Faan Fiction 1930-2020: an exploration

In this combined critique and anthology, Rob Hansen discusses the phenomenon of fan fiction (in the old fanzine sense of fiction about members of the science fiction fan community rather than actors in media productions), with a particular focus on the UK. His commentary is interspersed with many examples from such diverse fan writers as John Berry, C.S. Youd (John Christopher), Leroy Kettle, David Langford, Mark Plummer, Bob Shaw, Ian Sorensen, James White, Walt Willis – and Rob Hansen himself, including previously unpublished work. There are several surprises. Approximately 61,000 words. From Rob Hansen's Foreword: One aspect of fandom only lightly touched on by me in THEN was fan fiction. By which, of course, I mean fiction about fans and/or fandom. This is a thread that has been woven through SF fandom since it began, enduring almost to the present day, and so is worthy of consideration in that light. I’ll be looking at the people who wrote it and all its various forms and the purposes to which they were put. Inevitably, the quality of the writing varies wildly, with that of those who later went on to write professionally usually being a cut above the rest. ALL PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF THIS BOOK GO TO THE TRANSATLANTIC FAN FUND.