Fan fiction
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Fan fiction
- Here are entered collections of fiction written by fans of specific authors, books, films, television series, etc., and incorporating the characters and/or settings of those authors or works.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006002523
- info:lc/authorities/sh2006002523
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2006002523#concept
Instance Of
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Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Fan fic
- Fanfic
Broader Terms
Sources
- found: Work cat.: The democratic genre, 2005: t.p. (Fan fiction) p. 7 (fan fiction (aka fanfic); Fan fiction is published both online and in fanzines) p. 9 (fiction based on a situation and characters originally created by someone else)
- found: Oxford English dict. online, Apr. 4, 2006 (fan fiction: fiction, usually fantasy or science fiction, written by a fan rather than a professional author, esp. that based on already-existing characters from a television series, book, film, etc.; (also) a piece of such writing; also fanfic or fan fic)
- notfound: Web. 3
General Notes
- Here are entered collections of fiction written by fans of specific authors, books, films, television series, etc., and incorporating the characters and/or settings of those authors or works.
Change Notes
- 2006-04-05: new
- 2006-06-05: revised
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