Nonfiction Books About Science Fiction and Fandom
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Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It
by:
Lynne M. Thomas
3.84 avg rating — 769 ratings 2. 
Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who
by:
Deborah Stanish
3.97 avg rating — 229 ratings 
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Finding Serenity: Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly
by:
Jane Espenson
4.05 avg rating — 2,359 ratings 
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Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them
by:
Lynne M. Thomas
3.89 avg rating — 250 ratings 8. 
Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show
by:
Glenn Yeffeth
4.10 avg rating — 1,323 ratings 9. 
Star Trek Revealed: The Spiritual Dimension of the Original Series
by:
Carole Devine
4.63 avg rating — 27 ratings 
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Firefly: Still Flying, A Celebration of Joss Whedon’s Acclaimed TV Series
by:
Joss Whedon
4.28 avg rating — 436 ratings 12. 
Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture
by:
Henry Jenkins
4.23 avg rating — 632 ratings 13. 
Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe
by:
Jane Espenson
4.13 avg rating — 1,020 ratings 
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Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth (Contemporary Ethnography) 3.78 avg rating — 94 ratings
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Firefly: The Official Companion Volume One (Firefly the Official Companion #1)
by:
Joss Whedon
4.44 avg rating — 1,706 ratings 20. 
Sherlock: Every Canon Reference You May Have Missed in BBC's Series 1-3 3.75 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Winter is Coming: Symbols and Hidden Meanings in A Game of Thrones 3.44 avg rating — 694 ratings
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Teaching with Harry Potter: Essays on Classroom Wizardry from Elementary School to College 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Doctor Who - The What, Where, and How: A Fannish Guide to the TARDIS-Sized Pop Culture Jam 3.62 avg rating — 69 ratings
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The Many Faces of Katniss Everdeen: Exploring the Heroine of the Hunger Games 3.71 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Winning the Game of Thrones: The Host of Characters and their Agendas 3.42 avg rating — 189 ratings
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The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future
by:
Michael Okuda
4.30 avg rating — 2,323 ratings 34. 
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Symbols in Game of Thrones The Deeper Meanings of Animals, Colors, Seasons, Food, and Much More 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Bloodsuckers on the Bayou: The Myths, Symbols, and Tales Behind HBO's True Blood 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Harry Potter, Still Recruiting: An Inner Look at Harry Potter Fandom 4.32 avg rating — 57 ratings
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The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination 4.34 avg rating — 2,738 ratings
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Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society
by:
Danny Fingeroth
3.50 avg rating — 225 ratings 44. 
Mapping the World of Harry Potter: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Explore the Bestselling Series of All Time
by:
Mercedes Lackey
4.31 avg rating — 2,672 ratings 44. 
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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America
by:
David Hajdu
3.86 avg rating — 3,681 ratings 50. 
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Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
by:
William Shatner
3.74 avg rating — 7,622 ratings 54. 
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Katniss the Cattail: An Unauthorized Guide to Names and Symbols in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games 3.58 avg rating — 469 ratings
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The Avengers Face Their Dark Sides: Mastering the Myth-Making behind the Marvel Superheroes 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
by:
Rhonda V. Wilcox
4.12 avg rating — 962 ratings 
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Firefly: The Official Companion Volume Two (Firefly the Official Companion, #2)
by:
Joss Whedon
4.40 avg rating — 961 ratings 
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Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays
by:
Karen Hellekson
3.74 avg rating — 169 ratings 
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Doctor Who: The Handbook: The Third Doctor: The Jon Pertwee Years: 1970-1974
by:
David J. Howe
4.06 avg rating — 80 ratings 67. 
Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1945: Immigrants in the Golden Age 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Neil Gaiman's The Sandman And Joseph Campbell: In Search Of The Modern Myth (Sandman (Graphic Novels))
by:
Stephen Rauch
3.51 avg rating — 73 ratings 73. 
From Girls to Grrrlz : A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines
by:
Trina Robbins
3.70 avg rating — 304 ratings 75. 
Choosing to be Insurgent or Allegiant: Symbols, Themes & Analysis of the Divergent Trilogy 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Star Wars and the Hero's Journey: Mythic Character Arcs Through the 12-Film Epic 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Wonder Women and Bad Girls: Superheroine and Supervillainess Archetypes in Popular Media 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Hunting for Meaning in The Mandalorian: An Unauthorized Guide to Homages, Symbols and Backstory 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Orphan Black and the Heroine’s Journey: Symbols, Depth Psychology, and the Feminist Epic 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Star Wars Meets the Eras of Feminism: Weighing All the Galaxy’s Women Great and Small 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Superheroines and the Epic Journey: Mythic Themes in Comics, Film and Television 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Fourth Wave Feminism in Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 1. Essays on Film Representations, 2012-2019 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Songbirds, Snakes, & Sacrifice: Collins’ Prequel References and Philosophies Explained 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Language of Doctor Who: From Shakespeare to Alien Tongues
by:
Jason Barr
4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings 
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Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
by:
Michio Kaku
4.10 avg rating — 40,953 ratings 
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