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crack_van2004-11-29 06:15 pm
kixxa.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2004-11-29 06:15 pm
Little Acorns by Feldman (NC-17)
Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: John/Aeryn, Chiana/D'Argo
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rubberneck
Author Website: http://www.wideopenwest.com/~lshirk0824/
Why this must be read:
Gee, how lucky can kixxa get? *g*
Farscape is a fandom that has been very poorly served by 'official' writers. The handful of 'official' novels in their bright and sparkly jackets are simply not Farscape. The stories lack the most basic of characterisation, the plots are awful, the dialogue flat, and the wonderful ensemble feel and banter which is so typically Farscape are just not there. So, yeah, those novels are disappointingly bad, keep your money in your wallet. (Am I allowed to say that?)
For those who've been following the seesawing fortunes of our show, Farscape's season four ended abruptly through cancellation. The final episode 'Bad Timing' *g* is where Feldman's 'Little Acorns' takes up the story. And, even though the mini-series has subsequently aired, the vast majority of FS fandom feel that Feldman's epic fic, 'Little Acorns', should be enshrined as canon, so closely does she capture the true essence of the characters.
Feldman doesn't take the easy options, she writes a hard, gritty story of flawed people coming to uncertain terms with themselves and those around them. The road these characters tread is a damned hard road, through which Feldman explores the latent physicality and repressed emotion that was never adequately addressed in Farscape canon (especially in the mini-series). In this story, questions lead to even harder answers. Lessons learnt can take long, long months. There are set-backs and heart-ache. There are also moments of triumph, of humour - and most wondrous of all - of a stupidly tenacious love between two very different people (love that is both selfish and unselfish) which ultimately leads to a conclusion that is really a beginning.
The dialogue and plot are written for grown-ups. The actions and situations address questions that each of us will probably ask of ourselves at some point in our lives. For me, that underlying psychology, that mirroring of an all too familiar reality, the bravery and risk-taking, elevate this fine story to the position it so richly deserves.
For me, this is Farscape's official novel.
Little Acorns
Pairing: John/Aeryn, Chiana/D'Argo
Author on LJ:
rubberneckAuthor Website: http://www.wideopenwest.com/~lshirk0824/
Why this must be read:
Gee, how lucky can kixxa get? *g*
Farscape is a fandom that has been very poorly served by 'official' writers. The handful of 'official' novels in their bright and sparkly jackets are simply not Farscape. The stories lack the most basic of characterisation, the plots are awful, the dialogue flat, and the wonderful ensemble feel and banter which is so typically Farscape are just not there. So, yeah, those novels are disappointingly bad, keep your money in your wallet. (Am I allowed to say that?)
For those who've been following the seesawing fortunes of our show, Farscape's season four ended abruptly through cancellation. The final episode 'Bad Timing' *g* is where Feldman's 'Little Acorns' takes up the story. And, even though the mini-series has subsequently aired, the vast majority of FS fandom feel that Feldman's epic fic, 'Little Acorns', should be enshrined as canon, so closely does she capture the true essence of the characters.
Feldman doesn't take the easy options, she writes a hard, gritty story of flawed people coming to uncertain terms with themselves and those around them. The road these characters tread is a damned hard road, through which Feldman explores the latent physicality and repressed emotion that was never adequately addressed in Farscape canon (especially in the mini-series). In this story, questions lead to even harder answers. Lessons learnt can take long, long months. There are set-backs and heart-ache. There are also moments of triumph, of humour - and most wondrous of all - of a stupidly tenacious love between two very different people (love that is both selfish and unselfish) which ultimately leads to a conclusion that is really a beginning.
The dialogue and plot are written for grown-ups. The actions and situations address questions that each of us will probably ask of ourselves at some point in our lives. For me, that underlying psychology, that mirroring of an all too familiar reality, the bravery and risk-taking, elevate this fine story to the position it so richly deserves.
For me, this is Farscape's official novel.
Little Acorns
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Durn it, now I have to find another to replace this one!
*kixxa is evil*
;-)
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I'm also reccing one more tomorrow. I hope it's not one off your list. *chews fingernails more*
:D
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(Anonymous) 2004-11-30 04:56 am (UTC)(link)Annie