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The West Wing, created by Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme, was an NBC drama that followed the lives and politics of fictional White House administration. The Emmy-winning show ran from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006, spanning 154 episodes.

A large percentage of the fiction in this fandom centers around the relationship between Josh Lyman, the Deputy White House Chief of Staff, and Sam Seaborn, the Deputy White House Communications Director, two central characters whose personal history extends beyond the show's timeline. Glimpses of their pre-White House friendship are revealed in a series of flashbacks that occur in the first two episodes of the second season. These two episodes, entitled "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (Parts I and II)", provide the majority of the canon upon which most Sam/Josh stories are based.

[edit] Terminology

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[edit] Timeline

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• By 2004, a number of X-Files fan fiction writers who were part of the “Yes Virginia” group of fan fiction authors had migrated to other fandoms. Some examples of this migration included Harry Potter with the author Parsons, Lord of the Rings with the author Sebasky, West Wing with the authors Sabine, Punk, and CazQ, Stargate with Suelac and Minnow, Farscape with the authors Suelac, Fialka, Sab and Pene, Sports Night with the authors Sabine and Punk, Smallville with the author Punk, and Buffy/Angel with the authors August/Unwinding, Minnow and Sebasky. As they migrated, they took their traditions of machete beta reading with them.

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[edit] Influential Stories

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[edit] Fandom Members

Below is a list of authors who have made notable contributions to the fandom.

• Abigale
• Anna-Maria Jennings
• Anne Marsh
• Beth
• Candle Beck
• Ellen Milholland
• Jae Gecko
• Jane St Clair
• K
• Luna
• Michelle K
• Nomi
• Perpetual Motion
• Sabine

[edit] Fandom Size

As of January 12, 2007, there are 5,529 West Wing stories in The National Library. [1]

[edit] External Links

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[edit] See also

• West Wing fanzines

[edit] Sources

• Casimir, J. (2002, November 1). For the love of.... The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved December 1, 2002, from http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/01/1036027033529.html

• The West Wing at TV.com. Retrieved August 6, 2007 from http://www.tv.com/west-wing/show/189/summary.html

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