Fan fiction - Fan fiction Fan fiction (commonly abbreviated to "fanfic") is fiction written by people who enjoy a film, novel, television show or other dramatic or literary work, using the characters and situations developed in it and developing new plots in which to use these characters. Fan fiction has come to the fore especially since the rise of the Internet, where it flourishes despite the possibility that it infringes the copyright of the film, book, TV show, or other media on which it is based. Nowadays the largest form of fanfic is based on Japanese anime/manga series, followed by those based on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, American cartoon series, and science fiction serials. Popular television series which have inspired fanfic include Star Trek and Buffy the Vampire.
Science fiction fanzine - Science fiction fanzine A science fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by science fiction fans, from the 1930s to the present day. They were the earliest form of fanzine. The term 'fanzine' is now also used, by extension, to refer to fan-created magazines in other areas; the earliest rock-and-roll fanzines were edited by science fiction fans. The fanzine movement is now well represented on the Web, see webzines..
Mary Sue fanfiction - Sue" fanfiction is a type of story in which the fan author inserts an original character who is an idealized stand-in for the author into a piece of fan fiction. The term is not a compliment. Original characters, or even self-insertion characters, are not necessarily Mary Sues (or Marty Stus / Gary Stus, if male). The Mary Sue (or Marty Stu) character is either tougher, smarter, and cooler than the established characters but wins their admiration, or nicer, sweeter, and more charming than the established characters and wins their love. Either way, the setting's protagonists are upstaged by a perfect character. If the new character dies in the story, there is extensive grieving. Most Mary Sues are stereotyped female characters. Some Mary Sues arrived without reason within the setting(another dimension), and.
Hard science fiction - Hard science fiction Hard science fiction, or hard SF, is a subgenre of science fiction characterized by an interest in scientific detail or accuracy. Many hard SF stories focus on the natural sciences and technological developments, although many others leave the technology in the background. Some authors scrupulously eschew such implausibilities as faster-than-light travel, while others accept such plot devices but nonetheless show a concern with a realistic depiction of the worlds that such a technology might make accessible. Character development is sometimes secondary to explorations of astronomical or physical phenomena, but other times authors make the human condition forefront in the story. However a common theme of hard SF has the resolution of the plot often hinging upon a technological point. Writers attempt to have their stories.
Fanzine - increased the speed and ease of publishing once more. Today, thanks to the advent of desktop publishing and self-publication, there is often little difference between a fanzine and an official magazine. One peculiarity about fanzines is that many communities have developed them independently, and they all claim to have invented the fanzine. There are science fiction fanzines, anarchist fanzines, inline skating fanzines, etc. They have different focuses and appeal to different audiences, but they all meet the basic criteria for zinedom - the urge to express yourself and to share information with your peers. The tradition of amateur journalism is an important precursor to fanzines. There exist today communities of science fiction fans who form amateur press associations (APAs) and contribute to a collective fanzine called an apazine which contains contributions.
Fandom - casual interest. The objects of fandom are typically artistic, sporting or entertainment related. For example, it would not be usual to refer to an accountant who is really interested in the details of accounting to be a "fan" of accounting. A derogatory term for a member of fandom is "fanboy". See in particular Science fiction fandom, Furry fandom.
Fanon - Fanon Fanon is a fact or ongoing situation in Fan fiction stories related to a television program, book or movie that has been used so much by fan writers that it has been more or less established as having happened in the fictional world, but it has not actually been established as having happened on the show, book or movie itself. The word is a play on "fan canon". For example, it is "canon" that Donna lied to Congress about her diary (The West Wing), but it has become "fanon" that she lied about her diary to protect Josh (because she had written in it about his PTSD, which-- if anyone knew about it-- could damage his career). Since we were never told WHY she lied about her diary, any reason.
Fiction - Fiction Fiction is the term used to describe works of information created from the imagination. This is in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality. Fictional works -- books, pictures, stories, fairy tales, fables, movies, comics, interactive fiction -- may be partly based on factual occurrences but always contain some imaginary content. Fiction is largely perceived as a form of art or entertainment, although not all fiction is necessarily artistic. Fiction may be created for the purpose of educating, such as fictional examples used in school textbooks. Fiction is also frequently instrumentalized by propaganda and advertising. Fiction may be propagated by parents to their children out of tradition (e.g. Santa Claus) or as a form of control (cf. fairy tales). Frequently fiction is deliberately.
Science fiction convention - Science fiction convention Science fiction conventions are gatherings of fans (called fandom) of various science fiction media, though the focus is on science fiction literature. The first science fiction convention was held in New York City, NY in 1939. It was organized by local science fiction clubs. Subsequent conventions were held in 1940 and 1941, then WW II postoned them until 1946 and they have been held yearly ever since. These main yearly conventions are called the World Science Fiction Covention or Worldcons and rotate among different large metropolitan cities in North America and, occasionally, around the world. When a convention is held out of North America, a mirror convention is held within North America that same year, though it isn't called a Worldcon. Also, since the.
Sex in science fiction - Sex in science fiction Modern science fiction frequently involves themes of sex, gender and sexuality. This was not always so. During the 1930s and 40s "golden age" of science fiction it was unusual to find males and females mentioned in the same paragraph, let alone having sex. In spite of this, book covers for pulp science fiction often featured scantily clad women, often with guns or being menaced by aliens. In some ways, little has changed: many science fiction book covers still feature images of sexy women by artists such as Boris Vallejo and Frank Frazetta, although the images are perhaps somewhat less exploitative than before. The New Wave science fiction of the 1960s and 1970s reflected its times by attempting to break earlier taboos about what could.
Slash fiction - Slash fiction Slash fiction is fan fiction, describing homosexual pairings between media characters, often in explicit detail, and very frequently outside the canon of the source. The name arises from the use of the "/ character in phrases such as "Kirk/Spock" to describe the stories. ("Kirk/Spock" is widely thought to be the first type of slash fiction, first appearing in the 1970s in feminist fanzines.) Although such descriptions (eg "Kirk/Uhura") are also used to describe heterosexual relationship fiction, the term "slash" is exclusively reserved for homosexual pairings (het or gen being commonly used for similar heterosexual speculations). Indeed, the exact definition of the term has often been hotly debated within the various slash fandoms. The strictest definition holds that only stories about relationships between two male partners.
January 2 - goes on trial for the murder of Nancy Spungen 1981 - Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, is arrested 1983 - The musical Annie is performed for the last time after after 2,377 shows (Uris Theatre on Broadway, New York City). 1991 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first African American woman to lead a city of that size and importance. 1993 - Leaders of the three warring factions in Bosnia meet to discuss peace plans. 1998 - Russia begins to circulate new rubless to stem inflation and promote confidence. Births 1777 - Christian Daniel Rauch, sculptor († 1857) 1822 - Rudolf Clausius, physicist, contributions to thermodynamics († 1888) 1836 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, writer († 1917) 1859 - Anna Sacher, hotelier, Sacher cake.
James Blish - 29, 1975) was an American author of fantasy and science fiction. Blish also wrote criticism of science fiction using the pen-name William Atheling Jr. Blish trained as a biologist at Rutgers and Columbia University, and spent 1942-1944 as a medical technician in the U.S. Army. After the war he became the science editor for the Pfizer pharmaceutical company. His first published story appeared in 1940, and his writing career progressed until he gave up his job to become a professional writer. Perhaps his most famous works were the 'Okies' stories in Astounding Science Fiction, known collectively as the 'Cities in Flight'. The framework for these was set in the novel They Shall Have Stars. This shows the development of the two essential features of the series. The first was the development.
Jack London - Aegis. Jack London desperately wanted to attend the University of California and, in 1896 after a summer of intense cramming, did so; but financial circumstances forced him to leave in 1897 and he never graduated. Biographer Russ Kingman says that "there is no record that Jack ever wrote for student publications" there. In later life Jack London was a polymath with wide-ranging interests and a personal library of 15,000 volumes. Early literary career (1898-1900) On July 25, 1897, London sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush where he would later write his first successful stories. Jack left Oakland a believer in the work ethic, and returned a socialist. He also concluded that his only hope of escaping the work trap was to get an education and "sell his brains." Throughout his.
Jacqueline Lichtenberg - Lichtenberg Jacqueline Lichtenberg is an American science fiction author. Many of her early novels are set in the Sime - Gen Universe, which she first described in a short story in 1969. Her other writings have dealt with fantasy and occult subjects, including articles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She has written a monthly column reviewing and called Science Fiction for The Monthly Aspectarian. Many of her works have been in written in collaboration with Jean Lorrah, with whom she has a business partnership. She is a Star Trek fan and has been actively involved in the Trekkie fan movement. She is one of the Friends of Darkover and her early writing has been mentored by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Bibliography 1.1 Non Fiction 1.2 More Information.
Jerry Siegel - and one of the most recognizable fictional characters from the 20th century. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Siegel was a fan of science fiction & fantasy, who in 1929 published a fanzine, sometimes called the first sci-fi fanzine, and it was just a prelude to future accomplishments. He published several other booklets over the next few years. He and artist friend Joe Shuster created Superman, partly out of myths like Hercules, and used the character in short stories and a 1932 comic strip. In 1938 they managed to sell it to DC Comics, which put Superman on the first cover of Action Comics in June 1938. In 1946 the pair had a contract dispute with DC over rights to Superman, and after a two-year fight relinquished claim to the character is return.
Julius Vogel - During his political career, Vogel worked for reconciliation with Maori, an effort generally regarded to be successful. In 1887, he introduced the first Women's Suffrage Bill to Parliament, although suffrage was not actually granted until 1893. Vogel was knighted in 1875. Vogel is also reputed to be the first New Zealander to write a science fiction novel; Anno Domini 2000 - A Woman's Destiny, published in 1889. It anticipated a utopian world where women held many positions of authority. Interestingly, New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote and by 2000 was largely governed by women (as the Governor-General, Prime Minister, Attorney-General and Chief Justice are all women). The New Zealand fan awards for science fiction writing are named in his honour. Vogeltown, a suburb of New Zealand's.
Judy-Lynn del Rey - was a science fiction editor in the publishing industy. She was born with dwarfism. She was a fan and regulary attendee at SF conventions and worked her way up the publishing ladder, starting with work at the SF magzine, Galaxy. Judy-lynn was friends with Lester del Rey and after the death of his third wife, married him. After moving to Ballantine Books, the two started an imprint called Del Rey Books that would publish science fiction. It became very successful. As an editor, Judy-lynn had a rapport with authors and a beloved reputation. She was also a noted anthologist(the Stellar series). Judy-lynn had stoke in October of 1985 and died several months later..
Indian writing in English - is only one and a half centuries old. In its early stages it was influenced by the Western art form of the novel. Early Indian writers used English unadulterated by Indian words to convey an experience which was essentially Indian. Raja Rao's Kanthapura is Indian in terms of its storytelling qualities. Nirad C. Chaudhri, a writer of non-fiction, is best known for his The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian where he relates his life experiences and influences. He was a self-confessed Anglophile. R.K. Narayan is a writer who contributed over many decades and who continued to write till his death recently. He was discovered by Graham Greene in the sense that the latter helped him find a publisher in England. Graham Greene and Narayan remained close friends till the end. Similar.
Irish theatre - playwright of the late 18th century with plays like The School for Scandal and The Critic. He was owner of the Drury Lane Theatre, which he bought from David Garrick. The theatre burned down in 1809, and Sheridan lived out the rest of his life in reduced circumstances. He is buried in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey. The 19th Century After Sheridan, the next Irish dramatist of historical importance was Dion Boucicault (1820-1890. Boucicault was born in Dublin but was sent to England to complete his eduction. At school, he began writing dramatic sketches and soon took up acting under the stage name of Lee Moreton. His first play was Legend of Devil's Dyke 1838 in which he acted himself in Brighton. His first London production was London Assurance 1841. This.
