I was conscious of China being Temeraire's country of origin and I'm sure that added some extra enjoyment to my trip.

I wish I'd started taking dragon pictures earlier, but ( here are two from my last day )

James Clavell's King Rat: Happier Than Before 8,400 words

Characters: The King and Peter Marlowe

King Rat is one of my favourite books, for the relationship between the American corporal who controlled much of the black market in Changi prison camp during WWII, and the British flight lieutentant who became his closest friend. Their parting did ( Read more... )

One story: Vacancy by la_reverenda
Sam/Dean pre-slash, 5k words. Curtainfic of the motel-owning kind.

One vid: Wintersong by ash48
Dean remembers Sam at Christmas. Sad and slow (in a good way!).

One piece of artwork: The Mighty Impalunicorn by sagetanJust look at the Impala! Just look at it! (Knowledge of 7x14 "Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie" is ( Read more... )

Treasure Sam/Dean, post-apocalyptic world, 48,000 words ( Read more... )

sd_recs provided a nice long list of Sam/Dean futurefics this week. Some were already firm favourites of mine, but I've been thoroughly enjoying going through the ones that were new to me. I feel compelled to amplify the recs for these two:

Our Endless Numbered Days by whitereflection 6,195 words, in four sectons with Dean at 45, 50, 55 and 60.

( Spoilery extract and comments )

Battering Ram A short but really stunning post-apocalyptic story. Sam/Dean, not explicit, 5K words.

Like most people, I love astolat's writing, and I think one of the best things that can happen to a person is to get into a fandom she's written in (34 Supernatural stories! Whoo!), but most of her writing is just a shade sweeter or fluffier than it ( Read more... )

I went with option 2 from my last post and finished rereading Last Outpost Of All That Is at work on Friday, and then had to stay until almost 9pm to finish what I was supposed to be doing. Well worth it though, since I wouldn't have been able to concentrate very well with the last part still un(re)read ( Read more... )

I've been rereading gekizetsu's 62,000 word Supernatural Sam/Dean story Last Outpost of All That Is today in between other things, and even when not reading keep lapsing into a post-apocalyptic mental space ( Read more... )

I had a sudden urge to watch Rome and reread all my favourite Rome stories the other day. Vorenus/Pullo is one of my Top 5 favourite slash pairings and has been for some time, so I was a bit surprised to read a comment I'd left on one of mcicioni's stories in 2007 in which I said I couldn't see them as a viable pairing. Upon further reflection, I guess ( Read more... )

I had a great Christmas break this year(s). On Boxing Day/Dec 26th I drove to Albany to spend some time with bardiegrub and shortblack while they were there. We stayed with bardiegrub's brother, who'd cooked a turducken for Christmas and needed help with the leftovers! I managed not to say anything weirdly fannish about it to him, but was delighted by the unexpected ( Read more... )