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   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   The True Melissa wrote:   
      
   > Verily, in article <109ti4a$2a9u0$1@dont-email.me>, did   
   > dtravel@sonic.net deliver unto us this message:   
   > >   
   > > Wasn't it Star Trek fan-fic that lead to the coining   
   > > of "Mary Sue fiction"?   
   >   
   > Yep. I read the original piece, starring Lieutenant Mary Sue,   
   > ages ago. It's a parody of self-insert, wish-fulfillment   
   > fanfic. It's probably still around somewhere.   
      
   "A Trekkie's Tale" from the early 1970's.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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