Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the WorldWhat is fanfiction, and what is it not? Why does fanfiction matter? And what makes it so important to the future of literature? Fic is a groundbreaking exploration of the history and culture of fan writing and what it means for the way we think about reading, writing, and authorship. It's a story about literature, community, and technology—about what stories are being told, who's telling them, how, and why. With provocative discussions from both professional and fan writers, on subjects from Star Trek to The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Harry Potter, Twilight, and beyond, Fic sheds light on the widely misunderstood world(s) of fanfiction—not only how fanfiction is transforming the literary landscape, but how it already has. Fic features a foreword by Lev Grossman (author of The Magicians) and interviews with Jonathan Lethem, Doug Wright, Eurydice (Vivean Dean), and Katie Forsythe/wordstrings. Cyndy Aleo (algonquinrt; d0tpark3r) V. Arrow (aimmyarrowshigh) Tish Beaty (his_tweet) Brad Bell Amber Benson Peter Berg (Homfrog) Kristina Busse Rachel Caine Francesca Coppa Randi Flanagan (BellaFlan) Jolie Fontenot Wendy C. Fries (Atlin Merrick) Ron Hogan Bethan Jones Christina Lauren (Christina Hobbs/tby789 and Lauren Billings/LolaShoes) Jacqueline Lichtenberg Rukmini Pande and Samira Nadkarni Chris Rankin Tiffany Reisz Andrew Shaffer Andy Sawyer Heidi Tandy (Heidi8) Darren Wershler Jules Wilkinson (missyjack) Jen Zern (NautiBitz) |
Contents
20092010 | 205 |
On Writingand Beinga Mary Sue | 207 |
Becoming Bella Swan | 212 |
The Fandom Gives Back | 220 |
A Fandom Exchange | 224 |
An Anatomy of a Flame War | 232 |
Bittersweet | 253 |
FIC AND PUBLISHING | 259 |
Mad as a Box of Frogs | 48 |
Love Is a Much More Vicious Motivator | 54 |
The Slasher Who Is Not OneAn Interview with Katie Forsytheand wordstrings | 63 |
A SELECTIVE HISTORYOF MEDIA FANDOM | 71 |
Science Fiction Star Trek andthe Birth of Media Fandom | 73 |
Fables of Irish Fandom | 77 |
I Am Woman Read My Fic | 84 |
Recollections of a Collating Party | 91 |
1970s | 100 |
Growing Up Fic | 103 |
Literary Playtime | 106 |
The XFiles Buffyand the Rise of the InternetFic Fandoms | 111 |
The XPhiles | 118 |
MulderScully versus the GWomanand the Fowl One | 122 |
1995 | 130 |
The Bronze Age | 131 |
Higher Education throughFanfiction | 140 |
1999 | 149 |
Harry Potterand Twilight | 151 |
An Excerpt from Percy WeasleysUniversity Thesis | 157 |
How Harry Potter Fanfic Changedthe World or at Least the Internet | 165 |
20012002 | 175 |
The Twilight Fandom | 177 |
Twilights True Believers | 188 |
A Million Words | 193 |
An Interview with tby789Christina Hobbs | 199 |
An Interview with EurydiceVivien Dean | 263 |
Fifty Shades of Gold | 268 |
The Briar Patch | 274 |
Just Change the Names | 289 |
Preying for More | 293 |
FANWRITING TODAY | 299 |
An Archive of Our Own | 302 |
The Epic Love Story of Supernaturaland Fanfic | 309 |
Pon Farr Mpreg Bonds and theRise of the Omegaverse | 316 |
Real Persona Fiction | 323 |
BradamForever | 333 |
Hobbyhorsing | 337 |
From a Land Where OtherPeople Live | 344 |
2013 | 353 |
FANFICTION AND WRITERS WHODONT WRITE FANFICTION | 355 |
Conceptual Writing as Fanfiction | 363 |
An Interview with Doug Wright | 372 |
An Interview with Jonathan Lethem | 377 |
Blurring the Lines | 384 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 389 |
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS | 391 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 397 |
ENDNOTES | 398 |
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