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jetsilver's review against another edition
2.0
The research is thorough and some of the chapters excellent, but the writing overall is far too academic to be readable. For myself as a non-academic reader, it was slow and painful going with bursts of brilliance.
The chapter dealing with cyberpunk was a standout and the whole book worth reading just for that. I also enjoyed the tracing of fannish history through the years.
The chapter dealing with cyberpunk was a standout and the whole book worth reading just for that. I also enjoyed the tracing of fannish history through the years.
sarah984's review
3.0
This book was really interesting and I liked the history of fandom as a whole that was included (same shit different day since the 1930s it sounds like) but the language is very dense and there are a few chapters that seemed a bit irrelevant. Sometimes the author would mention that certain things (eg race, sexuality) hadn't been taken into account by other writers but then she didn't really take them into account either.
I'd recommend it only if you're already interested in the subject.
I'd recommend it only if you're already interested in the subject.
andicbuchanan's review
4.0
Well written, well researched and in places very interesting book, but overall I found I didn't quite get as much out of it as the effort I had to put in to reading it.
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