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Q&A How do I know which elements I can use from the work which orginally inspired me?

Fan fiction is fiction about characters or settings from an original work of fiction, created by fans of that work rather than by its creator. Therefore, so long as you steer away from using the s...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:11:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar robertcday‭ · 2019-12-08T09:11:06Z (almost 5 years ago)
Fan fiction is _fiction about characters or settings from an original work of fiction, created by fans of that work rather than by its creator_.

Therefore, so long as you steer away from using the same characters (or people who would be recognisable as those characters in terms of their appearance, characteristics, behaviour and/or predispositions) then you should be fine. Similarly, try not to set your stories in places that have the same name or description as those in the Blood on the Stars (BotS) series.

I guess too that, with this being Science Fiction (with attendant made-up/future technologies), you should also take care not to make your tech too similar to that/those in the BotS series.

Sounds to me like you have a interesting plan in the offing. Judging by your stated intentions, you should have no problem distinguishing your post-Golden Age human civilization from that created by Jay Allan.

Good luck with your project.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-06-20T15:32:55Z (over 6 years ago)
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