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Mad Norwegian Press is an American publisher of science-fiction guides and novels. The company has worked with authors such as Harlan Ellison, Peter David, Diana Gabaldon, Tanya Huff, Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear, Mary Robinette Kowal, Seanan McGuire, Barbara Hambly, Martha Wells, Juliet E. McKenna, Aliette de Bodard, Jody Lynn Nye, Catherynne M. Valente, Rachel Swirsky, Melissa Scott, Hal Duncan, Brit Mandelo, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Nancy Holder, Sharon Shinn, Jeanne C. Stein, Colleen Doran, Jill Thompson, Jen Van Meter, Marjorie Liu, Sarah Monette, Mark Waid, Lyda Morehouse, Paul Magrs, Gary Russell, Robert Shearman, Lance Parkin, Andrew Cartmel, Steve Lyons, Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood.
Mad Norwegian was founded by Lars Pearson, a former staffer at Wizard Magazine, and is based in Des Moines, Iowa.
The majority of the company's output is reference guides to science-fiction series such as Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and The X-Files. As a rule of thumb, such guides examine the continuity that governs each show --- taking into consideration how different episodes reconcile against each other, for instance --- along with critiques, theorizing and behind-the-scenes details. The "About Time" series, a series of guidebooks to Doctor Who, deviates from this formula somewhat by examining the political and cultural context (as well as the development of television) that influenced Doctor Who on a year-by-year basis during its initial 26-year run (from 1963 to 1989).
From 2002 to 2006, Mad Norwegian produced a series of Faction Paradox novels, using concepts and characters as created by Lawrence Miles.
The company has a series of essay collections pertaining to women and fandom: the Hugo-Award-winning Chicks Dig Time Lords (2010), Whedonistas! (2011) and the Hugo-Award-nominated Chicks Dig Comics (2012), and the Hugo-Award-nominated Chicks Unravel Time (2012).
Forthcoming from Mad Norwegian the essay collection Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It, with an introduction by John Barrowman and Carole E. Barrowman.
Women and fandom essay collections by Mad Norwegian Press
Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It (edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea with essays by Elizabeth Bear, Carole E. Barrowman, Lisa Bowerman, K. Tempest Bradford, Mary Robinette Kowal, Seanan McGuire, Jody Lynn Nye, Kate Orman, Lloyd Rose, Catherynne M. Valente, Jackie Jenkins, Johanna Mead, Robert Smith?, Christa Dickson and more), 2010 ISBN 978-1-935234-04-3 (2011 Hugo Award winner, Best Related Work)
Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them (edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Deborah Stanish with essays by Elizabeth Bear, Sharon Shinn, Emma Bull, Nancy Holder, Jeanne C. Stein, Seanan McGuire, Sarah Monette, Maria Lima, Jackie Kessler, Catherynne M. Valente, Mariah Huehner, Lyda Morehouse and more), 2011 ISBN 978-1-935234-10-4
Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them (edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Sigrid Ellis with essays by Colleen Doran, Jill Thompson, Jen Van Meter, Marjorie Liu, Sarah Monette, Mark Waid and more), 2012 ISBN 978-1-935234-05-0 (2013 Hugo Award nominee, Best Related Work)
Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who (edited by Deborah Stanish and L. M. Myles with essays by Diana Gabaldon, Barbara Hambly, Martha Wells, Una McCormack, Juliet E. McKenna, Aliette de Bodard, Seanan McGuire, Rachel Swirsky and more), 2012 ISBN 9781935234128 (2013 Hugo Award nominee, Best Related Work)
More Digressions: A New Collection of 'But I Digress' Columns (by Peter David, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison), 2009 ISBN 978-1-935234-00-5
Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love it (edited by Sigrid Ellis and Michael Damian Thomas, with an introduction by John Barrowman and Carole E. Barrowman, cover art by Colleen Coover, and essays by Tanya Huff, Paul Magrs, Gary Russell, Melissa Scott, Hal Duncan, Brit Mandelo, Mary Anne Mohanraj and more), forthcoming in 2013 ISBN 9781935234142
Time, Unincorporated 1: The Doctor Who Fanzine Archives (Volume 1: Lance Parkin) (by Lance Parkin), 2009 ISBN 978-1-935234-01-2
Time, Unincorporated 2: The Doctor Who Fanzine Archives (Volume 2: Writings on the Classic Series) (edited by Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? with essays by Matt Jones, Paul Magrs, Kate Orman, Simon Guerrier, Lou Anders, Jim Sangster, and many more), 2010 ISBN 978-1-935234-02-9
Time, Unincorporated 3: The Doctor Who Fanzine Archives (Volume 3: Writings on the New Series) (edited by Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? with essays by Andrew Cartmel, Jonathan Blum, Kate Orman, Lloyd Rose, Steve Lyons, Tammy Garrison, Lynne M. Thomas), 2011 ISBN 978-1-935234-03-6
Running Through Corridors: Rob and Toby's Marathon Watch of Doctor Who (Volume 1: The 60s) (by Robert Shearman and Toby Hadoke), 2010 ISBN 978-1-935234-06-7
Resurrection Code (by Lyda Morehouse), 2011 ISBN 978-1-935234-09-8
Faction Paradox: The Book of the War (by Lawrence Miles, et al.), 2002 ISBN 1-57032-905-2
Faction Paradox: This Town Will Never Let Us Go (by Lawrence Miles), 2003 ISBN 0-9725959-2-9
Faction Paradox: Of the City of the Saved... (by Philip Purser-Hallard), 2004 ISBN 0-9725959-4-5
Faction Paradox: Warlords of Utopia (by Lance Parkin), 2004 ISBN 0-9725959-6-1
Faction Paradox: Warring States (by Mags L Halliday), 2005 ISBN 978-0-9725959-8-8
Faction Paradox: Erasing Sherlock (by Kelly Hale), 2006 ISBN 0-9759446-8-1 (out of print)
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