So Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D. is available for pre-order in several more places both here and abroad. It’s being sold at Barnes and Noble, Borders and at Amazon UK and Canada (and of course the US site). And we’re still five-plus months from the street date. (And a lovely picture of the cover has finally been added to the Amazon and B/N sites !)
With the London Book fair next month and North American Book Expo in May, things have only started. I’m still waiting the copyeditor’s changes (and slightly fearing the sharp blue pencil that I, myself, have wielded from time to time). The next several months will fly by I’m sure.
So, in honor of all this, I’d like to give you a sneak peek at the book’s Table of Contents and direct you to the book’s website for even more of a peek at the six-season episode guide:
(Please note that this Table of Contents is still preliminary and the order might change as the book moves through the publication process).
TABLE of CONTENTS
Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D.
Introduction: Elementary, my dear Wilson
Sidebar: Finding a Holmes in (the) House: An Interview with a House-loving Holmesian
Sidebar: Cast of Characters
Differential Diagnosis: A Character Study Wrapped in a Mystery Wrapped in a Medical Procedural
Sidebar Formulas are made to be broken
Sidebar: Drama vs. Medical Accuracy: A Balancing Act
Sidebar: When it Doesn’t “Fit”
Dr. Gregory House: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Sidebar: When House’s Objectivity Fails Him
Sidebar: House the Linguist
From Bach to Eddie Van Halen: The Music of House, M.D.
Boy Wonder Oncologist: Dr. James (“Jimmy”) Wilson
Sidebar: The Impact of Amber’s Death: A Closer Look at “Dying Changes Everything”
Sidebar: It’s Not All About the Neediness
Smart, Funny and Zesty: Dr. Lisa Cuddy
House’s Haunts
Sidebar The “Ball of Unknown Origin”
Sidebar: The Mutual Admiration of Stephen Colbert and Dr. Gregory House
Caring Until Her Eyes Pop Out: Dr. Allison Cameron
His Father Made a Phone Call: Dr. Robert Chase
Like House, But Nicer—Dr. Eric Foreman
House’s Fellows: Imprinting on the Daddy Doc
PART II: THE GUIDE
Guide to the Guide
Season 1: Patients Make Us Miserable
Sidebar: Before the Leg
Sidebar: An Odd Sort of Humility: A closer look at “DNR”
Sidebar: A Closer Look at “Role Model”
Sidebar: God, Religion and Hypocrisy
Season 2: Settling into the Story
Sidebar: House and Medical Mistakes
Sidebar: House’s Windmill: Death–A Closer Look at “All In”
Sidebar: Ketamine: A Closer Look at “No Reason”
Broken: House, Pain and Drugs
Season 3: Finding Meaning
Sidebar: The Happiness Scale: A Closer Look at “Lines in the Sand”
Sidebar: Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Doing the Right Thing: House and Ethics
Season 4: A Shakeup at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital
Sidebar: Diagnostics Team 2.0
Sidebar: Learning to be a Doctor from a Doctor Like House
Sidebar: A Closer Look at “House’s Head” and “Wilson’s Heart”
The Enigmatic, Unlucky “13”
I Cheat: Dr. Christopher Taub
The Tragedy of Dr. Lawrence Kutner
Sidebar: People Don’t Change: A Closer Look at “Don’t Ever Change”
Season Five: Upheaval and the Ultimate Escape
Sidebar: Coincidence vs. Divine Intervention–A Closer Look at “Unfaithful”
Sidebar: Kutner’s Death and House’s Crash
Sidebar: Diagnosing Dr. House: A Conversation with a Clinical Child Psychologist
Season Six
Appendix: “Time is Not a Fixed Construct” Continuity and the Series Timeline