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THE COMPLETE BOOK Superb book by former Fanderson chairman Chris Bentley - a sequel to his earlier work "The Complete Book Of Thunderbirds". Continuing the story of the Supermarionation series, this book chronicles the production of the predecessor to Joe 90. Four pages on Joe 90, including some very nice behind the scenes shots. 128 pages, £12.99 |
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GERRY ANDERSON'S The sequel to Graham's book "Thunderbirds FAB Cross-Sections", this large format hardback covers Fireball XL5 to Joe 90, with plenty of cutaway drawings of both vehicles and locations. It also includes Thunderbirds 1 to 5, lifted in their entirety from "Thunderbirds FAB Cross-Sections" - a bit of a rip-off considering the asking price. Six pages on Joe 90, including cutaways of Mac's Car and the cottage (but not Sam Loover's car). Sadly, a small picture of Sam is wrongly captioned as Professor Ian McClaine, but we all make mistakes. Printed in Italy, 48 pages, £14.99 |
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THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF Deep joy. A book on cult TV written by someone with a sense of humour. Richard Lewis gives us the lowdown on a vast swathe of cult programmes, characters and much more. Generally covers shows from 1960 to 1988, and has its tongue firmly in its cheek from start to finish. Joe 90 gets a pretty complimentary write-up, and I'll forgive Richard for misspelling McClaine, because the rest of the book is such fun. Genuine laugh-out-loud stuff. Buy it! 354 pages, £9.99 (hardback) £7.99 (paperback) |
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WHAT MADE THUNDERBIRDS GO! An updating of Gerry Anderson The Authorised Biography from 1996, but much more that that. Marcus Hearn has jettisoned all of Stan Nicholls' work and gone back to Simon Archer's original manuscript, adding his own material from new interviews. It is effectively a complete rewrite, and is all the better for it. Just over six pages on Joe 90, and one shot of Joe in the Rat Trap. And I get a nod in the author's acknowledgements, so it can't be bad! 288 pages, £16.99 |
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THE COMPLETE GERRY ANDERSON A mammoth effort by Mr. Bentley, this behemoth covers just about everything Gerry Anderson has ever made, from the time before The Adventures Of Twizzle right up to New Captain Scarlet. The guide details every episode and feature film, with synopses, cast and crew lists, transmission details, mistakes, and plenty more. A few minor errors have crept in, but considering the scope of the book they are few and far between. Time to burn The Complete Gerry Anderson Episode Guide at last! Joe 90 gets a whole twelve pages, and there are three very nice colour photographs from the series. Excellent. Printed in England, 288 pages, £15.99 |
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CAPTAIN SCARLET & JOE 90 From by the same people as the highly collectable "big pink book", this is very much a sibling publication - not as many pages, but a similar idea. This time just concentrating on the last three Supermarionation series, it features a multitude of images of the characters and vehicles, plus a good smattering of interesting behind-the-scenes shots. With more than forty pages on Joe 90, this is the next best thing to having something big and pink. On your bookshelf. Printed in Japan (Japanese text), 128 pages, ¥2190 |
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CULT TV Intelligently written and fascinating look at nearly three decades of ITC Entertainment. Features interviews with almost fifty of the stars, creators and technicians involved in shows from The Adventures Of Robin Hood to Sapphire And Steel, with a foreword by Sir Roger Moore and an afterword by Gerry Anderson MBE. Every Anderson series from Supercar to Space:1999 is covered. Joe 90 gets four pages, but I must disagree with the author's criticism that "the puppets themselves are a bit of a letdown after the brilliant near-realism of Captain Scarlet." Actually Robert, all but a handful of the puppets originally appeared in Scarlet... Printed in Great Britain, 288 pages, £14.99 |
