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  2. Fan fiction - Wikipedia

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    The term fan fiction has been used in print as early as 1938; in the earliest known citations, it refers to amateur-written science fiction, as opposed to "pro fiction". [3] [4] The term also appears in the 1944 Fancyclopedia, an encyclopaedia of fandom jargon, in which it is defined as "fiction about fans, or sometimes about pros, and occasionally bringing in some famous characters from ...

  3. Fan labor - Wikipedia

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    Fan fiction is the most widely known fan labor practice, and arguably one of the oldest, beginning at least as early as the 17th century. [4] [5] Fan fiction stories ("fan fic") are literary works produced by fans of a given media property, rather than the original creator. They may expand on an original story line, character relationship, or ...

  4. Fandom - Wikipedia

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    Some fans write fan fiction ("fanfic"), stories based on the universe and characters of their chosen fandom. This fiction can take the form of video-making as well as writing. [25] Fan fiction may or may not tie in with the story's canon; sometimes fans use the story's characters in different situations that do not relate to the plot line at all.

  5. Fan studies - Wikipedia

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    Fan studies is an academic discipline that analyses fans, fandoms, fan cultures and fan activities, including fanworks. It is an interdisciplinary field located at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences , which emerged in the early 1990s as a separate discipline, and draws particularly on audience studies and cultural studies .

  6. Pop culture fiction - Wikipedia

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    Pop culture fiction is a genre of fiction where stories are written intentionally to be filled with references from other works and media. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Stories in this genre are focused solely on using popular culture references.

  7. Canon (fiction) - Wikipedia

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    The canon of a work of fiction is "the body of works taking place in a particular fictional world that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; [especially] those created by the original author or developer of the world". [2] Canon is contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction and other derivative works. [3]

  8. A popular fan fiction site shut down for a day. Here's why ...

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    The fan fiction website AO3, or Archive of our Own, crashed July 10 due to a cyberattack. Here's how fan fiction fans were impacted.

  9. Historical fiction - Wikipedia

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    Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events.Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other types of narrative, including theatre, opera, cinema, and television, as well as video games and graphic novels.