fan fiction

Michael Straight · 25 Jun 1998, 10:38 · from urth-v0015.mbox · original

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From: Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) Re: fan fiction
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 10:38:12
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On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Tony Ellis wrote:

> Alga wrote:
> > With due respect, Sarge, sir, this becomes a ridiculous argument, simil=
ar to
> > that of science-meister scolex. The two of you are replacing Wolfe's te=
xt
> > with text of your own, yours involving an elaborate background for Mars=
ch
> > and his for Aunt Jeanine.
>=20
> Absolutely. Once you start writing your own story into the gaps in
> someone else's, it's really not that hard to find connections suggesting
> that it was there all along. "Rosencrantz and Guildstern Are Dead" is a
> classic example of what I mean.

Or maybe URTH OF THE NEW SUN?

-Rostrum


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