Yuletide recs
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luzulaYesss, I managed to write some recs before reveals! I put everything longer than 5000 words on my ereader, so these are short. Also, I still am far from having read everything I'm interested in, so hopefully I can get one more round of recs in later.
I enjoyed a lot of the Irina/Mirnatius fics from Spinning Silver, so check them out! Of course, the book was leaving so much unwritten there that I'm not surprised people are filling it in.
Kolya's Sestina (Paksenarrion - Elizabeth Moon)
A sestina about a minor character that I like a lot.
The Inevitability of History (Voynich manuscript)
A tantalizing glimpse of another sort of science. You don't need to know canon (I didn't).
How It Was Then (Persuasion - Jane Austen)
The relationship between Frederick and his sister Sophia, and Anne/Frederick as seen through Sophia's eyes.
rosy as a flushed red apple skin (never been as sweet) (Medieval manuscript illustrations)
Probably my favorite in this fandom, though there are other good ones, too! The fake scientific article on the decline of the penis tree is hilarious. No need to know canon (although the canon is just pictures).
Sprezzatura (Much Ado About Nothing)
A bitter and passionate inner monologue from Beatrice, impressively written in blank verse.
Prickly Situation (Aubrey-Maturin)
A little Jack/Stephen vignette, of the sort where it's the prose and not really the events of the story that are what you remember.
Unexpected (Pern, Kylara/Lessa)
I have to thankisis (ETA: oops, no, it was rachelmanija) for bringing this one to my notice, since I'd missed it. I would gladly read a book's worth of sequel to this story! I imagine long-simmering UST and then finally a mating flight, and lots of interesting politics. F'lar's reaction would be hilarious.
I enjoyed a lot of the Irina/Mirnatius fics from Spinning Silver, so check them out! Of course, the book was leaving so much unwritten there that I'm not surprised people are filling it in.
Kolya's Sestina (Paksenarrion - Elizabeth Moon)
A sestina about a minor character that I like a lot.
The Inevitability of History (Voynich manuscript)
A tantalizing glimpse of another sort of science. You don't need to know canon (I didn't).
How It Was Then (Persuasion - Jane Austen)
The relationship between Frederick and his sister Sophia, and Anne/Frederick as seen through Sophia's eyes.
rosy as a flushed red apple skin (never been as sweet) (Medieval manuscript illustrations)
Probably my favorite in this fandom, though there are other good ones, too! The fake scientific article on the decline of the penis tree is hilarious. No need to know canon (although the canon is just pictures).
Sprezzatura (Much Ado About Nothing)
A bitter and passionate inner monologue from Beatrice, impressively written in blank verse.
Prickly Situation (Aubrey-Maturin)
A little Jack/Stephen vignette, of the sort where it's the prose and not really the events of the story that are what you remember.
Unexpected (Pern, Kylara/Lessa)
I have to thank
isis (ETA: oops, no, it was rachelmanija) for bringing this one to my notice, since I'd missed it. I would gladly read a book's worth of sequel to this story! I imagine long-simmering UST and then finally a mating flight, and lots of interesting politics. F'lar's reaction would be hilarious.
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