The Thirteenth Floor
| Fandom | |
|---|---|
| Name: | The Thirteenth Floor |
| Abbreviation(s): | 13th Floor, 13F |
| Creator: | Josef Rusnak (director) |
| Date(s): | 1999 |
| Medium: | Film |
| Country of Origin: | United States/Germany |
| External Links: | The Thirteenth Floor at Wikipedia |
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The Thirteenth Floor is a 1999 science fiction film loosely based on the 1964 novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye. It is a microfandom.
The film focuses on Douglas Hall (Craig Bierko) and Jason Whitney (Vincent D'Onofrio), part of a team in 1999 who create a virtual reality simulation of 1937 Los Angeles. A user can enter the virtual world and download into the body of one of its inhabitants, who have their own consciousness and don't realize they are part of a simulation. When the owner of the company is murdered, Hall attempts to unravel clues left for him in the virtual world and clear his own name.
Lonelywalker was the main proponent of the fandom and particularly the slash pairing of Jerry Ashton and Jason Whitney (both portrayed by D'Onofrio) in the mid to late 2000s. They ran a Thirteenth Floor resource site and authored fifty fanfics for the fandom. Since then, a smattering of other fans have written Thirteenth Floor fics or incorporated its themes into fusions.
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
- The Other Man by lonelywalker — Ashton/Whitney, NC-17. Before the events of the film, Whitney enters the program for a test run and meets Ashton for the first time. (c. 2006)
- The End of the World by lonelywalker — Ashton/Whitney, R. A 23K-word "epic re-interpretation of the film". (c. 2006)
- School's Out by daddysmutantkid — Douglas/Whitney. Pastfic where Douglas and Whitney meet at MIT. (2007)
- Thirteen Things He Teaches You About Yourself by trascendenza — Ashton/Whitney, pre-film AU written as a Yuletide Treat. (2007)
Meta
- Made For Each Other. by lonelywalker, a Jerry Ashton/Jason Whitney essay for ship_manifesto (July 2006)
- The Best and Brightest by lonelywalker, a Jason Whitney character essay for idol_reflection (September 2006)
- Smoke and Mirrors by lonelywalker, a Jerry Ashton essay for idol_reflection (September 2006)
- Unplugged by lonelywalker, a Douglas Hall essay for idol_reflection (February 2007)
Links and Resources
- The Thirteenth Floor (1999) at Archive of Our Own
- vdo_fanfiction, a LiveJournal community for Vincent D'Onofrio fanfiction with a good portion of Thirteenth Floor fic (partially friendslocked)
- World On A Wire, a Thirteenth Floor resource site and Lonelywalker's fanfiction archive (archive link)
- Secrets, a Thirteenth Floor fanlisting run by Angie and part of The Fanlistings Network (archive link)