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Fraser A. Sherman

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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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I thought I would spring back into writing this week …

I came back from my Charleston trip refreshed and rested, ready to write. Only of course getting in at 7 Monday night, I limited Tuesday to blogging and attending to bills and such — I knew I wouldn’t be on top of anything more challenging

(Photos are from a visit to the Charleston Tea Garden, which was very cool).

Wednesday and Thursday I got back into the swing of things. I sent off two st

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Fraser A. Sherman wrote a new blog post That endless Amtrak ride into the night … Earlier this year, my sister Tracy proposed she, me and my brother Craig have a vacation somewhere. Craig and I agreed. After some discussion, we sett Read more of this blog post »
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Fraser Sherman rated a book did not like it The Shadow of the Lion (Heirs of Alexandria, #1) by Mercedes Lackey (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
Set in a world where the Library of Alexandria didn't burn so the secrets of magic it held survived and are in play in 1500s Venice. I grew up with Venice as this colorful destination for tourist trips; it surprised me when I came to learn it used to ...more
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Fraser Sherman rated a book did not like it Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic by Elisabeth Bronfen	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
Women's dead bodies show up a lot in fiction and art. I thought a book discussing the significance of that would suit me; the introduction reveals Bronfen is a Freudian believer, which dampened my interest. The topic's great, Bronfen's analysis not s ...more
Apr 21, 2026 03:17PM · like · see review
Fraser Sherman rated a book really liked it Quag Keep by Andre Norton	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 stars. The first LitRPG novel? Protagonist Martin is beginning a D&D session (first edition, which explains why things sometimes feel odd to my AD&D self) when he finds himself sucked into the game, waking up as Milo, a swordsman wearing a bracele ...more
Apr 21, 2026 01:58AM · like · see review
Fraser Sherman rated a book it was ok Ill Wind (Weather Warden, #1) by Rachel Caine	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 step above DNF which is to say I finished but only because I read really, really fast; I wanted to see how it progressed and ended but barely cared about the details of character, description, emotion. Premise: Gaia wants us dead. Only the nature- ...more
Apr 20, 2026 09:23AM · like · see review
Fraser Sherman rated a book liked it Three Little Wishes by Paul Cornell (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
Protagonist Kelly is a very good lawyer because she obsesses over details, which however makes it hard for her to be spontaneous. Nudged by her best friend Annie, she tries acting on impulse and ends up with three wishes granted by Oberon, the fairy ...more
Apr 19, 2026 04:50PM · like · see review
Fraser Sherman rated a book really liked it Valley of the Flame by Henry Kuttner	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
In the near future of 1985 (this was a 1945 story), a doctor researching in the Amazon encounters a mystery that sends him into an ancient lost land inhabited by cat-people. A meteor supercharged with life-force has sped up everything in the lost lan ...more
Apr 19, 2026 12:01PM · like · see review
Fraser Sherman rated a book it was ok Good Movies as Old Books: Films Reimagined as Vintage Book Covers by Matt Stevens	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 great concept, imagining 200-plus movies as books, with a book cover to suit. And many of these covers, like Cast Away, are awesome. So why 2.5 stars? Basically they're all in the same style, a Serious Literary Paperback Book, restrained and not alw ...more
Apr 18, 2026 04:46PM · like · see review
Fraser Sherman rated a book really liked it Ahead of Time by Henry Kuttner	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
Like any collection it's a mixed bag, but overall this is good. My favorite is probably "Camouflage" which feels like a pushback against many cliches about cyborgs (and is solidly entertaining, too). The stories are dated in some ways: "Ghost" deals ...more
Apr 18, 2026 03:05PM · like · see review
Fraser Sherman rated a book it was ok Old Films, Young Eyes: A Teenage Take on Hollywood's Golden Age by Simone O. Elias	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 watch lots of old movies and I often wonder what someone in their 20s or younger would make of them — the attitudes, the cultural references, the stuff that was original once and is now cliches. That got me interested in picking up Elias' book. It' ...more
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