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rachelmanija) wrote2019-01-04 12:41 pm
rachelmanija) wrote2019-01-04 12:41 pm
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Post-Reveal Yuletide Recs
There are still a bunch of stories I haven't even gotten to yet. Lots of people wrote 5K+ this year. Here's a few more I enjoyed:
On the Shore, the Whalebone and the Horseshoe Crab. Aliens, post-movie but assumes Aliens 3 didn't happen. Great IN SPAAACE casefic with good dialogue and sizzling chemistry between Ripley and Hicks.
There were a bunch of good Annihilation movie stories. I especially liked the two centered on Josie and Anya, the beautifully eerie Cocoon and eerily beautiful Apotheosis.
Learning to See a Future, The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley. Pitch-perfect McKinley voice, about Harry and Corlath's teenage daughter being a bridge between her two societies, with great atmosphere and cameos from book characters.
There were three stories based on Sarah Monette's The Bone Key and I liked all of them. smiling, smiling (a direct sequel to "The Venebretti Necklace" and A Letter from a Private Patron are Claudia-centric, and the very well-written That Which Walks Unseen focuses on Booth, Ratcliffe, and an exceptionally creepy entity. (Incidentally, I don't think I ever recced The Book of the Duplicitous Dead from Yuletide 2016 but it's extremely eerie and has a wonderful concept. Definitely read if you're interested in fic for this fandom.)
Lodestone. Chronicles of Morgaine - C. J. Cherryh. Atmospheric exploration of a new world, Morgaine and Vanye's relationship, and the lengths they'll go to for each other.
A-Jobbing I Will Go. Medieval Manuscript Illustrations (penis trees, barnacle geese, etc). Colloquial voice; particularly hilarious conclusion.
Flourish. A Quiet Place. Lovely, delicate post-apocalyptic Christmas in a world where sound is deadly.
Always Be Somewhat Suspect. Rosemary's Baby. Beautifully written, neatly structured exploration of the worst person in the world - and, as one comment put it, he's in a story that includes literal minions of Satan.
On the Shore, the Whalebone and the Horseshoe Crab. Aliens, post-movie but assumes Aliens 3 didn't happen. Great IN SPAAACE casefic with good dialogue and sizzling chemistry between Ripley and Hicks.
There were a bunch of good Annihilation movie stories. I especially liked the two centered on Josie and Anya, the beautifully eerie Cocoon and eerily beautiful Apotheosis.
Learning to See a Future, The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley. Pitch-perfect McKinley voice, about Harry and Corlath's teenage daughter being a bridge between her two societies, with great atmosphere and cameos from book characters.
There were three stories based on Sarah Monette's The Bone Key and I liked all of them. smiling, smiling (a direct sequel to "The Venebretti Necklace" and A Letter from a Private Patron are Claudia-centric, and the very well-written That Which Walks Unseen focuses on Booth, Ratcliffe, and an exceptionally creepy entity. (Incidentally, I don't think I ever recced The Book of the Duplicitous Dead from Yuletide 2016 but it's extremely eerie and has a wonderful concept. Definitely read if you're interested in fic for this fandom.)
Lodestone. Chronicles of Morgaine - C. J. Cherryh. Atmospheric exploration of a new world, Morgaine and Vanye's relationship, and the lengths they'll go to for each other.
A-Jobbing I Will Go. Medieval Manuscript Illustrations (penis trees, barnacle geese, etc). Colloquial voice; particularly hilarious conclusion.
Flourish. A Quiet Place. Lovely, delicate post-apocalyptic Christmas in a world where sound is deadly.
Always Be Somewhat Suspect. Rosemary's Baby. Beautifully written, neatly structured exploration of the worst person in the world - and, as one comment put it, he's in a story that includes literal minions of Satan.