Tag: fan fiction

by M. Bijman January 10, 2018

A Triumph of Imagination – Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders

I wrote this review of Lincoln in the Bardo carefully, and I spent some time making sense of it, becauseContinue Reading

by M. Bijman November 7, 2017

Backstories Current events Discussion of current events Discussion of writing style Humor Humour Modern fiction Review of modern fiction Review of new book Trending

This is what being old is really like – The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, by…?

There is a current trend for novels with long titles about eccentric old people: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed OutContinue Reading

by M. Bijman June 8, 2017

Backstories Discussion of film/TV series Literary analysis

Why we think that fictional characters are real

The reboot of the TV series Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: The Return premiered on the 21st of May, to a hugeContinue Reading

by M. Bijman February 3, 2017

Backstories Children’s Literature Current events Discussion of writing style Published books Review of previously published novel

“The Little Prince” – The tricky business of fan fiction versus copyright, Part 4 of 4

Here is the last part in a series of four posts on the subject of fan fiction versus copyright rules.Continue Reading

The header for this and other posts contain images from both original and fan fiction/sequels by other authors. In this case, Tintin and Snowy (left) come from Rodier’s version, the Little Prince (adapted, centre) comes from the original by De Saint-Exupéry, and the Young Prince (right) comes from A.G. Roemmers’ version. All three images have been used under the terms of “fair use”: “In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and ‘transformative’ purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work.” (Rich Stim, Stanford University Libraries). The main image, of Paris, France, is by M.F. O’Brien, used with permission.

by M. Bijman January 30, 2017

Backstories Comic books Current events Discussion of author’s portfolio Discussion of current events Published books

The Unfinished “Tintin” – The tricky business of fan fiction versus copyright, Part 3 of 4

The court cases continue Update – May 4, 2021 The Hergé Foundation, known in French as Moulinsart, and formerly knownContinue Reading

by M. Bijman January 16, 2017

Backstories Current events Discussion of current events

The tricky business of fan fiction versus copyright, Part 1 of 4

The Era of the Reboot and Sequel Whenever an author adds a new book on to a successful novel orContinue Reading

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