Driveby Rec
Quick Yuletide rec: just a pawn, waiting to advance by anonymous. The Hour/1984 - George Orwell. Not a true crossover, but an AU
Recommended because an AU version of The Hour set in the 1984 universe is just pure genius. Given the 1950s UK setting and the emphasis on truth, lies and paranoia in The Hour, I can't think of a more perfect match. It's very bleak, but then as 1984 is the setting, if it wasn't bleak, I'd be disappointed. But what's really going for it is that even though there's a considerably darker twist on the characters, Freddie, Lix and Randall are all so very heartbreakingly Freddie, Lix and Randall.
Anyway, read. Read even if you haven't watched the Hour - it's an AU and so familiarity with the characters and canon is not required.
Also: I think reading 1984 as an impressionable teenager is a major factor in my love of messy doomed romances. Hmmm. Thank goodness Twilight wasn't around then.
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Recommended because an AU version of The Hour set in the 1984 universe is just pure genius. Given the 1950s UK setting and the emphasis on truth, lies and paranoia in The Hour, I can't think of a more perfect match. It's very bleak, but then as 1984 is the setting, if it wasn't bleak, I'd be disappointed. But what's really going for it is that even though there's a considerably darker twist on the characters, Freddie, Lix and Randall are all so very heartbreakingly Freddie, Lix and Randall.
Anyway, read. Read even if you haven't watched the Hour - it's an AU and so familiarity with the characters and canon is not required.
Also: I think reading 1984 as an impressionable teenager is a major factor in my love of messy doomed romances. Hmmm. Thank goodness Twilight wasn't around then.
This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth at http://meddow.dreamwidth.org/205569.html. Comment here or there.