The term came into use in the 20th century as copyright laws began to delineate between stories using established characters that were authorized by the copyright holder and those that were not. Copyright owners have occasionally responded with legal action. Attitudes of authors and copyright owners of original works to fan fiction have ranged from indifference to encouragement to rejection. It may infringe on the original author's copyright, depending on the jurisdiction and on legal questions such as whether or not it qualifies as " fair use" (see Legal issues with fan fiction). Common bases for fan fiction include novels, movies, comics, musical groups, cartoons, anime, manga, and video games.įan fiction is rarely commissioned or authorized by the original work's creator or publisher and is rarely professionally published. Fan fiction can be based on any fictional (and occasional non-fictional) subject. Fan fiction ranges from a couple of sentences to an entire novel, and fans can retain the creator's characters and settings and/or add their own. The author uses copyrighted characters, settings, or other intellectual properties from the original creator(s) as a basis for their writing. New Adventures of Alice (1917) by John Rae, an early pastiche or fan fictionįan fiction or fanfiction (also abbreviated to fan fic, fanfic, fic or FF) is fictional writing written in an amateur capacity by fans, unauthorized by, but based on an existing work of fiction. You can also check out the books and authors marked as ToAdd for things that I don't have room to add to the list myself, and the Discussion tag."Fanfic" redirects here. Every book that's been voted on can be found under the Books + Listed tags. I've also created a Pinboard account for this list: FanficAuthors. I was limited on space so I only put the first book of a series on the list, and I tried to limit the number of books to a few of the highest rated books. Or, if there is a book you like by any of these authors that isn't on the list please add it. Note: I've hit my 100 book limit for this list, so please feel free to add more authors if you know of any. This will take some work on your part to add books, but I know that no one wants to out someone who isn't ready for that. Links to the author's fannish names or spaces will be removed, unless that author already linked their pro and fan names publicly. If you are a Goodreads author who wants to add your books, just drop a note in the comments so your books don't get deleted! Please only add an author if they have made a public statement about writing fanfic in a name associated with their pen name, and site your sources in the comments. I am counting media tie-in novels (Star Trek, Star Wars) as profic simply because they have been professionally published inclusion in an unpaid fanzine does not count as professional publication. This isn't a strictly Pull To Publish list (that already exists), but you can add P2P books. This list is for published authors that have also written fanfic. This list aims to illustrate that, while showcasing the best of what fans have to offer. Fanfiction hit the mainstream with a huge splash when Fifty Shades of Grey was published, but fanfic has been around for far longer than Twilight and fandom is amazingly diverse.
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