This is a good article about the phenomenon of fan fiction, and there's even our own Sheera's Brokeback Mountain story mentioned obliquely...In the fanfic alternative reality, Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul, the at-each-other's-throat judges on "American Idol," are a huggems couple. The guys from "Brokeback Mountain" are cabaret dancers in Nazi Germany. Elizabeth and Jane from "Pride and Prejudice" are college freshmen, with Darcy and Bingley as the guys next door and the girls' parents as resident advisers.http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNjcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwMDg2NTkmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3Cool, huh? thanks for that lynne, very interesting reading, and very informative...enjoyed that a lot.. janice-Lynneote]