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As usual, the end of the year is time for merry Sutcliff data.![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
sutcliff_space brings some current statistics on the state of fandom: counting the transformative works posted on AO3 for all Rosemary Sutcliff book canons. Here comes an aggregated list of fandoms by the number of works.
This is the fifth time such an overview is completed. Previous posts were made in November 2017 [see here], in December 2018 [see here], in December 2019 [see here] and in December 2020 [see here]. The first two probes of 2017 and 2018 were done pre-Yuletide; and the next two, of 2019 and 2020, were post-Yuletide, including Yuletide data. In 2021, the data was collected pre-Yuletide again.
The total number of fanworks on AO3 has gone up by 20 compared to the time of the previous probe into the depths of the archive (from 544 in December 2020 to 564 in December 2021).
The dynamics are as follows:
from 433 in November, 2017
to 472 in December, 2018
to 500 in December, 2019
to 544 in December, 2020
to 564 in December 2021.
1. The Eagle of the Ninth (314 works)
2. Frontier Wolf (102 works)
3. The Lantern Bearers (18 works)
4. The Silver Branch (18 works)
5. The Mark of the Horse Lord (15 works)
6. Blood Feud (14 works)
7. Sword at Sunset (14 works)
8. Outcast (13 works)
9. The Shining Company (8 works)
10. Dawn Wind (6 works)
11. The Fugitives (6 works)
12. Sword Song (6 works)
13. Knight's Fee (5 works)
14. The Truce of the Games (4 works)
15. Warrior Scarlet (4 works)
16. A Circlet of Oak Leaves (3 works)
17. The Witch's Brat (3 works)
18. Blood and Sand (2 works)
19. The Rider of the White Horse (2 works)
20. The Armourer's House (1 work)
21. The Chief’s Daughter (1 work)
22. The High Deeds of Finn Mac Cool (1 work)
23. The Shield Ring (1 work)
24. The Sword and the Circle (1 work)
25. Flame-Coloured Taffeta (1 work)
26. Sun Horse Moon Horse (1 work)
Some numbers have changed, but our Top 10 remains the same as last year!
A variety of Sutcliff works are represented in book fandom so far, from long novels to tiny short stories, from well-known to really obscure. Notable dynamics:
New works (20 in total) (listed by volume of new output per fandom):
The Eagle of the Ninth +9 (from 305 to 314)
Frontier Wolf +4 (from 98 to 102 works)
The Fugitives +2 (from 4 to 6 works)
A Circlet of Oak Leaves +2 (from 1 to 3 works)
The Shining Company +1 (from 7 to 8 works)
Sword Song +1 (from 5 to 6 works)
The Truce of the Games +1 (from 3 to 4 works)
As you can see, only 7 fandoms had new fanworks created for them (compared to 9 fandoms having new works last year). Overall, there are 20 new works (compared to 44 last year). No new Sutcliff canons have been added to the current landscape of transformative works.
So this is officially the lowest total output number in our brief recorded history. Dramatic! Exciting? Motivating to explore?
What do you think of the output dynamic? Is there a Sutcliff work you'd like to see celebrated more? Do tell in comments!
And congratulations to everyone in Sutcliff fandom – it is a small kaleidoscopic fandom, but it is alive!
As usual, the end of the year is time for merry Sutcliff data.
sutcliff_space brings some current statistics on the state of fandom: counting the transformative works posted on AO3 for all Rosemary Sutcliff book canons. Here comes an aggregated list of fandoms by the number of works. This is the fifth time such an overview is completed. Previous posts were made in November 2017 [see here], in December 2018 [see here], in December 2019 [see here] and in December 2020 [see here]. The first two probes of 2017 and 2018 were done pre-Yuletide; and the next two, of 2019 and 2020, were post-Yuletide, including Yuletide data. In 2021, the data was collected pre-Yuletide again.
The total number of fanworks on AO3 has gone up by 20 compared to the time of the previous probe into the depths of the archive (from 544 in December 2020 to 564 in December 2021).
The dynamics are as follows:
from 433 in November, 2017
to 472 in December, 2018
to 500 in December, 2019
to 544 in December, 2020
to 564 in December 2021.
1. The Eagle of the Ninth (314 works)
2. Frontier Wolf (102 works)
3. The Lantern Bearers (18 works)
4. The Silver Branch (18 works)
5. The Mark of the Horse Lord (15 works)
6. Blood Feud (14 works)
7. Sword at Sunset (14 works)
8. Outcast (13 works)
9. The Shining Company (8 works)
10. Dawn Wind (6 works)
11. The Fugitives (6 works)
12. Sword Song (6 works)
13. Knight's Fee (5 works)
14. The Truce of the Games (4 works)
15. Warrior Scarlet (4 works)
16. A Circlet of Oak Leaves (3 works)
17. The Witch's Brat (3 works)
18. Blood and Sand (2 works)
19. The Rider of the White Horse (2 works)
20. The Armourer's House (1 work)
21. The Chief’s Daughter (1 work)
22. The High Deeds of Finn Mac Cool (1 work)
23. The Shield Ring (1 work)
24. The Sword and the Circle (1 work)
25. Flame-Coloured Taffeta (1 work)
26. Sun Horse Moon Horse (1 work)
Some numbers have changed, but our Top 10 remains the same as last year!
A variety of Sutcliff works are represented in book fandom so far, from long novels to tiny short stories, from well-known to really obscure. Notable dynamics:
New works (20 in total) (listed by volume of new output per fandom):
The Eagle of the Ninth +9 (from 305 to 314)
Frontier Wolf +4 (from 98 to 102 works)
The Fugitives +2 (from 4 to 6 works)
A Circlet of Oak Leaves +2 (from 1 to 3 works)
The Shining Company +1 (from 7 to 8 works)
Sword Song +1 (from 5 to 6 works)
The Truce of the Games +1 (from 3 to 4 works)
As you can see, only 7 fandoms had new fanworks created for them (compared to 9 fandoms having new works last year). Overall, there are 20 new works (compared to 44 last year). No new Sutcliff canons have been added to the current landscape of transformative works.
So this is officially the lowest total output number in our brief recorded history. Dramatic! Exciting? Motivating to explore?
What do you think of the output dynamic? Is there a Sutcliff work you'd like to see celebrated more? Do tell in comments!
And congratulations to everyone in Sutcliff fandom – it is a small kaleidoscopic fandom, but it is alive!
