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Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters And the Power of Three (Smart Pop series) Review

Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters And the Power of Three (Smart Pop series)
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Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters And the Power of Three (Smart Pop series) Review"Charmed" has always been a show that more than what it seemed. It was never really about 3 sisters with magical powers, but 3 sisters and their dynamic. That's one of the things that I loved about this book - it takes the ideas presented in the series over the course of the past 7 years (not including the current 8th season) and examine them. My favorite is the article discussing Piper's powers that both freeze and speed up time. Personally, I've always believed in magic, but I'm also aware that most of magic is just science. To learn that there is actually a scientific theory behind her power was absolutely fascinating.
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The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron Review

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The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron ReviewThe book was not poorly written, simply...written. It was the equivalent of a high school paper doing a feature article on James Cameron and he is a subject matter that is much more deserving than this.
The book covers his career relatively well, but could have delved deeper. I did enjoy the anecdotes of his early efforts and his fearless attitude on whatever new movie he was working on. Would have liked to hear more about his opinion on the content of his earlier movies rather than his insight of actually making the movies.
Also, the post Titanic content was pretty weak. It focused more on his non-film work, but it would have been interesting to really dig and ask some probing questions on his new found celebrity and the implications of having the biggest box office film in history.
Occasionally we would hear Cameron's opinion's on particular subjects and some movies, but would have enjoyed reading a lot more like this. It was briefly noted that Speilberg and Peter Jackson visited his Avatar set - what a great meeting of the cinematic minds. What about some questions on what that conversation was like? Or asking Cameron's opinions on various films? I've read some recent interviews with him and Cameron is so brutally honest on subjects it quite refreshing. Cameron is a major cinema buff - why not more questions on what films he liked/disliked and why?
Mediocre book...cameron is deserving of much better.The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron Overview

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The Sciences of Avatar Review

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The Sciences of Avatar ReviewDorion Sagan's latest book is a masterpiece. A refreshing, written with very high integrity, balanced and highly interesting study from various angles of Cameron's breakthrough movie. A highly recommended and these days so rare jewel of a book.The Sciences of Avatar OverviewDoes life exist on Mars or in the Alpha Centauri star system? Is it possible to project ourselves into others' bodies? Can mountains float? Award-winning writer Dorion Sagan encyclopedically explores a potpourri of subjects-from "Machine Evolution" and “Out of Body Experiences" to “Panspermia" and "Xenology" in this unique book. The Sciences of Avatar takes a look at our world through the disciplines-not just materialistic science, but “Ideology," “Parapsychology," “Feminism," "Ethnobotany," and more-at work in what is presently the most popular science fiction movie of all time, James Cameron's Avatar. “I loved your book!" -Melissa Jane Ostrom"Sagan provides a delightful overview of the real science that connects with the story of Avatar, and allows us a further exploration of the magical, compelling world of Pandora. A witty, insightful, and enlightening book!" - Kathryn Denning, PhD, Associate Professor, Anthropology, York UniversityDorion Sagan is co-author or author of twenty-four books translated into eleven languages, including Microcosmos and Death and Sex, a two-in-one book whose unique design won it first place in the 2010 New York Book Show in the general trade nonfiction category. His coauthored Into the Cool was praised by Nobel Prize winner Roald Hoffmann. What is Life? was listed with works by Billie Holiday and William Shakespeare as one of 100 “Mind-Altering Masterpieces" by the editors of The Utne Reader. He presently divides his time between Amherst, Massachusetts and Toronto, Canada.Praise for Dorion Sagan's other books:Microcosmos (with Lynn Margulis)“A seminal book" - Ben Bova. “This admiring reader of Lewis Thomas, Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould and other popularizers of biology has rarely, if ever, encountered so luminous a prose style in a work of this kind." - Melvin Konner, The New York Times Book ReviewWhat is Life? (with Lynn Margulis)“A masterpiece of science writing." -Mitchell Thomashow, Orion.

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