Fanfic controversy: loads of interesting misunderstandings...

[hmpf]

as several pro writers encounter fan fiction:

here, and here, and here.

Read, disagree, discuss. Preferably here, so I can see your reactions. *g* I posted my own reactions in someone else's journal, but I don't want to flood his journal with even more pro fanfic propaganda than I already spammed it with, so I'm not posting a link. If you ask me nicely, I may cut and paste my various manifestos here.

Edited to add: all right, coalescent has given his consent to link, so here's his original post and here's the fanfic discussion hidden in the avalanche of replies to that post. :-)

Aaaand... (I guess it is okay to include this link here, since you posted it in this thread, anyway, Scapekid?) - Scapekid says it all, only better than I ever could:

http://zippysatellite4.blogspot.com/2003_09_28_zippysatellite4_archive.html

*is a Scapekid fangirl*

Comments

Re: From Scapekid.

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Hey. Would you believe I lost that scrap of paper with your blog URL again? So, I'm glad I finally have a link. It's in my bookmarks now, so I can go on worshipping you, mwahahahaaaaa! On a regular basis, that is. ;-)

Comment on your latest column: I don't think you missed the SF boat. News of the death of the genre have been hugely exaggerated. You're probably just part of the next wave. And I, for one, can't wait to see what that wave will come up with.