Don't Need to Know Canon

On The Trail Of The Killers Of My Father.The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells. I never set out to start a robot uprising when I came to Pelling Station. I just wanted the leaked pilot of the new Sanctuary Moon spinoff, On The Trail Of The Killers Of My Father.What it says on the can. Murderbot is a cyborg on the run that ( Read more... )

This has been the most wonderful Yuletide for reading. Conveniently, I also have time for reading. And I haven't even begun to dip into a bunch of fandoms I know, like Nirvana in Fire (in which someone wrote a full-length novel!), Killjoys, most anime/manga fandoms, or many of the longer stories.

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As Ice in the Desert. ( Read more... )

This has been a wonderful Yuletide for reading, but not so much for people commenting. It would be great if people would comment if they enjoyed something, even if it's just "I liked this story." Especially my fantastic gift stories, which aren't getting half as much appreciation as they deserve.

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The Cassini mission to ( Read more... )

I have been reading so many great stories, I'm going to try to make a rec post every day till reveals. And probably a couple after, since there's also a number of long stories I won't get to till later. If anyone would like to join me, that would be really fun.

If you enjoy a story, it would be great to comment so the authors knows.

Don't Need ( Read more... )

I still have SO MANY stories I haven't read yet, including most of the longer stories, so expect post-reveal rec posts. This Yuletide has had a lot of exceptionally good stories and I am looking forward to many more days of reading. But first, my last pre-reveal set of recs:

Don't Need To Know CanonThere were a number of good stories based on ( Read more... )

The Yuletide archive is open! Browse! Enjoy! Comment! Rec! (There's a way to bookmark recs on AO3 but it's hard to browse; probably the best way is to rec on your own space, then link to your post at yuletidePerhaps due to the longer length of time we had to write this year, there seem to be more than usual longer stories, from 5K+ to quite a few at 10, 15 ( Read more... )

The Yuletide archive is open! Browse! Enjoy! Comment! Rec! (There's a way to bookmark recs on AO3 but it's hard to browse; probably the best way is to rec on your own space, then link to your post at
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the ultimate test of cerebral fitness. As I lay broken and bleeding on the battlefield, I began to wonder about the meaning of it all. I mean, what are we actually fighting for? Are we always destined to lose in some cosmic game? Why do the sides have to be different colors? Why can't the Biskups just be able to hook up ( Read more... )

Except for the first, hese all require canon (or historical) knowledge.

Survival is Insufficient is a wonderful sonnet based on Station Eleven, which I have not yet read. I think all you need to know to appreciate the poem is that the book features a post-apocalyptic Shakespearean troupe ( Read more... )

These are all stories where you either don't need to know the canon, or you can pick up the canon in a few minutes because it's images ( Read more... )