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In Fandom's Shadow: Being a Doctor Who Fan from the 1990s to Today
Doctor Who has been a global phenomenon for half a century. In this brief, personal account historian and author Aaron John Gulyas explores his own fandom in the context of Doctor Who's growth and development from its initial end in 1989 to its resurgence in 2005 and through today. Embracing the various avenues the Doctor Who story took, from the 1996 television movie to the New Adventures series of novels, In Fandom's Shadow examines the role that fandom-writ-large played in shaping one particular fan's Doctor Who life.
122 pages, Paperback
First published September 14, 2013
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About the author
Aaron John Gulyas
11 books17 followersAaron Gulyas is a historian, historian, and associate professor of history at Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan, where he teaches where he teaches all manner of courses, as well as serving as a part-time educational technonlogy consulttant for the college's Professional Development office.
His first book, Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist: Alien Contact Tales Since the 1950s was published by McFarland Books in May 2013. He also contributed the introduction to Posthuman Blues: Dispatches From a World on the Cusp of Terminal Dissolution, a collection of writings by the late Mac Tonnies edited by Paul Kimball and published by Redstar Books. Recently, he had a chapter appear in Gillian I. Leitch's Doctor Who in Time and Space.
He is currently writing The Chaos Conundrum: Essays on UFOs, Ghosts, and other High Strangeness in our Nonrational and Atemporal World for Redstar Books as well as a great deal of history and educational freelance writing.
When he is not teaching, writing, or being a husband and dad,you will find him reading comic books and brewing beer (often simultaneously).
His first book, Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist: Alien Contact Tales Since the 1950s was published by McFarland Books in May 2013. He also contributed the introduction to Posthuman Blues: Dispatches From a World on the Cusp of Terminal Dissolution, a collection of writings by the late Mac Tonnies edited by Paul Kimball and published by Redstar Books. Recently, he had a chapter appear in Gillian I. Leitch's Doctor Who in Time and Space.
He is currently writing The Chaos Conundrum: Essays on UFOs, Ghosts, and other High Strangeness in our Nonrational and Atemporal World for Redstar Books as well as a great deal of history and educational freelance writing.
When he is not teaching, writing, or being a husband and dad,you will find him reading comic books and brewing beer (often simultaneously).
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September 19, 2022
While not as much of an engaged fan as Aaron Gulyas, my experiences of Dr Who fandom had a lot of cross-over with Aaron. I came to the novelisations late but that also re-awakened my love of Dr Who, and to a certain extent I miss the more adult 1990s Dr Who stories. And I miss being a Dr Who fan meaning you were more of a weirdo. So this brief tome resonated with me, even though I doubt I would ever sit down and watch all Dr Who episodes in order from the beginning.
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