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Fraser A. Sherman

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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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	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
	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 — 4 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
	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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Pete Hegseth: “We’re playing for keeps. Our warfighters have maximum authorities granted personally by the president and yours truly. Our rules of engagement are bold, precise, and designed to unleash American power, not shackle it. This was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not a fair fight. We are punching them while they’re down, which is exactly how it should be.”

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Fraser Sherman rated a book liked it Topper (Topper, #1) by Thorne Smith	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'm a fan of Thorne Smith's cheerfully anarchic fantasies in which (typically) a respectable middle-class man smothering under the weight of his own respectability gets yanked into chaos and fun by a supernatural manifestation. This, Smith's first no ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book it was amazing Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat by Jonathan Kauffman (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
When I was a teen, granola was a funky new kind of cereal popular with hippies. I never heard of tofu until I was in college. Processed food (cheese slices, Campbell's soup, cake mixes) defined American cuisine (not that they've gone away). "There's ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book really liked it Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster by Mike Davis	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
This late-1990s book portrays Los Angeles and much of the surrounding area as a train wreck: billions of dollars in an environment prone to earthquakes, tornadoes, wildlife attacks and wildfires, with vulnerabilities the state's politics makes worse. ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book it was amazing Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher	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
Toadling is a small fae who guards an old castle surrounded by a thick wall of thorns (yep, it's that story). A Saracen knight shows up, curious about the legend and hoping he can break the curse. Bad news because there's a reason Toadling sent that ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book it was ok Captain America's Bicentennial Battles by Jack Kirby	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
Two stars may be charitable. When I read Jack Kirby's work in this era (mid-1970s) I couldn't figure out why people gushed about him. Now that I've read more of his earlier stuff, I appreciate him; still, none of his Marvel Bronze Age output other th ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book it was ok The Last Spirits of Manhattan by John A. McDermott (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
Carolyn is a young woman faced with a marriage proposal she's not sure she wants. Pete is an ad man assigned to find a haunted house in Manhattan for Alfred Hitchcock to throw a cocktail party. Carolyn helps him find a house that looks spooky enough ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book it was amazing Ultimate OZ Universe: The Lost Lands by Cullen Bunn (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
4.5 stars. This retelling of The Land of Oz has great art and the changes to the story are mostly well-executed. I do miss the gryphon/sawhorse race though. Minor points: 1)I do not like the Hungry Tiger and Cowardly Lion as beast men rather than talk ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book it was amazing Classics of the Horror Film: From the Days of the Silent Film to The Exorcist by William K. Everson	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
This is a 1974 book so many of Everson's complaints — films that aren't shown anywhere, even in revival houses — are no longer an issue in the streaming era. Which is good. Everson admits he's not trying to pick the best of the best but more to talk a ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book liked it Tahini Baby: Bright, Everyday Recipes That Happen to Be Vegetarian by Eden Grinshpan	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
This gets only three stars because I thought it would make more use of tahini — it's more a general Israeli/Mideastern cookbook. That said, it's a good cookbook (fair warning, I haven't cooked with it yet, but I think I have enough kitchen experience ...more
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