This is fascinating. I have another interesting statistic that I'd love to know, but given I'm going to finals next week I so should not even touch FanLib or any controversy until at least June 6th.
How many authors are posting these stories? I was told by someone in the Highlander fandom that there were 40 Highlander fics -- and all of them by the same author.
I did Stargate Atlantis a few days ago, which had 137 stories at the time:
52 - reefgirl (who is not found at the two largest Stargate archives, Wraithbait (http://www.wraithbait.com/authors.php?list=authors&let=C&let=R) and Area52 (http://www.area52hkh.net/authorsql.php), but can be found at non-fandom hub ff.net (http://www.fanfiction.net/~reefgirl)) 34 - cpt_ritter (who is also not found at Wraithbait (http://www.wraithbait.com/authors.php?list=authors&let=C&offset=40) and Area52 (http://www.area52hkh.net/authorsql.php), sho can also be found at ff.net (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/544784/))
The remaining stories were posted in ones and twos by 18 other authors, with the exception of venom69 who posted in the mid-range of 13 stories.
So two-thirds of the SGA stories were by the same two authors. Now you'll always have authors who've written a huge number of stories. But when you look at a number like 137 the natural assumption is "wow, 137 authors" when in fact they've netted only 21 out of the roughly 855 (www.wraithbait.com) SGA authors.
Based on where they post, as near as I can tell, these are fanfic writers who are outside the fandom community. Not just outside LJ, but outside the other main archives for the Atlantis fandom as well. This supports what fans have noticed, that they don't recognize the people posting in FanLib.
If I had lots of time, I'd cross-reference the authors to see how the number of authors shrinks once you take into account authors who write crossovers (those get counted twice) and multiple fandoms.
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Date: 2007-06-02 07:22 pm (UTC)How many authors are posting these stories? I was told by someone in the Highlander fandom that there were 40 Highlander fics -- and all of them by the same author.
I did Stargate Atlantis a few days ago, which had 137 stories at the time:
52 - reefgirl (who is not found at the two largest Stargate archives, Wraithbait (http://www.wraithbait.com/authors.php?list=authors&let=C&let=R) and Area52 (http://www.area52hkh.net/authorsql.php), but can be found at non-fandom hub ff.net (http://www.fanfiction.net/~reefgirl))
34 - cpt_ritter (who is also not found at Wraithbait (http://www.wraithbait.com/authors.php?list=authors&let=C&offset=40) and Area52 (http://www.area52hkh.net/authorsql.php), sho can also be found at ff.net (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/544784/))
The remaining stories were posted in ones and twos by 18 other authors, with the exception of venom69 who posted in the mid-range of 13 stories.
So two-thirds of the SGA stories were by the same two authors. Now you'll always have authors who've written a huge number of stories. But when you look at a number like 137 the natural assumption is "wow, 137 authors" when in fact they've netted only 21 out of the roughly 855 (www.wraithbait.com) SGA authors.
Based on where they post, as near as I can tell, these are fanfic writers who are outside the fandom community. Not just outside LJ, but outside the other main archives for the Atlantis fandom as well. This supports what fans have noticed, that they don't recognize the people posting in FanLib.
If I had lots of time, I'd cross-reference the authors to see how the number of authors shrinks once you take into account authors who write crossovers (those get counted twice) and multiple fandoms.
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