2018-06-04 9/10
Overview
A series of smart, funny video essays from PBS Digital Studios about their favorite books and why they love to read. Host Lindsay Ellis delves into topics like the evolution of YA, how science fiction mirrors our own anxieties, and why the book is sometimes just a _bit_ better than the movie.
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Lindsay Ellis
Seasons List
Season 1
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1. When the Book is Better than the Movie
2. The Evolution of YA
3. Why Sci Fi is a Mirror on Society
4. An Ode to the Romance Novel
5. How Fantasy Reflects Our World
6. Why did they make me read this in High School?
7. Can You Judge a Book by Its Cover?
8. Fear of Ghost...Writing!
9. Unreliable Narrators
10. Food & Fiction: Memorable Meals in Literature
11. Death, Personified
12. How Greek Mythology Inspires Us
13. The Beauty and Anguish of Les Misérables!
Season 2
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1. The Case for Fan Fiction
2. Afrofuturism From Books to Blockbusters
3. How Fictional Pandemics Reflect the Real Thing
4. Why We Still Love Little Women, 150 Years Later
5. The Byronic Hero: Isn’t it Byronic?
6. The Constructed Languages of JRR Tolkien
7. War and Peace and Everything Else
8. The It’s Lit! Musical Episode
9. The Fiery History of Banned Books
10. The (Stephen) King of Horror
11. Are Graphic Novels... Novels?
12. Dune, The Most Important Sci Fi Series Ever?
13. Anne Rice, The Queen of Literary Monsters
14. Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance
15. How Do You Write a Bestseller?