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crack_van2005-03-08 01:13 pm
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Gods and Monsters by KodiakkeMax (R)
Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: n/a
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: The Max Factor
Why this must be read:
It's good. It's very good. This author has been recc'd on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
crack_van before, here, here, and here, so talking about the quality of the writing and deft use of plot and character would be a mute point. KodiakkeMax is one fine writer and this fandom was blessed by her presence.
I guess I could talk about the plot and it's reflections on current events, or about how this is one of those perfect examples of using the sci-fi genre to illuminate the nastier sides of humanity. I could talk about all of those things, but I won't. I will tell you that this fic, when I was finished reading it, made me go "Whoa." Every time I read this I have the same "Whoa." reaction, because I find something I hadn't noticed before.
It is only to the individual that a life means anything. To a general, to a president, to a universe, a life is not even good currency: it means something only when it numbers in the hundreds, the thousands; when there is enough to spend.
(His measurement is similarly rough: a single being or planet. One or many. He is not good at the in-between.)
Even after these die, there are more people who will come and take their place and die, and it will not stop until everyone is dead. And still the universe will not care.
Go read, now, and don't forget to feed the author.
Gods and Monsters
Hi! It's me, FBF, back in the driver's seat. Sorry about the wait for this first recc. I promise I'll do better for the rest of the month.
Pairing: n/a
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: The Max Factor
Why this must be read:
It's good. It's very good. This author has been recc'd on
crack_van before, here, here, and here, so talking about the quality of the writing and deft use of plot and character would be a mute point. KodiakkeMax is one fine writer and this fandom was blessed by her presence. I guess I could talk about the plot and it's reflections on current events, or about how this is one of those perfect examples of using the sci-fi genre to illuminate the nastier sides of humanity. I could talk about all of those things, but I won't. I will tell you that this fic, when I was finished reading it, made me go "Whoa." Every time I read this I have the same "Whoa." reaction, because I find something I hadn't noticed before.
It is only to the individual that a life means anything. To a general, to a president, to a universe, a life is not even good currency: it means something only when it numbers in the hundreds, the thousands; when there is enough to spend.
(His measurement is similarly rough: a single being or planet. One or many. He is not good at the in-between.)
Even after these die, there are more people who will come and take their place and die, and it will not stop until everyone is dead. And still the universe will not care.
Go read, now, and don't forget to feed the author.
Gods and Monsters
Hi! It's me, FBF, back in the driver's seat. Sorry about the wait for this first recc. I promise I'll do better for the rest of the month.