True Blood and Philosophy, Expanded Edition

NEW BLOOD EDITION: Contains three new chapters from Season 3. This new edition is available as an E-BOOK ONLY and containsthree chapters not found in the print book! The first look at the philosophical issues behind CharlaineHarris's New York Times bestsellers The Southern VampireMysteries and the True Blood television series! Teeming with complex, mythical characters in the shape ofvampires, telepaths, shapeshifters, and the like, TrueBlood, the popular HBO series adapted from Charlaine Harris'sbestselling The Southern Vampire Mysteries, has a rich collectionof themes to explore, from sex and romance to bigotry and violenceto death and immortality. The goings-on in the mythical town of BonTemps, Louisiana, where vampires satiate their blood lust andopenly commingle with ordinary humans, present no shortages ofjuicy metaphysical morsels to sink your teeth into. Now True Blood and Philosophy calls on the minds of someof history's great thinkers to perform some philosophicalbloodletting on such topics as Sookie and the metaphysics ofmindreading; Maryann and sacrificial religion; werewolves,shapeshifters and personal identity; vampire politics, evil,desire, and much more. * The first book to explore the philosophical issues and themesbehind the True Blood novels and television series * Adds a new dimension to your understanding of True Bloodcharacters and themes * The perfect companion to the start of the third season on HBOand the release of the second season on DVD Smart and entertaining, True Blood and Philosophyprovides food -- or blood -- for thought, and a fun, new way tolook at the series.