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Wiffle Lever to Full!

On sale

4th October 2018

Price: £10.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781473680951

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‘Personal and engaging . . . anyone who agrees that Star Wars was a defining moment of our collective childhood will love this book’The Times

‘Funny and affectionate’Time Out

‘Will have you hitching aboard the Millennium Falcon to a galaxy overflowing with infinite possibilities. ****’Metro

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In 1981, the eight-year-old Bob Fischer was entranced by Daleks, Vogons and crack Imperial Stormtroopers.

Almost three decades later, Bob decides to rekindle the affair with a tour of the UK’s sci-fi and cult TV conventions. Freewheeling from Doctor Who to Discworld, Star Wars to Star Trek and Robin of Sherwood to Red Dwarf, he combines misty-eyed memories with a terrifying travelogue of terrible, torturous . . . terror. Or something.

In space, no one can hear you scream. And don’t expect much sympathy in Peterborough, either.

Reviews

<i> The Times </i>
Personal and engaging . . . anyone who agrees that "Star Wars; was a defining moment of our collective childhood" will love this book
<i> SFX </i> magazine
Will give anyone from the era of Spam fritters and Blue Riband biscuits a Prustian rush . . . a witty, heartwarming exploration of the light side of SF fandom
<i> Daily Telegraph</i>
Amiable and amusing . . . a glimpse into the world of fandom cranked up, on holiday, given licence to be sillier than usual
<i>Time Out</i>
Funny and affectionate
<i>Focus</i>****
Guaranteed to make you yearn for days of yore... don't be surprised to find yourself laughing at more in-jokes than you care to admit
<i>Independent</i>
An amiable read
<i>Metro</i>****
Will have you hitching aboard the Millennium Falcon to a galaxy overflowing with infinite possibilities
<i>Gay Times</i>
A joyous, irreverent celebration of Britain's secret love of the bizarre
<i>Nottingham Evening Post</i>
It's hilarious . . . For anyone who has ever liked any of this stuff, there's laughter and nostalgia aplenty
The Times
Personal and engaging . . . anyone who agrees that "Star Wars; was a defining moment of our collective childhood" will love this book
SFX magazine
Will give anyone from the era of Spam fritters and Blue Riband biscuits a Prustian rush . . . a witty, heartwarming exploration of the light side of SF fandom
Daily Telegraph
Amiable and amusing . . . a glimpse into the world of fandom cranked up, on holiday, given licence to be sillier than usual
Time Out
Funny and affectionate
Focus
Guaranteed to make you yearn for days of yore . . . don't be surprised to find yourself laughing at more in-jokes than you care to admit. ****
Independent
An amiable read
Metro
Will have you hitching aboard the Millennium Falcon to a galaxy overflowing with infinite possibilities. ****
Gay Times
A joyous, irreverent celebration of Britain's secret love of the bizarre
Nottingham Evening Post
It's hilarious . . . For anyone who has ever liked any of this stuff, there's laughter and nostalgia aplenty