8/11/2023 0 Comments Book tinderbox![]() A consummate, highly revealing, expertly assembled study of how HBO indelibly changed TV. Collectively, the chorus of voices creates an informative and compelling indulgence about how a particular culture of entertainment is formed and fostered. Though the text is more than 1,000 pages, its length is justified by the sheer amount of insightful commentary, juicy insider opinions, and celebrity and executive melodrama. Many of Miller’s interviewees viscerally describe the stress, struggle, joys, and pains of being on a consistently successful hit show. The histories of classics.are fascinating to read, all recounted via the memories of those who were there. Miller spotlights many of HBO’s success stories through first-person commentary and ventures deep into how these history-making shows were developed, produced, and became hits. In a well-rendered, frequently surprising chronicle, the author covers seemingly every inch of ground. an exhaustive account of the network’s pioneering projects. We are still reading from the winter reading period, and so far, weve already taken three manuscripts, and many other gorgeous books that are in production. Still, the saga of HBO is an exhilarating example of what driven, innovative, creative people can accomplish with confident, ample funding in the cutthroat world of mass entertainment. Toward the end of the book, the HBO juggernaut loses momentum. the text sometimes reads like the raw research the author assembled before sitting down to distill it all into a crisp, colorful narrative. The C-suite shenanigans provide some of the liveliest sparks. rarely is heard a discouraging word from the author about how the network did it. Still, there are ample rewards for those who stay the course. The reader can easily drown in the anecdotes of corporate blood lust and the agonies of productions and lose the thread of HBO’s evolution. For all their aura of authenticity, oral histories like this have their limitations. is disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.Tinderbox is both the origin story of virtually everything HBO has ever shown and an exhaustive chronicle of executive brainstorms, tantrums, courage, backstabbing and worse. Foreword Reviews only recommends books that we love. No fee was paid by the publisher for this review. The publisher of this book provided free copies of the book to have their book reviewed by a professional reviewer. ![]() Tinderbox is a riveting tale about personal strength and hidden magic.ĭisclosure: This article is not an endorsement, but a review. Battling magical beasts and his own insecurities, Bram frets over Wilhelm’s dominion over him and his own helplessness and as one of the Gifted, Isbet is torn between her desire to avenge her grandmother, her duty to the Celestial Vine, and her growing affection for Bram. The duo’s descent into the Underneath, a secret society where all manner of magical creatures dwell, introduces malicious Serval, whose lecherous desires for Bram reveal the thorny politics of the Underneath-and Isbet’s and Bram’s place in it. Many factions seek to abuse its power-snakelike creatures called naga and humans among them. Isbet and Bram are on opposite sides of this division-until they realize that the Celestial Vine, the source of all magical power, has begun to grow. Supernatural beings, including Isbet’s soul-eating staff, Gaemyr, add a mischievous, entertaining twist to this world that’s dominated by religion, politics, and gendered rules. Both he and Isbet are motivated by vengeance and self-preservation. As an outsider, Bram faces pressing dilemmas: whether to betray his brother to prove his loyalty to Wilhelm whether to fight for the greater good. ![]() Drawing on remarkable new science, Tinderbox overturns the conventional wisdom. Bram is keen to protect the boy, having been kidnapped himself after Wilhelm murdered his own father, the king of Tamrath. In this groundbreaking narrative, Longtime Washington Post journalist Craig Timberg and award-winning AIDS researcher Daniel Halperin tell the surprising story of how western colonial powers unwittingly sparked the AIDS epidemic and then fanned its rise. Meanwhile, in the kingdom of Rhyvirand, Prince Bram oversees a ceremony in which a young prince is transferred to the service of King Wilhelm. Isbet returns home and finds that her grandmother, a powerful witch, has been killed, and the killer stole the Box, a powerful item that can summon three hounds of immeasurable power. Simpson’s fantasy novel Tinderbox invokes magical powers and the possessive motives of the ruling elite. ![]()
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