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Wiffle Lever to Full!

On sale

16th April 2009

Price: £5.99

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9781848943292

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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>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>Nottingham Evening Post</i>
It's hilarious . . . For anyone who has ever liked any of this stuff, there's laughter and nostalgia aplenty
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
Nottingham Evening Post
It's hilarious . . . For anyone who has ever liked any of this stuff, there's laughter and nostalgia aplenty
<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>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
Independent
An amiable read
Gay Times
A joyous, irreverent celebration of Britain's secret love of the bizarre
<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
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. ****
Metro
Will have you hitching aboard the Millennium Falcon to a galaxy overflowing with infinite possibilities. ****
<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>Independent</i>
An amiable read
The Times
Personal and engaging . . . anyone who agrees that "Star Wars; was a defining moment of our collective childhood" will love this book