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The Fault in Our Stars


Fault in Our Stars" was chosen by "The Guardian" as that month's "teen book club choice" because "it's a gripping read, featuring two compelling characters, that deals sensitively and even humorously with a difficult situation without descending into mawkishness." In general, "The Guardian" faulted the "Daily Mail" for suggesting that the issues of illness, depression, and sexuality are inappropriate precisely "in the one place where difficult subjects have traditionally been most sensitively explored for teens: fiction written specifically for
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's other books, "An Abundance of Katherines". "The Fault in Our Stars" debuted at #1 on "The New York Times" Best Seller list for Children's Chapter Books and remained in that spot for seven consecutive weeks. A Hebrew edition of "The Fault in Our Stars" was published in Israel in August 2012 and more editions of the novel are forthcoming in Dutch, German, Spanish, French, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Chinese, Persian and Portuguese. "The Fault in Our Stars
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"The Fault in Our Stars" was a triumph for John Green. "USA Today" called it a "elegiac comedy." They gave the book a rating of four out of four stars."The School Library Journal" stated that it was "a strong choice for Adult Collections." "The Fault in Our Stars" received a starred review from "Kirkus Reviews", who described it as "a smartly crafted intellectual explosion of a romance." Several well-known authors have contributed their own positive reviews
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made "USA Today" list of the top 10 books of 2012. In 2013, the "Edmonton Journal" named the book one of their "favourite books of the year." One notable unfavorable opinion appeared in the "Daily Mail". In the piece, the plot of "The Fault in Our Stars" was described as "mawkish at best, exploitative at worst" and the book was characterized as belonging to the "sick-lit" young adult genre, together with other young-adult novels such
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". Pertaining to Green's writing throughout the book, E. Lockhart, author of "The Boyfriend List", says "He makes me laugh and gasp at the beauty of a sentence or the twist of a tale. He is one of the best writers alive and I am seething with envy of his talent." "Time" named "The Fault in Our Stars" as the #1 fiction book of 2012. "Kirkus Reviews" listed it among the top 100 children's books of 2012. It also
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Amsterdam


of Amsterdam. Also, several movies were filmed in Amsterdam, such as James Bond's Diamonds Are Forever, Ocean's Twelve, Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Hitman's Bodyguard. Amsterdam is also featured in John Green's book "The Fault in Our Stars", which has been made into a film as well that partly takes place in Amsterdam. The housing market is heavily regulated. In Amsterdam, 55% of existing housing and 30% of new housing is owned by Housing Associations, which are Government sponsored
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'Exclusive Collector's Edition', would be available from Barnes & Noble. All or at least most of the copies first available for purchase of this edition of the book contained a printing error wherein several pages of the first chapter were replaced with pages from the Q&A section at the back of the book. "The Fault in Our Stars" received critical acclaim. Critics mostly praised the book for its humor, strong characters, language, themes and new perspective on cancer and romance. "The New York Times" review
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for the book. Jodi Picoult, author of "My Sister's Keeper", calls "The Fault in Our Stars" "an electric portrait of young people who learn to live life with one foot in the grave." She goes on to say that the novel is "filled with staccato bursts of humor and tragedy." Bestselling author of "The Book Thief", Markus Zusak, describes it as "a novel of life and death and the people caught in between" and "John Green at his best
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John Green (author)


book, "The Fault in Our Stars", was released in January 2012. He crafted the novel by collaborating with Dutton editor Julie Strauss-Gabel. Green explained that several parts of "The Sequel" were reworked into "The Fault in Our Stars". Green signed all 150,000 copies of the first printing and his wife and his brother applied their own symbols, a Yeti and an Anglerfish (known as the "Hanklerfish"), respectively. "The New York Times" Best Seller list for children's books
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us, and that he is happy with his choice, and hopes she likes hers too. The book closes with Hazel stating that she is happy with her choice. On December 21, 2011, Barnes & Noble accidentally shipped 1,500 copies of "The Fault in Our Stars" before the release date to people who had pre-ordered the book. Green released a statement saying, "Mistakes happen. The people who made this error were not bad or incompetent people, and they were not acting maliciously. We all make
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The Fault in Our Stars (film)


received generally positive reviews. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 80% based on 218 reviews, with an average rating of 6.86/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Wise, funny, and heartbreaking without resorting to exploitation, "The Fault in Our Stars" does right by its bestselling source material." Metacritic gave the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 45 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." At CinemaScore opening day audiences gave the film an
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Earl, a student, announced that Green's book, from which the film was adapted, had been inspired by her sister Esther Earl, who had also been an author. Esther had thyroid cancer and died in 2010. Evangeline said Esther had met Green at LeakyCon, a Harry Potter convention held in Boston in 2009. Green said, "I could never have written "The Fault in Our Stars" without knowing Esther. Every word on that book depends on her." Green said he used the word "okay
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Boom Clap


and premiered on 2 June 2014. The video features brief clips from "The Fault in Our Stars" set to the song as well as on-screen text written in the style of the book cover and film poster. An alternative music video for the song, directed by Kazuya Murayama, was filmed in Tokyo and premiered on 29 October 2014. Charli XCX performed the song for the first time on "The Fault in Our Stars" Live Stream Event on 14 May 2014. She also performed the song at the 2014
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, Tennessee, on May 8; and ended in Dallas, Texas, on May 9. "The Fault in Our Stars" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 16, 2014. "The Fault in Our Stars: Little Infinities" Blu-ray edition features the theatrical 126-minute and extended 133-minute versions of the film, a number of deleted scenes including the John Green cameo, and featurettes. The home video release grossed over $42.6million in total domestic video sales. "The Fault in Our Stars"
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that the book is "a collection of maudlin scenes and trite observations about the fragility of life and the wisdom of dying. And while it does talk about those things and more, the treatment of it is far from being maudlin or trite." The "Manila Bulletin" also added that "Just two paragraphs into the work, and he immediately wallops the readers with such an insightful observation delivered in such an unsentimental way that its hard not to shake your head in admiration." The "Manila Bulletin" stated that
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John Green (author)


in a hospital with children suffering from life-threatening illnesses inspired him to become an author, and later to write "The Fault in Our Stars". Green lived for several years in Chicago, where he worked for the book review journal "Booklist" as a publishing assistant and production editor while writing "Looking for Alaska." While there, he reviewed hundreds of books, particularly literary fiction and books about Islam or conjoined twins. He has also critiqued books for "The New York Times Book Review" and created
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meaning and faith, it's not an entirely bad place to start." The film's studio, 20th Century Fox, mounted an unsuccessful campaign to have Shailene Woodley nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the film's adapted screenplay. "The Fault in Our Stars" earned $124.9million in North America and $182.3million in other countries for a worldwide total of $307.2million, against a production budget of $12million. In North America, the film's income received a boost from "The Night
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At locations outside North America, "The Fault in Our Stars" earned $16.59million from 2,892 screens in 17 markets in its opening weekend, placing at number four behind "Edge of Tomorrow" ($81million), "Maleficent" ($61.7million), and "" ($41.1million). Brazil, Mexico, and Australia generated the highest income with $5.8million, $3.8million, and $3.7million respectively. The following week the film earned $16.1million from 40 markets, remaining at number 4 again. On August
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The Fault in Our Stars (film)


The Fault in Our Stars is a 2014 American romantic drama film directed by Josh Boone, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by John Green. The film stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort; with Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Nat Wolff, and Willem Dafoe playing supporting roles. Woodley plays Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen-year-old cancer patient who is forced by her parents to attend a support group, where she meets and subsequently falls in love with Augustus Waters, another cancer patient, played by
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North Central High School (Indianapolis)


"Hopes, Dreams, and Books: The Story of North Central High School, 1956–2004". "The Fault in Our Stars", by John Green, is set in Indianapolis; where the character of Augustus Waters was a basketball star at North Central before being diagnosed with cancer. For the school year, enrollment was 3,392 students. Of these, 42% were white, 41% were black, 9% were Hispanic, 2% were Asian, and 5% were multiracial. 32% of students qualified for
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The Fault in Our Stars (soundtrack)


The Fault in Our Stars (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack for the American romantic comedy-drama film "The Fault in Our Stars". The full track list was released on April 13, 2014, and arranged by Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes. It includes a few high-profile artists like Kodaline, Birdy and Ed Sheeran, the last of whom wrote the song for the end credits ("All of the Stars"). The soundtrack was released in North America on May
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the film a rating of 2.5 out 4 and said: "If Elgort's Gus is glibly charming and ultimately affecting, "The Fault in Our Stars" belongs to Woodley, a performer who always seems to be backing warily into her own movies." Quickflix's Simon Miraudo rated the film 3/5, and said: ""The Fault in Our Stars" undeniably sets us up to knock us down." Richard Roeper of "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film 4 stars. He said Woodley's performance as
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The Fault in Our Stars


The Fault in Our Stars, published in January 2012, is the sixth novel by author John Green. The title is inspired by Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar", in which the nobleman Cassius says to Brutus: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings." The story is narrated by Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl with thyroid cancer that has affected her lungs. Hazel is forced by her
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" has also gained places on several bestseller lists. It was #1 on "The Wall Street Journal" bestseller list, #1 on the "Indiebound" bestseller list, and #9 on "The Bookseller" bestseller list. The novel was also "The New York Times" Book Review Editor's Choice. As of January 2013, there are nearly 1 million copies of the novel in print. In December 2012, it was announced that a special edition with a silver cover and an expanded Q&A, dubbed the
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his pre-funeral, where they give eulogies. Augustus dies soon after, leaving Hazel heartbroken. Van Houten shows up at Augustus's funeral to apologize to Hazel, but Hazel does not forgive him. Hazel learns that Augustus was not writing a sequel to "An Imperial Affliction" like he told her, but an obituary for her, and reads it after Lidewij discovers it amidst Van Houten’s letters. It states that getting hurt in this world is unavoidable, but we do get to choose whom we allow to hurt
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parents to attend a support group where she subsequently meets and falls in love with 17-year-old Augustus Waters, an ex-basketball player and amputee. A feature film adaptation of the novel directed by Josh Boone and starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff was released on June 6, 2014. Both the book and its film adaptation were met with strong critical and commercial success. Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old with thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs, attends a cancer patient support group at her
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Funky Bones


interact with it produces an entirely different perspective. In general, the bones require regular cleaning in order to maintain their white color. Instrumental analysis involving the artwork's color and gloss levels has been recorded for future reference. In the book "The Fault in Our Stars", by Indianapolis-based author John Green, the sculpture is the location of a romantic picnic, having been picked by one of the characters as being the most Dutch place in Indianapolis. "Funky Bones" was recreated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the
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A Hero of Our Time


reaching for the same book. Claude Sautet's film "A Heart in Winter" ("Un Coeur en Hiver") was said to be based on "his memories of" the Princess Mary section. The relationship with Lermontov's work is quite loose – the film takes place in contemporary Paris, where a young violin repairer (played by Daniel Auteuil) seeks to seduce his business partner’s girlfriend, a gifted violinist named Camille, into falling for his carefully contrived charms. He does this purely for the satisfaction of
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All of the Stars


"All of the Stars" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It is featured over the credits in the 2014 film "The Fault in Our Stars" and is the first track of the soundtrack album, "The Fault in Our Stars (Music from the Motion Picture)". It is also a bonus track on the physical deluxe edition of Sheeran's second studio album "x" (2014). Sheeran said that the song was "inspired by the whole movie, just wanting to be
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Zac & Mia


Australia. He meets Mia, a fellow cancer patient in the adjacent room, and the two quickly form a connection. The novel is divided into three sections, "Zac", "and", and "Mia". Several critics have noted similarities between the book and "The Fault in Our Stars". "The Australian" praised the book, calling it "warm and uplifting". "Australian Book Review" praised the use of the book's three-part format. "The Guardian" also praised
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List of fictional books


books from periodicals. In "Legend of the Jade Dragon": In "Cold Comfort Farm": In "New Grub Street": In "Play to the End": by C. F. Earbrass: by Miss D. Awdrey-Gore: by Dewda Yorger: In "The Fault in Our Stars": In "The End of the Affair": In "Calico Joe": In The Magicians In "Homegoing": In "Asymmetry": In "The Well of Loneliness": In "The Christie
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Dil Bechara


Dil Bechara () is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language coming of age romantic comedy film directed by Mukesh Chhabra and produced by Fox Star Studios. It is based on author John Green's 2012 novel "The Fault in Our Stars", which was also adapted in film as the "The Fault in Our Stars" (2014). The film stars Sushant Singh Rajput and debutant Sanjana Sanghi in the lead roles, and features music composed by A. R. Rahman. Chhabra, a prominent casting director, will make his debut
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of the book called it "a blend of melancholy, sweet, philosophical and funny" and said that it "stays the course of tragic realism", while noting that the book's unpleasant plot details "do nothing to diminish the romance; in Green's hands, they only make it more moving." NPR's Rachel Syme noted that "[Green's] voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization," saying that the "elegantly plotted" book "may be his best." "Time"
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The Fault in Our Stars


finally meet Van Houten but are shocked to find that he is a mean-spirited drunk. Horrified by Van Houten's behavior, Lidewij confesses to having arranged the meeting on his behalf, angering Van Houten, who proceeds to insult Hazel's cancer, starting an argument and causing Hazel and Augustus to flee from his home. Lidewij resigns as Van Houten's assistant and takes Hazel and Augustus to go to the Anne Frank House, where Augustus and Hazel share their first kiss. Hazel and Augustus go out for a fancy dinner
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The New Mutants (film)


escape their past sins and save themselves. Antonio Banderas has been cast as an undisclosed villain, to appear in a post-credits scene. This scene was changed in reshoots from a version where Jon Hamm portrayed the villain Mister Sinister. After completing work on the 2014 film "The Fault in Our Stars" for 20th Century Fox, director Josh Boone created a comic book with his childhood best friend Knate Lee using panels from Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz's "New Mutants" comics to illustrate what a potential film trilogy adapting
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Salt to the Sea


of moods evoked throughout". The book was honored as a finalist of the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award in 2017. On May 25th, 2017, "Variety" reported that Universal Pictures was developing "Salt to the Sea" into a film. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber have been tapped to adapt the novel into a screenplay. Their credits include "(500) Days of Summer" (2009 film), "The Fault in Our Stars" (2014 film), "Our Souls At Night" (2017
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." Principal photography began on August 26, 2013, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Film locations included Oakmont, Pennsylvania, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and the historic The Mansions on Fifth hotel. The church scenes were filmed at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon. Filming in Pennsylvania continued until October 10; then the production moved to Amsterdam, where filming began on October 14. Filming was officially completed on October 16, 2013. In Amsterdam, three days of filming took place.
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Tennessee in the American Civil War


our country - whether we are to be united in our common destiny or whether two Republics shall take the place of that which has stood for nearly a century, the admired of all nations we will still bow with reverence to the sight of the stars and stripes, and recognize it as the standard around which the sons of liberty can rally [...]. And if the remonstrances of the people of the South-pleading and begging for redress for years-does not in this critical moment, arouse her brethren of the
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the country is a Failed State. The book was criticized by the United Kingdom's former Minister for Europe Keith Vaz, who accused it of exploiting prejudice. Vaz said the book was a little "cheeky" because "it does reflect some of the prejudices which are taking root [in Europe]. He [Mr Gleisner] does try and show exactly where we are lacking in our knowledge, the sad thing is, some people might actually believe that this country exists." Subsequent travel guide parodies published examine Southeast Asian
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lump in our throats." Lemire criticized Elgort's performance and praised Woodley's "abiding, disarming naturalism." Robbie Collin writing for "The Daily Telegraph" said: "Gus is something of a manic pixie dreamboat: the lesser-spotted male version of the kooky, adoring girlfriend-type sometimes played by Kirsten Dunst, Natalie Portman, and Zooey Deschanel." David Edelstein of NPR said: I know people who cried at the trailer of the romantic teen cancer movie "The Fault in Our Stars"at the movie they
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Nat Wolff


film "The Fault in Our Stars" earned him two Teen Choice Awards in the categories of Choice Movie: Scene Stealer and Choice Movie: Chemistry. In 2015, Wolff starred in "Paper Towns", his second film adaptation of a John Green novel following "The Fault in Our Stars". He played the lead role, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen, a teenage boy in love with his neighbor (played Cara Delevingne). Writing for "Variety", critic Justin Chang stated: "Wolff, who's
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mistakes, and it is not my wish to see Barnes and Noble or any of their employees vilified." Many people who received the book pledged not to read it until its release date, January 10, 2012, or discuss it until the next day, January 11, as per a request of Green's not to spoil it for other readers. Most kept to this promise, leaving the experience untarnished for those who got the book on the intended release date. The book rose to #84 on the Amazon.com and
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Star Frontiers


Star Frontiers is a science fiction role-playing game produced by TSR beginning in 1982. The game offered a space opera action-adventure setting. "Star Frontiers" takes place near the center of a spiral galaxy (the setting does not specify whether the galaxy is our own Milky Way). A previously undiscovered quirk of the laws of physics allows starships to jump to "The Void", a hyperspatial realm that greatly shortens the travel times between inhabited worlds, once they reach 1% of the speed of light (
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Sarah A. Hoyt


from Baen Books. Also from Baen Books is her Darkship series beginning with "Darkship Thieves", winner of the Prometheus Award for libertarian science fiction. The British Empire series takes place in a parallel world, where history from Charlemagne to Queen Victoria parallels ours but is actuated through the workings of magic and not by science and technology. The series consists of three books: "Heart of Light", which takes place in Victorian Africa; "Soul of Fire," which unfolds in India; and "Heart and Soul
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Killing Patton


that the book was "[...] rich in fascinating details, and riveting battle scenes." On his June 24, 2015 segment of "The O’Reilly Factor", O’Reilly claimed that "Killing Patton" was “the bestselling tome . . . in 2014.” "Publishers Weekly" subsequently pointed out that according to Nielsen BookScan, "Killing Patton" "was the fifth bestselling print book of 2014, behind "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long
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The Fault in Our Stars


called "The Fault in Our Stars" "damn near genius." "Entertainment Weekly" wrote, "[Augustus and Hazel's] love story is as real as it is doomed, and the gut-busting laughs that come early in the novel make the luminous final pages all the more heartbreaking", and gave the novel an overall A− grade. Amazon.com calls it "insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw" and Green's "most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet." The "Manila Bulletin" says
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The World in 1492


, emphasised a review by "New Advocate" of five books that were published in 1992 to commemorate the Colombian Quincentenary including "The World in 1492" and wrote "Perhaps the most serious fault that Bigelow ["New Advocate" reviewer] noted is the neglect within "all the new literature to link history to contemporary social problems" (p. 266). The books never address "the most important questions of a critical multicultural curriculum: So what? How does history help us understand and improve our world today?"
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David Mark (novelist)


David John Mark (born 28 December 1977) is an English novelist and journalist, known for his DS Aector McAvoy series of crime fiction books. Mark's debut novel, entitled "Dark Winter", became one of "Richard & Judy's Book Club" picks in 2012, helping to raise its profile. It sat alongside novels such as "Gone Girl" and "The Fault in Our Stars". To date, the book has sold hundreds of thousands of copies in all formats and it has been critically acclaimed
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The Rural Alberta Advantage


"We all hosted an open stage at The Winchester in Cabbagetown, and that led to us forming The RAA. Nobody ever came to our night, and now that place is a Tim Hortons. I'm not saying it was our fault. I'm just saying it's a pretty big coincidence. I mean, the place was around for 120 years, but less than one year with us... We have no regrets though. We'll close as many venues as it takes." The band's name was coined
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The Fault in Our Stars (film)


Hazel was "transcendent, pure and authentic", stating that, "she's that memorable." Scott Mendelson of "Forbes" magazine said the film is "exceptionally high-quality mainstream entertainment" and called it "a genuine work of art." Anna Smith of "Empire" said it was a, "touching romance and Shailene Woodley's best performance yet." Emma Dibdin of Digital Spy wrote ""The Fault in Our Stars" is a sharp and emotionally-sophisticated weepie that imbues its teenage characters
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The Fault in Our Stars (film)


'll need a life preserver to keep from drowning in a flood of tears. Me, I didn't cry, though at times my tear ducts tingled; I was on the verge. The film is a little slick for my taste, too engineered. But it's gently directed by Josh Boone and beautifully acted. Whatever the faults, it's not in the stars. Shalini Langer of "The Indian Express" gave the film two and a half stars and said: "The film is faithful to a fault from
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Edge of Tomorrow


weeks later, the estimate decreased by . The film planned to compete with "The Fault in Our Stars" in the same opening weekend with an equivalent estimated gross around . "TheWrap" predicted that this competition could potentially affect the opening weekend gross of "Edge of Tomorrow". In contrast, "Variety" said "Edge of Tomorrow" could serve as counterprogramming to "The Fault in Our Stars" since that film's demographic is women under 25 years old. With its budget of over , "The Hollywood Reporter
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Paper Towns


National Coalition Against Censorship responded to the removal by calling for the book to be reinstated to the reading list. In a letter to the district superintendent, the organization wrote, "No sound educational rationale for removing the book has been articulated, nor is it likely that one could be". Consequently, it was restored to the reading list the following month. Fox 2000 developed the "Paper Towns" film with the same team that made "The Fault in Our Stars". Jake Schreier directed the film. Nat Wolff
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Julius Caesar (play)


I am armed so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind, which I respect not!" The play's line "the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves", spoken by Cassius in Act I, scene 2, is often referenced in popular culture. The line gave its name to the J.M. Barrie play "Dear Brutus", and also gave its name to the best selling young adult novel "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green and its
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Looking for Alaska


of Green's breakout novel, "The Fault in Our Stars". On February 27, 2015, "The Hollywood Reporter" announced that Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, screenwriters for Temple Hill Entertainment who had worked on adaptations for "The Fault in Our Stars" and "Paper Towns", would be writing and executive producing for the film. Paramount was actively casting the latest version of the screenplay, which was written by Sarah Polley. Rebecca Thomas was set to direct. Green also confirmed that Neustadter and Weber
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Elgort. Development of "The Fault in Our Stars" began in January 2012 when Fox 2000, a division of 20th Century Fox, optioned the rights to adapt the novel into a feature film. Principal photography began on August 26, 2013, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a few additional days in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, before concluding on October 16, 2013. Pittsburgh doubled for all of the scenes set in Indianapolis, Indiana, the novel's setting, as well as for some interior scenes set in Amsterdam.
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"The Fault in Our Stars" was released in the United States on June 6, 2014, to positive critical reception, with praise given to Woodley's and Elgort's performances and chemistry together, as well as the screenplay. The film was also a blockbuster, becoming number one at the box office during its opening weekend, and grossing over $307million worldwide against a budget of $12million. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 16, 2014, and grossed over $42million in total domestic video
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31, 2012, it was announced that Fox 2000, a division of 20th Century Fox, had optioned the rights to adapt John Green's novel "The Fault in Our Stars" for a feature film. Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen were due to produce the film with their production company, Temple Hill Entertainment. Stephen Chbosky, who directed "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (also filmed in Pittsburgh), was in talks to direct the film but turned it down because of its similarity to "Perks".
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The Fault in Our Stars (film)


in part to its exposure in the film. The soundtrack was released by Atlantic Records on May 19 in the U.S., and on June 23 in the UK. "The Fault in Our Stars" premiered to 300 guests at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on June 2, 2014. At the premiere, Green said: "I didn't want to sell it, because Hollywood sucks at making unsentimental movies about illness." The film was released on June 6, 2014. After the New York premiere, Evangeline
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Julie Strauss-Gabel


had different sexual orientations. Her books have won numerous book awards, including the Printz, two Edgars, a Boston Globe-Horn, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. She has been described as having a knack for spotting talent and nourishing writers. She was instrumental in helping novelist John Green create the blockbuster book "The Fault in Our Stars", a story about the inconvenience of teenaged love in the face of tragedy. Strauss-Gabel believes that the best results happen when there is an active collaboration between the
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Paper Towns


, who played a role in the film version of "The Fault in Our Stars", starred as Quentin, Cara Delevingne played Margo Roth Spiegelman, and Justice Smith, Austin Abrams, and Halston Sage played Quentin/Q's friends Radar, Ben, and Lacey, respectively. Jaz Sinclair appeared in the film as Angela, Radar's girlfriend. The film was released on July 24, 2015. The paperback edition of the novel was released on September 22, 2009. The book was also released in the United Kingdom
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Book signing


all 150,000 copies of the first printing of his 2012 novel "The Fault in Our Stars". The growing popularity of ebooks and ereading devices has inspired the development of software - such as Authorgraph (formerly known as Kindlegraph and renamed to reflect its expansion to include all ereading platforms) and Autography (for iOS devices) - that allows authors to digitally personalize ebooks, by including autographs, dedications, and photographs, and to provide such personalization remotely as well as at in-person book signings. Such software benefits authors,
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Galactic Empire (series)


1974. According to the book, this story takes place when humans are "spreading out through hundreds and thousands of worlds." Chronologically, this would place "The Heavenly Host" after "Robots and Empire" and before "The Stars, Like Dust." However, as this is a children's book and it involves an intelligent non-human species, it does not fit neatly into Asimov's Robot/Empire/Foundation universe, in which humans are the only intelligent species in the galaxy. Asimov later integrated
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Harp Star


at Hanshin. Harp Star was last of the eighteen runners until the turn into the straight, when she produced her customary late run to take the lead in the final strides to win by a neck from Red Reveur, with Nuovo Record three quarters of a length back in third place. After the race Kawada commented "I'm relieved it all went well. We sat in our usual position and were able to race in good rhythm. I was just careful in where to launch our bid. It's as if she
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Surviving Evil


island. Another place used was a beach near Umkomaas, shown in the scene where the crew arrive on the island. Producer Anton Ernst said, "Our main aim with this film is to take the audience on a roller coaster ride - filled with fun, excitement and suspenseful horror. We are proud that we were able to cast Billy Zane, star of one of the biggest films ever made, with our own stars Colin Moss and Louise Barnes, as well as the fine talents of Christina Cole, Natalie Mendoza and
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1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake


normal size. Following the war, work resumed at the Caltech and Berkeley labs detecting local earthquakes to determine the location of active faults. By 1948, seismologist Charles Richter had determined that areas where small earthquakes were occurring did not necessarily mean that a stronger shock would take place at the same location in the future. The San Gorgonio Pass is one of the largest irregularities of the San Andreas Fault system, where it branches into a group of discontinuous faults. The convoluted nature of the fault strands makes estimating the source characteristics of
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Women's Little 500


33 teams they will be placed. Each team is given three attempts to qualify. The reason for this is in case a team faults an exchange, then they still have two more chances to qualify. The way that a team can fault an exchange is if one of its members falls and takes the bike down with her, or the team does not perform the exchange in the given distance, which is marked by white lines on the track. Or, in the case of a bike-to-bike exchange,
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The Fault in Our Stars (film)


read each other's favorite books. Hazel recommends "An Imperial Affliction", a novel about a cancer-stricken girl named Anna that parallels her experience, and Gus gives Hazel "Counter Insurgence". They keep in touch via text over the weeks that follow and grow closer. After Gus finishes the book, he expresses frustration with its abrupt ending (it ends in the middle of a sentence). Hazel explains that the novel's mysterious author, Peter Van Houten (Willem Dafoe), retreated to Amsterdam following the
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The Fault in Our Stars


money for more cancer. Augustus explains that he does not actually light the cigarette. He says, "You put an object of death right between your lips, but you don't give it the power to kill you." Hazel, impressed by this, goes to his house to watches a movie. Hazel and Augustus strike a bond immediately and agree to read each other's favorite novels. Augustus gives Hazel "The Price of Dawn", and Hazel recommends "An Imperial Affliction", a novel written by Peter
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The Divergent Series: Insurgent


the cast for flashback and dream scenes involving her character. Woodley, who was filming at the time "The Fault in Our Stars" has cut her hair, in order to appear in both films at that time. On May 12, 2014, it was announced that Octavia Spencer joined the cast as Amity representative Johanna Reyes. Late May 2014, Suki Waterhouse and Jonny Weston were cast as Marlene and Edgar, respectively. The character of Edgar does not appear in the "Divergent" trilogy; Weston later confirmed that the
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The Return (Shatner novel)


The Return is a novel by William Shatner that was co-written with Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Judith Reeves-Stevens. It is set in the "Star Trek" universe but, as part of the "Shatnerverse," does not follow the timeline established by other "Star Trek" novels. The book's sequel is "Avenger". The novel begins on the planet Veridian III and takes place shortly after the events seen in the motion picture "Star Trek Generations". The body of James T. Kirk is
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Lorentz ether theory


""Does our ether actually exist ? We know the origin of our belief in the ether. If light takes several years to reach us from a distant star, it is no longer on the star, nor is it on the earth. It must be somewhere, and supported, so to speak, by some material agency."" And referring to the Fizeau experiment, he even wrote: ""The ether is all but in our grasp."" He also said the ether is necessary to harmonize Lorentz
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The Gate of Time


own tribe. The mystery is resolved when he sees a globe and finds that he is in a world where the continent of America does not exist, having been drowned for the whole of humanity's tenure on Earth. As a result, the ancestors of the various Native American tribes did not cross the non-existent Bering Strait but wandered westward into Europe, taking the general place of the Slavs in our history. "Hatti" (Greece) was colonised by the Hittites of our timeline, while Akhaivia (Italy)
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Tool management


where several persons are involved in the production process, integration avoids faults, delays and duplicate data recording. In product data management (PDM) systems every product's work plan is saved which comprises CAD Models, the description of working steps and a list of needed equipment. The detailed description of the equipment takes place in tool management because the PDM system does not offer functions and data fields do describe them in detail. It typically offers links to external data. Production orders are generated with the ERP system which links to the
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All the Bright Places


of peace. The "New York Times" favorably compared "All the Bright Places" to Rainbow Rowell's "Eleanor & Park" and John Green's "The Fault in Our Stars" in that "Violet and Finch are the archetypal offering in contemporary young adult fiction: a pair of damaged, heart-tugging teenagers who are at once outcasts and isolated, trapped by the dissonant alchemy of their combined fates." "Entertainment Weekly" and "The Guardian" both gave ultimately favorable reviews for the work, with
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Uhura


"Star Trek" in 1967 after , wanting to return to musical theater. She changed her mind after talking to Martin Luther King, Jr. who was a fan of the show. King explained that her character signified a future of greater racial harmony and cooperation. King told Nichols, "You are our image of where we're going, you're 300 years from now, and that means that's where we are and it takes place now. Keep doing what you're doing, you are our inspiration." As
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Er Enish


wrestler is hurt. In this case, a 2-minute break is allowed to the injured wrestler for a medical examination. If he does not resume wrestling after this time, his opponent wins the bout. During the match, the referee awards points to the wrestlers for each hold or fault that takes place. At the end of the game, the total number of points decides the winner; if the score is equal, an extra 2-minute round takes place as a tiebreaker. Some moves are not allowed, such as kicks,
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Fault Milestone Two


Fault: Silence the Pedant", which is planned to be released in 2019. According to Munisix, the first episode was a commercial success. "Fault Milestone Two" is a linear visual novel without player choices. It is set in a world where magic exists, and takes place immediately after the events of its predecessor "Fault Milestone One". It follows the characters of Selphine and Ritona, who have been transported far away following an attack on their homeland, the kingdom of Rughzenhaide. Together, with their newfound
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The Fault in Our Stars


Barnes & Noble bestseller lists in June 2011 shortly after its title was announced. Green promised that every pre-order would be hand-signed by him, requiring him to sign every copy of the first printing. He proposed that the general public vote on the color Sharpie he would use to sign the books, resulting in him signing the 150,000 books with a variety of Sharpie colors, each in proportion to the number of votes received for that color. However, some people who ordered from international booksellers received unsigned copies because
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The Fault in Our Stars


those bookstores, including Amazon UK, underestimated how many books they needed and ordered more after the signing was complete, but Green agreed to fix this problem, telling people with unsigned pre-orders to email him so they could be sent a signed bookplate. Many fans submitted their book cover designs to various outlets including Tumblr and Twitter, tagging Green in these posts so he could see them. The sizeable number of posts received prompted Green's publisher Penguin to seek a fan-designed cover for a reprint of one of Green
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The Book of Jer3miah


our practice from outsiders to maintain how sacred it is. Our image must be faultless, so that no one will be dissuaded from investigating the Church because of our faults." The articles uses "The Book of Jer3miah" as an example of breaking this trepidation. Larsen says, "The real solution to our [Mormon] image is, of course, to let people see us and understand us. When we portray our sacred in film and fiction, others will believe that our sacred is, in fact, sacred
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Sleeping at Last


January 30, 2014 the song "Sun" from the EP "Atlas: Space 1" was used in the trailer for the book-based movie "The Fault in Our Stars". On July 8, 2014, Sleeping at Last released "Atlas: Year One", a compilation of the previous year's six extended plays. In 2014 the song "Light" from the album "Atlas 1" was used on the OST of "The Little Death". On February 18, 2015, O'Neal announced,
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NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe


in a ready-friendly manner and assuming no prior experience with astronomy. The book's thirteen chapters are heavily illustrated with photographs, illustrations, diagrams and star charts. Terence Dickinson describes NightWatch as “a star-gazing companion that awakens, informs and keeps you reading.” This chapter asks the reader to consider our place in the vast universe and the “limitless hunting ground” that awaits all who care to take up a pair of binoculars or a telescope. Explains the Milky Way Galaxy in 11 steps beginning with Earth
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Star Wars Battle Pod


. There is one scenario that does not follow the storyline of the movies but sets its own path (Vader's Revenge). This scenario takes place immediately after the destruction of the first Death Star where the player plays as Darth Vader who is trying to prevent the Rebels from escaping with a piece of the Death Star with the ability to eliminate Han Solo in the process. Another version of the game adds a scene from "The Force Awakens", where the player pilots a T-70 X-Wing to engage First Order
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Middlesex (novel)


read this book; delve into an emotional trip of discovery—where the slightest direction change could lead to myriad different lives." Abraham Bergman wrote in the "Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine": "Yes, it is fiction, but I cannot imagine a more authentic and sensitive voice. Because our interactions usually take place in limited and structured setting such as offices and hospitals, pediatricians have scant opportunity to learn how our young patients think. One way to sharpen our awareness is to listen to children's voices
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Always Coming Home


Kesh call ""the Sickness of Man"". The book's setting is a time so post-apocalyptic that no cultural source can remember the apocalypse, though a few folk tales refer to our time. The only signs of our civilization that have lasted into their time are indestructible artefacts such as styrofoam and a self-manufacturing, self-maintaining, solar-system-wide computer network. There has been a great sea level rise since our time, flooding much of northern California, where the story takes place
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Every Single Word


to be about fear, because the "people who finance the movies are not going to want to throw millions behind a movie of a non-famous person of color". In addition, default casting for films, even for works or scripts with no specified races for the characters, is to choose white actors. The novel "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green is noted by Marron as a work with no races given for the characters and one that has had worldwide success in its book form, but
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The Book of the Short Sun


of Wolfe's novels, the narrator and the circumstances under which the book is being written are essential to understanding the story. Most of the story takes place in a star system with two habitable planets, Blue and Green (named for their appearance as seen from space). The human inhabitants arrived in the system after several centuries on an O'Neill-style generation starship called the "Whorl", which is still in orbit, where some of the events take place. The "Short Sun" of the title is an
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Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful


point does that perfection start to interfere with our humanity?" The "Orange County Register" called it a "mind-bending collection" which will "leave you with many questions to ponder". In a starred review, book review magazine "Kirkus Reviews" wrote that the book was "imaginative and incisive ... [and] asks readers to ponder what makes us human and if we’ll know when we’ve crossed the line, becoming something else." "Publishers’ Weekly" also gave the book a starred
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Mother of All Rallies


nature of the Juggalo march, in spite of the reason for it taking place, provided a stark contrast to the Trump event, where people waved anti-communism flags and talked variously about Hillary Clinton's emails, the need to 'take our country back', and craven politicians. The only palpable similarities between the events was that both took place on the national mall and both offered free face-painting – although the stars and stripes designs at the Trump rally differed in style from those of the Insane Clown Posse crowd
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The Fault in Our Stars


Neustadter, Michael H. Weber and Josh Boone wrote the adapted screenplay, with Josh Boone also serving as director. Shailene Woodley stars as Hazel, while Ansel Elgort plays Augustus. Principal photography took place between August and October 2013, with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania doubling for the novel's setting of Indianapolis, and included some location shooting in Amsterdam. The film was released on June 6, 2014, in the United States, receiving positive reviews and grossing over $307 million worldwide against its budget of $12 million. In August 2014
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Paul Apted


Paul Apted (February 9, 1967 - July 4, 2014) was a British-American sound editor, whose notable works include "Alice in Wonderland", "The Wolverine", "The Book Thief" and "The Fault in Our Stars". The son of director Michael Apted and his first wife Jo Apted,  he collaborated with his father on the films "Nell", "Extreme Measures" and "". Apted died in Los Angeles on July 4, 2014 from colon cancer. He was survived
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The Stars Are Ours!


, the humans have found a new home. Reviewer Groff Conklin praised the novel as a "genuinely exciting adventure," but faulted it for "an entirely unwarranted amount of cruelty and almost sadistically contrived bloodshed." Anthony Boucher characterized it as "a good adventure story" and "a pleasing travelog." P. Schuyler Miller described the novel as "a stirring adventure story in the good old mold, but told with thoroughly modern deftness and smoothness." The book was also reviewed by "Kirkus Reviews" (August 1
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Southern Comfort (1981 film)


Taking two weeks off at Christmas time helped keep our sanity." Walter Hill said the film was "not a simple action movie where the people chasing the other out there is bad": It is clearly in a sense the kind of fault of our guys for getting into this situation. In the collective group, there are individuals who are not as highly evolved as the others. And the answers to the dilemma, I mean both nature's noblemen, those of higher character through some innate quality. And you have
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Four Upbuilding Discourses, 1844


"Where does the fault lie if the person and his resolution no longer live together in harmony?" Now Kierkegaard takes the reader where he wanted to take him. To prayer, specifically to the "struggle" involved in prayer. And the prayer hopes for the "reward". Is to struggle in prayer a "contradiction" in terms? Can it be shown artistically and scientifically? It all gets confused and "the strong man is warned not to misuse his power against the weak, but the weak man is
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Tim Lilburn


desire. Here Lilburn returns once again to Saskatchewan: "I realized that at forty, although I had been probed by many psychologists, spent eight years in Jesuit formation, read many books, I had done nothing to educate myself to be someone who could live with facility, familiarity, where he was born." He goes on to philosophize about this experience: "We need to find our way to take the place in our mouth; we must re-say our past in such a way that it will gather
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The Fault in Our Stars


while in Amsterdam where they drink champagne and "Taste the stars." Later that night Hazel and Augustus have sex in Augustus's hotel room, the first time for both of them. During their intimacy, Hazel tells Augustus she loves him. Augustus confesses to Hazel that his cancer has returned. The two affirm their love and support for one another. Upon their return to Indianapolis, Augustus's health worsens and he ends up in the ICU for a few days. Fearing his death, Augustus invites Isaac and Hazel to
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Ansel Elgort


was announced that Elgort would play Augustus Waters in the film adaptation of John Green's novel "The Fault in Our Stars", opposite Woodley who would play Hazel Grace Lancaster. The film followed the story of Hazel, a teenage cancer patient, who is forced by her parents to attend a support group, where she subsequently meets and falls in love with Waters, an ex-basketball player. The film, directed by Josh Boone, was released on June 6, 2014. Elgort next co-starred in the comedy
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Laura Dern


Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Series for her role as Amy Jellicoe in the HBO series "Enlightened" (2011–2013). Dern continued to take on supporting roles in several successful films, including "The Master" (2012), "The Fault in Our Stars" (2014), and "" (2017); and she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the biopic "Wild" (2014). Dern won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited
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Turtles All the Way Down (novel)


in this case by Green's own struggles with OCD, the mental illness depicted in the novel. Several reviewers referenced a dismissive perception of Green's now very popular oeuvre as "sad teen books", which emerged since the popularity of "The Fault in Our Stars", but praised "Turtles All the Way Down" as truthful and authentic enough to transcend these imagined drawbacks. "It often dwells in cliché, but only as pop songs and epic poems do, mining the universal to create something that speaks to the
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