[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: MOVED from MAIN - "sequels" to the classics

[Heidi Tandy]

>>  Carol, now wondering whether historical novels featuring real
>>  historical figures (e.g., Richard III or Anne Boleyn or Lady Jane
>>  Grey) constitute fanfic of a sort even though the authors whose
>>  "characters" are being borrowed are historians rather than novelists
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People do also write fanfic about the celebrities they're fans of, so 
under that definition, yes this could qualify.

If you want to read more modern stories about "today's celebs" - but 
fictionalized - I recommend Peter Lefcourt's *Di & I*, which came out in 
iirc 1995. It's about  a screenwriter who falls in love with Princess 
Diana and she with him. Lovely AU (note: there are sex scenes). Also, 
Stephen Fry - who some of you may know mostly from the HP uk audiobooks 
- wrote a novel called Making History about a grad student who changes 
history when he prevents Hitler from being born - obviously, there are 
some real Nazis among the characters, but also Stephen popped the 
Gallagher brothers from Oasis into the student body at Princeton.
And I'm a big fan of Harry Turtledove, who writes amazing AUs - the one 
he wrote with Richard Dreyfus - The Two Georges - is phenomenal - in 
another universe, it would be National Treasure.