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Permissions The editors of this volume, Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse, waive their interest in their writings in this anthology (the introduction and the headnotes preceding each section) and place it in the public domain beginning in 2024. The reprinted chapters are not in the public domain, and the original copyright holders must be contacted to obtain reprint rights. Every effort was made to contact the copyright holders to obtain permission to reprint. The editors encourage any parties who think they have an interest in any reprinted article to contact them so proper remuneration may be made. Nicholas Abercrombie and Brian Longhurst. 1998. “Fans and Enthusiasts.” In Audiences: A Sociological Theory of Performance and Imagination, 134–57. London: Sage. Republished with permission of Sage Publications; permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. Camille Bacon-Smith. 1992. “Training New Members.” In Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth, 93–114. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Reprinted with permission of University of Pennsylvania Press. Brunching Shuttlecocks. “Geek Hierarchy.” Available at http://brunching.com/ geekhierarchy.html. Used by permission. Francesca Coppa. 2006. “Writing Bodies in Space: Media Fan Fiction as Theatrical Performance.” In Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, edited by Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse, 225–44. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. Reprinted with permission of McFarland & Company., Inc., Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640 (www.mcfarlandpub.com). Henry Jenkins. 1992. “Textual Poachers.” In Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture, 24–49. London: Routledge. Republished with permission of Taylor & Francis Group LLC; permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. 254 permissions Dorothy Jones. 1967. “The Territory of Rigel.” From Spockanalia I © 1967, edited by Sherna Comerford and Devra Michele Langsam. Used by permission of the author. Sara Gwenllian Jones. 2002. “The Sex Lives of Cult Television Characters.” Screen 43 (1): 79–90. Reprinted with permission of Oxford University Press. Patricia Frazer Lamb and Diana L. Veith. 1986. “Romantic Myth, Transcendence, and Star Trek Zines.” In Erotic Universe: Sexuality and Fantastic Literature, edited by Donald Palumbo, 236–55. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. Copyright © 1986 by Patricia Frazer Lamb and Diane Veith. Reproduced with permission of ABC-CLIO LLC. Kurt Lancaster. 2001. “Performing in Babylon—Performing in Everyday Life.” In Interacting with “Babylon 5”: Fan Performances in a Media Universe, 1–33. Austin: University of Texas Press. Reprinted with permission of the author. Roberta Pearson. 1997. “It’s Always 1895: Sherlock Holmes in Cyberspace.” In Trash Aesthetics, edited by Deborah Cartmell, I. Q. Hunter, Heidi Kaye, and Imelda Whelehan, 143–61. London: Pluto Press. Reprinted with permission of Pluto Press. Constance Penley. 1997. “Future Men.” In NASA/Trek: Popular Science and Sex in America, 125–45. New York: Verso. Reprinted with permission of Verso. Cornel Sandvoss. 2007. “The Death of the Reader? Literary Theory and the Study of Texts in Popular Culture.” In Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World, edited by Jonathan Gray, Cornel Sandvoss, and C. Lee Harrington, 19–32. New York: New York University Press. Reprinted with permission of NYU Press. ...

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