There's something about fan fiction that has always bothered me. I've always felt that if you were good enough to write fiction that anyone other than your Mom would want to read then you were good enough to write original fiction. Most published (by which I mean the stuff you find at the Barnes and Noble or the Borders) derivative fiction is pretty bad. Pick up any World of Warcraft book and at least 90 percent of Star Trek or Star Wars books on the shelves and you'll see what I mean. By the time we get to the stuff posted on sites like HP fanfic we're pretty much scrapping the bottom of the barrel.
There are exceptions of course. Q-Squared by Peter David is a darn good book, and Michael A. Stackpole's contributions to the BattleTech universe (Lethal Heritage, Blood Legacy, and Lost Destiny) are are amazing. I also have it on good authority that at least one Harry Potter fanfic, Restoring Hope by Paracelsus is worth reading. Now, into the world of unauthorized fanfic strides none other than Steven Brust.
"My Own Kind of Freedom" is a fanfic set in the Firefly universe. It's avaliable in .pdf and MS Word formats and was released under the Creative Commons license.
by Peter David is a darn good book, and Michael A. Stackpole's contributions to the BattleTech universe "My Own Kind of Freedom" is a fanfic set in the Firefly universe. It's avaliable in .pdf and MS Word formats and was released under the Creative Commons license.
2 comments:
I liked that particular HP fanfic though I have only ever read two fanfics ever in my life (to my benefit, I'm generally told).
I may have read the firefly one since you recommend it. I do love that universe, but then again who doesn't :D ?
Been meaning to respond forever; sorry I haven't, but read this one:
http://sciathan-file.livejournal.com/69180.html
Angelina
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