The Bookshelf - Rec List #1
Here it is, our first fic rec post! My plan is to do this once a month, or whenever we feel like it, whichever happens first. This is a place to recommend to your fellow readers good pastiches, essays, adaptations, and even music that features our beloved Holmes and Watson.
This month, we're out for recs that have something to do with Study in ( Read more... )
This month, we're out for recs that have something to do with Study in ( Read more... )
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Author: No Less Remarkable Alicia
Rating: R
Category: au, perhaps, but close to canon, pre-slash
Reason for Rec: This story was meant to be a prequel to an AU, but can stand alone. It's told from the point of view of a tattoo artist, who has been asked to remove a tattoo/scar from a young man who calls himself "Will Prescott". Warning: this is a dark AU in many ways. Mention of past torture, among other things. But Alicia is/was an amazing wordsmith, and I promise you the angst is well worth it.
The Case of the Cunningham Heritage
Rating: G
Category: television show
Reason for Rec:The Ronald Howard/H. Marion Crawford series that was done in the fifties has one of the few filmed versions of the "Meeting", done in this pilot episode. While it took me a while to get used to Watson's mustache, I must admit to being terribly fond of this series overall. Ronald Howard's Holmes is young, brilliant, and just a bit absent-minded, and he truly benefits from the brawny contributions of Crawford's Watson ( ... )
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A Decided Genius, by rabidsamfan (canon-verse, gen, probably PG?, recced because it's BRILLIANT--and because if you bug her enough, rabidsamfan may get around to finishing the sequel that I WANT LIKE BURNING *grin*)
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Within Reach
Author: rileyc
Rating: PG
Category: slash, romance, Conan Doyle bookverse
Reason for Rec: This is a slightly AU spin on SIGN.
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