tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post114675741386629691..comments2023-07-03T21:44:22.373+10:00Comments on Hoyden-About-Town: Fanfic: cheapens the original or value-adding?tigtoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1149945356607776132006-06-10T23:15:00.000+10:002006-06-10T23:15:00.000+10:00I love getting book recommendations - Gardner's on...I love getting book recommendations - Gardner's on the list. Ta!tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1149930787824666832006-06-10T19:13:00.000+10:002006-06-10T19:13:00.000+10:00Speaking of Beowulf as a fanfic (which is more lik...Speaking of Beowulf as a fanfic (which is more like an adaption than anything, something probably worth keeping in mind when you make this argument), <I>Grendel</I> by John Gardner is without a doubt a fanfiction. It is wonderfully written, and that makes it literature instead of a fanfic.<BR/><BR/>Why the vast majority of fanfiction isn't real literature is that it aims low and is written poorlyInsomniacByChoicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918024123423440025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1146777116913875432006-05-05T07:11:00.000+10:002006-05-05T07:11:00.000+10:00Arrrgh - Beowulf. I ended the post when I realise...Arrrgh - <I>Beowulf</I>. I ended the post when I realised I was too tired to remember all the bits I'd come up with when the post was mulling in my mind. I was also thinking that <I>Alien/s</I> is <I>Beowulf</I> fanfic.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1146765319516551782006-05-05T03:55:00.000+10:002006-05-05T03:55:00.000+10:00Personally, I think Beowulf was fanfic. That woul...Personally, I think Beowulf was fanfic. That would explain why it's in English but about a Norse hero.Paul Tomblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10728282967367577245noreply@blogger.com