Matt Hills is a fan studies and media scholar of really wide breadth, expertise, and versatility, author of the classic fan studies text Fan Cultures (2002) as well as a number of subsequent monographs: How To Do Things With Cultural Theory (2005),The Pleasures of Horror (2005), Triumph of a time lord (2010), Blade Runner (2011) Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event (2015) – he’s also one of the editors of Transatlantic Television Drama (2019), the Doctor Who reader Adventures Across Space and Time (2023), and Theatre Fandom (2025) as well as a prolific writer of essays and book chapters on a broad swath of fandoms, practices, and cult classics: Star Wars, Veronica Mars, Torchwood, Sherlock, Buffy, Lord of the Rings, and more.
Fandom as an Alternative Network
Felicia Day Reveals Her Secret Geek Origins and Hollywood Adventures!
Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness by Simon…
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Heated Rivalry is at the Center of Fanfic’s AI Reckoning
A controversial anonymous document exposing Claude remnants in fics has collided with a fandom culture of production at hyper-speed.
The Best Books of 2025
The New Yorker’s editors and critics choose this year’s essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
BookHive | sci-fi spec fic book club ideas
sci-fi spec fic book club ideas — a book shelf by @awarm.space on BookHive
Community books rating | Notion
There are many questions from people in the CMX community, Community Club, and on Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, etc., about what great books exist about communities. And there are tones of different book lists, but the question remains: how to choose where to start?
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Inprint | Inspiring Readers & Writers
The 45th season features 10 of the world’s leading authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Salman Rushdie, George Saunders, and more!
Introducing recommendations: simple cross-promotion for writers
A new way for writers on Substack to recommend each other and discover more great work
TV Tropes
TV Tropes, the all-devouring pop-culture wiki, catalogs and cross-references recurrent plot devices, archetypes, and tropes in all forms of media.
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Essential Sci-Fi recommendations, plus some fantasy and non-fiction
High summer often sends our editors seaward but sometimes the best way to beat the heat is a wardrobe-refreshing shopping spree. We kick the weekend off by popping into British brand Lestrange’s latest concept, The Apartment. Then the Monocle Concierge guides us through the sensory overload of Mumbai, we tour JW Anderson’s new Paris pop-up and cool off by donning a Japanese favourite – fan-equipped jackets. Getting us started, writerly wrinkles and all, is our editor in chief Andrew Tuck.
