dronon's stories

Another furry article
Tue 19 Aug 2003 - 13:33

Another article has appeared on the fandom, this time in The Globe and Mail, Canada's most-read national newspaper. (Aug. 16, 2003, p. R3)

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Why talking animals in animation?
Thu 10 Apr 2003 - 09:02

An interesting column by Chris Robinson for Animation World Magazine, from July 2002, with his personal thoughts on why anthropomorphised animals are used so extensively in animation.

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Articles on anthropomorphism in children's lit.
Mon 27 Jan 2003 - 10:01

Last year, Amy Pronovost asked me if I could find any scholarly articles which discussed anthropomorphism in children's literature, since at the time I had access to librarian journal databases. I came up with a short list, and thought I should share it.

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Fossilized Australian megafauna
Wed 31 Jul 2002 - 12:36

The fossilised remains of prehistoric giant lions and other mammoth creatures have been discovered in caves in Western Australia.

See the news article on the BBC web site.

Book on man's relation to nature
Fri 21 Jun 2002 - 05:32

This book wouldn't be for everyone, but I found it an interesting an engaging read. A View to a Death in the Morning, by Matt Cartmill (Harvard University Press, 1993), is an examination of man's attitudes towards hunting and nature through the history of Western civilization, from Ancient Greece up to modern times.