Definition of Fan Fiction

Fan fiction is usually based on a television series, movie, book m or comic series. You may not have the same beliefs as the writer, but it does not mean you cannot write a story based on that particular series. Here is a short list of my Favorite TV shows past or present that lend themselves to Fan Fiction.

"Prey", a group called either 1.6r because they are 1.6r better than us or 'dominants'. These Dominants (who were not Mexican natives by the way) suddenly appeared in Oxaca,Mexico, apparently because of global warming, becoming stronger, smarter, more vicious, and faster than us and trying to take over the earth by eliminating us. "Prey" was cancelled by ABC and is now being rerun on the Science Fiction channel which also carries Horror shows, so be warned.

"Above and Beyond" Marines go and fight aliens who are attacking human colonies on other worlds. If there were intelligent life out there, they are not necessarily all good. >

"The Pretender" is about a man Jarod stolen as a child by an organization called The Centre which calls itself "a Think Tank" (you may now laugh or guffaw at this point.) Having something called the Pretender gene, he can become "anyone he wants to be." Kidnapped as a child, he is kept in the Centre as a captive (although I could use another word: Slave) and forced to do hundreds of simulations. At last, he escapes, right injustices and searches for his family while being pursued by Miss Parker(the presumed daughter of Mr. Parker, a descendant of the founder of the Centre) and her cronies, Broots and Sydney (Jarod's teacher at the Centre.) Although not stated in the series, Jarod and Miss Parker may have had a child which might have been adopted or fostered out. The reason is that Mr. Parker sent his daughter to boarding school and made sure that Jarod was kept below in the subterranean level of the Centre.

"Law and Order" and the consequent series. Law being the police perspective, Order, being that of the courts.

Series such as 'CSI", and "ER." The first involves crime investigation and the second, the workings of an Emergency room in a hospital. In the second, although characters come and go, the premise is good and lends to many stories about the characters in their environment, although I have seen some fan fiction which would be considered off color, at least.

My opinion of cancellations? Cancelling a show at the cliff hanger is entirely wrong as is also cancelling show when you leave the characters hanging in mid air (I think of "Above and Beyond" for example) An excellent example of a show that had a good cancellation or conclusion was "War of the World, the Series."