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Dr. Science @ #9: The trouble with fanfic, from a tie-in novelist's POV, is that the best fanfic makes profic look second-rate. And the constraints of the profic market -- the fact that tie-ins are written as "product", not as works of love & inspiration -- means that profic *must* be second-rate, it is not allowed to be first-rate.

As one who has written both Trek fanfic and profic, I take offense at this. I have been a fan of the Trek universe almost since its inception, and my love for these characters and settings do not fluctuate depending on whether or not my stories are contracted or not. And not only have my editors allowed me to exercise my passion and inspiration in the contracted works I have done, but they have encouraged it. As to the idea that writers would be less inclined to do their best work when there is a pro editor to please, and money on the line if they do so... well, I can't quite get my mind around that one.

You know the Republicans are in bad shape when they drag Dan Quayle's old attack on Murphy Brown out of storage...

Gov. Schwarzenegger hasn't yet explained what kind of terrorist attacks he does expect will require this level of staffing.

Why, evil cyborgs from the future, of course!!

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