Han and Leia in Fanfiction

Han and Leia in Fanfiction is an article by Sherry Magee that was published in Jundland Wastes #9. It has the subtitle: "or Do you think a princess & a guy like me...?"
==Introduction==
In it, Magee discusses the various ways fans envision the relationship between the two characters. She writes that the whole subject was a somewhat new one: 
 
==The Stories==
Prelude Tales: ("Stories in the category tell of Han and Leia's growing awareness that there is more behind their relationship than friendship or antagonism. They usually occur after the events in "A New Hope" and before those in "The Empire Strikes Back.")
* Post Gratitude by Paula Block (Warped Space #44)
* ... A Princess and a Guy Like Me? by Jodi Joyce (Phoenix #2)
* Interlude by Karen Miller (Galactic Falcon #1)
* Toward a Corellian Conquest by Pat Nussman (Kessel Run #1)
* The Start of Something Big... by Marcia Brin (Kessel Run #1)
* Chinese Fire Drill (in the Cycle of Fire series) by Anne Zeek and Barbara Wenk (Twin Suns #2)
As the Reel Turns: ("Star Wars was conceives as an action-adventure space fantasy series, and the films move at a rapid pace with few interludes for the characters to talk and get to know each other. The stories in this category were written to provide those interludes and further define the feelings of the characters.")
* Just What Do I Feel Anyway? by Peggy Douglas (Carbonite Maneuver)
* Slow Boat to Bespin, both versions (Guardian #3)
* Past Tense (poem) by Karen Miller (Kessel Run)
* Tonight She Remembers Her Corellian (poem) by Bev Lorenstein (Carbonite Maneuver)
*Soliloquy on a String of Beads by Wanda Lybarger (Kessel Run #1, reprinted in Kessel Run #2)
The Search for Solo: ("Han is carried off by the bounty hunter Boba Pett at the end of TESB, supposedly to be returned to hla impatient creditor Jabba the Hut. Lando and Chewie are in hot pursuit and promise Lela that they will find the Corellian. But many fans were not content to wait until the release ofthe third film. The following are several versions of the search for and the finding of Han.")
* Four Preludes (and One Short Epilogue) (1. Rovan, 2. The Journey Back, 3. Recall, 4. Hell Hath No Fury, 5. Epilogue: One Day in the Park) a very, very early Five Things piece of fiction by Marcia Brin (Carbonite Maneuver, Bright Center of the Universe #3, "Rovan" is also in Shadowstar #12)
* Too Late by Kay Crist (Empire Star v.2 n.2)
* Queen's Gambit by Anne Elizabeth Zeek (Pegasus #5 and The Compleat Zeek)
After the Thaw: ("A number of fan stories deal with the future of Han and Leia predicated on the theory that the Corellian will be found alive in Episode VI. But what will happen then? Do they truly love each other? Will they stay together? What about the other women in Han's life? Here are some examples of proposed solutions.")
* The Cori Beckett Series by Paula Block and Judi Hendricks (various)
* Reunion by Linda Anne Watson (Carbonite Maneuver)
* Final Act of Love by Kay Crist (Carbonite Maneuver (1981) , then reprinted in Bright Center of the Universe #5 (1995), along with an authorized sequel by Wanda Lybarger.) 
* In the Silence of Midnight (poem) by Marcia Brin (Facets #7/8)
* Drop Everything by Sylvia Stevens (Hydrospanner Zero)
* Corellian Haze by Samantha Blackley (Kessel Run #1)
* Before the Ceremony by Marcia Brin (The Jedi Journal #3)
* I Do? by Lindsey Nuttal (Facets #7/8)
* Corellian's Claim by Eva Albertsson (?) (a rare example of a non-happy ending)
* A Jedi Craves Not These Things by Susan Matthews (At the time, it was a privately-circulated story called "The Susan Solution to Star Wars: A Jedi Craves Not These Things." It was published a year later in Guardian #3. This story was a rare example of a non-happy ending for Han and Leia.)
* Happily Ever After by Dannell Lites (Facets #7/8)
==The Conclusion==
 
==References==
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