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New Hammer collection on the way

I've a new book coming out very soon and it's available for pre-order via the shop on my Ko-Fi page here

Don't Dare See It Alone! - Essays on Hammer Films is an anthology containing 25 years of my writing on Hammer Films culled from various magazines, books, blogs, websites and other places words are shared.

Much of this content hasn't been available in print for many years (or indeed ever!), and wi

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	The Willing Fool - The Spectacle of The Wicker Man 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Directory of World Cinema: Britain by Emma Bell (Editor), Neil Mitchell (Editor), Deirdre Devers (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stanley Kubrick: Essays on His Films and Legacy by Gary Don Rhodes (Editor), Charles Bane (Contributor), Scott Loren (Contributor) 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dracula Who...? by Ingrid Pitt, Tony Rudlin (Screenplay co-author), Robert J.E. Simpson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lawrence Gordon Clark's Ghost Stories For Christmas: Supernatural tales selected by Lawrence Gordon Clark by Lawrence Gordon Clark, Robert J.E. Simpson (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diabolique Issue #2 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Directory of World Cinema Britain 2 by Neil Mitchell (Editor), Robert J.E. Simpson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Robert J.E. Simpson made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Eighty Minute Hour / Odd Man Out ISBN conflict topic " I'm trying to add a new 1971 edition of FL Green's Odd Man Out, based on a copy I have to hand and the ISBN 0843900237 is showing up as already connec ...more "
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Disappointingly thin biography of Ida Lupino written by her conservator. Lupino receives a co-auteur credit for her contributions, but they aren't nearly as informative as one might expect. The whole thing is in need of a thorough edit - the voice is ...more
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