To commemorate the event, Chicks Dig Comics editors Lynne M. Thomas and Sigrid Ellis, as well as editor-in-chief Lars Pearson, will be in attendance at C2E2 with some of the book’s contributors.

The Table of Contents is available for viewing on the Chicks Dig Comics product page, and is also available as a downloadable PDF.

The Mad Norwegian website is no longer selling individual titles, although box sets of the About Time and Faction Paradox series are available.

The book is very much in the vein of the Hugo-Award winning Chicks Dig Time Lords, in that it features essays by female comic book creators and fans on a wide array of comic-related topics. Contributors to the book include Gail Simone, Rachel Edinin, Carla Speed McNeil, Jen Van Meter, Colleen Doran, Jill Thompson, Seanan McGuire, Marjorie Liu, Jill Pantozzi, Kelly Thompson, Sara Ryan, Delia Sherman, Sarah Monette, Elizabeth Bear and more. Also featured is an introduction by Mark Waid, and exclusive interviews with Amanda Conner, Louise Simonson, Greg Rucka and Terry Moore.

The print version of Chicks Dig Comics (ISBN: 9781935234050) will retail for $14.95.

The second printing and ebook editions feature a new edit of the book to correct for typos and grammatical errors, but has no additional content from the first printing.

Gail Simone (Birds of Prey) and Carla Speed McNeil (Finder) describe how they entered the comics industry. Colleen Doran (A Distant Soil) reveals her superhero crush, while Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother) confesses to being a comics junkie. Jen Van Meter (Hopeless Savages) sings the praises of 1970s horror comics, and Seanan McGuire (the October Daye series) takes sides in the Jean Grey vs. Emma Frost battle.

Other contributors include Marjorie Liu (Dark Wolverine), Rachel Edidin (Dark Horse Comics), Jill Pantozzi (Newsarama), Kelly Thompson (Comic Book Resources), and SF/F authors Sara Ryan, Delia Sherman, Sarah Monette, and Elizabeth Bear. Also featured: an introduction by Mark Waid (Kingdom Come) and exclusive interviews with Amanda Conner (Power Girl), Louise Simonson (Power Pack), Greg Rucka (Queen & Country), and Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise).

Full list of essays included in this book:

• Introduction by Mark Waid
• Editors’ Foreword, by Lynne M. Thomas and Sigrid Ellis
• Mary Batson and the Chimera Society, by Gail Simone
• Summers and Winters, Frost and Fire, by Seanan McGuire
• Cosplay, Creation, and Community, by Erica McGillivray
• An Interview with Amanda Conner
• A Matter of When, by Carla Speed McNeil
• The Other Side of the Desk, by Rachel Edidin
• An Interview with Terry Moore
• Nineteen Panels about Me and Comics, by Sara Ryan
• I’m Batman, by Tammy Garrison
• An Interview with Alisa Bendis
• My Secret Identity, by Caroline Pruett
• The Green Lantern Mythos: A Metaphor for My (Comic Book) Life, by Jill Pantozzi
• Vampirella, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Page Turn, by Jen Van Meter
• Confessions of a (Former) Unicorn, by Tara O’Shea
• The Evolution of a Tart, by Sheena McNeil
• Kitty Queer, by Sigrid Ellis
• The Captain in the Capitol: Invoking the Superhero in Daily Life by, Jennifer Margret Smith
• Burn, Baby Burn, by Lloyd Rose
• Tune in Tomorrow, by Sue D
• An Interview with Greg Rucka
• Comic Book Junkie, by Jill Thompson
• From Pogo to Girl Genius, by Delia Sherman
• I am Sisyphus, and I am Happy, by Kelly Thompson
• Captain America’s Next Top Model, by Anika Dane Milik
• An Interview with Louise Simonson
• Me Vs. Me, by Sarah Kuhn
• A Road That has No Ending: Revenge in Sandman, by Sarah Monette
• Mutants, by Marjorie Liu
• You’re on the Global Frequency, by Elizabeth Bear
• Crush on a Superhero, by Colleen Doran

Mad Norwegian thanks Lynne, Tara, cover artist Katy Shuttleworth, and all of the essayists who contributed to Chicks, as well as Sophie Aldred, Laura Doddington and India Fisher for granting us interviews for the book. Congratulations, ladies!

The Hugo winners will be announced at Worldcon, to be held August 17-21 in Reno, Nevada.

Mad Norwegian Press very much thanks Lyda, the contributors to Whedonistas and all of the readership for their support of these new releases.

1. Faction Paradox: The Book of the War hardcover (signed by Lawrence Miles and artist Jim Calafiore, limited to 300 copies): The immense and spellbinding guidebook to the Faction Paradox universe, covering the first 50 years of the War between the Faction and its multiple adversaries.

2. Faction Paradox: This Town Will Never Let Us Go hardcover (signed by Lawrence Miles, limited to 300 copies): The debut novel in the range, written by series creator Lawrence Miles.

3. Faction Paradox: Of the City of the Saved… softback: The second novel in the range, takes place in the City of the Saved, an enclave at the end of the Universe where every human’s been resurrected.

4. Faction Paradox: Warlords of Utopia softback: Every parallel reality where Rome conquered the globe comes into conflict with every parallel reality where the Nazi Party dominated the Earth.

5. Faction Paradox: Warring States softback: Cousin Octavia goes hunting for the secret of immortality in China, the Boxer Rebellion.

6. Dead Romance softback: Christine Summerfield, a young drug user in London, 1970, meets Chris Cwej, an agent of the Great Houses, and becomes embroiled in a conflict beyond her imagining.

… plus issues #1 and #2 of the Faction Paradox comic series by Lawrence Miles and Jim Calafiore.

Shipping on this set is $7.95 in the United States, $26.95 to Canada, and $43.45 to the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The cost of the shipping is included in the price given here.

1. Faction Paradox: The Book of the War softback: The immense and spellbinding guidebook to the Faction Paradox universe, covering the first 50 years of the War between the Faction and its multiple adversaries.

2. Faction Paradox: This Town Will Never Let Us Go softback: The debut novel in the range, written by series creator Lawrence Miles.

3. Faction Paradox: Of the City of the Saved… softback: The second novel in the range, takes place in the City of the Saved, an enclave at the end of the Universe where every human’s been resurrected.

4. Faction Paradox: Warlords of Utopia softback: Every parallel reality where Rome conquered the globe comes into conflict with every parallel reality where the Nazi Party dominated the Earth.

5. Faction Paradox: Warring States softback: Cousin Octavia goes hunting for the secret of immortality in China, the Boxer Rebellion.

6. Dead Romance softback: Christine Summerfield, a young drug user in London, 1970, meets Chris Cwej, an agent of the Great Houses, and becomes embroiled in a conflict beyond her imagining.

7. Faction Paradox: Newtons Sleep softback: The first Faction novel released by New Zealand publisher Random Static.

To reiterate: These are the softcover versions of these books.

Shipping on this set is $7.95 in the United States, $26.95 to Canada, and $43.45 to the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The cost of the shipping is included in the price given here.

The full roster of contributors to Whedonistas is: Seanan McGuire, Nancy Holder, Sharon Shinn, Jeanne C. Stein, Sigrid Ellis, Heather Shaw, Laurel Brown, Caroline Symcox, NancyKay Shapiro, Priscilla Spencer, Elizabeth Bear, Mariah Huehner, Kelly Hale, Lyda Morehouse, Maria Lima, Jackie Kessler, Jaala Robinson, Sarah Monette, Jody Wurl, Dae S. Low, Racheline Maltese, Meredith McGrath, Jamie Craig, Teresa Jusino, Catherynne M. Valente, Jenn Reese and Emma Bull.

Also included are interviews with TV writer Jane Espenson and actress Juliet Landau. The book is co-edited by Lynne M. Thomas (Chicks Dig Time Lords) and Deborah Stanish.

Whedonistas is slated for release on March 15, 2011, and is available for pre-order on the Mad Norwegian website.

1. Faction Paradox: The Book of the War softback: The immense and spellbinding guidebook to the Faction Paradox universe, covering the first 50 years of the War between the Faction and its multiple adversaries.

2. Faction Paradox: This Town Will Never Let Us Go softback: The debut novel in the range, written by series creator Lawrence Miles.

3. Faction Paradox: Of the City of the Saved… softback: The second novel in the range, takes place in the City of the Saved, an enclave at the end of the Universe where every human’s been resurrected.

4. Faction Paradox: Warlords of Utopia softback: Every parallel reality where Rome conquered the globe comes into conflict with every parallel reality where the Nazi Party dominated the Earth.

5. Faction Paradox: Warring States softback: Cousin Octavia goes hunting for the secret of immortality in China, the Boxer Rebellion.

To reiterate: These are the softcover versions of these books.

Shipping on this set is $7.95 in the United States, $26.95 to Canada, and $43.45 to the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The cost of the shipping is included in the price given here.

This three-volume series contains Shearman and Hadoke’s diary of that experience – a grand opus of their wry observations about the show, their desire to see the good in every story, and their chronicle of the real-life changes to Who in that year.

With this book, Who fans will feel that they’re watching along with Shearman (World Fantasy Award winner, Hugo Award nominee and writer on the new Doctor Who) and Hadoke (renowned stage performer for his one-man comedy show, “Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf”) as they make their “grand journey” through the world’s most wonderful and longest-running drama series.

Time, Unincorporated 3 contains nearly 65 essays that examine the new Doctor Who up to and including the 2010 series starring Matt Smith. The essays stem from a wide array of fanzines such as Enlightenment, Tides of Time, Shockeye’s Kitchen, Movement and more. As a bonus, nearly 20 of the essays were written exclusively for this volume by the likes of Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel; novelists Jonathan Blum, Kate Orman, Lloyd Rose and Steve Lyons; Tammy Garrison (Torchwood Babiez); and Lynne M. Thomas (Chicks Dig Time Lords).

This book has a foreword by new-series writer Robert Shearman (Running Through Corridors, Wanting to Believe), and — as with Volume 2 — was edited by Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?

Preorders for Time, Unincorporated 3 are available on the Mad Norwegian website.

This set, priced at 30% off retail, includes:

• About Time 1: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Seasons 1 to 3.
• About Time 2: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Seasons 4 to 6.
• About Time 3: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Seasons 7 to 11 [Second Edition].
• About Time 4: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Seasons 12 to 17.
• About Time 5: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Seasons 18 to 21.
• About Time 6: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Seasons 22 to 26, the TV Movie.

Shipping on this set is $7.95 in the United States, $26.95 to Canada, and $43.45 to the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The cost of the shipping is included in the price given here.

The third and final volume of this series contains nearly 65 essays that examine the new Doctor Who up to and including the 2010 series starring Matt Smith. The essays stem from a wide array of fanzines such as Enlightenment, Tides of Time, Shockeye’s Kitchen, Movement and more.

As a bonus, nearly 20 of the essays were written exclusively for this volume by the likes of Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel; novelists Jonathan Blum, Kate Orman, Lloyd Rose and Steve Lyons; Tammy Garrison (Torchwood Babiez); and Lynne M. Thomas (Chicks Dig Time Lords). With a foreword by new-series writer Robert Shearman (Running Through Corridors, Wanting to Believe).

Through narrow alleyways and cobbled lanes wedged between Whitechapel, Bethnal Green and the broad back of the City, she’s led into deeper territory — worlds he knows well. So well, in fact, that he nearly has her collared on her first time out.

Still, Rose learns he has a bolt hole somewhere in Spitalfields. He speaks a smattering of Yiddish. He has a talent for picking pockets. He’s a genius with the deceptively simple disguise.

It’s a thrilling start. It’s for her doctoral thesis. Or so she believes.

This is the fifth and last original Faction Paradox novel published by Mad Norwegian Press.

Faction Paradox: A group of time-travelling ritualists, saboteurs and subterfugers — essentially, the criminal-cult to end all criminal-cults. The Faction seeks to subvert history to its own ends, preferably by letting its rivals kill each other off, then swooping in to seize whatever’s left — presuming the Universe survives…
An examination of ritual and suburban horror, This Town Will Never Let Us Go features the 19-year-old Inangela, a city-dweller who’s under observation by Faction Paradox’s elders and archons. Before this story’s done, Inangela’s going to encounter the Great Urban Horror–an unidentified force seeking to tunnel its way out of the ground and feed on the surface world.

A stand-alone novel in alphabetical order…

Before the Faction Paradox series from Image Comics, there was the War in Heaven—a wide-ranging conflict between the immovable Great Houses, the renegade Faction Paradox and other major powers. All of them possess time-travel technology—and all of them are trying to usurp various points in history, thus erasing thier opponents from the timestream.
Marking the first five decades of the cosmic-spanning conflict, The Book of the War is an A to Z self-contained complete guide to the Spiral Politic, from the beginning of recorded time to the fall of humanity. This book chronicles the rise of the Faction as a renegade House, the creation of a living timeship named Compassion, some brutal battles across all of time and space and more.
All in all, The Book of the War serves as the No. 1 entry point into the Faction Paradox novel and comic lines.

Before the Faction Paradox series from Image Comics, there was the War in Heaven—a wide-ranging conflict between the immovable Great Houses, the renegade Faction Paradox and other major powers. All of them possess time-travel technology—and all of them are trying to usurp various points in history, thus erasing thier opponents from the timestream.
Marking the first five decades of the cosmic-spanning conflict, The Book of the War is an A to Z self-contained complete guide to the Spiral Politic, from the beginning of recorded time to the fall of humanity. This book chronicles the rise of the Faction as a renegade House, the creation of a living timeship named Compassion, some brutal battles across all of time and space and more.
All in all, The Book of the War serves as the No. 1 entry point into the Faction Paradox novel and comic lines.

With this unauthorized guidebook, X-Files fans will be able to reevaluate these TV series with Shearman (World Fantasy Award winner, Hugo Award nominee, renowned playwright, writer on the new Doctor Who series and all-around nice guy) as he diligently comments upon all 282 X-Files-related episodes (and the two motion pictures), which form one of the most notable TV works of the 1990s — and is every bit as enjoyable today.

Armed with Wanting to Believe, you will not only find yourself mulling over Shearman’s insights and opinions about The X-Files — you will want to pull your DVDs and re-watch this amazing and impressive series for yourself.

More Digressions features a new foreword by the legendary Harlan Ellison and bears a cover by J.K. Woodward (Fallen Angel) that highlights some of David’s comic-book creations.

Volume 2 of this series contains nearly 75 essays that examine every era of the classic Doctor Who series that ran from 1963-1989, as well as the FOX TV movie (1996). The essays stem from a wide array of venerable fanzines such as Enlightenment, Shockeye’s Kitchen, Burnt Toast, Faze, Dark Circus, The Whostorian and more. Collectively, the essays derived from these sources form one of the most diverse compilations of Doctor Who writing ever produced.

As a bonus, ten of the essays were written exclusively for this volume by the likes of Matt Jones (Doctor Who, Torchwood), Simon Guerrier (The Slitheen Excursion), Pyr Books editorial director Lou Anders, and Jim Sangster (TV Heaven).

Volume 1 of this series collects 15 years of Doctor Who-related essays and articles by Lance Parkin, one of the highest-regarded Doctor Who novelists. The cornerstone of this edition is a year-by-year survey and analysis of Doctor Who that Parkin wrote for the 40th Anniversary of Doctor Who (updated to the present), as well as a myriad of Parkin’s articles and columns from the fanzines Enlightenment and Matrix.

Also included: Parkin’s original pitch for the celebrated Doctor Who novel The Infinity Doctors (1998), his extensive advice on the art of writing and more.

The Second Edition of AHistory amends and vastly expands the work of the sold-out First Edition, continuing to incorporate the whole of Doctor Who into a single timeline. All told, this book takes nearly 800 full-length Doctor Who stories and dates them in a single chronology — starting with the origin of the Universe and working its way forward through the various eras to the end of time.

Specifically, this Second Edition covers… all Doctor Who TV episodes up through “Last of the Time Lords”, the Series 3 finale, all Doctor Who novels from Virgin and the BBC, up through the New Series Adventure “Wooden Heart,” the Big Finish audio range up through “Frozen Time” (#98), all Torchwood Series One episodes and novels, The Sarah Jane Adventures pilot, and all Telos novellas. Additionally, AHistory covers the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip that has been running since 1979.

In About Time, the whole of classic Doctor Who is examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes — as well as ongoing developments in television production — that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation. Armed with these guidebooks, readers will be able to cast their minds back to 1975, 1982 and other years to best appreciate the series’ content and character.

Volume 6 of this series covers Seasons 22 to 26 of “Doctor Who,” focusing on the tenures of Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy, as well as the TV movie starring Paul McGann in mind-bending detail. In addition to the usual concerns such as the TV show s continuity (alien races, the Doctor s abilities, etc.) and lore (anecdotal, “Did You Know?”-style material), author Tat Wood will examine each Colin Baker, McCoy and McGann story in the context of the year/historical period it was produced, determining just how topical the stories were.

Essays in this volume include: “Is Continuity a Pointless Waste of Time?”, “Why are Elements so Weird in Space?”, “Why Do Time Lords Meet in Sequence?”, “Is There a Season 6B?”, “Did They Think We’d Buy Just Any Old Crap?”, “What Might the Other Season 23 Have Been Like?”, “Who Narrates This Programme?”, “How Warped was the Doctor’s Mind?”, “How ‘Good’ is the Doctor?”, “The Valeyard, Er – How?”, “What’s All This Stuff About Anoraks?”, “What are the Oddest Romances in the Programme’s History?”, “The Semiotic Thickness of What?”, “When Did Susan Go to School?”, “What are the Gayest Things in Doctor Who, “Did Cartmel Have Any Plan at All?”, “Could It Be Magic?”, “Where Does ‘Canon’ End?”, “What Were Josiah’s Blasphemous Theories?”, “Are These ‘gods’ Related?”, “What About Season 27?” and “Does Paul McGann Count?”

Volume 5 of this series covers Seasons 18 to 21 of “Doctor Who,” focusing on the end of Tom Baker’s tenure as the Doctor, the whole of the Peter Davison era and the start of Colin Baker’s time with the show in mind-bending detail. In addition to the usual concerns such as the TV show’s continuity (alien races, the Doctor’s abilities, etc.) and lore (anecdotal, “Did You Know?”-style material), authors Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood will examine each Davison story in the context of the year/historical period it was produced, determining just how topical the stories were.

Essays in this volume include: “The John Nathan-Turner Era: What Was the Difference?”, “Did Doctor Who Magazine Change Everything?”, “How Does Evolution Work?”, “… Or Could It Be Fantasy?”, “Which are the ‘Arteur’ Directors?”, “How Does Regeneration Work?”, “What Other Spin-Offs Were Planned?”, “What Difference Does a Day Make?”, “Four Whats to Doomsday?”, “Is ‘Realism’ Enough?”, “What Happened to All the Stuff Under Heathrow?”, “Do Mutilation and Entertainment Mix?”, “What’s Wrong with Cyber-History?”, “Why are There So Many Doubles in the Universe?”, “Did Kate Bush Really Write This?”, “What is the Blinovitch Limitation Effect?”, “How Can the Universe Have a Centre?”, “What Happened at Longleat?”, “Bad Costume Decisions: What are the Highlights?”, “Who Went to Aunt Vanessa’s Funeral?”, “How Indestructable is the TARDIS?”, “Which Stories Have the Best Body Counts?”, “Who Decides What makes a Companion?”, “LOAD: What Did the Computer-People Think?” and “The John Nathan-Turner Era: What Went Horribly Wrong?”

Volume 4 of this series covers Seasons 12 to 17 of “Doctor Who,” focusing on the Tom Baker era of “Doctor Who” in mind-bending detail. In addition to the usual concerns such as the TV show’s continuity (alien races, the Doctor’s abilities, etc.) and lore (anecdotal, “Did You Know?”-style material), authors Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood will examine each Tom Baker story in the context of the year/historical period it was produced, determining just how topical the stories were.

Essays in this volume include: “Does This Universe Have an Ethical Standard?”, “Why Coulnd’t They Just Have Spent More Money?”, “Which is Best, Film or Video?”, “How Badly Does Dalek History Suffer?”, “September or January?”, “What Does Anti-Matter Do?”, “Where (and When) is Gallifrey?”, “Why Does Earth Keep Getting Invaded?”, “Who Are All These Strange Men in Wigs?”, “Is He Really a Doctor?”, “Does the Universe Really Speak English?”, “Did Rassilon Know Omega?”, “Is This Really an SF Series?”, “Cultural Primer #1: Why Top of the Pops?”, “Bad Effects: What are the Highlights?”, “When was Doctor Who Scary?”, “Cultural Primer #2: Why Blue Peter?”, “Is This the Quatermass Continuum?”, “Just How Involved are the Time Lords?”, “How Might the Sonic Screwdriver Work?”, “What Do the Guardians Do?”, “Cliffhangers: What are the High and Low Points?”, “The Obvious Question: How Old is He?”, “How Hard is it to be the Wrong Size?”, “War of the Daleks: Should Anyone Believe a Word of It?”, “When Did the Doctor Meet Leonardo?”, “How Do You Transmit Matter?” and “What Else Didn’t Get Made?”

In About Time, the whole of classic Doctor Who is examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes — as well as ongoing developments in television production — that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation. Armed with these guidebooks, readers will be able to cast their minds back to 1975, 1982 and other years to best appreciate the series’ content and character.

In the About Time 3 Second Edition, Tat Wood vastly expands upon the discussion of the Jon Pertwee era of “Doctor Who,” bringing this installment of the About Time series up to the size and elaborate depth of its fellows. All told, this Second Edition has nearly three times the material of its predecessor.

Many existing essays and entries have been greatly retooled, and evidence from the new “Doctor Who” series (unbroadcast when this book was first published) has been taken into account. New essays in this edition include “The Daemons: What the Hell Are They Doing?”, “Where Were Torchwood When All This Was Happening?” and “Is This Any Way to Run a Galactic Empire?”.

(At present, Mad Norwegian has no plans to do second editions of the other “About Time” volumes.)

Volume 2 of this series covers Seasons 4 to 6 of Doctor Who, focusing on the very end of theWilliam Hartnell era and the whole of the Patrick Troughton era of Doctor Who in mind-bending detail. In addition to the usual concerns such as the TV show’s continuity (alien races, the Doctor’s abilities, etc.) and lore (anecdotal, “Did You Know?”-style material), authors Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood will examine each Troughton story in the context of the year/historical period it was produced, determining just how topical the stories were.

Essays in this volume include:

• “What Are the Dodgiest Accents in the Series?”
• “What’s the Cyberman Timeline?”
• “What Do Daleks Eat?”
• “Why Was a McCrimmon Fighting for the Pretender?”
• “How Many Atlantises Are There?”
• “Whatever Happened to the USA?”
• “How Do They Do Those Titles?”
• “How Do You Set a Trap For Someone Who Doesn’t Know Where He’s Going?”
• “Why is That Portrait in Maxtible’s Parlour?”
• “Did Sergeant Pepper Know the Doctor?”
• “How Buddhist is This Series?”
• “Cultural Primer: Why the Radio Times?”
• “What’s the Timeline of the Twenty-First Century?”
• “Is the Yeti-in-a-Loo Theory the Worst Idea Ever?”
• “Does the TARDIS Fly?”
• “What Planet Was David Whitaker On?”
• “When Did the Doctor Get His Second Heart?”
• “Who Was the Master of the Land of Fiction?”
• “Whatever Happened to Planet 14?”
• “Does Plot Matter?”
• “Is Doctor Who Camp?”
• “Was There Any Hanky-Panky in the TARDIS?”
• “Did Doctor Who End in 1969?”

Volume 1 of this series covers Seasons 1 to 3 of Doctor Who, focusing on the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who in mind-bending detail. In addition to the usual concerns such as the TV show’s continuity (alien races, the Doctor’s abilities, etc.) and lore (anecdotal, “Did You Know?”-style material), authors Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood will examine each Hartnell story in the context of the year/historical period it was produced, determining just how topical the stories were.

Essays in this volume include:

• “Where Did All of This Come From?”
• “Who Really Created the Daleks?”
• “What Makes the TARDIS Work?”
• “Whom Did They Meet at the Roof of the World?”
• “Can You Rewrite History, Even One Line?”
• “How Telepathic is He?”
• “’60s Doctor Who Cultural Primer: Why Z Cars?”
• “What Kind of Future Did We Expect?”
• “How Many Significant Galaxies Are There?”
• “How Important Were the Books?”
• “What Are the Most Mod Stories?”
• “What’s the Dalek Timeline?”
• “What Was the BBC Thinking?”
• “What Are These Stories Really Called?”
• “Marrying Troilus: What is She Doing?”
• “Which Sodding Delegate is Which?”
• “What’s Wrong With Dalek History?”
• “Are Steven and Dodo Related?”
• “What’s the Timeline of the Far Future?”
• “What Was Children’s TV Like Back Then?”
• “Did the BBC Actually Like Doctor Who?”
• “Is His Name Really ‘Who’?”

Essay topics include Sharon Shinn (“Samaria” series) and Emma Bull (Territory) elaborating on the perfection of Firefly, Jeanne Stein (the Anna Strong Chronicles) revealing Buffy’s influence on Anna Strong, and Nancy Holder (October Rain, The Watcher’s Guide) relating on-the-set tales of Spike menacing her baby daughter while Riley made her hot chocolate.

Other contributors include Seanan McGuire (October Daye series), Elizabeth Bear (Chill), Catherynne M. Valente (Palimpsest), Maria Lima (Blood Lines), Jackie Kessler (Black and White), Mariah Huehner (IDW Comics), Sarah Monette (Corambis), and Lyda Morehouse (AngeLINK Series). Also featured is an exclusive interview with television writer and producer Jane Espenson.

• A preliminary Table of Contents for Whedonistas is available in PDF format.
• Essay collection by award-winning and best-selling female novelists and academics on works by seminal TV producer Joss Whedon: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, etc.
• Whedonistas is a sister book to Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who By the Women Who Love It.
• Jane Espenson is a producer on Caprica, and wrote some of the highest-regarded Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes.
• Emma Bull is best known for War for the Oaks, a pioneering work of urban fantasy.
• Elizabeth Bear has won the prestigious Hugo Award twice. Catherynne M. Valente has been nominated for a Hugo for Palimpest (2009).
• Catherynne M. Valente’s website: http://www.catherynnemvalente.com. Elizabeth Bear’s website: http://www.elizabethbear.com.

Whedonistas is edited by Lynne M. Thomas (Chicks Dig Time Lords) and Deb Stanish, with a cover by Katy Shuttleworth.

Christian El-Aref is a street rat, living hand-to-mouth. His life is going nowhere fast. Then he stumbles over a dead body carrying revolutionary shareware tech. Now he’s being hunted. And if he’s not careful, the next dead body may be his own.

This action-packed cyberpunk thriller weaves its way through the slums of a flooded Cairo, encountering murderous cults of eunuchs, an assassination plot perpetrated by angels, and an enigmatic street urchin who may or may not be the reincarnation of the prophet Mohammed.

Lyda Morehouse tells the anticipated story of how Christian became the Mouse, the father of the underground Internet and the technological hope of the disenfranchised in a dystopian theocratic near-future, in this standalone prequel to her acclaimed AngeLINK novel series. Also included: Morehouse’s AngeLINK-related short story, “ishtartu,” from the Lambda Award-nominated collection Periphery.

Resurrection Code tracks the origin of the Mouse, the father of the underground Internet as seen in the AngeLINK series. No pre-knowledge of AngeLINK is required to enjoy this stand-alone prequel.

Resurrection Code is now up for pre-order on the Mad Norwegian website and a number of retailer sites