Best Fan-Fiction

[jimmy olsen]

The Aeneid is the best

[Eddie Teach]

I was going to say Wicked but you went broader.

[jimmy olsen]

I was going to say Wicked but you went broader.

Oh, that's a good option. I was thinking mainly the classics, but it definitely deserves a spot on the list.

[Darth Wagtaros]

50 Shades.

It made money. Lot's of money.

[celedhring]

I kinda get the others being fanfic, but not Lord of the Flies. Is it because of it being a name for the devil? It's mostly a tangential allegory in the story. One of my favorite books, incidentally.

But given the list, I've to go with Dante's Inferno. Too many juicy cameos to ignore.

[Josquius]

If we're being smart arses then surely practically everything since the dawn of ever is fanfiction?
The bible for instance  took from earlier mythologies.

[Barrister]

I don't get how Call of the Wild is "fanfiction".  It was inspired by Jack London's time spent in the Yukon during the gold rush but was an original story.

Edit: Jack London was actually there in the gold rush.  I've been to his cabin in Dawson City (it was moved there some time later after London became famous).   Are you trying to say that author's can't be inspired by their own personal experiences?

[Sheilbh]

Yeah I'm kind of interested in what fan fiction is based on that list? Where's the difference between it and "inspired by" or "adapted from"? Especially when you're dealing with I'd say definitely pre-Romantic texts where there's a very different concept of authoriship and what the writer is and does. Interesting poll.

[celedhring]

I think fanfic is borrowing somebody else's popular characters and create a new story with them. I love he put in the Aeneid because a lot of Classical epics/drama/history are essentially fanfics. These were presented orally so having somebody famous show up in your story and do some kickass shit was a sure way to draw in a live audience.

The difference with a straight adaptation of somebody else's work, imho, is that the story should essentially be a new one.

[Syt]

I'll go with fanfic in a more modern sense: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

[Savonarola]

The Aeneid is the best

I'm curious why you picked that one.  The second half of the work, I thought, was mostly forgettable.  Turnus isn't much of an antagonist and Lavinia's big scene is when her hair catches fire.

[Caliga]

I like the ones where Kirk bangs Spock.

[Savonarola]

Anyhow I'd pick Tennyson's Ulysses; as I grow older I find myself identifying with the ageing Ulysses.

[Tonitrus]

I like the ones where Kirk bangs Spock.

You know the Bones-Spock ones would have better dramatic tension.

[The Minsky Moment]

The Aeneid is the best

. . . Lavinia's big scene is when her hair catches fire.

You don't see that much anymore.  It's pretty much all pants on fire these days.