TODAY'S ARTICLE IS ABOUT:
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I'm sure that many of you have heard of the great John Green. Book writer, vlog brother, and all around awesome guy. For those of you who do not know John Green, here is a little piece of his bio from http://johngreenbooks.com/.
In 2007, Green and his brother Hank ceased textual communication and began to talk primarily through videoblogs posted to YouTube. The videos spawned a community of people called nerdfighters who fight for intellectualism and to decrease the overall worldwide level of suck. (Decreasing suck takes many forms: Nerdfighters have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight poverty in the developing world; they also planted thousands of trees around the world in May of 2010 to celebrate Hank’s 30th birthday.) Although they have long since resumed textual communication, John and Hank continue to upload two videos a week to their YouTube channel, vlogbrothers. Their videos have been viewed more than 200 million times, and their channel is one of the most popular in the history of online video. He is also an active Twitter user with more than 1.2 million followers.
He has kindly shared his journey on the set of The Fault in Our Stars with us through his vlogs with cast members and the pictures that he posts.
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| Here is (going from left to right) John Green, along with Ansel Elgort (Augustus Waters), Nat Wolff (Isaac), and Shailene Woodley (Hazel Grace Lancaster). |
ABOUT THE BOOK/MOVIE
The Fault in Our Stars follows Hazel Lancaster, a girl who had a tumor-reducing miracle that bought her a little time, but knows that she is terminal. This all changes when she meets Augustus Waters at Cancer Kid Support Group. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.
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| As you can see, no amount of tom-foolery happened during the shoot. |
You might be wondering why I would find this story and its occupants interesting, given the fact that I have voiced anti-romance feelings in the past. The truth is that this subject is very close to my heart, and perhaps a little fresh. My grandmother recently lost her life in the battle with cancer, and there isn't a day that I don't think about how much time I wasted when I was near her, and I wish that she could've lived longer. This book, though, seems to say that it doesn't matter how long you live on this world, but rather it's what you do with the time that you have.
I have been recently avoiding the book because of the thing I stated above, but now that I've seen the trailer, I feel it is my duty as a reader and lover of stories to envelop myself into the book, no matter how hard it is. Definitely going to buy it today. :)
John is very excited about this book becoming a movie, as this video shows. :)
AND NOW A SPECIAL MESSAGE
Mr. John Green, if you are reading this, thank you for the time that you have put into your many books and videos. I think I speak for all of Nerdfighteria when I say that we love you and the stories that you tell.
Thank you. :)
Well, that's all for now!
See you next Saturday!
~Sea-Solo out!
EXTRA! EXTRA!
More of the vlogs off of the set!
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