{"product_id":"fic-why-fanfiction-is-taking-over-the-world-9781939529190","title":"Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World","description":"What is fanfiction, and what is it not? Why does fanfiction matter? And what makes it so important to the future of literature? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFic\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith provocative discussions from both professional and fan writers, on subjects from \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe X-Files\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u003c\/i\u003e to Harry Potter, Twilight, and beyond, \u003ci\u003eFic\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the widely misunderstood world(s) of fanfiction--not only how fanfiction is transforming the literary landscape, but how it already has. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFic\u003c\/i\u003e features a foreword by Lev Grossman (author of \u003ci\u003eThe Magicians\u003c\/i\u003e) and interviews with Jonathan Lethem, Doug Wright, Eurydice (Vivean Dean), and Katie Forsythe\/wordstrings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCyndy Aleo (algonquinrt; d0tpark3r)\u003cbr\u003eV. Arrow (aimmyarrowshigh)\u003cbr\u003eTish Beaty (his_tweet)\u003cbr\u003eBrad Bell\u003cbr\u003eAmber Benson\u003cbr\u003ePeter Berg (Homfrog)\u003cbr\u003eKristina Busse\u003cbr\u003eRachel Caine\u003cbr\u003eFrancesca Coppa \u003cbr\u003eRandi Flanagan (BellaFlan) \u003cbr\u003eJolie Fontenot \u003cbr\u003eWendy C. Fries (Atlin Merrick) \u003cbr\u003eRon Hogan\u003cbr\u003eBethan Jones \u003cbr\u003eChristina Lauren (Christina Hobbs\/tby789 and Lauren Billings\/LolaShoes)\u003cbr\u003eJacqueline Lichtenberg \u003cbr\u003eRukmini Pande and Samira Nadkarni \u003cbr\u003eChris Rankin \u003cbr\u003eTiffany Reisz \u003cbr\u003eAndrew Shaffer \u003cbr\u003eAndy Sawyer \u003cbr\u003eHeidi Tandy (Heidi8)\u003cbr\u003eDarren Wershler \u003cbr\u003eJules Wilkinson (missyjack) \u003cbr\u003eJen Zern (NautiBitz)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Jamison\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at the University of Utah, where she teaches and writes about literature and culture from the 18th century to the present. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Princeton and is the author of \u003ci\u003ePoetics en passant\u003c\/i\u003e (Palgrave, 2009), the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eKafka's Other Prague\u003c\/i\u003e, and a variety of essays and articles--as well as a blog about teaching fanfiction, and a lot of tweets. Her work on fanfiction has been quoted in publications from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Popwatch. She lives happily in Salt Lake City in a house full of children, basset hounds, and an avant-garde poet. And yes, of course she's written fic.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Smart Pop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50365755359506,"sku":"9781939529190","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0b2c989b-6107-4efe-b397-92de970d519b.jpg?v=1728463461","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fic-why-fanfiction-is-taking-over-the-world-9781939529190","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}