Ideas for expansion of fan base for the Hunger Games Series

Hunger Games Arena Scenario

Welcome, to the future of real life scenario games.  This would be like any other scenario game in that there is no risk of dying or being seriously injured and would only last a few hours to a day.  However, That is where the similarities end.  It would be just like the hunger games, each person getting to use their weapon of choice.  The arena would of course be more like a large sized paintball field.  There are no rules as to how you win, but you must remain “alive”.  There would be clever traps scattered around the field to eliminate unlucky/unwary players.

Everything revolves around Katniss having gone to the hunger games, from her state of mind to her relationship with Peeta and the public.  It changed her whole life, and continues to effect it after the games are over. 

“I have a problem, Miss Everdeen, ” says President Snow. “ A problem that began the moment you pulled out those poisonous berries in the arena.”

Would make people curious about the “real” hunger games and hopefully spur them to get the books.  Also it would create hype and a new fun thing to do.  Who knows perhaps people will buy the books to try to get an upper hand in the scenario arena.

Mockingjay logo

In order to have fans of the series show their pride and to raise awareness for the Hunger Games series it may be a good idea to print various logos and symbols of the Hunger Games book: Catching fire.  Have short quotes from the book to and images to catch the eyes of the passerby.

Ever wanted your own mockingjay symbol?  Now you can have them on your shirt, your shoes, and even some pins that are similar to katniss’s own mockingjay pin that she wore in both of her Hunger Games.  How you can, get shirts with the mockingjay symbol and quotes from your favorite characters.

Examples of quotes that could be on the shirts and other items:

“At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.”

“Winning the Games will make you famous, losing will mean death.”

“That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish.”

“It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.”

“May the Odds be ever in your favor.”  

Examples of Mockingjay Logo:

The idea will work because it will spread the name and awareness of the Hunger Games series and the curious will buy and read the books.

Hunger Games Video Game

Interact with the character’s from the hunger games series and at your choice attempt to bring down the capital or join the capital in its attempt to maintain its absolut control over the districts.  Survive the arena and make your own decisions playing as a few off the main characters from the book: Katniss, Peta, Gale, as well as some of the other tributes.

The game takes place throughout the book although it as alternative endings and such depending upon the choices.  If you’ve read the book then you know the decisions Katniss makes that lead her to the end.  You also know what choices the other tributes make.  However the game will attempt to go more in depth on the other tributes since Catching Fire since the entire story is from Katniss’s point of view.

The product’s target audience would be people who play adventure, multiple view point games.  Where they get to control more than one character in the situation and get to make the decisions about what that character does.  This would interest them in the book, to find out what actually happens from all of the potential endings.

What is a book?.........Why are you asking me?

A book is a book.  Doesn’t make much sense to you, does it?  Regardless of how you interpreted that first statement, a book is much more than just simple writing on a few pages.  It is a measure of the author’s creativity, as well as his/her ambition. 

An author’s ambition is measured by the length of his book.  The dedication of the author shows in the description of the events and book as well as the background or the area in which the events in the book take place. 

An author’s creativity is shown in the contents of his/her books.  In his characters and the challenges they face, as well as the plot of the book or series of books.  Following me so far?

Actually having a book is more important than having the text because without the book you cannot grasp the scope of the book.  You also can’t enjoy that feeling of accomplishment when you get to a certain point in the book and you look back to see how far you’ve actually traveled into the writer’s world.  You’ll grant that there’s a difference in clicking a button and having a new page show up on the on electronic device to read and actually taking the page and turning it to get to more of the story.

So even though you have the words on you electronic reading device (Kindle, nook, etc.) you don’t have the full representation of the author.  Essentially when you’re holding a book, you’re holding part of the author’s imagination.  Each book has a story, sometimes the story is meaningful to  the author, in which case you hold some of their essence, a piece of who they are.  Perhaps the author wrote the book for fun, or just to simply write a book.  Well you still hold a piece of the author when you hold the book.  There is a connection between author, book, and the reader, so something that is more difficult to get when the book is coming through an electronic medium because you don’t have the actually weight of the book with you.

This is why I read!!!

Why do I read, you ask. I could give you an easy answer, course that’s hardly what this blog is about isn’t it.  So I’ll try to go as in depth as I can and explain the reasons I read.

I read because it allows me to travel through time, space, even go to different dimensions.  It allows me to explore and go on adventures, even while I’m stuck somewhere.  It keeps me from being bored and is a fun way to spend my time.  I get to use it to travel to places that I wouldn’t ordinarily get to visit.  Even places that don’t exist in or realm of existence but still someone had to think them up. 

               

I usually read books with magic and good versus evil,

monsters and monster hunters because I find the books thrilling because of the suspense and action.  I can put my focus just on reading and conjuring pictures within my mind of my interpretation of what the author’s describing.  For me, reading was at one point more of an escape than anything else.  Allowing me to completely disconnect and immerse myself in the book’s world.  By doing this I gained the enjoyment and the ability to visualize what’s happening in the story and the character’s surroundings.  This knowledge allowed me to “draw” my own images upon the page and thus begin to write my own stories.

Suzanne Collins and Catching Fire

The Three most interesting things I learned about Suzanne Collins are: She was the Head writer for the children's book Clifford's puppy days, Her inspiration for the Underland Chronicles was Alice in Wonderland, She also writes for Children's television.

"Collins has done that rare thing. She has written a sequel that improves upon the first book."

--The New York Times, Gabrielle Zevin