Chicks Dig Time Lords
Friday, 9 October 2009 - Reported by Jeremy Bement
Mad Norwegian Press has announced the forthcoming publication of "Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It." Slated for March 15 release, this essay collection ---designed for male and female readers alike --- features a host of award-winning female novelists, academics and actresses discussing their involvement with "Doctor Who" fandom, critiquing various characters and aspects of the series, and examining the more extraordinary aspects of what it's like to be a female "Doctor Who"enthusiast.
Contributors to this essay collection include Carole E. Barrowman (Anything Goes), Elizabeth Bear (the Jenny Casey trilogy), Lisa Bowerman (star of the Bernice Summerfield audios), Jackie Jenkins (Doctor Who Magazine), Mary Robinette Kowal (Shades of Milk and Honey), Seanan McGuire (Rosemary and Rue), Jody Lynn Nye (the Mythology series), Kate Orman (Seeing I), Lloyd Rose (Camera Obscura), Catherynne M. Valente (The Orphan’s Tales) and more. Also included is a comic from Tammy Garrison and Katy Shuttleworth (Torchwood Babiez), as well as interviews with India Fisher (Charley in the Doctor Who audios) and Sophie Aldred (Ace on Doctor Who,1987-1989).