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lb_lee"Make sure they know they're never gonna be far from your thoughts as long as you live...and maybe ask 'em while they're busy rewriting you to remember that you always tried to be kind to your characters."
Blurb: Spider Robinson, the writer, writes himself into a story where he interacts with his fictional characters, tells them about the Usenet fandom that has formed around them, and they celebrate... and then real-world-Robinson posts said story on real-world-Usenet.
Why is it worth your time?: This is an odd duck, and probably not of interest to most people, since it's a victory lap following Robinson's publishing of six(ish) Callahan books, but it's also a very soulbondy work where writer, fandom, and fictioneers are all involved. Usually it's only two of the three, from what I've seen. Also, an interesting time capsule into internet fandom back in the '90s!
Plural Tags: abuse not mentioned, nonswitching, fictioneers, otherworld, realitymashing, friendship, community
Content Warnings: None; alcohol and minor discussion of someone in the fandom dying?
Access Notes: Short, free to read online in plain text. (Back-up link) On paper, as far as I know, it only exists in The Callahan Chronicals, which is long out of print, but which is apparently available via bookshare and also on audiobook.
Misc Notes: Spider Robinson has telepathy, mindsharing, and identity blending as a major theme in multiple works of his (including the Stardance books and, in the Callahan series, "Two Heads are Better Than One" and "the Mick of Time") but none quite make the grade onto this archive. Even "Post Toast" feels like a weird edge case.
Blurb: Spider Robinson, the writer, writes himself into a story where he interacts with his fictional characters, tells them about the Usenet fandom that has formed around them, and they celebrate... and then real-world-Robinson posts said story on real-world-Usenet.
Why is it worth your time?: This is an odd duck, and probably not of interest to most people, since it's a victory lap following Robinson's publishing of six(ish) Callahan books, but it's also a very soulbondy work where writer, fandom, and fictioneers are all involved. Usually it's only two of the three, from what I've seen. Also, an interesting time capsule into internet fandom back in the '90s!
Plural Tags: abuse not mentioned, nonswitching, fictioneers, otherworld, realitymashing, friendship, community
Content Warnings: None; alcohol and minor discussion of someone in the fandom dying?
Access Notes: Short, free to read online in plain text. (Back-up link) On paper, as far as I know, it only exists in The Callahan Chronicals, which is long out of print, but which is apparently available via bookshare and also on audiobook.
Misc Notes: Spider Robinson has telepathy, mindsharing, and identity blending as a major theme in multiple works of his (including the Stardance books and, in the Callahan series, "Two Heads are Better Than One" and "the Mick of Time") but none quite make the grade onto this archive. Even "Post Toast" feels like a weird edge case.
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