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Jennifer Roberson
| Name: | Jennifer Roberson |
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| Occupation: | Author |
| Medium: | Novels |
| Works: | Chronicles of the Cheysuli (1984–1992), Sword-Dancer Saga (1986–2022), others |
| Official Website(s): | cheysuli.com / jennifer-roberson.com (archive links) |
| Fan Website(s): | Wikipedia |
| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Jennifer Roberson is a fantasy and historical fiction author.
Views on Fanworks
From Roberson's FAQ Fanfic, MUDs, MUSHes, and Your Ideas (2004 or before):
It is extremely flattering when readers create fanfic and games based on characters from a book for their personal entertainment. However, most readers are not aware of some important details governing this kind of activity.[...] If I grant permission, I risk endangering my copyright. If I lose copyright protection, anyone could come along and appropriate my creations for his or her own commercial use and profit. For example, someone could make a movie out of one of my books AND I WOULD RECEIVE NO PAYMENT OR CREDIT.
[...] Therefore to protect their creations and their livelihoods, authors must be "selfish" with regard to denying permission to use characters, worlds, languages, etc., in activities such as fanfic, RPGs, MUDs, MUSHes, and other personal entertainments, even though the fans mean no harm whatsoever.
[...] My sincere apologies--hey, I wrote fanfic in high school and college!--and I hope you understand.
Newsletters
- Children of the Firstborn (1993 or before)