Chris Turner
Chris Turner is the author of the national bestseller Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. His culture and technology reporting for Shift magazine earned him four National Magazine Awards from 1999 to 2003, including the 2001 President’s Medal for General Excellence, the highest honour in Canadian magazine writing. His writing has also appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Independent, the Sunday Times, Time, Canadian Geographic and Utne Reader.
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Planet Simpson
Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Vintage Canada | Performing Arts - Television; Social Science - Popular Culture
978-0-307-35704-5 (0-307-35704-X)
October 28, 2008 | $22.95
A smart, accessible and funny cultural analysis of The Simpsons, its inside stories and the world it reflects.
From Bart Simpson to Monty Burns, the Internet boom to the slow drowning of Tuvalu, Planet Simpson explores how one of the most popular shows in television history has changed the way we look...
Written by Chris Turner
Trade Paperback | 512 pages | Vintage Canada | Performing Arts - Television; Social Science - Popular Culture
978-0-307-35704-5 (0-307-35704-X)
October 28, 2008 | $22.95
A smart, accessible and funny cultural analysis of The Simpsons, its inside stories and the world it reflects.
From Bart Simpson to Monty Burns, the Internet boom to the slow drowning of Tuvalu, Planet Simpson explores how one of the most popular shows in television history has changed the way we look...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Geography of Hope
Trade Paperback | 480 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs; Social Science
978-0-679-31466-0 (0-679-31466-0)
July 29, 2008 | $22.00
After the fierce warnings and grim predictions of The Weather Makers and An Inconvenient Truth, acclaimed journalist and national bestselling author Chris Turner finds hope in the search for a sustainable future.
Point of no return: The chilling phrase has become the ubiquitous mantra of ecological doomsayers, a troubling headline above stories...
Written by Chris Turner
Trade Paperback | 480 pages | Vintage Canada | Current Affairs; Social Science
978-0-679-31466-0 (0-679-31466-0)
July 29, 2008 | $22.00
After the fierce warnings and grim predictions of The Weather Makers and An Inconvenient Truth, acclaimed journalist and national bestselling author Chris Turner finds hope in the search for a sustainable future.
Point of no return: The chilling phrase has become the ubiquitous mantra of ecological doomsayers, a troubling headline above stories...
Also available as a
hardcover.
The Geography of Hope
Hardcover | 480 pages | Random House Canada | Current Affairs; Social Science
978-0-679-31465-3 (0-679-31465-2)
October 5, 2007 | $34.95
After the fierce warnings and grim predictions of The Weather Makers and An Inconvenient Truth, acclaimed journalist and national bestselling author Chris Turner finds hope in the search for a sustainable future.
Point of no return: The chilling phrase has become the ubiquitous mantra of ecological doomsayers, a troubling headline above stories...
Written by Chris Turner
Hardcover | 480 pages | Random House Canada | Current Affairs; Social Science
978-0-679-31465-3 (0-679-31465-2)
October 5, 2007 | $34.95
After the fierce warnings and grim predictions of The Weather Makers and An Inconvenient Truth, acclaimed journalist and national bestselling author Chris Turner finds hope in the search for a sustainable future.
Point of no return: The chilling phrase has become the ubiquitous mantra of ecological doomsayers, a troubling headline above stories...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Planet Simpson
Trade Paperback | 480 pages | Random House Canada | Performing Arts - Television - History & Criticism; Social Science - Popular Culture
978-0-679-31318-2 (0-679-31318-4)
October 12, 2004 | $35.00
A smart, accessible and funny cultural analysis of The Simpsons, its inside stories and the world it reflects.
From Bart Simpson to Monty Burns, the Internet boom to the slow drowning of Tuvalu, Planet Simpson explores how one of the most popular shows in television history has changed the way we look...
Written by Chris Turner
Trade Paperback | 480 pages | Random House Canada | Performing Arts - Television - History & Criticism; Social Science - Popular Culture
978-0-679-31318-2 (0-679-31318-4)
October 12, 2004 | $35.00
A smart, accessible and funny cultural analysis of The Simpsons, its inside stories and the world it reflects.
From Bart Simpson to Monty Burns, the Internet boom to the slow drowning of Tuvalu, Planet Simpson explores how one of the most popular shows in television history has changed the way we look...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
