What is fanfiction, and what is it not? Why does fanfiction matter? And what makes it so important to the future of literature?
Fic is a groundbreaking exploration of the history and culture of fan writing and what it means for the way we think about reading, writing, and authorship. It’s a story about literature, community, and technology—about what stories are being told, who’s telling them, how, and why.
With provocative discussions from both professional and fan writers, on subjects from Star Trek to The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Harry Potter, Twilight, and beyond, Fic sheds light on the widely misunderstood world of fanfiction—not only how fanfiction is transforming the literary landscape, but how it already has.
Fic features a foreword by Lev Grossman and interviews with Jonathan Lethem, Doug Wright, and Eurydice .
Katie Forsythe/wordstrings
Cyndy Aleo
V. Arrow
Tish Beaty
Brad Bell
Amber Benson
Peter Berg
Kristina Busse
Rachel Caine
Francesca Coppa
Randi Flanagan
Jolie Fontenot
Wendy C. Fries
Ron Hogan
Bethan Jones
Christina Lauren
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Rukmini Pande and Samira Nadkarni
Chris Rankin
Tiffany Reisz
Andrew Shaffer
Andy Sawyer
Heidi Tandy
Darren Wershler
Jules Wilkinson
Jen Zern
What is fanfiction, and what is it not? Why does fanfiction matter? And what makes it so important to the future of literature?
Fic is a groundbreaking exploration of the history and culture of fan writing and what it means for the way we think about reading, writing, and authorship. It’s a story about literature, community, and technology—about what stories are being told, who’s telling them, how, and why.
With provocative discussions from both professional and fan writers, on subjects from Star Trek to The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Harry Potter, Twilight, and beyond, Fic sheds light on the widely misunderstood world of fanfiction—not only how fanfiction is transforming the literary landscape, but how it already has.
Fic features a foreword by Lev Grossman and interviews with Jonathan Lethem, Doug Wright, and Eurydice .
Katie Forsythe/wordstrings
Cyndy Aleo
V. Arrow
Tish Beaty
Brad Bell
Amber Benson
Peter Berg
Kristina Busse
Rachel Caine
Francesca Coppa
Randi Flanagan
Jolie Fontenot
Wendy C. Fries
Ron Hogan
Bethan Jones
Christina Lauren
Jacqueline Lichtenberg
Rukmini Pande and Samira Nadkarni
Chris Rankin
Tiffany Reisz
Andrew Shaffer
Andy Sawyer
Heidi Tandy
Darren Wershler
Jules Wilkinson
Jen Zern