Anthony G. Cirilla

Michael Riggins

The beloved Uncle Iroh once told Prince Zuko, "It's time to start asking the big questions." This statement is as true for us as viewers of Avatar: The Last Airbender as it is for the banished prince. This collection invites fans of one of the most popular animated shows in America to contemplate how the Avatar Universe prompts big questions about meaning. Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel series, The Legend of Korra, combine philosophical thoughts from both Eastern and Western perspectives, and this collection of twelve essays helps readers to recognize and consider those influences more deeply, from ideas as grand as the soul's relationship to the universe to the role tea can have in making a Zen master. Contributors consider the show from perspectives such as Buddhism, Taoism, the Hero's Journey, the theory of the elements, and many more.

Essays on Eastern Influences and Western Perspectives

Theology in Avatar: The Last Airbender

Juliet Marillier

Lancelot Schaubert

Anne Greenwood Brown

L. J. Cohen

F. C. Shultz

Emily Munro

When the moon gets too close and too bright, it makes us crazy. Loony, even. In that spirit, editor Lancelot Schaubert rounded up sci-fi and fantasy writers to write about cosmic influence. The fantasy writers took a more mythological approach, speaking of the symbolic (or perhaps godly) Mercury and Mars and Neptune. The sci-fi writers tell you what it's like to live on Jupiter and Uranus. All of them, though, speak of the influence of what one writer called "the music of the spheres." These are stories OF GODS AND GLOBES. They're quite the ride: they made the editor laugh and cry and chilled him to the bone with terror. And one of the stories made him long for a home that... well for a home he doesn't think he's ever been to before.Grab your copy now.PRAISE FOR THE AUTHORS ::"As in all her books, Juliet Marillier shows the strength and power that women can control regardless of their place in the world or society in which they are born." -- TOR"Cohen has real talent with character development and interaction and prickly, defensive, sympathetic heroins."-- Book Life"I thought [Anne Greenwood Brown's] was an interesting, fun read and I'm curious to see how the rest of the series progresses." -- Cuddle Buggery"Schaubert's words have an immediacy, a potency, an intimacy that grab the reader by the collar and say 'Listen, this is important!' Probing the bones and gristle of humanity, Lancelot's subjects challenge, but also offer insights into redemption if only we will stop and pay attention."-- Erika Robuck, National Bestselling Author of Hemingway's Girl

A Cosmic Anthology

Of Gods and Globes

Anthony G. Cirilla

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