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Fooey for Fan Fic
Josh Levitan · 21 Jun 2001, 17:59
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From: "Josh Levitan" <josh_levitan at hotmail.com> Subject: (whorl) Fooey for Fan Fic Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:59:44 Message-ID: <whorl-v0012-0886 at digest.urth.net> X-Urthmirror-Source: http://www.urth.net/whorl/archives/v0012/0886.shtml MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0024_01C0FA7B.F4058DE0" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C0FA7B.F4058DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry about the horrid clipping before. E-mail client at work being = screwy. Mantis wrote: > Why do you seem to be arguing with me when I'm using the terms you = want me > to use? I didn't write "fans," I wrote "admirers of." > > I should take you to task for saying they are "historians." Good = grief! > > =3Dmantis=3D But there is, at least, a theoretical difference between the two. = Horn's sons (and their wives) weren't writing the missing chunks of the TBOTSS because they thought Silk/Horn or Horn/Silk was nifty. Just like the apostles didn't write the Gospels simply because Jesus was a swell guy = and they'd like to continue his adventures. And the writers of the = Apocrypha aren't fan fic writers either. They were filling in gaps in the "historical" (using the term very loosely) record for reasons of their = own -- to relate a message they believed to be within the spirit of = Jesus' life and/or teachings, for example. Narwhal ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C0FA7B.F4058DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>Sorry about the horrid clipping before. E-mail = client at=20 work being screwy.<BR><BR>Mantis wrote:<BR><BR>> Why do you seem to = be=20 arguing with me when I'm using the terms you want me<BR>> to = use? I=20 didn't write "fans," I wrote "admirers of."<BR>><BR>> I should = take you to=20 task for saying they are "historians." Good grief!<BR>><BR>> = =3Dmantis=3D<BR><BR>But there is, at least, a theoretical difference = between the=20 two. Horn's<BR>sons (and their wives) weren't writing the missing = chunks=20 of the TBOTSS<BR>because they thought Silk/Horn or Horn/Silk was = nifty. =20 Just like the<BR>apostles didn't write the Gospels simply because Jesus = was a=20 swell guy and<BR>they'd like to continue his adventures. And the = writers=20 of the Apocrypha<BR>aren't fan fic writers either. They were = filling in=20 gaps in the<BR>"historical" (using the term very loosely) record for = reasons of=20 their own -- to relate a message they believed to be within the spirit = of Jesus'=20 life and/or teachings, for example.<BR><BR>Narwhal <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C0FA7B.F4058DE0-- *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun. *More Wolfe info & archive of this list at http://www.moonmilk.com/whorl/ *To leave the list, send "unsubscribe" to whorl-request at lists.best.com *If it's Wolfe but not Long Sun, please use the URTH list: urth at lists.best.com
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