Little slices of lost canon, for when one's in the mood for more of, rather than more from, the source...

( 5 recs in Discworld, History Boys, Das Leben der Anderen, Much Ado About Nothing, Study in Emerald )

Whilst clearing my recs backlog, I discovered I had a heap of Sherlock recs ready to go back in summer 2012. (This might be my record.) Anyone in the fandom will already have read these, but if you're looking for somewhere to start and are a little bemused by the preponderance of John/Sherlock first times, here are four diverse suggestions, all by ( Read more... )

( 4 recs under the cut, Sherlock (BBC) & crossover with Good Omens )

Star Trek XI
One of the most interesting facets of reboot fanfiction is the emphasis on Gaila, a character who barely appears in the film. Here are two of my favourites...

The Dance, by LJC'Orion Prime had the Syndicate the way Old Chicago had Capone. That was the thing about infamy.' LJC paints a much more complex picture of Orion society than ( Read more... )

( Cut for length: 17 recs in Canterbury Tales, Lord Peter Wimsey, Maurice, A Room with a View, Cotillion, I, Claudius, Mansfield Park, Emma, Little House on the Prairie, Jeeves & Wooster, Sherlock Holmes, Silmarillion, Neuromancer )

Does anyone happen to know what became of Sacrilege, the Holmes/Watson archive? It seems to be unavailable at the moment. I'm particularly keen to trace 'Absurdly Simple' by Irene Adler aka Plaid Adder, which is such a wonderful intro to slash in general and H/W in particular that it would be a shame if it disappeared without trace. (The WayBack ( Read more... )

( Blade Runner, Hitchhikers' Guide, Isaac Asimov )

Remington Steele

Endless fanfic trawlings in the selfless quest for a good read to share uncovered a unique recommendable RS author... Xenon. Luckily she's written one novel and five long stories...

Steele and Old Lace, by Xenon (novel)

Delightfully zany! This retake on 'Arsenic and Old Lace' could easily be an episode of the series

Steele to ( Read more... )

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Galactic Miscellany, by Rheanna

Very few writers dare to attempt DNA's style, but Rheanna does it so well here that you'd be forgiven for thinking he'd risen from the grave to write 'The Galactic Miscellany'

Lemony Snicket/Edward Scissorhands

The Gargantuan Garden, by Yahtzee

I don't know Lemony Snicket, ( Read more... )

Courtesy of selenak, Neil Gaiman's Sherlock Holmes fanfic ('cept no doubt he got paid...)