Hi! A friend directed me to this - I hope you don't mind. You read Molesworth! Too few people do, these days, chiz.
Anyway, back to the point. Great post! I've not read much fanfic, because most of it is so excruciating that throwing oneself through a plate-glass window is preferable. I have a sneaking suspicion that franchise books for series like 'Star Wars' are merely fan fics writ large: certainly, the few I've read have been awful, but perhaps I've been unlucky. I like books that play with the punter's - uh - reader's expectations, turning the fantasy world upside down. For instance Elves that aren't noble and mystical - oh, how tired I am of those creeps!
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Date: 2005-09-03 01:32 am (UTC)Anyway, back to the point. Great post! I've not read much fanfic, because most of it is so excruciating that throwing oneself through a plate-glass window is preferable. I have a sneaking suspicion that franchise books for series like 'Star Wars' are merely fan fics writ large: certainly, the few I've read have been awful, but perhaps I've been unlucky. I like books that play with the punter's - uh - reader's expectations, turning the fantasy world upside down. For instance Elves that aren't noble and mystical - oh, how tired I am of those creeps!
May I friend you, please?