[identity profile] texanfan.livejournal.com 2011-07-14 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Very interesting. I've always thought of fanfiction beginning it's current shape with Star Trek. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. information was unexpected. I wonder, if we dig, if we would find an earlier fandom than that?

[identity profile] thismaz.livejournal.com 2011-07-15 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
Me too. Star Trek is the usual case quoted, I think. I've seen the Shakespeare example before, but I liked how the article linked fanfic into a continuous tradition.