Mary Ruth Keller
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Mary Ruth Keller is an X-Files writer.
Interview
A Fan's Comment: 1998
When Mary Ruth joined our fair Order, she included the following on her application for admittance: "In the fan-fiction I have written I have always attempted to show the basic correctness of a logical, rational approach to the paranormal. Only through careful analysis can truth be separated from falsehood. Any case for the paranormal that does not include comprehensive documentation and evidential support, such as only the Blessed One can provide, is only so much Mulderhotair." To which I say "Right on Sister!" Make sure you've got some time before sitting down to read one of Mary Ruth's pieces. Not only are her works usually quite long, but they are guaranteed to make you think as well. The first story of hers to really hook me was "Xibalba" - what "Ruins" could have and should have been. She's also been hard at work with what she calls her Dana Scully Trilogy: "Passages in Memory", "Archaea", and the soon to be released "Zurvan". [1]
Keller's Bio: 1998
Author information: Mary Ruth Keller is a geophysicist who has been involved in microwave remote sensing of the earth since receiving her Master's in Geophysics from Virginia Tech in 1983. She enjoyed the exploration of the perception of reality in the First Season, as well as the interaction between the rational/logical and emotional/intuitive viewpoints of Scully and Mulder, respectively. She also appreciated the development of a season-long myth-arc in the Second, running from "The Erlenmeyer Flask" at the end of the First Season through "Paperclip" in the Third.
She began writing fan-fiction in the middle of the Third Season when the show began to drift away from these themes and arcs. Her stories, generally case files which are a combination of myth-arc and MOTW, all grow in one sequence.
They are listed on her web-page:
http://www.universe.digex.net/~mkeller/stories.html
Themes and ideas are explored over several stories, with character growth that builds upon itself, rather than having all problems solved in one tidy bundle. She also writes a strong partnership between Mulder and Scully. She sees the constructive interation [sic] of their different, but equally valid, viewpoints as a metaphor for effective and critical thinking. [2]
Some Fanworks
- Why I Write X-Files Stories (~1997)
- Mulder's Jewish Heritage (~1997)
- My Dream X-Files
References
- ^ News for the OBSSEsed #11: January 1998 OBSSE News, Archived version
- ^ Keller's self-description in July 1998 at ARCHIVISTS AND AUTHORS! - Mary Ruth Keller