For anybody interested in the form, this is a bold new way to think about fan fiction. Two years ago, the Australian literary journal, Refractory published the first chapter of Pugh's book as well. This journal is published out of the University of Melbourne in Australia, and often focuses on fan fiction topics.
Here's a sample...
"The viewers who became fanfic writers had obviously decided that there was more potential in these characters and situations than met the eye of their original creators, and that given the chance, they could do as well or better. Trends in the TV series of the 70s, 80s and 90s would seem to support them. Series did alter. Star Trek: The Next Generation was far more relationship-oriented and thoughtful than its parent; tough cops who drove red Torino cars like maniacs were allowed to emote all over each other when not causing a traffic hazard (Starsky & Hutch).
Above all, the vapid female characters whom fan fiction writers loathed so much that they practically wrote them out of fanfic were replaced by the Buffys and Xenas of the 90s. I don't mean to suggest that fan fiction writers brought this about, rather that they were more in tune with the zeitgeist than their official counterparts writing the scripts at the time."
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