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blueloris's review against another edition
3.0
This is a good overview of fanfiction; I like that Jamison calls it "an important grassroots cultural activity."
If you've been in fandom for awhile, there's not much new here, although I did like learning more about the history of fanfiction.
Some of the essays are more successful than others in supporting Jamison's contention that fanfiction is worthwhile, even important. I'd imagine that someone unfamiliar with fanfiction would balk at the essay discussing mpreg and a/b/o, even if they were reading with an open mind. And I say this as someone who has read both. A lot.
Still, it's cool to read a serious study of reading and writing fanfiction as a legitimate endeavor and not just an embarrassing hobby.
If you've been in fandom for awhile, there's not much new here, although I did like learning more about the history of fanfiction.
Some of the essays are more successful than others in supporting Jamison's contention that fanfiction is worthwhile, even important. I'd imagine that someone unfamiliar with fanfiction would balk at the essay discussing mpreg and a/b/o, even if they were reading with an open mind. And I say this as someone who has read both. A lot.
Still, it's cool to read a serious study of reading and writing fanfiction as a legitimate endeavor and not just an embarrassing hobby.
bdhroasted's review against another edition
5.0
An absolute joy to read. A little biased at times with certain fandoms (I felt) but it talked about fanfiction with all the love and none of the derision. It was also interesting to see what fan fiction is doing from the outside, and how what we call fanfiction today is just a small part of all the fan fiction that's being/been created.
It was a perfect/beautiful read. Well worth it.
It was a perfect/beautiful read. Well worth it.
piperclover's review against another edition
I got this for an essay I was writing and I was really excited to listen to It but I don't think it's written well. I'm a huge fan fiction fan so I know all of the slang/terminology and the ends and outs of fandom and fanfic sites but this was hard to follow.
namiraa's review against another edition
2.0
Yes and no. Thank you for your effort but, no thank you. I'm not big on writing very long, in-depth reviews so just a few thoughts; take it or leave it. The HP part was over so quickly. I was expecting a lot more elaboration on this subject given its immense online presence. Then she started praising the Twilight fan fiction and books.......YIKES. She completely lost me there. Clearly in favor of publishing fan fiction works as original, and although yes I have read some ff stories that are original enough that they completely deserve to be published as original work (i.e. Turn by Sara's Girl), I got the feeling that she's just pro things like City of Bones (Draco Trilogy anyone?) and, good GOD, 50 Shades of Grey being published. Do NOT even get me started on that disaster of a book...just...no. I must admit after a while I found myself flipping pages and not really reading it so I can't say I read all of it. I suppose I read enough to know that it wasn't my cup of tea. I don't think she has spent enough time in fan fiction at all to really know what she's on about. All in all...I was expecting a lot more from this book. I like that she touches on slash a bit but...*sigh* she got so much wrong. As a slash reader myself, I feel that it fell short. Big time. Also...self-identified men? B**** please. Perhaps I was expecting too much from this book, it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't excellent either. There are MUCH better essays and podcasts online explaining and delving into the history of fan fiction than this and they're FREE. Long live net-neutrality and a "free" internet.