Wesley: Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair. Gunn: I vote he's not in charge.

'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?

This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.


SailAweigh - Jun 02, 2007 5:01:46 pm PDT #3969 of 10436
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Unfortunately, not. That's who I keep coming up with, but it wasn't, which is why it's so frustrating. Argh.


Beverly - Jun 02, 2007 5:46:57 pm PDT #3970 of 10436
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Kirstein? The Steerswoman books?

If that's who it is, I LOVE those books. They're what got me journalling on paper again.

As far as Edgehill is concerned, the only thing I've read of hers is Bell, Book and Murder, which Jilli rec'd, and I liked those three a lot.


SailAweigh - Jun 02, 2007 6:55:32 pm PDT #3971 of 10436
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Kirstein it is! I thought it was something with a K sound, but I looked for Kee, Kei, Kie, but I don't know if I tried Kir. I know some of her books are older, so they may not currently be in print in the bookstore. At least now I know what I'm looking for!


Dana - Jun 02, 2007 7:36:25 pm PDT #3972 of 10436
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I just meant that if all the fandom journals were being reinstated, and it seems now that they have been, there's very good odds that in fact a fandom journal would be reinstated.

Ah, gotcha. I still cling to my inherent irritatedness about how it was handled.


Consuela - Jun 02, 2007 9:25:12 pm PDT #3973 of 10436
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Yes, Rosemary Kirstein. The Steerswomen books are awesome.


Lee - Jun 02, 2007 10:34:31 pm PDT #3974 of 10436
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Have people read Anthropomorfic: Making Up Is Hard To Do (Fandom/LJ, NC-17) ?

I'm including the rating, because it should be taken seriously, but the fic is also hella funny.


esse - Jun 03, 2007 2:38:25 am PDT #3975 of 10436
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Yep. Funny and so, so true.


esse - Jun 03, 2007 4:52:29 am PDT #3976 of 10436
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

Hey, I'm going to keep an eye out for those Kirstein books. they look really interesting.

Unrelatedly, *man* have I been reading some great fic this weekend.

So there's this Farscape futurefic story, The Next Frelling Generation, which was a fantastic look at what D'Argo Sun-Crichton, and the world after the Treaty, might be long. It was fantastic, really engaging and well-done. At the time, I though there was all that there was, but I went back looking for it to send to a friend and it turns out that the author has written basically a whole season of adventures for the characters he introduced in TNFG.

It's a really ambitious project, but I've been reading the stories on and off all weekend, and they're all quite good. David Hearne has the tone of Farscape down, while deepening the original characters he created, and giving a really compelling arc-y narrative for them to follow. I am *really* impressed. This is something that will take some time to read, but if you're a Farsccape fan, I definitely think that it's worth your time. Each story is basically an episode, and they're all of a very high writing quality, which is surprising, frankly, but a really pleasant surprise. The original characters are engaging, and interesting, with their own depth and agendas.

Frankly, if this were an canon-related project, I don't think I could be more impressed than I am already. It fits seamlessly into the world as we know it. Really, really reccomended.


Consuela - Jun 03, 2007 12:46:14 pm PDT #3977 of 10436
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

David Hearne--he's so sneaky, because he doesn't put any of his fic on his LJ, and so I never know he's been doing this. Hmmm. (

ETA: Although it looks like a bunch of these were posted over a year ago, and I just never noticed.

SA, thanks for the heads up. I remember seeing a rec for Frelling Generation just about the time Leviathan went kerblooey, and I never went back to track it down.


esse - Jun 03, 2007 2:31:11 pm PDT #3978 of 10436
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

no problem! I kind of want to email him and offer him webspace just to put this stuff up in one locale.

I just started the second season of TNFG and man, the writing quality just doesn't drop at all. A fantastic, long, engaging read.