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| publisher = [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] |
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| release_date = January 1996 |
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'''How I Got My Shrunken Head''' is the 39th book in [[R. L. Stine|R. L. Stine's]] ''[[Goosebumps]]'' series about a boy named Marcus who receives a shrunken head from his aunt Beena, who explores [[jungle]]s for a living. Marcus is taken to the jungle island of Baladora from which his shrunken head came and finds out Beena's colleagues Richard, Carolyn, and Kareen Hawklings all want her dead so they can get the "jungle magic" from the shrunken head. |
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The book was first released in January of [[1996]]. |
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'''Audrey Wurdemann''' was an American [[poetry|poet]], and the youngest winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] at the age of 24, for her collection ''Bright Ambush''. She was the great-great-granddaughter of [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]]. She never attended grammar school and entered high school at the age of 11. Her first collection of poetry, 'The House of Silk' was published when she was 16, sponsored by California poet [[George Sterling]]. She was a 1931 graduate of the [[University of Washington]]. She married poet and novelist [[Joseph Auslander]] in 1932, shortly after the death of his first wife, and moved to [[New York City]], where he taught at [[Columbia University|Columbia]]. She subsequently collaborated with him on the novels 'My Uncle Jan' and 'The Islanders'. |
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==TV Adaptation== |
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This story was adapted as part of the Goosebumps TV series, with a few changes: |
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* ''The House of Silk'' (1927) |
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**Marcus is referred to as "Marc" in the TV version. |
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* ''Bright Ambush'' (1934, winner of the [[1935 Pulitzer Prize|1935]] [[Pulitzer Prize]] for Poetry) |
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**In the book, Marcus has a mom and dad. In the TV version, Marc is only shown with a single mom who dates (with no explanation of where Marc's real father is or whether or not he's alive). |
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* ''The Seven Sins'' (1935) |
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**In the book, Marc's parents are implied to be okay with Marc's interest in the jungle. In the TV version, Marc's mother doesn't care much for it (especially after Marc scares off one of her boyfriends). |
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* ''Splendour in the Grass'' (1936) |
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**Aunt Beena is referred to as Aunt Benna in the TV version. |
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* ''Testament of Love'' (1938) |
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**In the TV version, Aunt Benna doesn't personally come over to give Marc the shrunken head. The shrunken head is delivered in the mail and Aunt Benna calls Marc about the trip to Baladora (which is revealed later to be a computer-generated message done by Benna's colleagues). |
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**The shrunken head has a bigger role in the TV version than in the book. |
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**In the book, the pilot who takes Marc to Baladora is a military officer. In the TV version, the pilot is an Asian man dressed like [[Elvis Presley]] in his later years (in the famous white, rhinestone-studded jumpsuit with sunglasses). |
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**The TV version includes a plot point about a group of Asian men and women who work as servants for Dr. Hawlings, his wife, and his daughter, Kareen, which Dr. Hawlings says is from Aunt Benna abusing the ''kahelhia'' (jungle magic) she discovered before she went missing, but is really the byproduct of an experiment Dr. Hawlings performed on the natives to make them mindless zombies. |
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**The TV version includes a part where Marc is captured by Dr. Hawlings and his colleagues and hung upside down over a pit filled with a green liquid said to be used in shrinking heads as Dr. Hawlings is forcing Benna to tell him the secret behind the jungle magic. |
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**In the book, when Marc discovers that "kahelhia" is the secret behind the jungle magic, Dr. Hawlings and his colleagues disappear. In the TV show, the word is what snaps the natives out of their trance and they end up pushing Hawlings and his colleagues into the pit of green liquid. |
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**In the book, Marc keeps his magic powers. In the TV version, Aunt Benna hypnotizes Marc to forget he has jungle magic (because ''kahelhia'' is too dangerous for anyone to possess). |
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**The TV show version turns out to be a flashback as told by Marc to one of his mom's boyfriends. |
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**The book ends with Marc taking his shrunken head to school and the shrunken head telling Marc to let him tell the class about their adventures. In the TV version, the story ends with Marc keeping the now-shrunken Dr. Hawlings, Mrs. Hawlings, and Kareen in a terrarium and feeding them a piece of his sandwich. Marc then tells the three (in the TV version) that Aunt Benna won't come back to visit Marc until he's 16 years old and promises that she will have a spell to revert the three to their normal sizes. |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of Goosebumps books]] |
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* [http://www.enotes.com/oca-encyclopedia/wurdemann-audrey Oxford Companion to American Literature] |
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Revision as of 01:50, 13 October 2008
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| Author | R. L. Stine |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Goosebumps |
| Genre | Horror fiction, Children's literature |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
Publication date | January 1996 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 119 pp (first edition, paperback). |
| Preceded by | The Abominable Snowman Of Pasadena |
| Followed by | Night of the Living Dummy III |
How I Got My Shrunken Head is the 39th book in R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series about a boy named Marcus who receives a shrunken head from his aunt Beena, who explores jungles for a living. Marcus is taken to the jungle island of Baladora from which his shrunken head came and finds out Beena's colleagues Richard, Carolyn, and Kareen Hawklings all want her dead so they can get the "jungle magic" from the shrunken head.
The book was first released in January of 1996.
TV Adaptation
This story was adapted as part of the Goosebumps TV series, with a few changes:
- Marcus is referred to as "Marc" in the TV version.
- In the book, Marcus has a mom and dad. In the TV version, Marc is only shown with a single mom who dates (with no explanation of where Marc's real father is or whether or not he's alive).
- In the book, Marc's parents are implied to be okay with Marc's interest in the jungle. In the TV version, Marc's mother doesn't care much for it (especially after Marc scares off one of her boyfriends).
- Aunt Beena is referred to as Aunt Benna in the TV version.
- In the TV version, Aunt Benna doesn't personally come over to give Marc the shrunken head. The shrunken head is delivered in the mail and Aunt Benna calls Marc about the trip to Baladora (which is revealed later to be a computer-generated message done by Benna's colleagues).
- The shrunken head has a bigger role in the TV version than in the book.
- In the book, the pilot who takes Marc to Baladora is a military officer. In the TV version, the pilot is an Asian man dressed like Elvis Presley in his later years (in the famous white, rhinestone-studded jumpsuit with sunglasses).
- The TV version includes a plot point about a group of Asian men and women who work as servants for Dr. Hawlings, his wife, and his daughter, Kareen, which Dr. Hawlings says is from Aunt Benna abusing the kahelhia (jungle magic) she discovered before she went missing, but is really the byproduct of an experiment Dr. Hawlings performed on the natives to make them mindless zombies.
- The TV version includes a part where Marc is captured by Dr. Hawlings and his colleagues and hung upside down over a pit filled with a green liquid said to be used in shrinking heads as Dr. Hawlings is forcing Benna to tell him the secret behind the jungle magic.
- In the book, when Marc discovers that "kahelhia" is the secret behind the jungle magic, Dr. Hawlings and his colleagues disappear. In the TV show, the word is what snaps the natives out of their trance and they end up pushing Hawlings and his colleagues into the pit of green liquid.
- In the book, Marc keeps his magic powers. In the TV version, Aunt Benna hypnotizes Marc to forget he has jungle magic (because kahelhia is too dangerous for anyone to possess).
- The TV show version turns out to be a flashback as told by Marc to one of his mom's boyfriends.
- The book ends with Marc taking his shrunken head to school and the shrunken head telling Marc to let him tell the class about their adventures. In the TV version, the story ends with Marc keeping the now-shrunken Dr. Hawlings, Mrs. Hawlings, and Kareen in a terrarium and feeding them a piece of his sandwich. Marc then tells the three (in the TV version) that Aunt Benna won't come back to visit Marc until he's 16 years old and promises that she will have a spell to revert the three to their normal sizes.