Lumos (Harry Potter zine)

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Zine
Title: Lumos
Publisher: Omnipress Duplication
Editor(s): Lumos 2006 Convention
Date(s): 2006
Fandom: Harry Potter
Language:
cover of the e-zine
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Lumos was a convention fanzine published by Omnipress Duplication in connection with the Lumos Harry Potter Symposium held in Las Vegas in 2006.

The fanzine was released on a DVD and contained over 300 pages of essays and meta about Harry Potter and the fandom. There was no art.

Contents

  • A Shining Silver Thread: Memory and Identity in the Harry Potter Novels by Peg Kerr
  • "All three of them were rather giggly”: Love Spells in Harry Potter by Melissa D. Aaron, California Polytechnic State University at Pomona
  • The Amazing Practical Wisdom of Harry Potter by Tom Morris
  • Being ‘Chosen’: Desire and Destruction in Harry Potter by Venessa V. Scrivano
  • Bless Me Dumbledore: A Latina Educator’s Perspective on the Harry Potter by Catherine L. Belcher
  • Bloody Hell! Why am I So Wild About Harry? by Cantor Amy O. Miller
  • Canon Compliancy: What do the Readers and Writers of Harry Potter Fanfic - A collaboration by Sycophant Hex Administrators: Cynthia W. Parsons Carol Walker (CareCrystal), Cynthia R. Parsons (Metamuse), June Diam(Azazello), Teri Stice (Amethyst), Lisa Ryan (LariLee), and Vaughn Van
  • Character Exploration in Harry Potter by Lori Cohen and Dave Wang
  • Daring to Dream: The Real Magic Behind J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter by George Beahm
  • Disney Does Derrida: Joanne Rowling as a Writer of Our Times by John Granger
  • Exact Art and Subtle Science: The Aesthetic Imagination of J.K. Rowling by Gail Shivel
  • The Fanon of Fantasy: How Harry Doesn’t Quite Fit the Biscuit by Gwendolyn Grace (AKA Lee Hillman), Moderator
  • Fan Overboard! The Problems and Perils of a Closing Canon by Sara Goetz
  • The Future of Education for Wizarding Youth by Wendy Richardson, panelist for “The Magical Bell Curve”
  • Hardball: Reflections on Political Reality in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Todd J. Ide
  • Harry’s Loves, Harry’s Hates: A New Key to Their Mysteries, or, The Dumbledore Code by Catherine Danielson
  • Harry Potter and the Sparkly Princess of Doom by Gabrielle Lissauer
  • The Hero’s Journey of Harry Potter by Priscilla Hobbs Penn
  • Lessons from the Fandom: Applications of Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom by Shannon Sauro
  • Lies, Damned Lies and the Daily Prophet: A Look at Journalism and Ethics in the Harry Potter Series by JoSelle Vanderhooft
  • Maiden, Mother, Crone: Female Archetypes in the Harry Potter Books by Barbara Purdom
  • Mutually Assured Destruction? Harry and Voldemort in a Cold War Context by Lana Muck and Alison Tepsic
  • The Nature of Power: Wisdom and Ambition in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the Harry Potter Series by Erika J. Travis
  • Not Just Good and Evil: Moral Alignment in Harry Potter by Todd A. Bannon
  • Of Dementors, Dark Lords and Depression: A Study of Mental Illness in Harry Potter by Kimberly DeCina and JoSelle Vanderhooft
  • Placetne, J. K. Rowling? by Peg Duthie
  • The Rowling Style by Diana Patterson
  • The Silver Hand Motif: Peter Pettigrew in Its Grasp by Katherine E. Krohn, Ph. D. Capricornus School of Hand Bookbinding, Berkeley, California
  • The Slytherin Question by Eva Thienpont
  • Soul Bound: Living with Horcruxes by Genii Grimsley
  • Teacher of the Year: Hogwarts’ Best, Professor Remus J. Lupin by Melissa D. Aaron, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona
  • Teacher of the Year: A Brief Summary of the Case for Professor Snape by Sinick
  • Understanding Prejudice Utilizing the Harry Potter Series by Nancee Lee-Allen, M.A.
  • Voldemort, the Malignant Narcissist by Maria Hsia Chang
  • What Does the Future Hold? Predictions and Theories for Book Seven by Allison Ross (“Arwen”)
  • When Worlds Collide: Harry Potter Crossover Fanfiction by Kristi Lee
  • Where Have All the Pure-Bloods Gone? A Look at Family and Lineage in the World of Harry Potter by Craig L. Foster
  • Why Voldemort Cannot Be Named: Traditions, Taboos and Language in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter by Jeanne LaHaie
  • Wizengamots, International Wizarding Confederations, and Quidditch World Cups: Planning an HPEF Event by Gwendolyn Grace (AKA Lee Hillman), Moderator