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Valerie Estelle Frankel

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in San Jose, The United States

August 16

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Valerie Estelle Frankel is the author of 88 books on pop culture, including Doctor Who - The What, Where, and How; The Villain's Journey, History, Pop Culture, and Hidden Meanings in Hamilton; and How Game of Thrones Will End. Many of her books focus on women’s roles in fiction, from her heroine’s journey guides From Girl to Goddess and Superheroines and the Epic Journey to books like Star Wars Meets the Eras of Feminism and Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy. She's editing a series on Jewish Science Fiction for Rowman & Littlefield. Once a lecturer at San Jose State University, she now teaches at Mission College and is a frequent speaker at conferences. Come explore her research at www.vefrankel.com. ...more

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	Winter is Coming: Symbols and Hidden Meanings in A Game of Thrones 3.43 avg rating — 695 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katniss the Cattail: An Unauthorized Guide to Names and Symbols in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games 3.57 avg rating — 468 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winning the Game of Thrones: The Host of Characters and their Agendas 3.42 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Tells Your Story?: History, Pop Culture, and Hidden Meanings in the Musical Phenomenon Hamilton 3.90 avg rating — 122 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine's Journey Through Myth and Legend 3.96 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women in Game of Thrones: Power, Conformity and Resistance 3.56 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History Homages and the Highlands An Outlander Guide 3.86 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harry Potter, Still Recruiting: An Inner Look at Harry Potter Fandom 4.26 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Who - The What, Where, and How: A Fannish Guide to the TARDIS-Sized Pop Culture Jam 3.63 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Myths and Motifs of the Mortal Instruments 4.02 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Considering Hybrid Conventions: Worldcon 2024

I elected not to go to Glasgow, and was going to speak online quite a lot. I had my time conversion website all set and had requested the most ideal hours (8am my time was 4pm theirs, so at wake-up time, the con would be largely wrapping up.)

The con had some excellent features — several themed rooms for virtual gatherings like conversations on books etc were open 24 hours (though conversely that m

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“A pun is its own reword.”
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“Swords”
― Valerie Estelle Frankel, Symbols in Game of Thrones: The Deeper Meanings of Animals, Colors, Seasons, Food, and Much More

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“Claire, who recreates herself as a doctor in 1743, is the demonstration of the fact that the production of knowledge must be understood as contextualized. As postmodernity and postcolonialism argue, there is no any standard, universal truth but rather contingent political concerns and contexts in which truths are produced. What has been science in the past is now superstition, but our science can be the superstition of tomorrow.”
― Valerie Estelle Frankel, Outlander's Sassenachs: Essays on Gender, Race, Orientation and the Other in the Novels and Television Series

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