Re: [Re: OT: Looking for Fic-Buffy/Pern Crossover]

[Susan Carr <skeeter451@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now see...about 10 years ago I used to write Pern fan fiction and it was even published in a quarterly fanzine. As far as I know, Anne McCaffrey never had a problem with fanfic, unless it's a recent thing.

 

--->Susan

Jim Means <JIMMEANS@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> >>Pern is a world, from a book series i think..(like lord of the rings
> or forgotten realms worlds) Author of the series is Anne McCaffrey, so do a
> search on her
>
> Actually Pern is in the future, lost colony ship crashes, mankind regresses
> blah blah blah. Additionally Anne McCaffrey is the anti-fanfiction-beast.
> She
> disagrees with it, forbids it in her own wor
> k and has attempted to track
> down
> fanficcers of her work. Not a nice lady. Good storyteller though...at least
> the early books.
>
>
> I've heard the same thing about Anne Rice and Robert Jordan("The Wheel of
> Time").  I think novelists have issues with fanfiction more than TV or movie
> companies, because there are fewer people involved with the creation
> process.  This is one thing we can still say in Joss's favor, as he doesn't
> object to fanfiction,
>  even if he hasn't given it his tacit approval.  I've
> read in an interview with Joss that he at least understands why people enjoy
> reading and writing fanfiction.
>
> Kirayoshi
>
>
> "It is said that whoever makes the best egg salad shall rule over heaven and
> earth.
> Don't ask me why egg salad.  I have enough aggrivation."
>    --"What's Up. Tiger Lily?"
>
>
>
> Willow: "It's a good fight, Buffy, and I want in."
> Buffy:  "I kinda love you."
>                       —'Choices'
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Buffy:  "I kinda love you."
                      —'Choices'

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