1/31/05 04:25 pm - PLEA FOR HELP   All right everyone. I need your help. I have decided to do a History Day project on the history of fanfiction. While this is a fascinating topic and all, there just ISN'T A LOT OF STUFF OUT THERE. So this is where you all come in. I need to collect any and ALL relevant info. So...WHAT'VE YA GOT? Give me everything you can think of....people to contact, things you remember/know, ideas you have about it, just...ANYTHING!!! Please link this everyone you can. It'll only mean a lot if I can get the message out to a lot of people...If you'd like to use this link, you can: THE HISTORY OF FANFICTION (The Movie)
Come on, guys. You know you wanna help me out... These are the people I have contacted: Heidi (of FictionAlley) These are the people I am planning to contact: Holly Black Mugglenet Dr. Henry Jenkins Cassandra Claire J.L. Mattews These are the people I would like to contact, but am looking for contact info for: If you have contact info for any of these people, please COMMENT AND TELL ME! Michaela Ecks Fanfiction.Net Rhysenn Other [specific] things I am looking for: Michaela Ecks essay "The History of Fanfiction", formerly located at http://writersu.s5.com/index.html Any old fanfiction-related images you may have The interview of Arabella and Zensya (from SugarQuill) that was on NPR several years ago ANY LEGAL CASES ANYONE KNOWS OF THAT INVOLVED FANFICTION IN ANY WAY The article written in The Boston Globe about fanfiction around a year ago Harry Potter and the Quest for the Unfinished Volume, May 5, 2002 in The New York Times 'Harry Potter' Fans Wait Online and Sites for List Lovers, June 19, 2003 in The New York Times Behind the Great Firewall of China, in FreshAngles  hopeful |
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bessyboo
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twentyfivepast
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bessyboo
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jacquez
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bessyboo
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jacquez - icon icon i-nay
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bessyboo - Re: icon icon i-nay
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bessyboo
2/1/05 12:17 am (UTC) -
layered
My essay on fanfiction.
Also? Slash, if you're going to cover that, originated with Star Trek. Kurt/Spock, I think, was the first. (Got called 'slash' because of the thing between their names. XD)
Hopefully my essay helps.
2/1/05 12:29 am (UTC) -
thaursir
And yes, this is all true. There were fanzines all over the place for stuff like Star Trek. I'm not sure if there were any before that, because the fan following for ST was obscenely huge and strong.
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bessyboo
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layered
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bessyboo
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layered
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bessyboo
2/1/05 12:33 am (UTC) -
thekimness
sorry I have no info.. :/
2/1/05 12:35 am (UTC) -
bessyboo
It's fine...just PIMP PIMP PIMP!!! The only way to really get lots of stuff going is to get LOTS of people
working as my slave monkeysgiving me info! (LOL)2/1/05 12:40 am (UTC) -
thekimness
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bessyboo
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bessyboo
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thekimness
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bessyboo
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mellafe
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bessyboo
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comradestrumski
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bessyboo
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girlandetc
2/1/05 01:10 am (UTC) -
bessyboo
2/1/05 01:42 am (UTC) -
solar__eclipse
You may also want to contact J.L.Matthews
2/2/05 09:28 pm (UTC) -
bessyboo
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stepmnstr - fanfic history
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bessyboo - Re: fanfic history
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stepmnstr - Re: fanfic history
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bessyboo
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amilyn
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twentyfivepast
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bessyboo
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autiotalo
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bessyboo
2/1/05 09:35 am (UTC) -
lea_ndra
Also, Henry Jenkins has a lot to say about history of fan fiction in his book "Textual Poachers". I suggest you buy it.
2/2/05 09:41 pm (UTC) -
bessyboo
Yeah, he's already on my list to contact...I'll see about getting his book from the library.
Thanks for the help!
2/1/05 11:03 am (UTC) -
heidi8
Go forth and read this and this and then email me with any questions you have.
Also, the Jenkins book Textual Poachers is a bit out of date for "current" stuff, but it's a good archival resource. He has something on his plate re the HP fandom, which I was interviewed for about a year ago, so keep your eye out for it in case it is released while you're working on the project.
Glad to be of help!
2/2/05 10:54 pm (UTC) -
bessyboo
I am planning on contacting him, so I will definately ask him about it!
I noticed that you guys are based in Minnesota, and was curious if you live here? Because, seeing as I'm doing a movie, if you live here [in Minnesota] and would be willing, I would love to interview you on film....
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heidi8
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bessyboo
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bessyboo
2/1/05 04:15 pm (UTC) -
thrihyrne
I've written two papers on fanfiction, both survey papers of current (or then-current) fanfiction writers, both Tolkien-community oriented. The first one, "Does Gender Matter?" surveyed women fanfiction writers in the Tolkien community, and was written in 2003. The second one, "Under the Waterfall" surveyed members of the Henneth-Annun Story Archive and it's a more selective paper about how the writers saw themselves both within the community and also in regards to other fanfiction communities. They may not be terribly helpful, but perhaps the 'Works Consulted' lists at the end of both would be.
Best of luck; it's certainly a fascinating topic, and quite honestly may go all the way back to Arthurian stories which were retellings of popular stories. More conventionally, Star Trek fanfiction was the genesis for more modern, recognizable and trackable fanfiction.