Fandom Primer Post (aka Pimp Your Fandom)
Now that nominations are done and sign-ups are just on the horizon, here's a post where you can advertise your fandoms to the rest of yuletide. Tell us about your fandom(s) and link to sources you think will help a new fan interested in checking it out or an old fan looking for canon refreshing. And if you're looking for new (or old but forgotten) fandoms
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Category - Books
Comments - By far the most popular is the first novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, which is a fabulous swashbuckling romp which has been adapted and parodied to within an inch of its life and is still fantastic. It's that story where that guy goes abroad and discovers that he is the exact double of the king who happens to be in deadly peril... you know the rest. This is where it all started. Rupert of Hentzau, the sequel, picks up three years after The Prisoner of Zenda stops, and is more of the same, except it's a lot gloomier and lots of people get killed off. The Heart of Princess Osra, the short story collection, is a bit odd by comparison: it's set 150 years earlier and describes various episodes in the titular princess's love life.
Links -
1. My Fandom Pimp Post on fandom_of_one
2. The Prisoner of Zenda at Project Gutenberg
3. Rupert of Hentzau at Project Gutenberg
4. The Heart of Princess Osra ebook
5. The Ruritanian Resistance - comprehensive fansite.
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