Media References to Fanfic, the week ending 8/23/14
On Salon, Prachi Gupta shared From fan fiction to tattoo sleeves: The weirdest David Foster Wallace-inspired art.
For Huffington Post, Cate Matthews wrote about Why This Woman Would Rather Read Harry Potter Erotica Than Watch Porn (with video!).
The Rocky Mountain Collegian reporter Katie Schmidt wrote Whether this is an online urban legend or a piece of fan fiction, it is said the architect of Student Services went insane during construction and created a convoluted navigation in the building.
In a piece about Atlanta’s Labor Day Weekend Dragon Con, Rome News-Tribune’s Alan Riquelmy wrote Like Star Wars? This is the place for you. Prefer high fantasy? Not a problem. Interested in fan fiction involving Tyrion Lannister sharing a drink with Doctor Who? Check, check, check.
For Latin Post, Kevin Li wrote Even Andrew Scott, who plays Moriarty, was quite surprised with how fans portray his relationship with Sherlock, especially in fan fiction.
Christian Post contributor Virnelli Mercader authored 'Supernatural' Season 10 Release Date, Spoilers: New Season to Feature Musical Episode 'Fan Fiction'.
In The Independent, Dina Rickman wrote that J.K. Rowling’s new “Singing Sorceress” essentially reads like (excellent) Harry Potter fan fiction.
For D Magazine, Eric Celeste wrote The questions […] can be summarized thusly: Why would a reputable paper suggest that the institute’s members, who are essentially writing King James fan fiction, are in any way practicing science?
For The Bookseller, Sarah Shaffi wrote “Serious content restrictions” at Amazon’s fan fiction platform Kindle Worlds could be a reason why people are not creating as many works on the platform as elsewhere, a new study by Georgetown law professor Rebecca Tushnet said. Personally, I'm more interested in quality than quantity; and whether anyone's actually making a buck.
Telegraph’s Sameer Rahim wrote So far online self-publishing has been the preserve of fan fiction and erotica but it can’t be long before high-quality fiction starts to emerge. Right now there is a distressed writer sitting in front of her computer somewhere, worrying not about whether she’ll make enough money to give up the day job or how many copies she will sell, but obsessing over form and language, meaning and truth. {{Headdesk}}
Finally, for Japan Times, Ben Brady wrote Held twice a year and famous among otaku (fanboys and fangirls) the world over, Comiket, short for Comic Market, held its 86th event Aug. 15-17 at Tokyo Big Sight in Odaiba. With more than 550,000 people reportedly attending the event over the three days, Comiket has grown significantly since its early days when a few hobbyist creators and collectors got together to swap hand drawn fan fiction. 550,000???
For Huffington Post, Cate Matthews wrote about Why This Woman Would Rather Read Harry Potter Erotica Than Watch Porn (with video!).
The Rocky Mountain Collegian reporter Katie Schmidt wrote Whether this is an online urban legend or a piece of fan fiction, it is said the architect of Student Services went insane during construction and created a convoluted navigation in the building.
In a piece about Atlanta’s Labor Day Weekend Dragon Con, Rome News-Tribune’s Alan Riquelmy wrote Like Star Wars? This is the place for you. Prefer high fantasy? Not a problem. Interested in fan fiction involving Tyrion Lannister sharing a drink with Doctor Who? Check, check, check.
For Latin Post, Kevin Li wrote Even Andrew Scott, who plays Moriarty, was quite surprised with how fans portray his relationship with Sherlock, especially in fan fiction.
Christian Post contributor Virnelli Mercader authored 'Supernatural' Season 10 Release Date, Spoilers: New Season to Feature Musical Episode 'Fan Fiction'.
In The Independent, Dina Rickman wrote that J.K. Rowling’s new “Singing Sorceress” essentially reads like (excellent) Harry Potter fan fiction.
For D Magazine, Eric Celeste wrote The questions […] can be summarized thusly: Why would a reputable paper suggest that the institute’s members, who are essentially writing King James fan fiction, are in any way practicing science?
For The Bookseller, Sarah Shaffi wrote “Serious content restrictions” at Amazon’s fan fiction platform Kindle Worlds could be a reason why people are not creating as many works on the platform as elsewhere, a new study by Georgetown law professor Rebecca Tushnet said. Personally, I'm more interested in quality than quantity; and whether anyone's actually making a buck.
Telegraph’s Sameer Rahim wrote So far online self-publishing has been the preserve of fan fiction and erotica but it can’t be long before high-quality fiction starts to emerge. Right now there is a distressed writer sitting in front of her computer somewhere, worrying not about whether she’ll make enough money to give up the day job or how many copies she will sell, but obsessing over form and language, meaning and truth. {{Headdesk}}
Finally, for Japan Times, Ben Brady wrote Held twice a year and famous among otaku (fanboys and fangirls) the world over, Comiket, short for Comic Market, held its 86th event Aug. 15-17 at Tokyo Big Sight in Odaiba. With more than 550,000 people reportedly attending the event over the three days, Comiket has grown significantly since its early days when a few hobbyist creators and collectors got together to swap hand drawn fan fiction. 550,000???