'Anyone who agrees that Star Wars was a defining moment of our collective childhoods will love this book' – The Times
'Will give anyone from the era of Spam Fritters and Blue Riband biscuits a Proustian rush... a witty and heartwarming look at the lighter side of sci-fi fandom' **** - SFX
'Will have you hitching aboard the Millenium Falcon to a galaxy overflowing with infinite possibilities and fat beardy blokes in furry nappies pretending they’re in Discworld' **** - Metro
'Guaranteed to make you yearn for days of yore… don’t be surprised to find yourself laughing at more in-jokes than you care to admit' **** - Focus
'A joyous, irreverent celebration of Britain's secret love of the bizarre' - Gay Times
'This could have been cod-Nick Hornby or Dave Gorman-lite, but Fischer has found his own voice… a lively and wryly-written funny account of a year attending genre conventions, laced with 1980s nostalgia' 8/10 - Dreamwatch
'Amiable and amusing… what Bob Fischer offers is a glimpse into the world of fandom cranked up, on holiday, given licence to be sillier than usual' – The Telegraph
'Fischer sprinkles in some wonderful period imagery... con-goers, of which I confess I'm one, will adore the wittily affectionate portrait he paints of their amiable tribe' - The Crack
'It's hilarious... For anyone who has ever liked any of this stuff, there's laughter and nostalgia aplenty' - Nottingham Evening Post
'Funny and affectionate' - Time Out
Hello, my name is Bob Fischer and I spent a year of my life going to British sci-fi and cult TV conventions. In order, I did - Doctor Who, Star Wars, Blake’s 7, James Bond, Star Trek, The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, The Prisoner, Discworld, Robin Of Sherwood, Monty Python and Red Dwarf.
I went to them purely as a fan of all this stuff, but after a few I started to think there was a good book to be written about this crazy, obsessive, brilliant parallel universe. I’d never done anything like this before, but I started writing up a few choice stories and sent them out to some friendly-looking literary agents.
As a result, my book Wiffle Lever To Full! was published by Hodder & Stoughton on 24th July 2008. It’s part travelogue, part field report and part memoir of growing up in the 1970s and 80s as a sci-fi fan. It’s full of Daleks, Death Stars and dreamy-eyed nostalgia for a world where the Doctor always won the day and there was usually beans-on-toast for tea.
It's meant to be really warm and affectionate, and just a celebration of both these crazy films and shows, and of the splendid people that devote their lives to loving them. Including me, although I'm not that splendid, I've usually got a face like marmite on a wasp. Oh, and it's available to buy now! At all good bookshops and online retailers (and a few rubbish ones as well, probably...)
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