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'''Fan Fiction''' refers to stories written by fans which usually feature copyrighted characters (such as, for example, [[Lara Croft]], [[Kurtis Trent]], [[Winston]], ''et cetera'').
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'''Fan Fiction''' refers to stories written by fans which usually feature copyrighted characters (such as, for example, [[Lara Croft]], [[Kurtis Trent]], [[Winston]], ''etcetera'').
  
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==Tomb Raider Fan Fiction Authors==
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Some of the authors writing fan fiction in this fandom include the following.
  
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{{edit|Updated list needed! Last edit was back in 2009, last link check in 2017! See also ''Note on Dead Pages'' section below}}
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* [[Andrea Christoph]]
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: <s>www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom</s> (Page dead)
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* angelina giovanni
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: <s>www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom</s> (Page dead)
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* Annika
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: <s>www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=3</s> (Page moved to unknown location)
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* Arthur Green
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: [http://www.iol.ie/~ajgreen/writing/ http://www.iol.ie/~ajgreen/writing/]
  
==Tomb Raider Fan Fiction Authors==
 
Some of the authors writing fan fiction in this fandom include:
 
* [[Andrea Christoph]] [http://www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom]
 
* angelina giovanni[http://www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom]
 
* Annika [http://www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=3]
 
* Arthur Green [http://www.iol.ie/~ajgreen/writing/]
 
 
* Bowen H. Greenwood
 
* Bowen H. Greenwood
* C.Mage [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/42836/C_Mage]
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* Donator [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/210761/Donator]
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* C.Mage
* Dr. Amazing [http://www.larasanctuary.com/fanfiction/index.html]
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: [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/42836/C_Mage http://www.fanfiction.net/u/42836/C_Mage]
* EmEx [http://www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom]
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* EnglishRose1 [http://www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom]
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* Donator
* Geremy Carnes [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/253872/Geremy_Carnes]
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: [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/210761/Donator http://www.fanfiction.net/u/210761/Donator]
* [[Heidi Ahlmen]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/466323/Heidi_Ahlmen]
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* janjan [http://www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=2]
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* Dr. Amazing
* John Abney [http://web.archive.org/web/19991022230204/network.ctimes.net/tales/abney/kailas/index.html]
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: <s>www.larasanctuary.com/fanfiction/index.html</s>
* Jennifer Jolie [http://www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom]
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* [[Katie Fleming]] [http://www.tombraiders.net/katie/stories.html]
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* EmEx
* Lara Croft Baby[http://www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom]
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: <s>www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom</s> (Page dead)
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* EnglishRose1
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: <s>www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom</s> (Page dead)
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* Geremy Carnes
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: [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/253872/Geremy_Carnes http://www.fanfiction.net/u/253872/Geremy_Carnes]
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* [[Heidi Ahlmen]]
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: [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/466323/Heidi_Ahlmen http://www.fanfiction.net/u/466323/Heidi_Ahlmen]
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* janjan
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: <s>www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=2</s> (Page moved to unknown location)
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* John Abney
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: [http://web.archive.org/web/19991022230204/network.ctimes.net/tales/abney/kailas/index.html http://web.archive.org/web/19991022230204/network.ctimes.net/tales/abney/kailas/index.html]
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* Jennifer Jolie
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: <s>www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom</s> (Page dead)
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* [[Katie Fleming]]
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: [http://tombraiders.net/katie/stories/stories.shtml http://tombraiders.net/katie/stories/stories.shtml]
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* Lara Croft Baby
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: <s>www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom</s> (Page dead)
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* L.E.Croft
 
* L.E.Croft
* Mr.Poke'Pimp [http://www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom]
 
* Naids [http://www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=607]
 
* Ocean-Sirius [http://www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=13]
 
* [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] [http://www.ostercy.com]
 
* Ryan Foley [http://www.croftcodex.net/author_pages/ryan_foley/ryan_foley.html]
 
* [[Sarah Crisman]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/38590/Sarah_Crisman]
 
* [[Tim Radley]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/20306/Tim_Radley]
 
* tombraidergirl [http://www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom][http://www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=1]
 
* William Wilde [http://www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=4]
 
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* Mr.Poke'Pimp
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: <s>www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom</s> (Page dead)
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* Naids
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: <s>www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=607</s> (Page moved to unknown location)
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* Ocean-Sirius
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: <s>www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=13</s> (Page moved to unknown location)
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* [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]]
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: [http://www.ostercy.com]
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* Ryan Foley
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: <s>www.croftcodex.net/author_pages/ryan_foley/ryan_foley.html</s> (Page dead)
  
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* [[Sarah Crisman]]
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: [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/38590/Sarah_Crisman http://www.fanfiction.net/u/38590/Sarah_Crisman]
  
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* [[Tim Radley]]
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: [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/20306/Tim_Radley http://www.fanfiction.net/u/20306/Tim_Radley]
  
==Influential Stories and Authors==
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* tombraidergirl
Many of the more influential stories were archived at the Croft Codex (up until 2007) and at Tales Of Power And Beauty (up until circa 2005). A few of these stories are still available online at [http://www.fanfiction.net fanfiction.net].
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: <s>www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom</s> (Page dead)
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: <s>www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=1</s> (Page moved to unknown location)
  
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* William Wilde
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: <s>www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=4</s> (Page moved to unknown location)
  
{{Template:Fan Opinion}}
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=== Note on Dead Pages ===
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Many of the pages listed above as ''dead'' or ''offline'' (crossed out links) can still be accessed via The Wayback Machine (Internet Archive), e.g. the list of Tomb Raider fan factions of [http://web.archive.org/web/20081028211531/http://www.fanworksfinder.com:80/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom fanworksfinder.com].
  
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== Influential Stories and Authors ==
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Many of the more influential stories were archived at the ''Croft Codex'' (up until 2007) and at ''Tales Of Power And Beauty'' (up until circa 2005). A few of these stories are still available online at [http://www.fanfiction.net fanfiction.net].
  
===From [[Sarah Crisman]]===
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{{Template:Fan Opinion}}
  
From a recent (October 2008) email conversation, quoted with permission;
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=== From [[Sarah Crisman]] ===
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From a recent (October 2008) email conversation, quoted with permission:
  
"Influential authors...that's hard to say.  For myself, the author known as C. Mage got me wanting to write TR stories in the first place, as I read ''First Date'' and decided that if he could do it, so could I, and collaborating with him was a lot of fun; same with Dr. Amazing :)  And Bowen Greenwood, while he didn't inspire me to start writing, gave me tons of useful suggestions and feedback and became one of my beta readers, so he inspired me to keep going.  If I recall, SilverRope was inspired by Ryan Foley, though he was known more for his reviews at Tales of Power and Beauty than his single work of fiction.
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{{quote||Influential authors...that's hard to say.  For myself, the author known as C. Mage got me wanting to write TR stories in the first place, as I read ''First Date'' and decided that if he could do it, so could I, and collaborating with him was a lot of fun; same with Dr. Amazing :)  And Bowen Greenwood, while he didn't inspire me to start writing, gave me tons of useful suggestions and feedback and became one of my beta readers, so he inspired me to keep going.  If I recall, SilverRope was inspired by Ryan Foley, though he was known more for his reviews at Tales of Power and Beauty than his single work of fiction.
  
Melanie Pitt, Alan Wong and Darth Vader all at one time either borrowed a character from me or cited me as an inspiration in e-mail correspondence, though I don't have any of those e-mails any longer to back up that claim ..."
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Melanie Pitt, Alan Wong and Darth Vader all at one time either borrowed a character from me or cited me as an inspiration in e-mail correspondence, though I don't have any of those e-mails any longer to back up that claim ...}}
  
==A chronology of Tomb Raider Fiction==
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== A chronology of Tomb Raider Fiction ==
{{mainarticle|TR_fan_fiction_chronology}}
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{{mainarticle|TR_fan_fiction_chronology|TR fan fiction chronology 2006-2008|TR_fan_fiction_chronology_2009}}
 
For a time line for the writing of various Tomb Raider stories from 1996 to the present day, including some synopses of the various tales and details of which authors won awards, please go to [[TR fan fiction chronology|this page]].
 
For a time line for the writing of various Tomb Raider stories from 1996 to the present day, including some synopses of the various tales and details of which authors won awards, please go to [[TR fan fiction chronology|this page]].
  
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== The influence of fan fiction on franchise "reboots" in the media ==
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{{Template:Fan Opinion}}
  
 
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From [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]]:
==The influence of fan fiction on franchise "reboots" in the media==
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{{quote||Many of the television programmes and movies that have appeared over the last few years are so-called "reboots" of classic stories, using the characters and scenarios from earlier years. Examples include Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Transformers, as well as the Batman and Superman franchises. Various big players in the media world - such as Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and J.J.Abrams (Lost) - are acknowledged fan fiction alumni, and it could be argued that the entire film career of Quentin Tarantino is nothing more than big budget fan fiction.
<center>{{Template:Fan Opinion}}</center>
 
<br>
 
From [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]];<br>
 
Many of the television programmes and movies that have appeared over the last few years are so-called "reboots" of classic stories, using the characters and scenarios from earlier years. Examples include Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Transformers, as well as the Batman and Superman franchises. Various big players in the media world - such as Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and J.J.Abrams (Lost) - are acknowledged fan fiction alumni, and it could be argued that the entire film career of Quentin Tarantino is nothing more than big budget fan fiction.
 
  
 
Given this, it is possible that one day fan fiction - now a despised genre in the same way that pulp detective fiction and early science fiction used to be - will become more and more influential. It is highly possible that eventually individual writers will emerge from the thousands of fan fiction authors to take their place among the list of "proper" authors, recognised by the mainstream literati.
 
Given this, it is possible that one day fan fiction - now a despised genre in the same way that pulp detective fiction and early science fiction used to be - will become more and more influential. It is highly possible that eventually individual writers will emerge from the thousands of fan fiction authors to take their place among the list of "proper" authors, recognised by the mainstream literati.
  
Sadly - as yet - no Tomb Raider fan fiction has influenced the writing of either a Tomb Raider film, or the plot of a Tomb Raider game, but one day this situation may change.
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Sadly - as yet - no Tomb Raider fan fiction has influenced the writing of either a Tomb Raider film, or the plot of a Tomb Raider game, but one day this situation may change.}}
  
===Comment by [[Eric Lindstrom]], 12/01/09===
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=== Comment by [[Eric Lindstrom]], 12/01/09 ===
  
 
"Fan fiction has had no impact on the Tomb Raider stories at [[Crystal Dynamics|Crystal]]  because, in all honesty, I have never read a single piece of fan fiction. I love that people are inspired to write them, but I have never read any." [http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=144406&page=20]
 
"Fan fiction has had no impact on the Tomb Raider stories at [[Crystal Dynamics|Crystal]]  because, in all honesty, I have never read a single piece of fan fiction. I love that people are inspired to write them, but I have never read any." [http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=144406&page=20]
  
===Ostercy's Tomb Raider fan fiction===
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== See Also ==
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[[Tomb Raider Novels]]
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== External Links ==
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* TR fanfiction at tombraidergirl.com
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: Everyone who has registered at tombraidergirl.com and confirmed the rules for fan fictions can add his or her stories to the database. A review system is currently under development.
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: [http://archive.tombraidergirl.com/fanfiction/ http://archive.tombraidergirl.com/fanfiction/]
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* The Croft Codex
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: A site devoted to archiving the best in Tomb Raider fanfiction, no longer operational.
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: [http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=103157 http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=103157]
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* Tales Of Power And Beauty
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: The original TR fanfiction site, no longer operational.
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: [http://web.archive.org/web/19990203021348/network.ctimes.net/tales/about.html http://web.archive.org/web/19990203021348/network.ctimes.net/tales/about.html]
  
{{Template:Fan Opinion}}
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* The Strahov Archives
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: <s>www.kteb.net/strahov-archives/</s> (Domain parking)
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: Library of the KTEB.
  
* Natla has featured in a number of [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]]'s Tomb Raider fan fiction stories, including "GM" (1999) and "The Dead" (2002), in which Natla and Lara are brought together into an uncomfortable alliance to achieve a shared aim. In "The Dead" Natla brings about the end of the world, also known as the "Seventh Age", for her own purposes. Throughout she is not characterised as a sarcastic Texan lunatic, as in the original [[Tomb Raider]] cutscenes, but as attractive, charming and clever.
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* Katie Fleming's Tomb Raider Stories
* In the 1998 story "Olympus Mons", Lara is forced to fight her double - known as ur-Lara - who is stronger, faster and nastier than Lara, and who murders one of Lara's male companions. Lara and ur-Lara destroy a copy of the [[Croft Manor]] during their fight, and afterwards Lara has to cut off her ponytail to avoid being mistaken for her double, which has an entirely coincidental echo in the appearance of Lara and her [[Atlantean Lara Copy|Doppleganger]] in [[Underworld]].
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: [http://www.tombraiders.net/katie/MyTombRaiderStories.html Katie Fleming's Tomb Raider Stories]
  
==See Also==
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* Fan fiction at Funky Lydia's]
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: <s>www.funkylydia.com/tombraider/fanfiction.php</s> (Domain Parking)
  
[[Tomb Raider Novels]]
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* Fan fiction section at Lara Sanctuary]
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: <s>www.larasanctuary.com/fanfiction/index.html</s> (Domain Parking)
  
==External Links==
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* Fan fiction section at Planet Lara
* TR fanfiction at tombraidergirl.com [http://www.tombraidergirl.com/fanfiction/]
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: <s>www.planetlara.com/fan_stories.asp</s> (Online, but no content.)
: Anyone who has registered at tombraidergirl.com and confirmed the rules for fan fictions can add his or her stories to the database. A review system is currently under development.
 
* The Croft Codex - A site devoted to archiving the best in Tomb Raider fanfiction, no longer operational[http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=103157].
 
* Tales Of Power And Beauty - the original TR fanfiction site, no longer operational.
 
* [http://www.kteb.net/strahov-archives/ The Strahov Archives] - Library of the KTEB.
 
* [http://www.tombraiders.net/katie/MyTombRaiderStories.html Katie Fleming's Tomb Raider Stories]
 
* [http://www.funkylydia.com/tombraider/fanfiction.php Fan fiction at Funky Lydia's]
 
* [http://www.larasanctuary.com/fanfiction/index.html Fan fiction section at Lara Sanctuary]
 
* [http://www.planetlara.com/fan_stories.asp Fan fiction section at Planet Lara]
 
* [http://www.tombraiderwiki.com/index.php/Fan_Fiction Fan fiction entry at Tomb Raider Wiki]
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/19990302082319/trarchive.ctimes.net/fanfic.html The first TR fan fiction page at the Tomb Raider Archive]with most of the first ever TR stories (1996-1998).
 
  
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* Fan fiction section at Tomb of Ancients]
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: <s>tombofancients.webs.com/fanfiction.htm</s> (Page dead)
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* Fan fiction entry at Tomb Raider Wiki
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: <s>www.tombraiderwiki.com/index.php/Fan_Fiction</s> (moved to wikia)
  
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* The first TR fan fiction page at the Tomb Raider Archive with most of the first ever TR stories (1996-1998)
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: [http://web.archive.org/web/19990302082319/trarchive.ctimes.net/fanfic.html http://web.archive.org/web/19990302082319/trarchive.ctimes.net/fanfic.html]
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: [http://web.archive.org/web/19991111173736/trarchive.ctimes.net/fanfic.html http://web.archive.org/web/19991111173736/trarchive.ctimes.net/fanfic.html] (later - 1999 - version)
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:28, 31 October 2017

Fan Fiction refers to stories written by fans which usually feature copyrighted characters (such as, for example, Lara Croft, Kurtis Trent, Winston, etcetera).

Tomb Raider Fan Fiction Authors

Some of the authors writing fan fiction in this fandom include the following.

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The following reason for adding it to the list has been given: Updated list needed! Last edit was back in 2009, last link check in 2017! See also Note on Dead Pages section below. Further reasons might be found on the "discussion page".

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www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom (Page dead)
  • angelina giovanni
www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom (Page dead)
  • Annika
www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=3 (Page moved to unknown location)
  • Arthur Green
http://www.iol.ie/~ajgreen/writing/
  • Bowen H. Greenwood
  • C.Mage
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/42836/C_Mage
  • Donator
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/210761/Donator
  • Dr. Amazing
www.larasanctuary.com/fanfiction/index.html
  • EmEx
www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom (Page dead)
  • EnglishRose1
www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom (Page dead)
  • Geremy Carnes
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/253872/Geremy_Carnes
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/466323/Heidi_Ahlmen
  • janjan
www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=2 (Page moved to unknown location)
  • John Abney
http://web.archive.org/web/19991022230204/network.ctimes.net/tales/abney/kailas/index.html
  • Jennifer Jolie
www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom (Page dead)
http://tombraiders.net/katie/stories/stories.shtml
  • Lara Croft Baby
www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom (Page dead)
  • L.E.Croft
  • Mr.Poke'Pimp
www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom (Page dead)
  • Naids
www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=607 (Page moved to unknown location)
  • Ocean-Sirius
www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=13 (Page moved to unknown location)
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  • Ryan Foley
www.croftcodex.net/author_pages/ryan_foley/ryan_foley.html (Page dead)
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/38590/Sarah_Crisman
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/20306/Tim_Radley
  • tombraidergirl
www.fanworksfinder.com/smartsearch.php?search=%20Tomb%20Raider&tag=fandom (Page dead)
www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=1 (Page moved to unknown location)
  • William Wilde
www.tombraidergirl.com/community/members.php?id=4 (Page moved to unknown location)

Note on Dead Pages

Many of the pages listed above as dead or offline (crossed out links) can still be accessed via The Wayback Machine (Internet Archive), e.g. the list of Tomb Raider fan factions of fanworksfinder.com.

Influential Stories and Authors

Many of the more influential stories were archived at the Croft Codex (up until 2007) and at Tales Of Power And Beauty (up until circa 2005). A few of these stories are still available online at fanfiction.net.

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Fan opinion: This section contains personal opinions from a Tomb Raider fan.
(This notice may only be removed by a Lead Editor.)

From Sarah Crisman

From a recent (October 2008) email conversation, quoted with permission:

Influential authors...that's hard to say. For myself, the author known as C. Mage got me wanting to write TR stories in the first place, as I read First Date and decided that if he could do it, so could I, and collaborating with him was a lot of fun; same with Dr. Amazing :) And Bowen Greenwood, while he didn't inspire me to start writing, gave me tons of useful suggestions and feedback and became one of my beta readers, so he inspired me to keep going. If I recall, SilverRope was inspired by Ryan Foley, though he was known more for his reviews at Tales of Power and Beauty than his single work of fiction. Melanie Pitt, Alan Wong and Darth Vader all at one time either borrowed a character from me or cited me as an inspiration in e-mail correspondence, though I don't have any of those e-mails any longer to back up that claim ...

A chronology of Tomb Raider Fiction

For a time line for the writing of various Tomb Raider stories from 1996 to the present day, including some synopses of the various tales and details of which authors won awards, please go to this page.

The influence of fan fiction on franchise "reboots" in the media

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Fan opinion: This section contains personal opinions from a Tomb Raider fan.
(This notice may only be removed by a Lead Editor.)

From Ostercy:

Many of the television programmes and movies that have appeared over the last few years are so-called "reboots" of classic stories, using the characters and scenarios from earlier years. Examples include Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Transformers, as well as the Batman and Superman franchises. Various big players in the media world - such as Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and J.J.Abrams (Lost) - are acknowledged fan fiction alumni, and it could be argued that the entire film career of Quentin Tarantino is nothing more than big budget fan fiction.

Given this, it is possible that one day fan fiction - now a despised genre in the same way that pulp detective fiction and early science fiction used to be - will become more and more influential. It is highly possible that eventually individual writers will emerge from the thousands of fan fiction authors to take their place among the list of "proper" authors, recognised by the mainstream literati.

Sadly - as yet - no Tomb Raider fan fiction has influenced the writing of either a Tomb Raider film, or the plot of a Tomb Raider game, but one day this situation may change.

Comment by Eric Lindstrom, 12/01/09

"Fan fiction has had no impact on the Tomb Raider stories at Crystal because, in all honesty, I have never read a single piece of fan fiction. I love that people are inspired to write them, but I have never read any." [2]

See Also

Tomb Raider Novels

External Links

  • TR fanfiction at tombraidergirl.com
Everyone who has registered at tombraidergirl.com and confirmed the rules for fan fictions can add his or her stories to the database. A review system is currently under development.
http://archive.tombraidergirl.com/fanfiction/
  • The Croft Codex
A site devoted to archiving the best in Tomb Raider fanfiction, no longer operational.
http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=103157
  • Tales Of Power And Beauty
The original TR fanfiction site, no longer operational.
http://web.archive.org/web/19990203021348/network.ctimes.net/tales/about.html
  • The Strahov Archives
www.kteb.net/strahov-archives/ (Domain parking)
Library of the KTEB.
  • Katie Fleming's Tomb Raider Stories
Katie Fleming's Tomb Raider Stories
  • Fan fiction at Funky Lydia's]
www.funkylydia.com/tombraider/fanfiction.php (Domain Parking)
  • Fan fiction section at Lara Sanctuary]
www.larasanctuary.com/fanfiction/index.html (Domain Parking)
  • Fan fiction section at Planet Lara
www.planetlara.com/fan_stories.asp (Online, but no content.)
  • Fan fiction section at Tomb of Ancients]
tombofancients.webs.com/fanfiction.htm (Page dead)
  • Fan fiction entry at Tomb Raider Wiki
www.tombraiderwiki.com/index.php/Fan_Fiction (moved to wikia)
  • The first TR fan fiction page at the Tomb Raider Archive with most of the first ever TR stories (1996-1998)
http://web.archive.org/web/19990302082319/trarchive.ctimes.net/fanfic.html
http://web.archive.org/web/19991111173736/trarchive.ctimes.net/fanfic.html (later - 1999 - version)