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• The Adoring Audience

  Fan Culture and Popular Media

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  This collection of essays looks at how fandom relates to identity by examining the practices of fans in several of the major TV, film, and music fandoms of recent history, including fan folk music or "filk."

• Black Nerd Problems

  Evans, William Henry, lll

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  Evans and Holmon, cofounders of the website Black Nerd Problems, bring their pop culture criticism to this wide-ranging, compulsively readable debut collection that focuses on the what it means to be a Black nerd.

• Everything I Need I Get From You

  How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It

  Tiffany, Kaitlyn, 1993-

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  Tiffany explores the world of fandom and the identity of what it means to be a fangirl in this examination of the internet and the fans of the boyband One Direction.

• Fandom

  Fic Writers, Vidders, Gamers, Artists, and Cosplayers

  DiPiazza, Francesca, 1961-

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  This short book describes the roots of different types of fanworks as told by fans themselves. The back matter includes guidelines for acceptable online behavior, further reading, and viewing suggestions.

• Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks

  An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms

  Gilsdorf, Ethan

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  In an enthralling blend of travelogue, pop-culture analysis, and memoir, former D&D-player Gilsdorf rediscovers his old gaming gear at 41 and then undertakes a trip to understand just what is the heart of the allure of gaming.

• Nerd

  Adventures in Fandom From This Universe to the Multiverse

  Phillips, Maya, 1990-

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  This essay collection is a deep dive into the power of superhero stories, the appeal of anime and manga in the West, racial and nationalist tropes in popular genres, belief systems, and depictions of mental illness.

• The Nerdy Parent's Guide to Raising a Nerdy Child

  An Unofficial Parenting Guide

  Murphy, Leo (Writer on parenting)

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  Filled with crafts, games, and recipes--as well as recommended reading lists and movie maps--this book is for the parents who want to share their fan-tastical interests with their children.

• Popular Stories and Promised Lands

  Fan Cultures and Symbolic Pilgrimages

  Aden, Roger C. (Roger Craig), 1962-

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  An academic study of how fan cultures and stories shape the popular culture of living and, in the process, initiates a conversation about who we are, where we've been, and where we might be going.

• See You at San Diego

  An Oral History of Comic-con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture

  Klickstein, Mathew

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  A comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through 50 of the most well-known members of the scene.

• The Secret Loves of Geek Girls

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  As an anthology mixing prose and illustrated stories, this collection of 50 creators reflecting on their lives as fans is a tender portrait of friendships, creativity, and a rallying cry for unshakable individuality.

• Vidding

  a History

  Coppa, Francesca

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  This one-of-a-kind study looks into the history of "fanvids," the previously little-known practice where fans create videos that offer their own interpretations of favorite shows and movies.