June 19th, 2007 
01:01 pm Harsh Continent by 30toseoul (PG-13)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] 30toseoul
Author Website: none
Why this must be read:

30toseoul writes about Antarctica better than anyone else in SGA fandom. In a way that makes sense, afterall she's been there, unlike most of the rest of us. But it's not the weight of her experience that makes this story so terrific, it's the skill she uses in describing it. 30toseoul's Antarctica is a place both familiar and exotic, a fascinating jumble of the mundane and the spectacular. Less a single story than a series of vignettes, Harsh Continent shows us Antarctica as John Sheppard sees it, from his arrival through the events of Rising. A great take on John pre-Atlantis and an excellent complement to that first episode.

Harsh Continent
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03:29 pm The Well-Known Act by robynbender [NC-17]
Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: John and Aeryn
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] robynbender
Author Website: The Fanfiction of Robyn Bender
Why this must be read:
There's not much I can say about this one except, I can't believe noone's recced it already...and ummm, yeah, you might feel the urge for a cigarette and a cold shower when you're finished.

There's John and Aeryn, and frelling, and it's all good, really good.

The Well-Known Act
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06:49 pm All That Lies Before You, by Ephemera [R]
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: Lance/Poseidon
Author on LJ:[livejournal.com profile] ephemera_pop
Author Website: http://ephemera-pop.livejournal.com/ has a fic index at top of page
Why this must be read:

I'm proud to say that I provided the inspiration for this story by requesting an Nsync/Greek Pantheon crossover. Ephemera took the idea and turned it into something gorgeously sensual. Lance is the main focus, and his pairing with 'Phillip' works quite perfectly. There are all kinds of references and resonances dropped lightly in, not showing off the author's knowledge, but using it to make something rich, like a carefully detailed tapestry.

Also, I absolutely believe that Lance enjoys earthquakes.
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All That Lies Before You
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11:46 pm Culture Crash by Seanan (PG)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] cadhla
Author Website: tagged fics
Why this must be read:

I have a serious weakness for fics where one TARDIS crew meets another. In this the Ninth Doctor, Rose and Jack accidently run into the Fourth Doctor and Leela. Hilarity ensues; involving acid spitting squirrels, Jack unsucessfully trying to chat up Leela and a religion founded on danger mouse.


"How did that happen, exactly?" Jack asked, as they walked back towards their own TARDIS with bags of jelly baby in hand. "I thought the timestream had defenses against this sort of thing."

"It does," the Doctor said. "It's just that they break down from time to time. Can't be avoided. Besides, we got candy out of the deal."

"And I nearly got to meet my spleen!"

"And that taught you an important lesson about wandering off, now, didn't it?" The Doctor grinned. "I was a nice bloke, wasn't I? Horrible fashion sense, though. No taste at all. Jellybaby?"

"You used to travel about with a cavegirl," Rose said, disbelievingly. "An actual cavegirl."

"First off, she's from your future, not your past; show some respect," said the Doctor, blithely. "Second off, from where I'm standing, the two of you are next-door neighbors on the evolutionary ladder. Ape number one, meet ape number two."

"She's got a bikini on! Made out of rabbits! Actual dead rabbits, attached to her..." Rose paused, then concluded, "...she's wearing rabbits!"

"And you're wearing impractical shoes," the Doctor said, with a broad grin. "Isn't perspective grand?"

"This day has been very strange," Jack declared.

The Doctor nodded. "All the best ones are."



Culture Crash
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