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as_others_see_usOn Salon, in an article on the role of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the development of urban fantasy, Laura Miller wrote Though it's been off the air for six years now, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" lives on, in the theses of hundreds of culture studies grad students, in a series of comic books by creator Joss Whedon, in persistent rumors that some or all of the TV show's cast members may unite for a film (with or without Whedon), in seemingly countless spinoff novels, and of course, in fan fiction. But Buffy persists in other, less obvious ways, as well.
Coming Through the Rye (the unauthorized Catcher sequel) continues to generate fanfic mentions, including one in Reason (originally published on RealClearPolitics) by Kathy Young, who wrote [s]ome areas of copyright law are so murky that no one quite knows what is and is not legal. There are intellectual property experts who believe that fan-written fiction based on popular works, from Star Trek to Harry Potter, qualify as "fair use" as long as it's non-commercial. (Young gets mega bonus points to linking to her own Xena fanfic from the article.) On FindLaw, Julie Hilden wrote To some extent, fights over fanfic are […] about both control and money, as there's at least a chance that someday, an especially talented fan will sell books that preempt the market for the original. And, on Newser, Michael Wolff wrote This is fan fiction of the kind that piggybacks off many best-sellers and pop-culture characters with obsessive followers—and Catcher in the Rye, at 22 million copies and counting, has always had its obsessives. It’s probable that such explicit Holden sites and Holden fan fiction already exist—so much for my new pastime. And so much for doing any research whatsoever.
In an article on The Christian Science Monitor's book blog on Trek lit that could have been much better, Matthew Battles wrote Star Trek has spawned a burgeoning bibliography of spin-off novels, short stories, and novelizations; fan fiction in book, film, and comic form; critical works and technical manuals. And like any sacred literature, the Trek canon ranges from the authorized to the pseudepigraphical to the apocryphal.
And what's a week without some Examiner refs? This past week, Julianne Draper spoke with author Terry Odell, who said her "training ground" was Highlander fan fiction; and Samantha Holloway, in an article on a new method of tracking the popularity of TV shows based on mentions on social networking sites, wrote The Internet […] has provided an easy and contained platform for fans to talk about their favorite shows, offer suggestions and ideas of what it might all mean, spin off fanfic and discussion-- and for the most enterprising writers and producers (cough-JJ Abrams-cough) to keep up the buzz between seasons and to create shows entirely for Internet consumption, entirely on their own terms (cough-Joss Whedon-cough).
Finally, on thaindian.com, GD reviewed the Twilight fic 'Bella’s End of the Bargain' by TrustYouToKillMe, for reasons which are not made clear.
Coming Through the Rye (the unauthorized Catcher sequel) continues to generate fanfic mentions, including one in Reason (originally published on RealClearPolitics) by Kathy Young, who wrote [s]ome areas of copyright law are so murky that no one quite knows what is and is not legal. There are intellectual property experts who believe that fan-written fiction based on popular works, from Star Trek to Harry Potter, qualify as "fair use" as long as it's non-commercial. (Young gets mega bonus points to linking to her own Xena fanfic from the article.) On FindLaw, Julie Hilden wrote To some extent, fights over fanfic are […] about both control and money, as there's at least a chance that someday, an especially talented fan will sell books that preempt the market for the original. And, on Newser, Michael Wolff wrote This is fan fiction of the kind that piggybacks off many best-sellers and pop-culture characters with obsessive followers—and Catcher in the Rye, at 22 million copies and counting, has always had its obsessives. It’s probable that such explicit Holden sites and Holden fan fiction already exist—so much for my new pastime. And so much for doing any research whatsoever.
In an article on The Christian Science Monitor's book blog on Trek lit that could have been much better, Matthew Battles wrote Star Trek has spawned a burgeoning bibliography of spin-off novels, short stories, and novelizations; fan fiction in book, film, and comic form; critical works and technical manuals. And like any sacred literature, the Trek canon ranges from the authorized to the pseudepigraphical to the apocryphal.
And what's a week without some Examiner refs? This past week, Julianne Draper spoke with author Terry Odell, who said her "training ground" was Highlander fan fiction; and Samantha Holloway, in an article on a new method of tracking the popularity of TV shows based on mentions on social networking sites, wrote The Internet […] has provided an easy and contained platform for fans to talk about their favorite shows, offer suggestions and ideas of what it might all mean, spin off fanfic and discussion-- and for the most enterprising writers and producers (cough-JJ Abrams-cough) to keep up the buzz between seasons and to create shows entirely for Internet consumption, entirely on their own terms (cough-Joss Whedon-cough).
Finally, on thaindian.com, GD reviewed the Twilight fic 'Bella’s End of the Bargain' by TrustYouToKillMe, for reasons which are not made clear.