Writer's Choice (Reader's Rec)

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

avery11 has given us a great spring fic in Spring Thaw.

The Round Table - Who Will Bridge The Gap?

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I was reading the interview at Del Floria's that features orockthro , a new and young version of the MFU fan.  You can find that interview HERE She has written some stellar stories for the fandom, and to be honest, I don't think any of us older writers could have done it with the same attitude and style.  There really is a difference between writing from our perspective and that of the younger generations that didn't live in the 60's.
The film version of The Man from UNCLE has been done as a 'period piece', meaning they've tried to capture that era as well as is  possible, but it's not going to feel like the 60's, no matter how much care is given to the task.  That's fine, I'm not  complaining, I am merely struck by  how different the interpretation is from those who were there, the first generation if you will, and those who have come along a few decades later.  We all try to paint a similar picture, but somehow the strokes are going to be inherently, vastly different.
That's not a bad thing, and infact, when reading the stories by writers like orockthro, I'm impressed by how tangibly fresh it seems.  Same characters, same old UNCLE and yet... it isn't.
I don't know if I have a question, but I'm interested in what other people think about this.  Will it change the fandom to have writers coming in who see the 60's from their perspective?  How will we fare, the older, original fans?
Brave New World?  I wonder...