Uglies
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[edit] Introduction
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[edit] The Author
the author of the Uglies series is a man named Scott Westerfeld. He has written five sci-fi adult books. He's also written 3 sets of teenage books. More information about him and his books can be found here: [1]
[edit] The Canon
The Uglies canon is constituted by the trilogy: "Uglies", "Pretties" and "Special" and the companion book "Extras".
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[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.
Flash tattoos- tattoos that move with your heart beat.
Hoverboards- like skateboards, only they are in the air instead of on the ground.
Special Circumstances- the location of the Specials.
Specials- people that are very fast, super strong, and have cruel beauty.
Icy- Special slang for very cool.
Bubbly- Pretty slang for having an adrenilan rush.
Pretties- people who have gotten the Pretty operation.
Pretty operation- an operation people get when they turn 16 that makes them super model gorgeous.
Smokies- people who don't want to turn pretty; city runaways to a place called the Smoke.
The Smoke- a forest that the Smokies live in.
New Pretty Town- the place where all the New Pretties live.
Littlies- people aged 11 and under; children.
Crumblies- Older pretties that have already been through new pretties and middle pretties.
Crumblyville- the place where Crumblies live.
Uglyville- the place where people ages 12-16 live before they get the Pretty operation.
[edit] Fanworks policy and history
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[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 2004
- On August 5, 2004, the first book in the series was published in the United States. [2]
[edit] 2006
- On April 20, 2006, the LiveJournal community westerfeldfans was created. [3]
- On July 30, 2006, the LiveJournal community newrusties was created. [4]
- On August 7, 2006, an article about Uglies was created on Wikipedia by Lukegruenhagen. [5]
[edit] 2007
- On February 7, 2007, the LiveJournal community ugliesrpg was created. [6]
- On November 23, 2007, the LiveJournal community Ugliesfiction was created.
- On October 4, 2007, Eka's Story by ekaelf became the first Uglies fanfic published on FanLib. [7][8]
- On October 7, 2007, the LiveJournal community ugliesfiction was created. [9]
- On October 10, 2007, the MySpace group ugliesruletheworld was created. [10]
[edit] Kerfluffles
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[edit] Influential Works
[edit] Art
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[edit] Fic
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[edit] Vids
In 2007, YouTube member [TheHatchChild334] created her own [trailer] for the [Uglies movie] out of clips from the tv show [Lost]
In November 2007, member [EvilRaine] made an Uglies [video] for their school bookclub.
[edit] Fandom Members
- hauntedpretty, administrator of | the Westerfeldian forums
- blizardridar, maintainer of westerfeldfans[11]
- midnightsmagic, maintainer of westerfeldfans [12]
- quitelife00, maintainer of westerfeldfans [13]
- the_procedure, maintainer of westerfeldfans [14]
[edit] Fandom Size
[edit] December 2007
As of December 13, 2007, there are 128 fanworks on FanLib.
[edit] January 2008
As of January 5, 2008, there are 109 stories, 15 images, 11 poems, 6 videos and 1 lyric on FanLib. [15] On the same date, there were 2 people listing uglies as an interest on InsaneJournal. [16]
[edit] February 2008
As of February 17, 2008, there are 130 stories, 17 images, 11 poems, 6 videos, and 1 lyric on FanLib. [17] On the same date, there are 3 people listing Uglies as an interest on InsaneJournal. [18]
[edit] March 2008
As of March 31, 2008, there are 169 stories, 24 images, 16 poems, 6 videos, 1 screenplay, and 1 lyric on FanLib. [19] On the same date, there are 5 people listing Uglies as an interest on InsaneJournal. [20]
[edit] April 2008
As of April 2, 2008, there are 173 stories, 24 images, 16 poems, 6 videos, 1 screenplay, and 1 lyric on FanLib. [21] On the same date, there are 5 people listing Uglies as an interest on InsaneJournal. [22]
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[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
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