Do you like to read fan fiction?
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63233)
United States
January 11, 2023 11:14pm CST
I do to a certain extent. I mostly read The Man From U.N.C.L.E. fanfic, from the old TV show, not the movie.
I've also enjoyed reading Doctor Who, more of the classic show rather than the reboot.
I have written some fanfic as well as original fiction. I like my fanfic to feel like it could've been an episode.
If you would like to read any of my fics, here is the site.
The only recent story on it is The Hunt - 1970, the rest are re-edited older stuff.
I will warn you that I write science fiction, not hard stuff, no rockets and stuff.
https://archiveofourown.org/users/ElicBxn/works
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@ElicBxn (63233)
• United States
12 Jan 23
They did 18 tie-in books of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. It was an original concept that the man who dreamed it up, Norman Felton, was actually talking to Ian Fleming at the time and Fleming gave the name "Solo" to him as the lead. However, nobody, except maybe Norman Felton, knew what kind of reaction there would be to David McCallum's Illya Kuryakin.
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@lazydaizee (6730)
• United Kingdom
12 Jan 23
I was not a fan of these when they were shown on TV. The first time I watched Dr Who I was only a child , I found the Daleks really scary because I though they were real. Some people say that the original theme music makes them scared too.
On a different subject, I am curious about that website archive of our own, is it a site that pays members to write and can anybody join?
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@ElicBxn (63233)
• United States
13 Jan 23
@lazydaizee let me start with your last question, what box are they asking you to tick? I am a member so I've never seen this - well, maybe when I joined, but that was over a decade ago.
Okay, the site is dedicated to fan fiction - TV, movies, books, video games... whatever. You can post original fic if it could be considered like from some kind of fannish origin. ("Fannish" is like 'oh, this looks like it could've been a - fill in a blank - story first.)
So, no non-fiction stuff - UNLESS - it is a study of fan fiction or fandom in general.
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@lazydaizee (6730)
• United Kingdom
14 Jan 23
@ElicBxn Thank you for your answer, unfortunately I am not into fan fiction so maybe I will not join the site. Your answer has saved me some time , and I am also very cautious about giving my email out to websites that I have not heard of before. Good luck with your writing.
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@BarBaraPrz (45433)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Jan 23
I left fandom far behind after the divorce, so haven't read any since the early 80s, when I was editing the club newsletter.
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@BarBaraPrz (45433)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Jan 23
@ElicBxn Well, I lost interest in a lot of things then...
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@JamesHxstatic (29233)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Jan 23
Writing is a great pastime. I seem to spend hours each day writing and/or reading.
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@VictorFrankenstein (200)
• United Kingdom
8 Mar 23
I used to read a lot of Blake's 7 fan fiction, as well as some Dr Who. This was back in the days (late 80s-early 90s) when there were still fan clubs and fanzines that you could order through the post. I hardly ever buy fanzines these days, but there don't seem to be as many around anyway. Like conventions, they seem to be slowly dying out. Somehow, I don't find reading fanfic online is the same as having it in my hands.
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@ElicBxn (63233)
• United States
8 Mar 23
I never got into Blake's 7 fandom, but I do have several Doctor Who stories on my AO3 page you might enjoy. They aren't long and they are universe compliant. They are also "classic" Doctor Who, not the new guys. One is mostly Doctor 3, 2 are Doctor 4 and one is pre-series. The two Doctor 4 stories are cross overs, one with The Man From UNCLE and the other The Tomorrow People. I have another Doctor Who story that I would need to track down to retype that is pure Doctor 4. The Doctor 3 story does have a couple of Doctor 4 stuff taken from the show and the last bit is Doctor 5 with a tiny add on that ties the story together.
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