![]() The Alex Rider series has a fairly small fandom, dubbed the "Sock Drawer" and its fans the "socks". Fandom activity has also increased on tumblr and discord, as well as new fandom events such as Alex Rider Ship Week. In one year the number of fics on AO3 doubled from 575 (before 04 June 2020) to 1129 (on 04 June 2021). The fandom was renewed again by the release of the TV series in 2020. Fan activity slowed and the fanfic exchange Spy Fest did not generate enough interest to run in 2012. The character Alex Rider finished the book having retired from the spying life, and the author Anthony Horowitz maintained that there would be no more Alex Rider. Scorpia Rising was published, which was ostensibly the end of the series. ![]() The fandom started to decline in around 2011. Fic on the ARchive was mainly focused on angst and slash. Vulnerability to purges and copyright takedowns is possibly a reason for why the Alex Rider specific archive ARchive was created during this time. The pairing Yalex was controversial for obvious reasons and in 2009 the community yassen_alex on Livejournal and several Yalex fics were targeted by copyright notices from the Alex Rider publishing company. Although the majority of fanfic was on, many fans created communities on Livejournal, especially slash and Yalex shippers. Other notable ships were Alex/Fox and Alex/Wolf, a sign of the popularity of K-Unit. The most popular ship from the main archive of this period () was Yassen/Alex, with Alex/Sabina in second place. The release of the movie Stormbreaker in 2006 brought increased activity to the fandom-fanart and fanvids were created, communities opened up on Livejournal, an Alex Rider specific archive was created, and many fanfics were posted to. Before the release of the movie there was a small number of fanfiction, mostly adventures in the style of the books. The first book in the series was published in 2000, but the earliest fandom activity can be found on in 2004. Popular characters include: Alex Rider, Yassen Gregorovich, K-Unit (Fox, Wolf, Eagle, Snake), Tom Harris Main Series The first season is based off of the second novel, Point Blanc, and filming for Season 2 is currently underway. As of 2020, the book series has a web television series adaptation which premiered on Amazon Prime Video in the United Kingdom on June 4. The first novel, Stormbreaker, was released in the United Kingdom in 2000 and was adapted into a motion picture in 2006 starring Alex Pettyfer. However, in 2016, an announcement was released on Anthony Horowitz's website that he was continuing the series. ![]() The series originally ended in 2011 with Scorpia Rising, the intended series finale. ![]() The series is comprised of twelve novels, five graphic novels, several short stories and four supplementary books. Alex Rider is a series of YA spy novels by British author Anthony Horowitz about a 14–15-year-old spy named Alex Rider. ![]()
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