Fan Fiction: Against

[rolanni]

Robin Hobb has posted a cogent rant here. Link from pegkerr

I know that some folks on my friends list write fan fic, and may thus not agree with Robin's points. If you feel compelled to disagree with them here, please be polite and rational. Posts deemed impolite, irrational, or both, by Eagles Over the Kennebec Management will be deleted.

In the service of Full Disclosure and Fair Warning, I do agree with Robin's points. Scott Lynch (link also from pegkerr) does not.

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[kd5mdk.livejournal.com]

Lois and Lillian Stewart Carl founded a Star Trek based fanzine called "StarDate", which they sold at a MidwestCon (sometime after the release of 2001 in theaters), according to the preface of Dreamweaver's Dilemma. It was written entirely by them, it appears, with art from a friend and a sister. The first story in DD is a Bujold Sherlock Holmes story. It's not especially good, but she is one of the best writers (judging by Hugo Awards) and she did write it. For that matter, Shards of Honor seems pretty clearly based off of a story she originally wrote with Aral as a Klingon and Cordelia as a Federation officer.