Rec List: Fic

Mar. 27th, 2009 06:30 am
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Ok, I did my meta recs list.

Here's my fic recs list, and explanation:

I have two categories of fic rec, and one hybrid.
  1. Fiction rec - a work in particular
  2. Author rec - anything by a particular author
  3. Fiction-by-Author rec - a particular work by a particular author - notable even among an entire library of that author's work. Most of these will have rather in-depth reasons why they should be read.
Again, I'll go ahead and say that not all of my recs here are going to be 'the best of the best' variety. I'm going to be honest with my assessment - they're my opinions, and not everything that's written is going to be exactly to my taste, even though they're listed here.

Rules to rec by:
  1. As with my meta recs, readability, coherence, and technical proficiency count in spades.
    1. The odd typo, transliteration error and homonym mixup are forgivable. I read a lot of fic by English-as-second-language authors, and some things don't translate easily.
    2. Any fic good enough to make me MISS the errors probably belongs on this page somewhere. Because it's damn hard to get those past me. (Most published authors can't.)
  2. They are very likely to hit my story kinks (not sexual kinks).
    1. I love long fic. They are much more likely to be memorable.
    2. Angst with good reason for it.
    3. Hurt/comfort
    4. Problematical ethics and/or loyalty. People doing the right thing for the right reason, damn the consequences, personal or intergalactic or anything in between.
    5. Out-of-the-ordinary format, point of view, structure, etc.
    6. Todd. Because everything is better with Todd.::hides::
  3. Probably obvious, but they lack things that turn me off of fiction.
    1. Excessive porn. If there's explicit sex, it's not there just for porn's sake.
    2. Excessive banter/snark. Sorry, I really don't like endless McShep sniping. I really really don't.
  4. They may have flaws, sometimes major flaws, but they're like coming home. Comfortable, heartwarming, a warm blanket to wrap myself up in when I'm sick and just want something to make me feel better.

Note: If you're on this list and I get something wrong (like your gender), please please drop me a note, comment, something, so I can fix it.

Also: [livejournal.com profile] slybrarian: I am not-so-quietly making off with your "Strangely Nice Ba'al" idea and running with it. I don't think he'll actually make it onto the Daedelus though. Right now he's cuffed to a bed in the SGC infirmary. I guess this means I need to go back and actually watch seasons 8-10.

Also also: LJ hates this post. Hates hates hates.


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Rec lists: Metafandom essays and non-Fic stuff

Mar. 21st, 2009 02:55 pm
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I've been meaning to make rec lists for a long, long time. I actually sat down and started doing it yesterday, and this is what I have so far.

First, a little explanation.

Most people assume 'rec list' means 'best of what's out there'. While I do require some degree of quality, particularly readability, coherence, and technical proficiency (spelling, grammar, etc.), the meta essays I rec are going to meet at least one of these criteria:
  1. They are relevant to the fandoms and genres I'm interested in. They may not have been written for those fandoms/genres, but they still apply. I.e. there will be no House-specific meta essays here unless those essay topics can be applied to SGA, SG1, SPN, LOTR, Criminal Minds, or Transformers, because I do not watch House.
  2. The topic is current, or at least, applicable to current fandoms/work.
  3. The topic interests me.
  4. It's useful to me in some fashion.
  5. They amuse me.
  6. They don't make me want to pull my hair out, scream, or spork my eyes out. ::waves to fifteen billion racefail09 essays::
Most of those currently listed are old - I started from the earliest [livejournal.com profile] metafandom post and have been working my way forward - but they are, or should be, currently accessible. I may have missed checking a few. If they come up f-locked, please let me know so I can remove them.

I've tried to organize these by category. Because of the cyclicality of many fandom topics, there is some degree of repetition, and as I add more links, this will more than likely increase.

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