6:47 PM
I think I've talked before about how much I love metafiction: exploring the frameworks of fiction, how characters from different narratives might--and do interact. Well I've found a guy who's interested in the same thing, but focuses on television crossovers. An interesting theory pulled from this mass: that the old Bob Newhart Show may acutally be a delusion in the brain of an autistic child...

ADDITION: Conversations with JP have reminded me of other metafiction "hubs"; I'll find some links and put them here for the curious (note that while the very idea of obsessing about these things is fannish, I personally only count officially published works as proper metafiction--fanfic doesn't count):

- Phillip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton theory (including this incredible family tree)
- Another Wold Newton page, worth a second link just to show how expansive fans have made Farmer's theory.
- Jon Myers Myers' novel Silverlock (Get a copy while you still can, or hunt it down in a used bookstore--it's an amazingly fun book.
- The Punisher Meets Archie, in the Comics Crossover Index

If the Punisher meeting Archie wasn't entertainment enough for you, read this true history of the Scooby Doo Gang. It's fanfic masquerading as scholarship, but it's a fun read.