Post by Alan Hayes on Feb 4, 2016 19:01:18 GMT
Published this Saturday by Hidden Tiger to mark what would have been
Patrick Macnee's 94th birthday:
The Avengers is a remarkable television series...
and its fans are remarkable, too!
From its debut in 1961, The Avengers soon became a worldwide cultural phenomenon, rewriting the rulebook of television drama along the way. It was a revolutionary series that led by example, always playfully pushing the boundaries, twisting perceptions and defying those who wished to pigeonhole it. Despite its lofty achievements, it never forgot that its primary objective was to entertain its audience. And entertain it most certainly did, inspiring successive generations to welcome The Avengers into their hearts and engage in fandom.
Right from its foreword by pioneering television historian Dave Rogers to its afterword by Jason Whiton of SpyVibe, Avengerworld celebrates the series, its international fandom and its fans. Over the course of more than forty essays, Avengers fans the world over relate how they first encountered the series, how they grew up with it at their sides, forged friendships, engaged with fandom, and were inspired to do extraordinary things.
Proceeds from this book will be donated to Champion Chanzige, a charity organisation that exists to improve conditions for underprivileged children at a primary school in Southern Tanzania – and helps them to do extraordinary things, too.
Essays written by:
Tatiana Bakina
Roy Bettridge
Vincenzo Boccini
Koen Braem
Barry Clarke
Derek Dubery
Barnaby Eaton-Jones
Ben Elshout
Robert Fairclough
David Fakrikian
J.Z. Ferguson
Dick Fiddy
Margaret Gordon
Sarah Hadley
Alan Hayes
Alys Hayes
Martin Holder
Frank Hui
John Humphreys
Lauren Humphries-Brooks
Piers Johnson
B. Jones
Brendan Jones
Denis Kirsanov
Jan van Leeuwen
Joseph Lloyd
Rodney Marshall
Dave Matthews
Richard McGinlay
Alistair McGown
Anthony McKay
Mona Morstein
Peter Motte
Irina Nikitina
Alex Pinfold
Michael Richardson
Dave Rogers
Joris Royer
James Speirs
Christine Stutz
Olga Svecharnik
Kimberly Thompson
Jason Whiton
Stanislaw Wiatrowski
Jaz Wiseman
This title will be issued in these editions:
• Deluxe Hardcover with Dust Jacket
• Perfect Bound Paperback
228mm x 152mm - US Trade Size
294 pages - English language
Watch this space!
Patrick Macnee's 94th birthday:
The Avengers is a remarkable television series...
and its fans are remarkable, too!
From its debut in 1961, The Avengers soon became a worldwide cultural phenomenon, rewriting the rulebook of television drama along the way. It was a revolutionary series that led by example, always playfully pushing the boundaries, twisting perceptions and defying those who wished to pigeonhole it. Despite its lofty achievements, it never forgot that its primary objective was to entertain its audience. And entertain it most certainly did, inspiring successive generations to welcome The Avengers into their hearts and engage in fandom.
Right from its foreword by pioneering television historian Dave Rogers to its afterword by Jason Whiton of SpyVibe, Avengerworld celebrates the series, its international fandom and its fans. Over the course of more than forty essays, Avengers fans the world over relate how they first encountered the series, how they grew up with it at their sides, forged friendships, engaged with fandom, and were inspired to do extraordinary things.
Proceeds from this book will be donated to Champion Chanzige, a charity organisation that exists to improve conditions for underprivileged children at a primary school in Southern Tanzania – and helps them to do extraordinary things, too.
Essays written by:
Tatiana Bakina
Roy Bettridge
Vincenzo Boccini
Koen Braem
Barry Clarke
Derek Dubery
Barnaby Eaton-Jones
Ben Elshout
Robert Fairclough
David Fakrikian
J.Z. Ferguson
Dick Fiddy
Margaret Gordon
Sarah Hadley
Alan Hayes
Alys Hayes
Martin Holder
Frank Hui
John Humphreys
Lauren Humphries-Brooks
Piers Johnson
B. Jones
Brendan Jones
Denis Kirsanov
Jan van Leeuwen
Joseph Lloyd
Rodney Marshall
Dave Matthews
Richard McGinlay
Alistair McGown
Anthony McKay
Mona Morstein
Peter Motte
Irina Nikitina
Alex Pinfold
Michael Richardson
Dave Rogers
Joris Royer
James Speirs
Christine Stutz
Olga Svecharnik
Kimberly Thompson
Jason Whiton
Stanislaw Wiatrowski
Jaz Wiseman
This title will be issued in these editions:
• Deluxe Hardcover with Dust Jacket
• Perfect Bound Paperback
228mm x 152mm - US Trade Size
294 pages - English language
Watch this space!