Friday, April 6, 2012

A to Z - Forest to Frost

F = Friday - Good Friday that is. Hope you are enjoying your day off; if you actually have it off.

The Forest of Hands and Teeth
By Carrie Ryan
A New York Times best-selling post-apocalyptic zombie novel. As the story opens, an unexplained disaster has turned much of the human race into mindless, cannibalistic undead. They roam the forest, seeking to destroy a band of survivors barricaded inside a walled village (kind of reminds you of The Village by M. Night Shamalamadingdong Shyamalan) deep in the woods. The fence that protects these villagers also imprisons them within a dystopian society marked by vehemence, mystery, and suppression.




Frank Edward Peretti
(born January 13, 1951) Best-selling author of Christian fiction, whose novels primarily focus on the supernatural. His writings have sold over 15 million copies worldwide. Peretti is best known for his novels This Present Darkness (1986) and The Oath (1995). Peretti has held ministry credentials with the Assemblies of God, and formerly played the banjo in a bluegrass band called Northern Cross. I was introduced to him through the book The House with Ted Dekker.
I highly recommend it!




The Fourth Kind

An American mockumentary science fiction-thriller directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, starring Milla Jovovich, Charlotte Milchard, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, and Mia McKenna-Bruce.
The film alludes to actual events occurring in Nome, Alaska in 2000, in which psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler uses hypnosis to uncover memories from her patients of alien abduction, and finds evidence suggesting that she may have been abducted as well. The film has two components: dramatization, in which professional actors portray the individuals involved, and video footage claiming to show the actual victims undergoing hypnosis. At some points in the film, the "actual" and dramatized footage is presented alongside each other in split-screen. Throughout the film, Abbey is shown being interviewed on television during 2002, two years after the abductions occurred.



Foe-glass
A Foe-glass is a mirror that detects and shows its owner's enemies in or out of focus, depending on how close they are. However, like all dark detectors, it can be fooled, as mentioned by Harry in the fifth book at the beginning of the first D.A. meeting. Moody, in reality Barty Crouch, Jr. in disguise, claimed that when the whites of their eyes are visible, he is in trouble. A Foe-Glass is hanging in the Room of Requirement in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when Harry uses the Room for D.A. meetings.



Frost Jötnar

Or Frost Giants - a member of a race of nature spirits with superhuman strength, described as sometimes standing in opposition to the races of the tribes of the Æsir and Vanir, although they frequently mingle with or intermarry with these. Their otherworldly homeland is Jötunheimr, one of the nine worlds of Norse cosmology, separated from Midgard, the world of humans, by high mountains or dense forests. Other place names are also associated with them, including Niflheimr, Utgarðr and Járnviðr. First living being formed in the primeval chaos known as Ginnungagap was a giant of monumental size, called Ymir. When he slept a jötunn son and a jötunn daughter grew from his armpits, and his two feet procreated and gave birth to a son, a monster with six heads. These three beings gave rise to the race of hrímþursar (rime thurs, frost giants), who populated Niflheim, the world of mist, chill and ice. The gods instead claim their origin from a certain Búri. When the giant Ymir subsequently was slain by Odin, Vili and (the grandsons of Búri), his blood (i.e. water) deluged Niflheim and killed all of the jötnar, apart from one known as Bergelmir and his spouse, who then repopulated their kind.

41 comments:

  1. I did read the forest of hands and teeth and I did see the fourth kind, very freaky, btw. I shiver when I think about it.

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    1. My husband and I couldn't fall asleep after watching it. Freaked us out!

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  2. Happy Easter! I love your F subjects today. Not read the book but I may have to. Have seen the fourth kind rather strange lol
    See you for G

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    1. I can't wait to see what pattern you'll have tomorrow! I think that's why Fourth Kind is so scary... it's strange.

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  3. I love Frank Peretti. Read This Present Darkness a long time ago. I have quite a bit of Frank's inspiration in my writings too.

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    1. I NEED to read your stuff then! I think he inspires some of mine as well.

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  4. You just won post of the day for calling M. Night by his one true name.

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    1. YES! That's awesome! M. Night has such a great, twisted mind.

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  5. People keep telling me to read Forrest of Hands and Teeth. I have GOT to go buy it. Love the mention of Frost Giants. They're killer.
    Yet another great post!

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    1. Frost giants are awesome in their own right. Yes, go get the book.

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  6. Matthew is right. You are the woman! Thanks so much for your kind words on my blog. Of that first book, I think it might be more honest out in that zombie-infested forest than in that repressive village! Yours was a truly fun read today, Roland

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    1. Aww shucks! Thanks Roland!
      Forest is better than Village but often reminded me of it. I even imagined some of Villages people in the Forest.

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  7. I could never get M. Night Sha-Na-Na's name right either!

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    1. Even when I'm staring at it, I still can't get it.

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  8. The Forest of Hands and Teeth is one of my friend's favorite books, and she reads everything.

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    1. It's a pretty great read. You're friend has great taste.

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  9. I really loved The Forest of Hands and Teeth. I thought it was beautifully written. And The Fourth Kind scared the crap out of me!

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    1. It flowed wonderfully. Me too! I will never watch it again. Once was good enough for me.

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  10. I did not know about Foeglass in HP. Very cool!

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    1. I actually found out because I couldn't understand what Luna said to Harry when he pulled out the piece of mirror from his sock. When she says "that's a curious thing to keep in your sock" I never caught what it was. the wonderful world of Goggle helped me.

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  11. Congrats for winning the contest! Haven't seen anything on this post but I'm glad you liked the movies and books.

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    1. The movie and book were both scary and great.

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  12. Thanks for stopping by my blog! I haven't seen or read any of your F posts, but that movie sounds cool. I also love the zombie enthusiast pic you have with the fingers. Be sure to check out my Z post!

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    1. I will be there on Z day and every other day for that matter.

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  13. I read Carrier Ryan's Forest of Hands and Teeth before it became a NYT Bestseller. Back in the day, she often frequented a forum and I happened to be on that day when she was looking for extra eyes.

    I remember thinking (and I remember telling her) she had something special. It is so lovely to see all her success.

    Congrats on winning Daniel!

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    1. Oh that is awesome! That would have been a treat to help her along her way with that book. Thanks!

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  14. Interesting about the frost giants! I wonder what it is that makes people invent beings who can reproduce from their various body parts? Because these guys are the only guys who are able.

    Shannon at The Warrior Muse, co-host of the 2012 #atozchallenge! Twitter: @AprilA2Z

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    1. I was thinking the same thing when I had to do research on Norse Mythology... well any mythology for that matter. Like Pegasus and his brother was born from the Earth when Medusa's blood touch it. It was so complicated then.

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  15. Hold the phone. How the heck have I been missing your HARRY POTTER A2Z!!!!!!

    Ahem, must stop the nerding out.

    Nope, I can't. I'm bookmarking your page girl!

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    1. What! Where have you been the past five days?! Oh well, you're here now! Enjoy!

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  16. I thought Peretti's books were top notch! I'm trying to visit all the A-Z Challenge this month.

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  17. Wow, that is a lot of A-Z challenges to be a part of! Gotta check out the book and the movie!

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  18. I loved Forrest of Hands and Teeth... that's definitely the best zombie book (aside from The Walking Dead, of course) I've ever read. The world building is spectacular.

    I also loved Ryan's Dead Tossed Waves (not necessarily the sequel but from the same world). I have her third (I believe it's the sequel to Dead Tossed Waves), The Dark and Hollow Places on my Kindle in my ever growing queue.

    Lots of good stuff here. We're going to get along nicely.
    ~2

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  19. I really want to get The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Read and exerpt and loved it. Good A-Z post.

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  20. Frost Giants remind me of Wizard101.

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  21. The Forest of Hands and Teeth? Are you kidding me? I would buy that based on title alone because I don't care what anyone says you can too judge a book by its cover. Thanks for the post, off to book land via web.

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  22. Harry Potter A-Z rules! I have to go back a retread the foe-glass. For some reason I can't really remember it! Great post!

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  23. I'm going to download Forest to my kindle! Sounds amazing!
    Loved The Fourth Kind, even though it gave me bad dreams. Lol
    Those Frost Giants look scary!!!

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  24. Hi, Interesting posts. I will try to come back when I have more time to jot down references. Right now I am trying to hit all the blogs this month. Best regards to you. Ruby

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  25. Zombie books rock! I'm here from A-Z--thanks for your post!

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  26. These are great F items. I liked The Forest of Hands and Teeth and would like to read the full series.

    I haven't read Peretti, but I'd like to.

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