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More adventures in library cataloging, and I ran across a 2006 copy of Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet. Chapter titles include: "My Life is a WIP on My LJ: Slashing the Slasher and the Reality of Celebrity and Internet Performance" and "Keeping Promises to Queer Children: Making Space (for Mary Sue) at Hogwarts."
Talk about a blast from Internet nostalgia past. This was before the existence of Ao3, before the fandom downfall of Livejournal (but AFTER Fanfiction.net, which far as I know was the only site of its kind, at least with any traction). When this book came out, Facebook had existed for less than two years and its biggest competitor was MySpace. Twitter, tumblr, TikTok, and goodreads didn't exist.
This book is way too academically dense for me to want to read. But if I ever do, it exists in my friendly neighborhood science fiction library.
Talk about a blast from Internet nostalgia past. This was before the existence of Ao3, before the fandom downfall of Livejournal (but AFTER Fanfiction.net, which far as I know was the only site of its kind, at least with any traction). When this book came out, Facebook had existed for less than two years and its biggest competitor was MySpace. Twitter, tumblr, TikTok, and goodreads didn't exist.
This book is way too academically dense for me to want to read. But if I ever do, it exists in my friendly neighborhood science fiction library.
