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fjtorres · 06-30-2012, 07:49 PM

Smile when you say that, stranger...

You're not required to like 1632.
(Though many of us do.)

But the series exists because it is outright fun and because he picked a truly pivotal point in history to perturb, full of interesting historical figures and the time of the birth of the modern state. A fair amount of the "derivative efforts" in the GRANTVILLE CHRONICLES aren't even fiction, but rather historical analysis and discussion.

But of the fiction, given the official invitation and veting, I don't think fan fiction is a term that fits the 163x Project: it is closer in tone to the THIEVES' WORLD or MEDEA shared universe project in that a significant portion of the contributions are accepted as canon and incorporated into traditionally-published volumes of the series.

So, taste issues aside, I would suggest it does not fit into a discussion of fan fiction.

06-30-2012, 07:49 PM	#4
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Smile when you say that, stranger... You're not required to like 1632. (Though many of us do.) But the series exists because it is outright fun and because he picked a truly pivotal point in history to perturb, full of interesting historical figures and the time of the birth of the modern state. A fair amount of the "derivative efforts" in the GRANTVILLE CHRONICLES aren't even fiction, but rather historical analysis and discussion. But of the fiction, given the official invitation and veting, I don't think fan fiction is a term that fits the 163x Project: it is closer in tone to the THIEVES' WORLD or MEDEA shared universe project in that a significant portion of the contributions are accepted as canon and incorporated into traditionally-published volumes of the series. So, taste issues aside, I would suggest it does not fit into a discussion of fan fiction.