Plus ca change... in, of all things, fan fiction!

[lil_shepherd]

I was listening this morning, as you do, to In Our Time which was on Tristram Shandy by Lawrence Sterne. Now, I have had no great urge to read this book, which I know by reputation only. Not my scene, really

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[carbonel]

I have a friend who's studied Arthuriana, and says a huge amount of that was the fan fiction of the period (12th and 13th centuries?).

I'm currently reading Lin Carter's A Look Behind the Lord of the Rings, and it's pretty clear that much other heroic literature was similarly riffing off an original.

[fredbassett]

That's a new one on me, too! Thanks for flagging this up.

BTW, not sure if you got the message or not yesterday, but your email account appeared to have been hacked.

[lil_shepherd]

Thank you. I didn't get any messages, but Mel said the same on Facebook. The screenshot she sent suggested it was the joint mail account with Inamac, not my personal email. If it was the account under my real name, please let me know.

[fredbassett]

It was the joint one with Ina, not your personal one.

[lil_shepherd]

Thanks. We were pretty sure it was that one. I've changed the password. From the people who seemed to have been spammed it may have been one of Ina's accounts.