My Thoughts on the Smart Pop 2013 Preview
Title: Smart Pop Preview 2013
Publisher: Smart Pop Books
Challenges: ARC August Challenge, 2013 ARC Reading Challenge, Netgalley Knockout Challenge
Description/Blurb:
Get a sneak peak at Smart Pop’s 2013 titles with this preview volume of standalone essays and exclusive book extras!Volume includes:“Anne McCaffrey, Believer in Us” – David Brin
From Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern, edited by Todd McCaffrey
Exclusive Extra: “Painting the Dragonwriter Cover” – Michael Whelan
Excerpts from “Munchkin: Hollywood” – Liam McIntyre
From The Munchkin Book: The Official Companion, edited by James Lowder
“Percy Jackson and the Gods of Death” – J&P Voelkel
From Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians, edited by Rick Riordan
“Why the Best Friend Never Gets the Girl” – Kami Garcia
From Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader, edited by Cassandra Clare
“The Price of Our Inheritance” – Neal Shusterman
From Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game, edited by Orson Scott Card
Exclusive Extra: Q&A with Orson Scott Card
“The Architects of the Rebellion” – V. Arrow
From The Panem Companion: An Unofficial Guide to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games, From Mellark Bakery to Mockingjays
Exclusive Extras:
“A Grosser Power” – Ned Vizzini
“Capitol or Katniss – Who Am I?” – Lili Wilkinson
From the special e-book only content for The Girl Who Was on Fire – Movie Edition, edited by Leah Wilson
“A Prehistory of Fanfiction” – Anne Jamison
From Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World
Excerpts on Washington Commons, The Foundry, and AndrewAndrew
From The Unofficial Girls Guide to New York: Inside the Cafes, Clubs, and Neighborhoods of HBO’s Girls
My Thoughts:
I am never really sure how to voice my opinions on these sampler titles, so I am going to go with talking a little about the titles that are featured in it, and then will conclude with which of them I am the most looking forward to.
In this sampler collection, there were excerpts from each of several titles, to include:
Dragonwriter, which talks about Ann McCaffrey’s Pern series and the stories therein contained. While I found this interesting, I have not followed the original works, so I did feel a bit lost.
The Munchkin Book, which apparently talks about a card game that I had never heard of but am now intrigued with and look forward to finding out more about it.
Then, of course, there is a whole section on 2013 movie Tie-ins, which brings us:
Demigods and Monsters, which pays homage to the Percy Jackson series, and several other young adult and fantasy writers weigh in on what their thoughts are on these books and movies and some other fun stuff that is vastly interesting. I actually have received a copy of this for review and am looking forward to reading it in the near future.
Shadowhunters and Downworlders pays tribute to the stories of Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series. I am most anxious to read this one, because I fell in love with the first book in the series and was one of the faithful at the theater on opening night! I have a copy of this one for review, as well so look for this in the future on the blog.
Ender’s World is a collection of stories and information relating back to Orson Scott Card’s series. I have not read these, as it is a bit science-fiction-y and that is not really my thing, but it was interesting to see how other people responded to it.
The Panem Companion. Self explanatory. Who doesn’t want to get a glimpse into the world of the Hunger Games. There are stories here that give you a glimpse of the conspiracy theorists’ take on things and some amazingly interesting and amusing stories, with exclusive excerpts from The Girl Who Was on Fire.
The Unofficial Girl’s Guide to New York is all about the HBO series, Girls, which is not something that I watch so it was not able to hold my interest, although being from New York, some of the locations were familiar.
Fic is all about the world of fan-fiction and how it dates back much, much further than we realize. I was fascinated by the talks of how even Shakespeare borrowed from others in his works and this is a topic of immense interest to me.
Overall, the books about Hunger Games, Percy Jackson and Mortal Instruments are majorly on my reading radar, but I think what I am most fascinated to read is Fic. There has been a lot of controversy in the literary world surrounding fanfiction of late, and so I really want to read this collection!
**DISCLAIMER** In full compliance with FTC Guidelines, I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I was in no way compensated for this opinion, and the thoughts are my own. Links above will take you to a site where you can PURCHASE a copy. Using those links will take you through an affiliate link and I will receive a small percentage of the purchase cost. You are in no way obligated to use affiliate links and there is no additional cost to do so. Clicking here will take you to the publisher’s site, where you can learn more about the titles featured in this volume.
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