Fangasm’s New Book on Supernatural Fandom Now Available For Sale

ByAlice Jester

My dear friends Lynn and Kathy at Fangasm have some very, very good news to share.  Their academic book on fandom and Supernatural is now on sale at Amazon.com!  It is called “Fandom At The Crossroads: Celebration, Shame, and Fan/Producer Relationships.  The hardcover book is available now, although Amazon says it’s temporarily out of stock currently, but you can still order.  The softcover will be available in July.  

I’ve shared this story before, but I first met Lynn and Kathy a few years ago at the Cherry Hill, NJ con.  They are college professors that have conducted hours of interviews with all the Supernatural actors and producers as well as several fans (including yours truly).  They attend every Supernatural convention and have started a wonderful fandom studies practice that has them giving lectures all across the country.  The Supernatural fandom gets their biggest focus in their studies, although they do other fandoms as well like Star Trek.   

Better details about what the book includes can be found on their website, fangasmthebook.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/fandom-at-the-crossroads-now-for-sale/.  Here’s an excerpt from their statement:  

We began this research because we wanted to challenge the “fan shame” that seems to permeate fandom, to celebrate the ways in which fandom brings us all together and validates who we are, and to celebrate the incredible Show we’d fallen hard for.  We also wanted to explore the reciprocal relationship between fans and producers that’s closer than ever (Jimions, anyone?), so we talked to the creative side of Supernatural as well as the fans. We sat down with series creator Eric Kripke, showrunner Sera Gamble, and many of the talented cast and crew, most of whom are as passionate about the Show as we are. Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Matt Cohen, Richard Speight Jr, Chad Lindberg, Gabe Tigerman, Samantha Ferris, Samantha Smith, Malik Whitfield, Todd Stashwick, Kim Rhodes, Fred Lehne, Danneel Ackles, Steve Carlson, Jason Manns, and Brian Buckley all contributed their insights.  (We also had some rather amusing and/or embarrassing moments during these oh-so-serious interviews, as you can well imagine if you read this blog regularly – all of which will be confessed in Fangasm. Don’t laugh at us too hard…)

 
The book also includes dozens of photos, including several great poses from Jared and Jensen through the past few years.  I have a link to the book at Amazon on the front page here (halfway down on the right hand side) for easy access.  Or, click below:

 

Lynn and Kathy are still prepping their other book for publishing, Fangasm, which is a more fannish account of their “roadtrip” through the Supernatural fandom.  They hope that one will be out later this year.  

Congratulations Lynn and Kathy!  I’m so thrilled to finally see this day come.    
 

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