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   Kay Shapero to All   
   Re: Fan Fiction   
   09 Jan 15 21:58:46   
   
   From: kay@invalid.net   
      
   In article , seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
   says...   
      
   >   
   > > I asked the daughter   
   > > if she knew what that was (I don't watch anime/read manga and it was   
   > > clearly from one of those) and she did, and was interested when I   
   > > explained why I asked.  So she looked up the story read it, browsed,   
   > > read more....starting writing her own.   
   >   
   > 	The most famous HP fanfic is probably "Harry Potter and the Methods of   
   > Rationality", with "Naked Quidditch" pretty high up there (and despite   
   > the name, it's not pr0n).   
   >   
      
   I tried to read the former, as I liked the concept a lot.  Alas, by the   
   time I'd gotten a few dozen chapters in, I found myself uttering the   
   Eight Deadly Words (I don't *care* what happens to these characters) and   
   giving up.  The second is a hoot.   
      
      
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   Kay Shapero   
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