Get a life! : fans, poachers, nomads -- How texts become real -- Fan critics -- It's not a fairy tale anymore : gender, genre, beauty and the beast -- Scribbling in the margins : fan readers/fan writers -- Welcome to bisexuality, Captain Kirk : slash and the fan-writing community -- Layers of meaning : fan music video and the poetics of poaching -- Strangers no more, we sing : folk music, folk culture, and the fan community.