Temeraire is a great example. I mean, people try it all the time, but it usually doesn't get anywhere. Novik did.
UNETHICAL???
I'm still @@ over here.
That's one spunky little girl you've raised. I'm gonna eat her.
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§ ita § - Jan 15, 2012 7:16:08 pm PST #17429 of 28266
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aims - Jan 15, 2012 7:17:50 pm PST #17430 of 28266
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I imagine this Bennett woman has never read anything by Gregory Maguire.
§ ita § - Jan 15, 2012 7:23:24 pm PST #17431 of 28266
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Apparently some of the description of Christian's character is close wording enough to what Meyer used for Edward that someone I know sussed it out as fic, and *that* is both an issue and crappy fanfic. But she says that's about it.
meara - Jan 15, 2012 7:34:54 pm PST #17432 of 28266
Well, plus it sounds like it's not that she wrote a story about a high school girl and a vampire and a werewolf...it's seriously AU stuff, which is less of an issue, I'd think. I was a bit amused by the person in the comments being all indignant about her "using" the fanfic community to sell her work or something.
Dana - Jan 15, 2012 7:36:56 pm PST #17433 of 28266
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Heck, the Temeraire series basically started as an Aubrey/Maturin AU (although Dana would know better than me).
Yup.
Vonnie K - Jan 15, 2012 7:48:37 pm PST #17434 of 28266
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I did not know that! Temeraire was Aubrey, I'd imagine. That reminds me -- I really need to read the last 2 books.
Dana - Jan 15, 2012 7:55:12 pm PST #17435 of 28266
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Temeraire was Stephen.
Typo Boy - Jan 15, 2012 8:05:10 pm PST #17436 of 28266
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
And how much fantasy started out as Lord of the Rings fic? Including one very famous endless series. No not that one. The other one.
Vonnie K - Jan 15, 2012 8:12:36 pm PST #17437 of 28266
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Temeraire was Stephen.
But Temeraire is so much more Aubrey-like in personality! Too exuberant and not so much with the caution, etc.
If I recall, the first Vorkosigan book was started as a filed-off-serial numbers Star Trek fic.
Consuela - Jan 15, 2012 8:33:08 pm PST #17438 of 28266
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If I recall, the first Vorkosigan book was started as a filed-off-serial numbers Star Trek fic.
Urban legend. LMB has stated repeatedly that this is not so.