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TV by Paul Simpson
A pocket guide to the cult programmes
of the last sixty years of television, this little book is just long enough to
read all or to dip into at your leisure. A short intro deals with what is cult
and what is just bad television. There may be some dissent on this but the next
chapter offers 56 cultist shows. Before you all shout 'where's Doctor Who?' Chapter
Three looks at genres.
There is a useful chapter for the fan who contemplates collecting
memorabilia and another exposing some of the 'urban myths about certain programmes
(Captain Pugwash, mainly). This is a lovely, bitty book for those of us who like information and reliving our youth. It is not all nostalgia with a good few programmes from recent times getting an honourable mention. There are a considerable amount of programmes remembered here that are either Science Fiction or fantasy based which makes me wonder why programmers are not trying to feed this obvious hunger. Or is it the further away in time they are the better
they seem? Don't spend too long reading in the
shop, buy it and wallow at home. The ultimate anorak fest! Sue
Davies
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Heart edited by Christopher C. Teague The
Devil In Green (Book One of The Dark Age) by Mark Chadbourn Angel: The Longest Night by Pierce Askegren Dark
Angel: Before The Dawn by Max Allen Collins Guilty
Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton The
Divine Comedies: Here Comes The Sun & Odds And Ends by Tom Holt The
Drawing Of The Dark by Tim Powers. Fantasy Masterworks # 33 The
Far Enough Window: The Reclaiming Of Fairyland by John Grant and illustrated
by Ron Tiner The
Ruins of Ambrai (Exiles Volume 1) by Melanie Rawn The
Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson (SF Masterworks # 51) HARDBACKS INTO PAPERBACKS Wizard's
Funeral (The Red Pavilions Book Two) by Kim Hunter Wanderers
And Islanders (Legends Of The Land Book One) by Steve Cockayne Effendi (The Second Arabesk) by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
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A
little something to buy with your book tokens.
With
Chapter 4 examining Cult heroes it just gets better and better,
I can feel my anorak tightening its grip around my throat. 
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