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Wiffle Lever to Full!

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781473680951

Price: £10.99

ON SALE: 4th October 2018

Genre: Biography & True Stories / Biography: General

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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.

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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
<i> The Times </i>
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> SFX </i> magazine
Amiable and amusing . . . a glimpse into the world of fandom cranked up, on holiday, given licence to be sillier than usual
<i> Daily Telegraph</i>
Funny and affectionate
<i>Time Out</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>Focus</i>****
An amiable read
<i>Independent</i>
Will have you hitching aboard the Millennium Falcon to a galaxy overflowing with infinite possibilities
<i>Metro</i>****
A joyous, irreverent celebration of Britain's secret love of the bizarre
<i>Gay Times</i>
It's hilarious . . . For anyone who has ever liked any of this stuff, there's laughter and nostalgia aplenty
<i>Nottingham Evening Post</i>
Personal and engaging . . . anyone who agrees that "Star Wars; was a defining moment of our collective childhood" will love this book
The Times
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
SFX magazine
Amiable and amusing . . . a glimpse into the world of fandom cranked up, on holiday, given licence to be sillier than usual
Daily Telegraph
Funny and affectionate
Time Out
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. ****
Focus
An amiable read
Independent
Will have you hitching aboard the Millennium Falcon to a galaxy overflowing with infinite possibilities. ****
Metro
A joyous, irreverent celebration of Britain's secret love of the bizarre
Gay Times
It's hilarious . . . For anyone who has ever liked any of this stuff, there's laughter and nostalgia aplenty
Nottingham Evening Post