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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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	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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Jekyll, Hyde and people who hate cities

As chronicled in Jekyll and Hyde Dramatized, when Richard Mansfield brought his stage adaptation of Stevenson’s novel to England, one David Bandmann whipped up a mockbuster version starring himself. It violated copyright and Stevenson’s people got it shut down fast.

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Fraser Sherman rated a book it was amazing Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy by Katherine Stewart	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
Even as someone who reads a lot on this topic, this was impressive and informative. Stewart looks at how the 21st century's right-wing movements rely on a combination of religion, racism, homophobia and misogyny, all backed up by anti-democratic bill ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book liked it Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Century by Steven Conn	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
By the end of the 19th century, America was freaking out over the growth of cities (hives of immigrants, political corruption and wage slaves) but some thinkers were contemplating how to make it work better. Over the course of the 20th century, hope ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book it was ok Hyde Street, Volume 1 by Geoff Johns	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
Great concept, meh execution. 2.5 stars. Premise: the souls of sinners (well, some sinners) end up on Hyde Street, an unpleasant netherworld that will let them leave when they've damned 10,000 other souls. Pranky, a psychopathic boy scout, has accumul ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book really liked it Superman: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 by Otto Binder	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
Another YMMV review. Some wonderful stuff (Bizarro, Brainiac), some stories that are striking (Super-Menace, the first of many evil counterpart Supermen), some that are pleasant fluff, some that are painfully sexist or have howling gaps in logic. Lik ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book liked it The Magic of Atlantis by Lin Carter	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 anthology of Atlantis themed stories include Howard's King Kull, a never-before collected story by Edmond Hamilton (a bodysnatching avenger spends centuries hunting the bodysnatching villains who sunk Atlantis), Clark Ashton Smith and Nictzin Dy ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book really liked it DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World by John Broome	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 very YMMV rating. This reprints stories from DC's Mystery in Space and Strange Adventures anthologies and I love these books (well, up until Jack Schiff became editor in the md-1960s), even when the premise is daft (a construction crew builds a roa ...more
Nov 16, 2025 01:32AM · like · see review
Fraser Sherman rated a book liked it Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World by Wil Haygood	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
One of those mixed-thoughts-and-feelings reviews. Film nerd that I am, I figured a book on a century of black film would be interesting and a good chunk of it was. However there's also a lot of real-world black history — segregation, the civil rights ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book liked it Omni Vol. 1: The Doctor Is In by Devin Grayson	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
Protagonist Cecilia is a brilliant doctor who suddenly becomes super-brilliant, with an uncanny ability to see patterns and project futures. And the future is one with more people who've been "ignited." The premise is interesting but 1)the typefaces ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book liked it Fishflies by Jeff Lemire	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 kid gets shot. The shooter is on the run, gets to hide out with an abused, lonely girl, then turns into a bug. This held my attention to the end, but I didn't love it. I will give Lemire points for explaining everything, more or less — I was expecti ...more
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