For the fanfic panel I'm on at the worldcon:

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What fanfic were you reading / writing in these decades (fandoms, favourite ships etc.) and links to stories if possible please?

1. 1960s
2. 70s
3. 80s
4. 80s
5. 90s
6. 90s
7. 2000s
8. Nowish

For example, I know Professionals and Blake's 7 were big in the UK in the 1970s-80s, but I wouldn't know where to look for examples of period writing.

Comments

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

1. 1960s You don't get to see my attempts at fanfic from this period.
However, I was big into 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' and 'Garrison's Gorillas' and both will come up later because I did most of my fannish writing about them in a later period. Also very fond of 'The Man from UNCLE', 'Star Trek' 'Temple Houston' and 'Captain Scarlet.' I mentally shipped in quite a few of these fandoms (I was a teenager, after all) but didn't try and write that sort of thing down because I hadn't even heard of fanfic.

2. 70s 'UFO', mainly, and I didn't write any in this period. Came into 'Blake's Seven' fandom at the end of the decade. If I had written slash or ships at that time it would probably have been Blake/Avon - though I was the author of an 'underground' much pirated story which I tend to refer to as my A/B/C story. I must get round to putting some of that up on AO3, but right now my only available B7 story is 'The Quibell Abduction' (gen) at http://archiveofourown.org/works/332809 I read (and still, lord help me, own) a lot of B7 zines. Judith Proctor might be able to help you find online fanfic from this period.

3. 80s Early part in 'Blake's Seven' fandom. But quickly into 'The Professionals' and exclusively Bodie/Doyle. Most of my stories are on 'the circuit' but the only ones on up on AO3 are my one non-slash piece 'Tiger by the Tail'. (http://archiveofourown.org/works/339052) and a mood B/D piece 'Storm and Sunlight' (http://archiveofourown.org/works/341925) There are some quite stunning works from the 1970s up on AO3 for this fandom - try looking for 'Rediscovered in a Graveyard.'

I also read a lot of 'Starsky and Hutch' (mainly S/H) fanfiction and, for my sins, Inamac and I ran a fanfic review zine so we read widely.

I wrote a number of short stories in this period for fanzines. One 'UFO' story (Straker/Foster) called 'Ere the Ruin Fall' - on AO3 at http://archiveofourown.org/works/284440 I found this one very difficult as, you know, Straker would not fornicate with the help.

Then there was a 'V' slash story 'Attractions and Desires' which I wrote despite disliking the series and its characters (which I had been subjected to in quantity) because the idea fitted Tyler/Donovan, who I would not normally ship in a million years. I am also told this is my most erotic story. So it goes. (http://archiveofourown.org/works/285670)

My little non-slash 'Tales of the Gold Monkey'/Cthulhu Mythos story, 'A Star to Steer Her By' also dates to this period and, while I loved the characters I did not ship any of them. http://archiveofourown.org/works/284520

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[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

4. 80s Mainly out of fanfic writing fandom. I was trying to write, you know, real fiction. Rediscovered my love of 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' because they broadcast first season. I have two 'Voyage' stories on line from that period 'Lodestone' (http://archiveofourown.org/works/284857)which is SF action adventure but I reckon my Nelson/Crane OTP shows and 'One Step Ahead' (http://archiveofourown.org/works/284962) which is Nelson/Crane slash,

5. 90s We rediscovered 'Garrison's Gorillas' (and that was because we binged on it while editing a 'Colditz' slash fanzine, not having any other WW2 stuff on VHS.) We published a fanzine 'Gorilla Warfare' and all our stories in it are now on AO3, some slash, some straight. Mine are here (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Lillian_Shepherd/works?fandom_id=110280). I personally ship Garrison/Actor but have co-written Garrison/Chief

We were watching 'Babylon 5' which was too good to write fanfic about, and later 'Buffy', likewise. We read a lot of B7 fic in this period too, because Judith Proctor was republishing a lot of my B7 fic, and also publishing other older zines and excellent contemporary fic.


6. 2000s Pretty much gave up fanfic for the first part. Went back to trying to write fantasy and SF. Didn't read much of it, either, except when asked to edit.

Then there was the first season of 'Primeval'. Back into fanfic. Wrote a couple of stories, read a whole lot more and still read my favourite authors. Mine are here (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Lillian_Shepherd/works?fandom_id=5009) and are gen. However, I do have a number of ships in the fandom, but no OTP. Today the fandom, still going strong,is based at primeval_denial where they would be delighted to rec fic and to explain the huge number of shared original characters...


7. Nowish Back to one of my earliest loves, to wit, 'The Avengers' (Marvel) (I bought the original volume numbers #1-160ish back in the 60s and 70s.) I have always been a Captain America and an an Iron Man fan, and so Cap/Iron Man (Steve/Tony) was made for me. Back to reading huge amounts of fanfic and to writing the stuff. (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Lillian_Shepherd/works?fandom_id=1001939) Started reading the comics again plus DVDs of the cartoons. *sigh*

I also got back into Star Trek and Kirk/Spock with the first reboot. Some excellent stuff there too.

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Thanks very much!

[agent13.livejournal.com]

The 90s was when I was consuming most of my fanfic. I was well into crossover material like the Karenina Continuity Chronicles (http://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Karenina_Continuity_Chronicles) by the late Susan M Garrett, and the Cousin Universe of the Relativity zines (http://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Cousin_Universe). (The Relativity material is linked from that page; I wasn't able to find any KCC material on-line.)

Of course, I was into the Farmer Wold Newton Universe for forever, until that particular fandom became so angry and insular.

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Thanks!

[inamac.livejournal.com]

What Lil said! I've dug up three copies of our review zine (Critical Mass) which ran from 1981 to 1985 with fandoms including B7, Star Trek (Grope), Starsky & Hutch, Dr Who (Frontier Worlds, Shada), 007 (we were sent a review copy of the Bond Club zine which was a surprise to us too!), A Team and V (among many others). Most of the rest of our zines are in store. (PM me or Lil if you want access).

Of my own writing, I'm gradually putting stuff on AO3, though I'm not sure that it's representative. I wrote Narnia stories in the 60s (as school projects), shared Man from UNCLE fantasies (unwritten AFAIR) wit schoolfriends, and wrote my first fanfic for Blake's Seven in the 70s. Will check my records and let you have links to what's online since then.

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Many thanks.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

You're more than welcome!

There are 6 of my Professionals 'circuit' stories from 1983/4 up on AO3 (http://archiveofourown.org/users/inamac/works?fandom_id=1673). You should find others on the online archive (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/) depending on whether the authors allowed publication online - these were originally photocopied by the authors and circulated to a very limited fan group as they are mostly slash).

And four Blakes'Seven stories from 1979/80 (http://archiveofourown.org/users/inamac/works?fandom_id=7109), the earliest of which, Neither Love Nor Money (http://archiveofourown.org/users/inamac/works?fandom_id=7109) was written pre- Series 3 (we didn't have the luxury of closed canon in those days.)

I wrote a number of odd fandoms for the Enigma multi-fandom zine in the 80s/90s, of which I think the only one online is the Sherlock Holmes 'Addleton Atrocity (on AO3). I should get some more up.

There are two V send-up stories published in 1990 'Poisoners and Prawns' and 'The Milton Keynes Confusion' which I have yet to scan.
There's also the Ace of Wands Hellbane (http://archiveofourown.org/chapters/108670#work_endnotes) which is based on a 1970s series, set in 1988, was written in 1990, published in 1994 and uploaded in 2010 - just to add to the confusion!

[dsample.livejournal.com]

In the 70s I tried writing a sequel to AC Clarke's The City and the Stars. It was very dire, and I only wrote a few pages worth. I pretty much stayed away from fanfic for the next 25 years, until I came across some Buffy fanfic, and decided to try my hand at it.

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I think that a lot of people tried their hands but never got anything out to fanzines etc. in the days before the internet. It's been a big game changer.

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

The problem with B7 fic from before the Internet era is that it's all on paper, and thus quite hard to get hold of (or just plain lost forever). If you really want to get hold of some, a post on the mailing list (which is now in its 22nd year!) will almost certainly get you lots of pointers.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Same for all other fandoms from that era, of course. At the moment I'm looking more to get an idea what was going on, and hope that other people on the panel are looking at this thread; I'm not running it, so I'm not going to be doing the heavy lifting on research.

[eledonecirrhosa.livejournal.com]

70s - I wrote Silver Brumby and Watership Down stories. Though I was completely unaware I was writing fanfic, as I had never heard of the term...

80s - writing and reading Dr Who and Blake's 7 fanfic, mostly in paper fanzines like Cygnus Alpha and Space Rat. I started writing Strontium Dog fanfic back then, and read/wrote a bit of Judge Dredd (mostly spoofs).

90s - started my own Strontium Dog/2000ad fanzine, Dogbreath. The early issues are now available online here. (http://thequaequamblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/dogbreath-volume-01-archive.html) The 90s was also my first encounter with Dragonriders of Pern fanfic, and I dipped in and out of various telly fandoms as a reader.

2000s - got really into Dragonriders of Pern fanfic via Kadanzer Weyr (http://www.kadanzer.org/index.php) You'll find a bunch of my stories under the 'public stories' page, name Kear. I also continued Dogbreath until issue 14 and then handed over the running of the zine to the next generation! As a reader I dipped in and out of various TV show fanfic sites and read a fair bit of Wraeththu fanfic (based on the Storm Constantine novels). The best of those actually get made 'official' and published in dead tree format by Immanion Press (http://www.immanion-press.com/info/book.asp?id=396)

Nowish - not following anything in particular as a reader, just dipping in and out of stuff that friends point me at. Since the demise of Kadanzer Weyr I've not really been writing much. There are plans afoot to create a new Weyr story group, but all those involved keep getting attacked by real life and watching their time/thuses evaporate. :-(

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've given others on the panel a link to this thread, so hopefully it'll give us all some ideas for discussion.

[eledonecirrhosa.livejournal.com]

What time is the fanfic panel scheduled for?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Apologies, I somehow missed noticing you'd commented

Fanfiction Through The Decades - Friday 12:00 - 13:00

Fanfiction as it is broadly understood began with Kirk and Spock. In the first years it was relatively hard to come by unless you moved in the right circles; most people had no idea it even existed. Today it is not unusual for it to be discussed in the mainstream media. Over the decades not only has the ease and accessibility of fanfiction increased but so to has the variety of material that inspires it, the type of stories written, and the styles they are written in. In this drop-in session we will revisit long since forgotten fandoms and encounter new ones while exploring the literary changes in fanfiction. During the session you can try and guess when a story was written and from what fandom it came, discuss the evolution and changes in fanfiction with the experienced readers and writers of fanfiction or simply read some of the stories we will have on hand.

Erin Horakova, Jo Charman, Katherine Jay, Maree Pavletich, Marcus Rowland, Douglas Spencer, Katharine Woods, JY Yang

There are lots of other fanfic panels, I think.