Steve's Canon versus Fanfic Post

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 16407

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., foxmoth at q... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> wrote:
> 
> 
> > I don't WANT 
> > anyone's interpretations to interfere. 
> <snip> And I say again that THAT IS MY POINT. 
> > I don't WANT to read someone else's interpretation. 
> 
> Poor Steve, what ARE you going to do when the movie comes out? 

Amen! I expect that to be a real problem, not just for me personally 
but for a lot of Lexicon readers who will email me and ask why I 
haven't included this or that.

> 	
> Pippin, who is wondering if your determination to avoid all fanfic 
> extends to The Aeneid or Paradise Lost?

I've read both. Do you consider them fanfic? And I only worry about 
fanfic when it comes to Harry Potter. I don't care this passionately 
about any other books. Sounds weird, but it's true. So what if 
someone writes a pastiche of Sherlock Holmes or even Janet Evanovich, 
both of which I read with great delight. I just don't care as much 
about them.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon