Sherlockian recs

Oct 18, 2011 21:49

Breakfast at 221B, by AJ Hall
'He could not, if asked, have defined how "a Sherlock conversation" differed from "a conversation with Sherlock", but he knew the difference between the two was as wide as the gap which supposedly yawned between genius and madness.' A sparkling conversation piece, featuring a hilarious shout-out to Conan Doyle canon

I Used to Live Alone Before I Knew You, by Etothepii
'The best thing humans have ever done on their own was trick themselves into thinking that science and religion were mutually exclusive.' This well-executed fusion with Good Omens forms a satisfying casefile, with a few delicious little details

The Perils of Urban Warfare, by Phantomjam
'What Sherlock considers conversation is more akin to a staccato burst of machinegun fire strafing over John’s head in a spray of logic-based shrapnel and deadly hand-grenades of intuition.' Three-way piece including John's therapist, which develops a particularly interesting voice for John

Space Travel, by Candle Beck
'The night the aliens came was the first time John understood the extent of his predicament.' Sherlock/John abounds in this fandom but Candle Beck's bizarre details capture Sherlock's nature better than most

rec, good omens, sherlock holmes

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