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PEOPEL & ARTS Thursday 10 augusT 2017

‘Game of Thrones’ fans shun spoilers from HBO hack

By FRAZIER MOORE, AP “It’s a camaraderie,” says don’t want to know and
Television Writer Wicker. those who do everything
NEW YORK (AP) — For many Hacks and leaks can un- they can to find out.
“Game of Thrones” fans, dermine that camaraderie. But the latter group is a mi-
the routine spoilers are bad “Just when I thought White nority, he says. He counts
enough: You miss an epi- Walkers were the biggest himself among the for-
sode, then stumble on an threat,” he says, “this goes mer, who insist consum-
unsought plot twist before and happens.” ing “GOT” in its prescribed
you’ve had a chance to The phone isn’t off for Adi- weekly doses.
catch up. ya Taylor of New York. “I look so forward to Sun-
Worse than that is the For her, a big part of watch- day nights,” says Onorato.
threat of leaked details, or ing “GOT” is the collective “Cheating to learn what’s
even a whole episode, by experience, which for her going to happen is akin to
hackers currently targeting includes live-tweeting dur- snooping to find the Christ-
HBO and its most doted-on ing the hour, then check- mas gifts before Christmas
series. ing Twitter afterward for a morning.
“It’s the worst news since group post-mortem. “Having to wait is part of
the Red Wedding,” says “Between tweets, the mes- the fun,” he says, “and
Camden Wicker, a self- sages in my work Slack then debating with your
professed “GOT” superfan group and the articles on- friends what it all meant
in San Diego. line the next day, watching and trying to predict what
But the news isn’t all bad. at 9 p.m. on Sunday is a lot This image released by HBO shows Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as will happen next.”
Despite recent script leaks more fun than watching Jamie Lannister in a scene from “Game of Thrones,” which aired Onorato, who works in
Sunday, Aug. 6. Sunday’s airing was the series’ most-watched
and an episode prema- early for the sake of getting ever, seen by 10.2 million viewers. public relations in Cran-
turely put online by Indian it first,” she says. Associated Press ford, New Jersey, loves to
pay-TV, Sunday’s “GOT” Ben Storey is a “GOT” fan bring discussion of each
airing was the series’ most- who, with his wife, makes Sunday-night airing to his
watched ever, seen by Sunday night an appoint- Thrones” as a way of creat- avail themselves of every office Monday morning.
10.2 million viewers. ment for viewing of each ing rival business strategies. scrap of ill-gained informa- “But if someone didn’t
Wicker was one of them. “GOT” episode. But he’s “My students learn real- tion they could. But then, watch yet,” he adds, “you
When “GOT”-time arrives also a teacher who has world business lessons from “they would be sad about close the door so you don’t
each Sunday, “the phones modeled a college course taking part in imaginary it,” he says. “Leaks are a ruin it for that person.”
are off,” he says, as he and on the mythic world of scenarios,” he says. “They’ll major threat to appoint- Among these “GOT” faith-
his flatmates huddle in the Westeros. try negotiations with each ment viewing and to the ful there’s a dedication
front of the screen. After- A lecturer at Indiana Uni- other. They’ll try to assassi- fan community.” to keeping it pure that no
ward, they talk about the versity’s Kelley School of nate each other.” Mike Onorato says his circle leaks or hacks can betray.
episode. Maybe watch it Business, Storey teaches an He acknowledges that of “GOT” confederates falls As Onorato puts it: “We’re
all over again. alternate-reality “Game of many of his students would into two groups: those who all in this together.”q

‘Wonderlandscape’ tells story of Yellowstone National Park

By JEFF AYERS tinues to be the jewel of ent, where the folks who
Associated Press the system. work there have to strug-
John Clayton explores the In the early years of the Unit- gle with the dichotomy of
vast historical and cultural ed States, the first explorers keeping the land pristine
history of one of the most of the West heard stories while also keeping the visi-
popular national parks to about a land with canyons, tors happy. In 11 chapters,
uncover why Yellowstone geysers and waterfalls that Clayton examines key mo-
is so beloved in “Wonder- sounded too good to be ments along with the color-
landscape: Yellowstone true. It wasn’t until Thomas ful cast of characters who
National Park and the Evo- Moran returned from a trip helped shape Yellowstone
lution of an American Cul- with paintings of what he as we know it today. (One
tural Icon.” saw that the unique region of them is a cartoon char-
Clayton visited Yellowstone actually lived up to the ru- acter that debuted on
National Park for the first mors. Soon after the land television in 1958.)
time in 1988, and he imme- was set aside as a park, but The author has crafted a
diately was captivated by since there was no National book that will appeal to na-
the area’s history, geology Park Service, it was initially tional park aficionados and
and wildlife. Yellowstone an area where everything fans of Yellowstone Nation-
is the poster child for the from people building hous- al Park, and by breaking
National Park Service, and es to a zoo could be seen. down the pivotal moments
it has been the focal point The wild animals were part in bite-size chunks, he’s also
for debates about climate of the experience and written a terrific page-turn-
change and wildlife man- steps were taken to make ing experience.q
agement for some time. them part of a show. This cover image released by
The history is vast and sur- The book includes elements Pegasus Books shows, “Won-
prising, and Clayton takes of the park’s history from its derlandscape: Yellowstone
several key moments in the initial creation in an area National Park and the Evolu-
life of Yellowstone to follow where states hadn’t been tion of an American Cultural
its growth and why it con- established yet to the pres- Icon,” by John Clayton.
Associated Press