false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172531548m/186225.jpg 186225 1 Fans have been responding to literary works since the days of Homer?s <I>Odyssey</I> and Euripedes? <I>Medea.</I> More recently, a number of science fiction and fantasy works have found devoted fan followings. The advent of the internet has brought these groups from relatively limited, face-to-face enterprises to easily accessible global communities, within which fan fiction proliferates and is widely read and even more widely commented upon. New interactions between readers and writers of fan fiction are possible in these new virtual communities. From <I>Star Trek</I> to <I>Harry Potter,</I> the essays in this volume explore the world of fan fiction?its purposes, how it is created, how the fan experiences it. Grouped by subject matter, twelve essays cover topics such as genre intersection, sexual relationships between characters, character construction through narrative and the role of the beta reader in online communities. The work also discusses the terminology employed by fan fiction writers and comments on the effects of technological advancements on fan communities. 180017 5 7 2006 Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet total:11|4:4|3:4|2:3| 11 34 38 4 4 0 false false Mon May 04 05:56:27 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 18:18:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 13:39:56 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 13:41:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 15:16:09 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 21:06:25 -0700 2008
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