Quirkie Questionses
03/04/2004 12:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
izmeinaJust a quick squiggle.
Iz wants to know two things
When was the first officially recognized Spam and what was it?
(Iz has heard rumours and stuff about it being the tenth birthday of spam and such recently but needs cold hard facts)
How old is the strange phenomenon of "Fan Fiction"?
Is it an internet invention or is there stuff that predates it?
Seems to Iz that the Potters are the leaders in the field but Iz wants to know who was the first - both on and offline.
Iz wants to know two things
When was the first officially recognized Spam and what was it?
(Iz has heard rumours and stuff about it being the tenth birthday of spam and such recently but needs cold hard facts)
How old is the strange phenomenon of "Fan Fiction"?
Is it an internet invention or is there stuff that predates it?
Seems to Iz that the Potters are the leaders in the field but Iz wants to know who was the first - both on and offline.
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Date: 2004-04-02 09:34 pm (UTC)The rest I have no clue.
These links may help you (Google is wonderful!)
http://www.writersu.com/WU/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=33
http://www.lyricalmagic.com/fanficFAQ.html
Spam, in regards to junk mail, not the canned meat:
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,44111,00.html
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Date: 2004-04-03 03:16 am (UTC)I know that the term slash allegedly comes from the first fanfiction Kirk/Spock pairings, because of the slash between their names :)