Category Archives: Fandom

Harry Potter Lexicon court date

RDR, Warner and JK Rowling head to court on March 24th to try and settle the HP Lexicon issue, according to the Guardian. Fingers crossed for RDR but methinks there is an awful lot of miscommunication and spin. As John … Continue reading

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Fan Husbandry

Should creators necessarily listen to fans and adjust creations according to comments? io9 (via Holly Black) has a piece on the art of fan husbandry in response to Russell Davies comments that he doesn’t want to listen to fans so … Continue reading

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Snoopy takes on the Nazgul

This afternoon as  break from what I was doing, I searched for Nazgul on Google as I was curious as to who else had used the Nazgul type creature in either book or film and came across this wonderful story … Continue reading

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Warren Ellis’ Whitechapel online

Warren Ellis’s Freakangels created a community site, Whitechapel, which is well worth a delve around if you have the time and like Ellis. As you’d expect, it is becoming a luscious engine for finding yet more stuff to while away … Continue reading

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Rowling and Warner Bros file suit against a Harry Potter reference work

J.K. Rowling has really done it now. Dumbledore gay? Meh only news and comment for sadly deluded individuals who see somebody’s sexuality as shocking. However her recent lawsuit against RDR Books and Steve VanderArk’s print edition of the Harry Potter … Continue reading

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Rich Cando does the Simpsons does Star Wars

I’ve just come across this Simpsons meets Star Wars spoof lovingly prepared by a guy named Rich Cando. It looks like there are a few more of the around as well. At under a minute, its about the right length … Continue reading

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Fan theses online

The Comparative Media Studies course at MIT has placed it theses on fandom online. Some aren’t linked but there are some interesting studies on there. The course is taught by Henry Jenkins, to whom I’ve linked before and who is … Continue reading

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Dislocated at Recombination

Having signed up a year ago, Recombination very nearly overtook me. I haven’t been back to Cambridge (bar a quick meeting) for about fifteen years but it hasn’t changed much at all. I met up with Ian Whates of Newcon … Continue reading

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Greg Pickersgill online

Bill Burns over at eFanzines has alerted me to the existence of Greg Pickersgill’s Can’t Get off  the Island, a collection of his fannish writings which the fearless (and I assume knackered given the amount of things they are involved … Continue reading

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Fan voices in the ether…

The Voices of Fandom site has a new podcast which includes a fan-history of Las Vegrants, Corflu Silver News, an interview with Ross Chamberlain about his book Angel Without Wings, some music and some humour. Hosted by Bill Mills. Program … Continue reading

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