http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/ Nautical Fiction Discussion Group Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:49:22 GMT cepip99 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10735 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10735 I've tried to post the message below several times but for some reason it wouldn't. John Forester was kind to respond to my direct email saying he knew nothing Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:28:31 GMT beden http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10734 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10734 Bronwyn's right...many, if not most fanfics seem to have disclaimers of non-ownership of the characters and state that the authors are making no money. Not Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:52:55 GMT Bronwyn Tindall http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10733 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10733 Most fan fic I have read usally have a disclaimer.and I read a lot before I found e books. Bronwyn ... From: Hornblower-L@yahoogroups.com Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:24:17 GMT Allyn Gibson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10732 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10732 ... Dennis L. McKiernan got his start as a novelist in much the same way. He wrote a fantasy novel that was a sequel to THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and he sold it Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:10:24 GMT beden http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10731 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10731 I've seen some of the fanfiction out there (it's quite easy to find on the Internet) and while I think  most of it is amateurish and overly romanticized tripe Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:32:40 GMT maidrostall http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10730 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10730 I don't often post here, though I read the list with interest. However, this recent discussion has prompted me to ask the inevitable question regarding Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:32:13 GMT Charles Pippenger http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10729 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10729 Hi All- Back in the 70's or early 80's I had a conversation with Ellis K Meacham, author of the  Bombay Marine trilogy-The East Indiaman, On the Company's Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:25:26 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10728 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10728 Reminder from: Hornblower-L Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/cal Anniversary of C. S. Forester's birth Wednesday August 27, 2008 All Day Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:26:57 GMT farssr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10727 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10727 Another argument against: Although the author might (as John says) derive pecuniary benefit, the inevitable comparison with the work of CSF (regardless of the Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:46:15 GMT mwinthrop http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10726 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10726 ... I have read a little booklet entitled "Sharpe's Story" by Bernard Cornwell, the author of the Sharpe books. In this booklet he writes that after he read Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:57:25 GMT Martinus Scriblerus http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10725 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10725 ... I would hope that anyone writing for publication would come up with their own characters and plots rather than riding on the back of C S Forrester. Just Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:26:03 GMT beden http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10724 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10724 Oh goodness. I certainly had no intention of upsetting you, John...the furthest thing from my mind. I merely though you might have heard something through the Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:02:32 GMT John Forester http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10723 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10723 As those of you who have read much in this discussion list, I wouldn't know and have only very limited power. Perhaps George and I, together, could prohibit Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:27:10 GMT beden http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10722 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10722 Nothing to add, other than to shudder at the sequels to Gone With the Wind which were, I believe, approved by Margaret Mitchell's family (or whomever owns the Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:07:15 GMT Paul Musachia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10721 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hornblower-L/message/10721 As Far a I know there has not been, and for what it's worth I think that's best. Best to let it lie. Forrester Left us with a complete story, from HH's entry