The Unofficial Hunger Games Companion (49 page)

3
. James Hibberd, “ ‘Jersey Shore’ ratings go nuclear: most-watched MTV series telecast ever!,”
Entertainment Weekly,
January 7, 2011, http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/07/jersey-shore-ratings-record/.

4
. James Hibberd, “ ‘Jersey Shore’ ratings go nuclear: most-watched MTV series telecast ever!,”
Entertainment Weekly,
January 14, 2011, http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/14/jersey-shore-ratings-new-record/.

5
. Robert Seidman, “Bravo’s ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Sets Records with Total Viewers,” January 14, 2011, http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/14/bravos-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-sets-records-with-total-viewers/78756?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29.

6
. Lynette Rice, “ ‘Real Housewives of New York City’ finale draws record ratings,” June 5, 2010, http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/06/05/real-housewives-of-new-york-city-finale-draws-record-ratings/.

7
. “ ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ episode earns record ratings,” CNN Entertainment, 071510, http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/15/<#212>real-housewives-of-new-jersey<#213>-episode-earns-record-ratings/.

8
. “ ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ Finale Breaks Ratings Record,” VIBE.com, 020211, www.vibe.com/posts/real-housewives-atlanta-finale-breaks-ratings-record.

9
. “Bravo’s ‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’ Returns on March 6 at 10pmET/PT,” J!-ENT Entertainment Worldwide, 012711, www.nt2099.com/J-ENT/news/american-entertainment/bravos-the-real-housewives-of-range-county-returns-on-march-6-at-10pm-etpt/.

10
. James Poniewozik,
Time
/CNN, August 9, 2010, http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2010/08/09/some-hope-for-america-real-housewives-of-d-c-ratings-only-ok/.

11
. According to a Bravo TV press release, as reported on The Futon Critic, October 20, 2010, www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2010/10/20/bravos-the-millionaire-matchmaker-earns-highest-rated-season-premiere-among-all-key-demos-665112/20101020bravo01/.

12
. www.eonline.com/on/shows/kardashians/index.html, accessed in February 2011; also see http://tv.ign.com/dor/objects/14218278/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-20090304101417582.html.

13
. Jocelyn Venna, “ ‘The Hills’ Cast Addresses Mysterious Finale Scene,” MTV News, July 14, 2010.

14
. David Hinckley, “The Real Housewives of New Jersey are fake but impressive,”
Newsday,
May 10, 2009, www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/05/11/2009-05-11_the_real_housewives_of_new_jersey_are_fake_but_impressive.html.

15
. “Kardashian Reality Show Completely Fake So Says Khloe’s Ex,”
Anything Hollywood
, 110509, http://anythinghollywood.com/2009/11/kardashian-reality-show-completely-fake/.

16
. Piers Morgan, “The Kardashians get real—about what’s real and fake,” CNN, January 27, 2011, http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/27/piers-preview-the-kardashians-get-real-about-whats-real-and-fake/.

17
. “VH1 ‘Love Shows’ Pronounced Fake,”
Reality Rehash,
050808, http://realityrehash.com/index2.php/rant/vh1-love-shows-pronounced-fake.

18
. “The Real World: Fake Storaayyy,” January 6, 2009, http://videogum.com/43951/the_real_world_fake_storaayyy/tv/reality-tv/.

19
. “Sarah Palin Lays into Obama, Uses Crib Notes, Says Nothing of Substance,”
The Hollywood Gossip
, 020710 www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/02/sarah-palin-lays-into-obama-uses-crib-notes-says-nothing-of-subs/.

20
. “Biden on Palin’s Speech: Style but No Substance,” CNN, September 4, 2008, http://articles.cnn.com/2008-09-04/politics/Biden.Palin_1_joe-biden-sarah-palin-debate?_s=PM:POLITICS.

21
. Tracey Lomrantz, “Hillary Clinton Pulls a Pantsuit Out for the DNC: The Woman Knows What Works,”
Glamour
, August 27, 2008, www.glamour.com/fashion/blogs/slaves-to-fashion/2008/08/hillary-clinton-pulls-a-pantsu.html.

22
. “Power Dressing,”
The Guardian,
March 17, 2008, www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandhealth/gallery/2008/mar/17/fashion.photography.

23
. www.huffingtonpost.com/news/michelle-obama-style.

24
. Daniel Mendelsohn, “The Mad Men Account,”
The New York Review of Books,
February 24, 2011, www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/feb/24/mad-men-account/.

25
. Mimi Hall, “Jackie Kennedy Onassis: America’s quintessential icon of style and grace,”
USA Today,
September 26, 2010, www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-09-26-jfk-jackie-kennedy-onassis_N.htm.

26
. Press Release, “Plastic Surgery Rebounds Along with Recovering Economy; 13.1 Million Cosmetic Procedures Performed in 2010, up 5%,” American Society of Plastic Surgeons, February 7, 2011, www.plasticsurgery.org/Media/Press_Releases/Plastic_Surgery_Rebounds_Along_with_Recovering_Economy.html.

27
. Henry I. Miller, “Better Genes for Better Living,”
Wall Street Journal,
August 21, 1999, B1.

28
. Andy Dehnart, “At last! The secrets of ‘Survivor’ revealed,” MSNBC, October 7, 2008, http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26726792/ns/today-entertainment/.

10. Theseus and the Minotaur

1
. “A Conversation: Suzanne Collins, Author of the Hunger Games Trilogy,” Scholastic, Inc., www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/media/qanda.pdf.

2
. Ibid.

12. Medicines and Poisons

1
. Carol Clark,
On the Threshold of a Brave New Work,
as reproduced by CNN at www.cnn.com/specials/2000/genome.

2
. Glen Rains, www.uga.edu/aboutUGA/research-wasphounds.html.

13. Muttations and Other Hybrids

1
. Frederick B. Rudolph and Larry V. McIntire, ed.,
Biotechnology: Science, Engineering, and Ethical Challenges for the 21st Century
(Washington D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 1996), 12.

2
. Lois H. Gresh,
TechnoLife 2020
(ECW Press, 2002).

3
. Maryann Mott, “Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy,”
National Geographic,
January 25, 2005, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0125_050125_chimeras.html.

4
. Andy Barr, “Arizona legislature targets ‘human-animal’ hybrids,” April 30, 2010, www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36594.html.

5
. Gendy Alimurung, “Top 7 Human-Animal Hybrids Now Illegal Under Arizona Law,”
LA Weekly,
June 1, 2010, tp://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2010/06/human-animal_hybrids_top_7_now.php.

6
. Mott, op. cit.

7
. Michael Gross,
Travels to the Nanoworld: Miniature Machinery in Nature and Technology
(Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 1999), 177.

8
. Tara McKelvey, “ ‘Psychic’ parrots expected to ruffle scientific feathers,”
USA Today,
February 12, 2001, www.usatoday.com/life/2001-02-12-parrot.htm.

9
. Donald Kroodsma,
The Singing Life of Birds
(Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007), 73.

14. More Weird Science

1
. Richard Gray, “Star Trek-style force field armour being developed by military scientists,”
The Telegraph,
March 20, 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7487740/Star-Trek-style-force-field-armour-being-developed-by-military-scientists.html.

2
. www.defense-update.com/products/t/trophy.htm.

3
. Roger Wolfson & Associates, Medical Orthotists Prosthetists, www.regerwolfsonandassociates.co.za/w-prosthetic-components-display.php.

4
. Gregg Nighswonger, “New Polymers and Nanotubes Add Muscle to Prosthetic Limbs,”
Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry Magazine,
August 1999, www.devicelink.com/mddi/archive/99/08/004.html.

5
. See the Biomimetic Products Inc. Web site at www.biomimetic.com/faq.html.

6
. Kate Taylor, “MIT unveils holographic TV system,” January 24, 2011, www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/53703-mit-unveils-holographic-tv-system?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tgdaily_all_sections+%28TG+Daily+-+All+News%29

Appendix A: End-of-the-Word Scenarios

1
. “Megaton Surface Blast: Pressure Damage,”
American Experience PBS
, www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeature/1mtblast.html.

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