A literary look at the "Gilmore Girls"

I've been fascinated by different perspectives on "Gilmore Girls," so I've been searching for and reading a variety of things, including a few pieces from Salon that are examples of how TV can be interpreted as meaningfully as literature:

• Knocked up like me
• The parent trap

I also discovered this package of stories about the show's 100th episode, including an interview with Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, an article about Sherman-Palladino's style, a piece on the series' creative approach, its music, and finally conversations with the actors about how they are like and unlike the characters they play.

More recently, there was this Associated Press story about Lauren Graham's response to the Lorelai-Rory split. In it, show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino justifies the plot and also reveals a little about the end of season six: "The Palladinos are making plans for a cliffhanger ending to this season (wedding? no wedding?) and for the show to run without them in the fall, just in case."

I've also discovered a whole genre I never knew existed: fan fiction written about characters from TV shows, movies, and more. It's been fun reading some of the "Gilmore Girls" stories -- fictionalized accounts of what could have happened between episodes, between seasons, or (in one case) between the series stars in a novel-length story about Lauren Graham and Scott Patterson falling in love.

Here are some additional collections:

• "Gilmore Girls" fiction (rated G-R)
• "Gilmore Girls" fiction (rated NC-17)
• Black & White & Read
• Proud & Prejudiced
• Lukewarm: The Luke Danes Fiction Archive
• The Chilton Library
• "Gilmore Girls" e-fiction
• "Gilmore Girls" Fiction for Fans

Also, from inside the serial box, Sarah Jessica Parker talks about the ill-fated "Sex and the City" movie: it would have included two weddings.

Comments

[Katlyn]

I love to read Lauren Graham and Scott Patterson fanfiction, the first time I read the Back-To-Reality stuff I was hooked. Now im even googling for more fanfiction.

[Sarah]

I've been reading Back-to-reality the Lauren Graham and Scott Patterson fiction. It is excellent, I have read since the start and love the writing. So much detail and facts about both actors it is hard not to fall into the fiction and believe it's all true!

[Amanda]

I've been reading the back - to -reality fanfiction about Lauren Graham and Scott Patterson ever since it was first published in 2004. I diffently recomend it to other Gilmore fans! It's a fantastic story and they also came out with a squeal. I would catogorize it as a " MUST READ "

[krista- the silent k]

Wow! I found a little piece of heaven on here today! The values of my family are kind of anit-TV but my secret guilty pleasure and indulgence is Gilmore Girls. I love that show madly! I buy them all on DVD. Thanks for the awesome links!!!

[Lauren]

Love all these links! And the first two are especially helpful. I think I'm going to do a paper about women in television for my women's studies class.

I also could probably give you some recommendations for stories you MUST read if you're feeling overwhelmed. And so you get to the really good stuff.

[Michele]

I was a devoted fan of the cult hit, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I always loved how much fans were writing about the show in cyberspace.

And Nancy, Veronica Mars has now filled the void I felt when Buffy ended. Veronica's my new favorite girl!

[Nancy]

Yes, I discovered the world of Fan Fiction this summer when I was hunting for something to fill my Veronica Mars void. It's an odd and interesting little literary sub-culture.