Young Wizards
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[edit] Introduction
The author has relatively high contact with her fans. Her website has offered a forum [1] since 2002, she herself has a livejournal [2], and she keeps a wiki of information about the universe and series [3]. She has published profic in the Star Trek universe, amongst other universes, and she was involved in beginning a Young Wizards story in tandem with fans called Wizards on Call [4] in 2004.
[edit] Main Pairings
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- Nita/Kit
- Nita/Ronan
- Dairine/Roshaun
- Tom/Carl
Pairings of characters, especially Nita, with the Lone Power have also become relatively popular.
Because of the relative youth of the fandom and of the main characters, this is a fandom in which few fics have higher than a PG-13 rating. Additionally, the pairings are very much canon ships -- even the slash ship of Tom/Carl has very strong canon roots.
[edit] Fandom Size
Young Wizards is a small fandom.
- 2232 registered members at the Young Wizards Discussion Forums as of December 29, 2006.
- 313 fics at fanfiction.net as of December 29, 2006.
- 248 watchers of the general livejournal community youngwizards as of December 29, 2006
- 106 watchers of the fanworks-focused livejournal community myriadwords as of December 29, 2006
As a result of its small size, Young Wizards fandom has been included as a possible fandom in the Yuletide Rare Fandoms Secret Santa Project in 2005 and 2006 (and perhaps earlier); in 2006, five stories were written for the fandom [5]. (In 2005, nothing was written.)
In 2006, 8 people requested fic from the Young Wizards universe for Yuletide, and 30 people offered to write in that universe. These number indicate that the fandom is on the larger side of the rare fandoms included in the challenge. ("Yuletide Requested Fandoms", accessed 29 December 2006.)
[edit] Fandom Timeline
The first book in what is currently an eight-book Young Wizards series was published in 1983; closely on its heels followed three other books, ending with A Wizard Abroad in 1993. There was an eight-year hiatus, but then between 2001 and the present, four more books have been published. A ninth book, A Wizard of Mars, is expected in Spring 2007. The internet presence of the fandom began to develop in 2002 and 2003.
[edit] 1983-2000
The first four Young Wizards books were published during between 1983 and 1993, along with two books set in the same universe but concerned with feline wizards instead of the human children that the other books address.
- 1983: So You Want to Be a Wizard (#1) published
- 1985: Deep Wizardry (#2) published
- 1990: High Wizardry (#3) published
- 1993: A Wizard Abroad (#4) published
- 1997: Book of Night With Moon (feline wizards #1) published
- 1998: To Visit the Queen (feline wizards #2), released in the UK as On Her Majesty's Wizardly Service, published
[edit] 2001
- On June 1, 2001, The Wizard's Dilemma (#5) was published.
[edit] 2002
- In 2002, Official Young Wizards discussion forums formed.
- On October 1, 2002, A Wizard Alone (#6) was published.
[edit] 2003
- On June 23, 2003, the youngwizards livejournal community created for reading and discussing the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane. It is currently modded by conuly and labellementeuse.
- On October 1, 2003, Wizard's Holiday (#7) was published.
[edit] 2004
- In 2004, Wizards On Call, a fan/author combined round-robin story written as a movie script, opens on FanLib[6]. Diane Duane wrote the first scene, and then opened it up for fans to write the next scenes and vote as to which would become part of the story. The project appears to have died in September 2005, after having completed eight scenes.
[edit] 2005
- On March 17, 2005, Calendars used in the Young Wizards book (a fan resource from Peter Murray) was last updated.
- On May 26, 2005, the myriadwords livejournal community created and modded by labellementeuse for fanfiction, fanart, and discussion of the Young Wizards canon. It was created in order to separate out fanfiction from the general-purpose discussion community youngwizards, the direct impetus being the introduction of a new summer challenge to help people to write more fic writing in the Young Wizards community.
- On May 28, 2005, gentle_gamer created the Young Wizards Wikipedia page, which has since grown and flourished [7]
- August 31, 2005, was the deadline for the first summer challenge at the myriadwords livejournal community, for which nine new fics were written. Complete list of 2005 challenges and links to fics written for the Challenge.
- On October 1, 2005, Wizards at War (#8) was published.
- On October 9, 2005, weekly drabble and monthly fic challenges were introduced at myriadwords[8]
[edit] 2006
- In March, The Big Meow (feline wizards #3) began being published online as a subscriber-supported novel. [9]
- On May 22, 2006, the Young Wizards book timeline (a fan resource from Peter Murray) was last updated.
- August 31, 2006, was the deadline for the second summer challenge at the myriadwords livejournal community, for which eleven new fics were written. Complete list of 2006 challenges and links to fics written for the Challenge.
[edit] 2009
- Spring: A Wizard of Mars (#9) projected to be published
[edit] External Fandom Links
[edit] Official Sites
- The Official YW Homepage
- Sister site of the Official YW Homepage; hosts the official forums
- The Errantry Concordance, a wiki edited and maintained by the author of the series.
[edit] Useful Information
- Young Wizards book timeline, compiled by Peter Murray
[edit] LiveJournal Communities
- youngwizards -- general purpose community created for reading and discussing the series
- myriadwords -- fanworks community for fanfiction, fanart, and discussion of the Young Wizards canon
[edit] See Also
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