Fanfic zines/Madam Sprout's name

Catlady catlady at wicca.net
Fri Jan 19 08:37:13 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 9685

There was at least one book of collected Darkover fanfiction, but it was
collected (and forced upon the publisher) by Marion Zimmer Bradley, the
author and owner of the Darkover series. I believe that all those Star
Trek books in bookstores belong to whoever owns the Star Trek copyright,
who hires hacks to write the books for money while ignoring fans who
write it for love.

Today I obsessed on 'What is Professor Sprout's given name?' and came up
with more suggestions than my previous Phyllis, Fern, or Ivy:

Chloris (or Clara Phyllis!)
Flora
Eartha
La Verne
Sylvia or Sylvaine
Xyla (after xylem, part of a plant's vascular system)
Polly-Ann or Pauline (whichever sounds more like Pollen)
Ruth (if it sounds enough like Root)
Betty-Annie (for Botany)
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