The Novels of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman

[kerravonsen]

I have to rave on about the trilogy I just finished reading, the "Novels of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman" by Pamela Aidan. The three books re-tell the events of "Pride and Prejudice" from Darcy's point of view. And it works, it really works. I especially loved the third book, where the events come to a head.

1) An Assembly Such As This
2) Duty and Desire
3) These Three Remain

Comments

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Such a pity I don't write fanfic for a fandom that's legal. :-)

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Ack! Don't say that, or I shall be forced to rant at you voluminously. Fanfiction is not automatically illegal; at least in the US, the legality would have to be decided on a case-by-case basis for each story, and I suspect it's much the same where you are. (And it's my understanding that in the UK there may be even more leeway, as the characters aren't copyrightable.)

[kerravonsen]

Seconded. Fan fiction is legal. It is Fair Use, because it is transformative, and not-for-profit.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean that! What I really meant was something I could legally publish, like Shakespeare, Austen, or for that matter, Doctor Who or Star Trek.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank goodness! I get pretty concerned when I hear a fanwriter say that fanfiction is illegal; there's no reason that we should help the copyright owners by squashing our own freedoms for them. :D

What you need to do, then, is file the serial numbers off: write Avatar fic. I suspect that's what I may do, if I ever get around to it.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I am considering that.

And sorry if it wasn't obvious; I saw on the link that the books started as fanfic.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Not at all; I probably overreacted. Legality of fanfic is one of the very few issues I care enough about to, er, rush in where angels fear to tread, so to speak.