Question

Are parody books and fan fiction the same thing?

Answer 1

So, while reading the Hunger Games, I scouted around the internet for HG merchandise until I found a few parody books that mock the HG story line and are actually published.
Using a story line that’s been already written by that book series or TV show or Movie, then that’s considered stealing the idea. But what’s the great harm on borrowing characters and using them in your OWN story line?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

What’s the difference between parody and fan fiction?

Fan fiction is different from parody as the author tries to stay true to the original work and copies necessary elements of the original. Most fan fiction writers do not try to sell their work and generally share it freely over the Internet. A Hunger Games fan may want to create new stories as a spinoff of the original novels, and as long as the writer doesn’t try to sell or profit from the work, it is protected by copyright law.

Answer 7

so basically, parodies say that they are different and get published (like Fairy Tail vs One Piece since the drawing style was appeared to be copied but they are two completely different storylines and characters)
while fanfictions are a spinoff and are not to be published.

Answer 8

Oh but they're actually selling them for profit. (I mean the parody ones.)

Answer 9

Here are the proofs:
http://pages.simonandschuster.com/hungerpains/excerpt

Answer 10

yeah, reminds me of a fanfic I read :P
http://www.wattpad.com/8825955-the-humping-games

Answer 11

Well, parodies are kind of like official fanfictions, if you want to think of it like that.
But parodies follow a certain format so that they don't plagiarize on accident - and since they're satirical works, they follow elements of satire (we just did rhetorical analyses on satire in AP 3 English this week and last week).