Dave Rogers.

steveothen · Post by **steveothen** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:22 am

How many books on the Avengers has Dave Rogers written ?.
If anyone could list list them here i'd be very grateful.

Post by **dissolute** » Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:53 pm

Dave Rogers' books:

The Avengers (1983) Boxtree // ITV Books/Michael Joseph
The Avengers Anew (1985) Michael Joseph
The Complete Avengers (1989) St. Martin's Press (US)
The Ultimate Avengers (1995) Boxtree

He also produced the Stay Tuned and On Target fanzines and co-wrote The Weather Merchants (1989) with Geoff Barlow

paulh · Post by **paulh** » Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:21 am

Just to add to that list:

The Complete Avengers was also published in the UK by Boxtree with I think a different cover to the US version

The Avengers and Me (1997) (credited as Patrick Macnee with Dave Rogers), Titan Books

The Avengers the making of the movie (1998) Titan Books

Too Many Targets (1990) (credited as a novel by John Peel and Dave Rogers) St Martin's Press

Big Bear · Post by **Big Bear** » Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:14 am

Were any of Dave's books available as hardback versions? I only have the softcovers and wasn't sure if they were made like this on the original print run.

James C McFetridge · Post by **James C McFetridge** » Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:53 am

Big Bear wrote:Were any of Dave's books available as hardback versions? I only have the softcovers and wasn't sure if they were made like this on the original print run.

Looking at my bookshelves, the only Dave Rogers book I can see in hardback was The Inside Story (the re-print of The Avengers and Me) that he co-wrote with Patrick Macnee. I'm fairly certain that all of Rogers' guide books - both UK or US editions edition - were only released in paperback.

Post by **dissolute** » Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:02 am

Hi Prisoner, Supermarionation, Rock'n' Roll and "The ITV Encyclopedia of Adventure" were all released in hardbacks as well, never seen a paperback of any of his Avengers titles apart from "The Inside Story".

James C McFetridge · Post by **James C McFetridge** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:14 am

dissolute wrote:Hi Prisoner, Supermarionation, Rock'n' Roll and "The ITV Encyclopedia of Adventure" were all released in hardbacks as well, never seen a paperback of any of his Avengers titles apart from "The Inside Story".

Yes, I was referring only to Rogers' Avengers books.

I have the "ITV Encyclopedia of Adventure" in hardback, and the "Supermarionation" compilation hardback which includes his Stingray book. I never knew his "Prisoner and Dangerman" book had a hardback release. Was this a US-only edition?

Big Bear · Post by **Big Bear** » Wed Jul 15, 2020 4:01 pm

Thanks for the info, good to know I'm not searching for hardback editions!

Post by **dissolute** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:11 am

Don't know if it's US only for the Prisoner book - perhaps so as there's no mention of Dangerman ... perhaps an early edition with just The Prisoner? It's on abebooks.co.uk if you filter books by his name for hardback only (and ignore the irrelevant results).

James C McFetridge · Post by **James C McFetridge** » Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:21 am

dissolute wrote:Don't know if it's US only for the Prisoner book - perhaps so as there's no mention of Dangerman ... perhaps an early edition with just The Prisoner? It's on abebooks.co.uk if you filter books by his name for hardback only (and ignore the irrelevant results).

Thanks for the info. I've just had a look, and it seems that it's a US Barnes and Noble exclusive reprint, but of only the Prisoner parts of the original book (so half the number of pages). The original UK edition was called "The Prisoner & Dangerman", whilst the US HB is just called "The Prisoner", with a gap on the cover where the words "& Dangerman" used to be! I'll have to pick up a copy now...