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This author is also published under Fraser Sherman.

I started writing when I graduated college with a major I no longer wanted to use. Fortunately I turned out to be good at it. I write film reference books, historical fantasy, and Undead Sexist Cliches, a book dissecting the stupidity of misogynist arguments. Some of my books are under Fraser Sherman because I never thought the use of my middle initial would matter.

Personal stuff? I was born in England, spent most of my life in Florida, moved to Durham NC when I fell in love — and yes, it worked out great ...more

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	The Wizard of Oz Catalog: L. Frank Baum's Novel, Its Sequels And Their Adaptations for Stage, Television, Movies, Radio, Music Videos, Comic Books, Commercials And More really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Now and Then We Time Travel: Visiting Pasts and Futures in Film and Television 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atlas Shagged it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Screen Enemies of the American Way: Political Paranoia About Nazis, Communists, Saboteurs, Terrorists and Body Snatching Aliens in Film and Television it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophy and Fairy Tales: Four Short Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex for Dinner, Death for Breakfast: James Bond on Screen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Aliens Are Here: Extraterrestrial Visitors in American Cinema and Television 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Screen Enemies of the American Way: Political Paranoia About Nazis, Communists, Saboteurs, Terrorists and Body Snatching Aliens in Film and Television by Fraser A. Sherman (1-Oct-2010) Paperback by Fraser A. Sherman (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wizard of Oz Catalog: L. Frank Baum’s Novel, Its Sequels and Their Adaptations for Stage, Television, Movies, Radio, Music Videos, Comic Books, Commercials and More 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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You’ve probably heard the Toddler says he doesn’t think about what the Iran war is costing Americans. Scott Lemieux: “Republican midterm messaging is being hampered by the facts that 1)Trump’s policies are directly responsible for making things more expensive after he won on a promise to make things cheaper, 2)nobody likes them on their own merits, and 3)as his inhibitions decline even further he

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Fraser A. Sherman wrote a new blog post Enter the sloth! A couple of weeks back, TYG and I went to a display of live animals at the Raleigh Museum of Science and Nature. The highlight of which was a two-toed Read more of this blog post »
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Fraser Sherman rated a book did not like it The Lies that Summon the Night (Songs for the Sinless, #1) by Tessonja Odette (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I picked this up at the library because the idea of art as the power source for dark magic sounded intriguing. In the first 30 pages or so: 1)we get a glossary of the magic and beings of this world, then the first-person narration tells us all the sa ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book liked it The Marvelous Hairy Girls: The Gonzales Sisters and Their Worlds by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Gonzales family had a hereditary condition where hair grows all over their body. They spent most of their lives at one court or another in a liminal space between sideshow freak, courtier, aristocratic hanger-on and pet. As most of the other revi ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book it was amazing By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age by Paul S. Boyer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Hiroshima bombing is one of the major before/after events in history — once America (and the world) knew one bomb could have the power to smash an entire city, everything seemed different. How long before someone else developed a bomb and used it ...more
May 23, 2026 06:28AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of By the Bomb's Early Light by Paul S. Boyer. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — By the Bomb's Early Light by Paul S. Boyer <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Fraser Sherman rated a book really liked it Demon Seed by Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Warning: this book involves a sociopathic computer that captures, tortures and impregnates (by IV) a human victim. If you have rape/abuse triggers, avoid it like the plague. If you simply don't like stories with protracted rape/abuse, ditto. After rew ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book really liked it A Cheesemonger's History of The British Isles by Ned Palmer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4.5 stars. Palmer chronicles the development of cheese through British history. The soft cheeses of the Celts. The hard Roman cheeses, perfect for soldiers to carry in their knapsacks. The development of cheesemaking skills in monastic dairies followe ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book it was amazing The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America by Joshua D. Rothman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A book that makes me want to travel back in time and shoot people. While the US banned the overseas slave trade in the early 19th century, internal slave trading between states was a booming business. And it WAS a business, concerned with credit and d ...more
May 14, 2026 12:46AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Ledger and the Chain by Joshua D. Rothman. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Ledger and the Chain by Joshua D. Rothman <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Fraser Sherman rated a book really liked it Rage (Riders of the Apocalypse, #2) by Jackie Morse Kessler	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3.5. Missy is a self-cutter, the best way she has to deal with overwhelming emotion. Then one day Death picks her as the new Horseman of War. She can inspire others to murderous rage, she has a cool horse and a sword but can she get control before giv ...more
May 08, 2026 01:30PM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Rage by Jackie Morse Kessler. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Rage by Jackie Morse Kessler <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Fraser Sherman rated a book really liked it The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1) by G.K. Chesterton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Maybe 3.5. Chesterton's Father Brown was an early "cozy" detective, though the style is very different from what cozies are now (not worse, just different). Most modern cozies have a big supporting cast; here we get Flambeau, a swashbuckling thief who ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book it was amazing The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Fair warning this is not a feel-good book. The descriptions of what the women went through are horrifying. After the Curies discovered radium, it was hailed as a wonder — a radioactive element so powerful it could cure diseases (which it can, used car ...more
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