"The Revenant Series" by Anna Orr (NC-17)

[cupidsbow.livejournal.com]

Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 1978
Pairing: Starbuck/Apollo
Author on LJ: annaorr
Author Website: Apollolover
Why this must be read: I've decided to finish off my BSG78 recs with an old, well-read and much-loved favourite...



The other stories I've chosen to recommend by Anna were picked with an eye to representing the fandom, and showcasing her diversity as a writer. However, one of my all-time favourite stories of Anna's is "The Revenant Series."

The premise of this series is fantastic (and I mean that in both senses of the word): imagine if someone you loved more than life returned from the dead. This is Anna's jumping off point in this long, plotty, angsty (very, very angsty), dark, Alternate Universe epic. I can't express to you how entertaining and satisfying I found this story, so I won't even try.

"The Revenant Series" is made up of an introductory short story and a pair of novels, so make sure you have a whole weekend ahead of you before you start to read this one.



While I wouldn't call this a death fic, it might be considered so by some people; it's also an AU.

(My links go through to the first chapter of each episode. Click on the links at the bottom of each page to move onto the next chapter.)

A Fond Farewell A prequel and *death* fic, co-authored with HeidiM.
Revenant
Masquerade

Comments

[luthien.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this is one of my favourites in this fandom, too. :-)

[cupidsbow.livejournal.com]

Nearly all of Anna's fics make me happy, but I do heart Revenant. How could I not rec it? :)

[ts5000.livejournal.com]

Thank you for all your recs this past month. I have always enjoyed BSG but never looked at the fic side. This has been so much fun, and the stories, some of them fantastic. The Revenant series I finished reading the other day, and I was so amazed by the detail to plot and the universe she has created. I also loved the Shield series and am sort of hoping there will be a third part one day just so we will see how the boys meet again.
Thank you so much!

[cupidsbow.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the stories. I'm not at all suprised you feel in love with Anna's work though--it's so good!

[itsthewa.livejournal.com]

Ditto on everything ts5000 just said above! Thanks so much for all these great recs. You have great taste! I, too, had never read that much in this fandom, but I have thoroughly enjoyed everything you've recommended, especially the Josephine Darcy story and the Revenant series. After being blown *away* by Revenant and Masquerade, I went to Anna's stories page to gobble up the rest. Good lord, she's a fine writer! Amazing plotting and characterization, truly unpredictable stories, and so many of them really *unique* from each other. She's able to create a whole universe in a series, then drop it entirely, start a new series, and create an completely *different* whole new universe in that one. I was just heartbroken when I'd gone through all her stuff, and there was no for of her for me to read. {g}

Anyway, thanks again! You've really opened me up to a whole new fandom, and what's more fun than that for a fangirl like me? ;)

Cheers!
Wa

[cupidsbow.livejournal.com]

Thank you for letting me know how much you enjoyed the recs. It was quite a bit of work putting so many together (28 plus the manifesto!), so knowing people got pleasure from them makes it all worth it :)

As for Anna's fics, you might have a treat in store for you. The Apollolover site hasn't been updated in a while, so Anna has written more stuff but it's not on there--it's scattered all around the web. There's some on the By Your Command archive (see the my BSG Manifesto for the link), and some on FF.net.

If you drop her a line, I'm sure she'll point you to anything else out there as well--she's lovely.

Happy reading!

[thaddeusfavour.livejournal.com]

Just throwing this out there in case someone might be interested. Here's a link to the new site where these fic can be found. Some of us are still wandering around and enjoying older fandoms.

http://celestialdome.com/index.html

[cupidsbow.livejournal.com]

Thank you!