Last week I saw the film The Shoes of the Fisherman. It was released in 1968, based on a 1963 novel. I saw it years ago and read the book as a teenager in the 70s.

I was reminded of this film & book by Kassrachel and Sihaya Black's incredibly wonderful McKay/Sheppard story Si Muovo...

( Warning - spoilers for the story and the movie! )

The use of the word "unholy" in SGA fiction has been intriguing me for a while. I was curious enough to search my computer for every instance of that word. It appeared in 11 of the McKay/Sheppard stories on my hard drive, as well as a few comments-to-stories and authors' intros.

It didn't occur in any of the non-SGA stories on my hard drive, which ( Read more... )