one wants to have their recording broadcast on the podcast.  So I’m changing the free book challenge:
You have till 7AM EST on Tuesday to just leave a comment on this post.  Any comment.  I’ll put them all into a hat, [...]

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The rising sun had made everything look so different - all colors and shadows were changed - that for a moment they didn’t see the important thing. Then they did. The Stone Table was broken into two pieces by a great crack that ran down it from end to end. and there [...]

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…Susan and Lucy crept out onto the open hilltop. The moon was getting low and thin clouds were passing across her, but still they could see the shape of the Lion lying dead in his bonds. And down they both knelt in the wet grassed and kissed his cold face and stroked his [...]

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At last she drew near.  She stood by Aslan’s head.  Her face was working and twitching with passion, but his looked up at the sky, still quiet, neither angry nor afraid, but a little sad.  Then, just before she gave the blow, she stooped down and said in a quivering voice,
“And now, who has won?  [...]

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I’m really looking forward to the moment when my schedule lightens up, the book is finished, and I can sit down and enjoy On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness again.  Thanks to all for letting me take a short break from Potter to talk about AP’s book and introduce you to his [...]

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Update:  Book Giveaway changed.  Just leave a comment in this thread to enter to win. 
I told you I’d be giving away a free copy of Andrew Peterson’s On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. I’m going to make entering the contest very simple: leave me a voicemail. The most creative or funny voicemail wins [...]

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Andrew Peterson’s book, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness; why do we love Fairy Tales?
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 Hog's Head PubCast #47: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness [25:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1479)

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Official Andrew Peterson Website
Official Andrew Peterson Myspace
Order “On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness” HERE
Read An Excerpt HERE
Author Bio HERE
I’ve got about a hundred pages to go, and I intend to spend the remainder of the evening trying to finish it up. I plan to do a review and a podcast on [...]

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by Travis
This week is the “Blog Tour” week for Andrew Peterson’s book, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. I’ll be finishing the book up in the next two days and posting reviews - one in post form, and one in the podcast (I’ll do different material for each, I hope).
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by Dave,
I give a presentation at the College English Association in a couple of weeks discussing storytelling in relationship to videogames. In all my reading for this, one book I’m focusing on is by Marie-Laure Ryan, titled Narrative as Virtual Reality. In one part of her book, she begins discussing how immersive a [...]

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