tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post264977059760276962..comments2023-12-27T18:31:37.784-05:00Comments on Bourgeois Nerd: Apologia Pro Tie-In FictionFrankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post-74590876971947293652013-02-27T11:28:32.121-05:002013-02-27T11:28:32.121-05:00Like I said, tie-ins are like anything else: there...Like I said, tie-ins are like anything else: there is a LOT of crap. Really, really bad crap. I just don't think it's uniquely full of that stuff, it just gets the rap for it.<br /><br />Imzadi was THE SHIT! And it's one of the most popular Trek novels of all time. People like epic love. And smut. Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post-55447057476342456232013-02-27T10:55:25.929-05:002013-02-27T10:55:25.929-05:00Not even the slash (although, yes, obviously the s...Not even the slash (although, yes, obviously the slash,, heh) but I remember how excited I was to buy the X-Files tie-ins and then how bummed that they were just boring casefiles with little to none of the character/relationship stuff I watched for.<br /><br />And then I discovered XF fanfiction on usenet and it was all over... (I think the first tie in I ever bought was a TNG novel called "Imzadi" which should tell you all you need to know about my reading preferences.)Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post-76958025025473764352013-02-26T21:10:55.858-05:002013-02-26T21:10:55.858-05:00Fan fiction definitely thrives on all the same rea...Fan fiction definitely thrives on all the same reason. And, yeah, it's free, so it's even more "cost effective," for the fan at least. I'm not really into at this moment in my life, though I was a little into Star Trek fanfic a long time ago, and even tried my hand at it. And you can definitely have even more freedom than the tie-ins. I don't see much official slash after all! Heh.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9876669.post-88126124914579584392013-02-26T17:22:30.639-05:002013-02-26T17:22:30.639-05:00Well said. At this point in my life, I am way past...Well said. At this point in my life, I am way past the point of feeling shame for what I find entertaining in my fiction. (Although during the height of my Clone Wars-era expanded universe obsession, I admit to feeling a little weird searching out the YA Jedi novels at the library. No one's perfect.)<br /><br />The only reason I don't read as many tie-ins now as I did when I was younger is that I satisfy that same impulse through fan fiction. For all of the same reasons you cite: desire to revisit a beloved sandbox, and to play around in it with the freedom of not necessarily being tied to official canon or commercial constraints. <br /><br />And though it's true that the quality of bad fic is way worse than the worst published tie in, it's also free, so I don't feel like I've lost anything but a few minutes (or seconds, depending on how bad it is) of my time. But the really good stuff? Hits all my narrative kinks way better than a lot of published fiction these days. There's definitely something to be said for the freedom to explore without worrying about a publisher's (or canon creator's) tender sensibilities.Elizabethnoreply@blogger.com