: 1 These fanzines were produced via offset printing and mimeography, and mailed to other fans or sold at science fiction conventions for a small fee to help recoup costs. The first Star Trek fanzine, Spockanalia (1967), contained some fan fiction many others followed its example. The modern phenomenon of fan fiction as an expression of fandom and fan interaction was popularized and defined via Star Trek fandom and their fanzines published in the 1960s. Star Trek fandom The Star Trek fanzine Spockanalia contained the first fan fiction in the modern sense of the term. Wells A New Alice in the Old Wonderland based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Wide Sargasso Sea based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Also created has been The Space Machine based on The War of the Worlds and Morlock Night based on The Time Machine by H. Many unauthorized stories of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle have been created, including The Adventure of the Two Collaborators by J. The works of Jane Austen remain one of the most popular works to make unauthorized depictions of, with one notable Jane Austen fan fiction being Old Friends and New Fancies.

Fan fiction is often written and published within circles of fans, and therefore would usually not cater to readers who have no knowledge of the original fiction.įurther information: Pastiche and Unofficial sequelĪmong 19th-century literature subject to notable depictions not initially authorized by the original author, is included Bram Stoker's Dracula 's depiction in the translated adaptation Powers of Darkness. Thus, what is ' fanon' is separate from what is canon. įan fiction is defined by being related to its subject's canonical fictional universe, either staying within those boundaries but not being of the canon itself, or else branching outside of it into an alternative universe. The term came into use in the 20th century as copyright laws began to delineate between stories using established characters that were authorized by the copyright holder and those that were not. Copyright owners have occasionally responded with legal action. Attitudes of authors and copyright owners of original works to fan fiction have ranged from indifference to encouragement to rejection. It may infringe on the original author's copyright, depending on the jurisdiction and on legal questions such as whether or not it qualifies as ' fair use' (see Legal issues with fan fiction).

Common bases for fan fiction include novels, movies, comics, musical groups, cartoons, anime, manga, and video games.įan fiction is rarely commissioned or authorized by the original work's creator or publisher and is rarely professionally published. Fan fiction can be based on any fictional (and occasional non-fictional) subject.

Fan fiction ranges from a couple of sentences to an entire novel, and fans can retain the creator's characters and settings and/or add their own. The author uses copyrighted characters, settings, or other intellectual properties from the original creator(s) as a basis for their writing. New Adventures of Alice (1917) by John Rae, an early pastiche or fan fictionįan fiction or fanfiction (also abbreviated to fan fic, fanfic, fic or FF) is fictional writing written in an amateur capacity by fans, unauthorized by, but based on an existing work of fiction.

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