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I can't believe it was 21 years ago The X-Files premiered! When the show first aired (in 1994 here in the UK, when I was 12) I actually didn't watch it. As I said in my article for Transformative Works and Cultures I was skeptical about the series:

I read Asimov and Bradbury, was interested in "proper" science fiction, and was determined to be a ( Read more... )

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Title: Four Times CGB Spender Thought He Was In Love and One Time He Knew It
Author: memories_child
Rating: NC-17(ish)
Warnings: None
Word count: 1,843
Kinks: Very mild BDSM
Disclaimer: There would be very little point in suing me.
Author's notes: This was written for heavenlyblack as part of the 2013 xf_santa gift exchange. heavenlyblack said that character pieces on CSM, Krycek, and Skinner ( Read more... )

Originally posted by fanhackers_feed at [META] Storify by Bertha Chin: tweets and pictures of the Fan Studies Network Symposium 2013

http://fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2013/12/meta-storify-by-bertha-chin-tweets-and-pictures-of-the-fan-studies-network-symposium-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meta-storify-by-bertha-chin-tweets-and-pictures- ( Read more... )

The piece I wrote on comics, depression and self-belief went up on Infinite Earths last week. I was nervous about publishing it but the response I've had so far has been overwhelmingly positive and I'm really pleased (and humbled) that it seems to have touched ao many people ( Read more... )

I had to borrow £200 off my dad today to pay for my car insurance, and that led me to thinking about self-funding, which in turn led me to writing a new blog post. It's over at http://bethanvjones.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/on- ( Read more... )

I actually got to see Meatloaf Sunday night, and he was brilliant! I wasn't looking forward to it because I was still feeling grumpy and cranky, but I pretty much forced myself to cheer up, and stuck Rock and Roll Hero on in the car on the way down, and that helped. We had pretty good seats too. The CIA isn't all that big anyway, and we were about ( Read more... )

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The big news in The X-Files fandom this week was the announcement that series creator Chris Carter has officially signed on as an executive producer to IDW comic series, making the comics the official season 10.


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