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Sunday 25 September 2016

New Book From Prof. Paul Booth

Prof. Paul Booth's new book, Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Comtemporary Fan Audience, is now out from Palgrave Pivot.

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In the book, Booth "examines the fan-created combination of Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Supernatural as a uniquely digital fan experience, and as a metaphor for ongoing scholarship into contemporary fandom" and "explores the fan-created crossover universe known as SuperWhoLock—a universe where Sherlock Holmes and Dean Winchester work together to fight monsters like the Daleks and the Weeping Angels; a world where John Watson is friends with Amy Pond; a space where the unique brands of fandom interact. Booth argues that SuperWhoLock represents more than just those three shows—it is a way of doing fandom. Through interviews with fans and analysis of fan texts, Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience also demonstrates how fan studies in the digital age can evolve to take into account changing fan activities and texts."

http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137574541