Saving the World: A Guide to Heroes - Softcover

Porter, Lynnette; Lavery, David; Robson, Hillary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550228056 ISBN 13: 9781550228052

Publisher: ECW Press, 2007

Synopsis

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World.” With that immediately memorable mantra, Heroes became the top-rated new series of fall 2006. Featuring such archetypal characters as one with a split personality, one who can fly, one who can see the future, one who can time travel and the evil villain out to steal all of the powers for himself the show touches our inner comic book fan, even if we’ve never cracked open a comic book.

Saving the World: A Guide to Heroes will include essay analyses of the many reasons that keep Heroes’ audience tuning in each week. Authors Lynnette Porter, David Lavery, and Hillary Robson are experts in the field of television analysis, having penned books on Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Deadwood, Seinfeld, The Sopranos, and many others. In this book, they will explore the history of comic books making their way to the screen, and how this show has been affected by the decades of comic book superheroes that precede it; the series’ archetypal characters; the fandom surrounding the show; its link to other current series such as Lost; creator Tim Kring and how he is the driving force behind the show. The book will include brief episode guides of each installment of the series.

Saving the World will finally help the large audience of the show understand the mysteries of the series.

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About the Author

Lynnette Porter is the author of several books, including Unsung Heroes of The Lord of the Rings: From the Page to the Screen. She is a tenured associated professor in the humanities and social sciences department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and an editorial board member for the Studies of Popular Culture journal. She is a frequent contributor to the Official Lost Fan Club’s website and Wikia’s Lost website. She lives in Daytona Beach, Florida. David Lavery is a chair in film and television at Brunel University. He is the author of numerous essays and 12 books, the coeditor of Fighting the Forces: What’s at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the editor of Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks and Reading Deadwood: A Western to Swear By. He is a cofounder of Critical Studies in Television: Scholarly Studies on Small Screen Fictions. Hillary Robson is a frequent speaker at Popular Culture Association conferences and a contributor to Unlocking the Meaning of Lost: An Unauthorized Guide. She lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Review

"A smart and useful guide to the intricate plotting on the series' first season."  —The Globe and Mail

About this edition

• Publisher: ECW Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1550228056
• ISBN 13: 9781550228052
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288