fanfic as lit

[owlmoose]

Okay, I know I am way over my posting quota these days, but I just had to share this right away (found it by following a link in madlori's blog).

The Democratic Genre: Fanfiction in a Literary Context. A scholarly work about fanfic, examined from a literary persepective rather than considering it as a social phenomanon. And high time, I say. The first chapter is published online; I'm about halfway through and it is utterly fascinating. Anyone interested in literature should look at this.

Unfortunately it only seems to be available from Amazon UK. I'm pretty tempted to buy it anyway.

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[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

to give depths to a character that the original creator never imagined were there.

*curtsy* Thankee, ma'am.

If it is convenient could you let me know the cost etc. if you check it out before I get around to it. I will do the same for you.

And Rice ... ah, when I noticed she had made Lestat a rock musician, I parted company with her and then I heard, from my estranged sister, about all that Egyptian nonsense ... And she complains about character theft! No, I do not remember anything about a kerfuffle over at Amazon. She disliked a review? Or was she inflating her review count by writing them herself?

Re: I

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

If it is convenient could you let me know the cost etc. if you check it out before I get around to it.

Of course.

She disliked a review?

That's the gist of it. Her book Blood Canticle garnered a number of uncomplimentary reviews on Amazon, mostly complaining about weak characterization and shoddy prose if I recall, and she *posted a response to the site*, telling the reviewers that they were wrong and obviously didn't understand the characters or her writing. And she included her home address so that anyone who was dissatisfied could send the book back to her for a refund. It degenerated into something of a flame war, and eventually Amazon removed her comments as well as the responses to them. Bascially, she threw a public temper tantrum and got called on it.