PubCast #65 is still half-recorded, primarily because I’ve switched up what I want to do with the second half of it. As soon as Dave and I have a few free minutes this week, we’re going to record a brief discussion on Watchmen, which will comprise the second half of PubCast #65.
I mentioned in a recent post that there were now seven 5-star reviews of Harry Potter & Imagination: The Way Between Two Worlds. The most recent ones are below the break. I wanted to give a special thank you to the 7 reviewers so far, and also remind all and sundry who have read the book that Amazon.com reviews are greatly appreciated. They don’t need to be lengthy.
Read the two most recent reviews: [click to continue…]
I’ve managed to make my way back into the college classroom – only this time, I don’t have to be present, turn in assignments, or take tests. Richard Priggie, professor at Augustana College, has selected my book, Harry Potter and Imagination: The Way Between Two Worlds, as well as John Granger’s book, The Deathly Hallows Lectures, as required texts for his undoubtedly fascinating class, “The Postmodern World of Harry Potter.” I’ll be speaking to the class via some form of live audio or video chat, and Mr. Granger will be traveling to the campus to guest lecture in person.
I’m guessing many reading this would enjoy taking that class. How about offering it a contribution? Prof Priggie is in need of additional suggestions for topics to be selected by students for a major paper.
The following is the rubric for the paper: [click to continue…]
Four 5-star reviews have been written for Harry Potter & Imagination at Amazon.com so far. I really appreciate these!
If you’ve read the book, I’d love to see your honest review at Amazon.com! It only takes a couple minutes to write; there’s no need to write anything lengthy (unless you want to, and it’d be welcome), and it lets me know what you think, for which I am very thankful.
I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
In the meantime, here’s an excerpt from Brent’s review:
As someone who has heard and read Travis’ thoughts on the series before the release of this book, this isn’t much of a surprise, but the depth of the book still amazed me. [...] While I admit I did not agree completely with every conclusion reached in the book, it argues in a well-researched manner that strongly supports its thesis. As the Harry Potter franchise loses the stigma attached to it as popular culture, educators and academics will use Harry Potter and Imagination as an important reference text for all future analysis of the series and will hopefully result in all of us imagining better.
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