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   Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) to Kay Shapero   
   Re: Fan Fiction   
   11 Jan 15 01:29:05   
   
   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 1/10/15 12:58 AM, Kay Shapero wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   
      
   	I did not particularly like RationalHarry either.   
      
      
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