Uber
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| Synonyms: | Über | |
| Related: | AU, Reincarnation | |
| See Also: | Femslash, Filing Off The Serial Numbers, Original Slash, Original Fiction, Profic | |
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Uber is a popular fanfic genre in the Xenaverse. The term was coined in 1997 by Kym Taborn.[1] An Uber-Xena story takes the essence of the characters and places them in another time, another place, or another reality.[2] The uber characters do not have the same names and do not have to be mirror images of the canon characters. Sometimes they are descendants or reincarnations; usually they resemble the originals physically, and they share the same type of bond.
History
- Prompted by the Canon AU of Mel and Janice in the episode "The Xena Scrolls"
- first examples: Bat Morda's "Is There A Doctor On The Dig," Della Street's "Toward The Sunset," Bongo Bear's "The Hitch Hiker," posted July 22, 1997. [3]
(First Uber fics, popularity of the genre, (resource http://www.whoosh.org/uber/whatuber.html)
See also: Beyond Uber
Bards In Print
In early 1999, Tropical Storm by Melissa Good [4] became the first commercially released Uber-Xena novel, which started a trend that led to more and more Uber-Xena print publications[5] and the creation of a few small publishing houses.
(Published Uber novels and publishing houses, how this relates to original lesbian fiction, etc.)
Examples: Accidental Love, The Bluest Eyes in Texas, Breaking Away, Gun Shy, Josie and Rebecca: The Western Chronicles, Lucifer Rising, Redemption, Retribution...
Resources
- Über über Alles
- The Über Xena/Original Story List by Eileen Marks lists more than 2,000 stories. In addition to author, title and story link, the compilation includes the names of the uber characters, their occupation and basic info about the setting.
- Lunacy's Uber-Xena Fan Fiction Contents Guide contains information about author, title, type (gen or alt), occupation and setting (time and location) for all the uber stories she has reviewed on her site.
References
- ↑ What Is This...Über?. Last update 26 December 2001. (Accessed 6 October 2008)
- ↑ Lunacy. Lunacy's Fan Fiction Reviews - Definitions. (Accessed 6 October 2008)
- ↑ Lunacy, THE HISTORY OF XENA FAN FICTION ON THE INTERNET Posted 1998. Last accessed Nov 2, 2011.
- ↑ Amazon.com: Tropical Storm. (Accessed 17 November 2008)
- ↑ Lunacy. A Very "Good" Thing For Fan Fiction, published in Whoosh! #46, 2000. (Accessed 17 November 2008)
