FIC REC: Star Trek Gen Recs III
Jun. 21st, 2009 03:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrwubbles-headdesk- Really, last batch. No joke. A bad week of medical insurance snafus and uncertainty about the rest of my life had sent me fleeing for h/c fic to read, not write. Blessed friends sent me loads and I reread some from back in the day (oh for the love of Mike, it was just last month!).
What it meant though is more recs this way. Honestly, I should get back to writing. I have prompts to finish. Deadlines to meet. My plot bunnies are screaming.
If bunnies scream, that is. In my experience, they just shed and poo--Stop that! Not on the laptop!
-LOL-
( Complete Rec List )
NEW ADDED AS OF June 21
Title: Reality Bites NEW
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
igrockspock
Rating: PG
Summary: The fifth time the Enterprise slips into an alternate reality, Captain Kirk wants to stay.
Link: http://igrockspock.livejournal.com/6007.html
Reader Notes: An amusing narration with a tinge of gleeful, "pew-pew", Kobayashi Maru Kirk. It's worth reading through just for the last. Two. Lines. And don't try to read ahead to the bottom for it. They're innocuous, isolated they seem almost ordinary. But if you read the story, the last two lines sums up the fic=fricking brilliant.
Title: Notes On Captaining A Starship NEW
Author:calapine
Rating: G
Summary: In which a captain wishes to develop a more intimate relationship with a ship he has a habit of anthropomorphising.
Link: http://calapine.livejournal.com/557205.html
Reader Notes: You know, every so often, you have to remember while there's dark and angsty, there has to be fun as well and while Jim Kirk might not have thought it fun, this fic, for the readers, is. What I love are the little nods to classic Trek a fan of TOS would totally appreciate and the punchy narration guarantees a grin when you get to the end. This is pure reading enjoyment.
Title: Et in Arcadia Ego NEW
Author:chaletian
Rating: PG
Summary: The air is calm, the scents rich and alien and beautiful, but the sky is the wrong colour; the moons the wrong number; and Spock says, “You cannot help him.” McCoy and Spock on an away mission.
Link: http://chaletian.livejournal.com/358534.html
Reader Notes: Shocking, I know, this isn't a Kirk-centric fic, rather one of McCoy and Spock. This duo usually falls victim of bickering of rationality versus cantankerous attitude, so much so, it's become a bit cliché, a bit of a cartoon. In this case, while the two are still at odds, there's a reason why; two worlds of duty/beliefs colliding. The story takes an unflinching look at these two men. It's not fluffy. It's not life as cotton candy; it's blunt in its honesty about these two and a begrudging agreement to agree that they disagree. So raw, it's beautiful.
Title: But Not Jim Kirk NEW
Author:jedibuttercup
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2000
Summary: He hadn't thought about what it would sound like to Gary, who had four more years' service under his belt and not a chance in hell of following the same meteoric track.
Link: http://jedibuttercup.livejournal.com/317306.html
Reader Notes: Remember Gary Mitchell? The movie had pretty much passed over him but he is not forgotten. In fact,jedibuttercup uses him brilliantly as the prop here, using him to show us the Kirk before and the evolution of a starship captain. We see, through conversations between Mitchell and Kirk, just how much Kirk had to grow up post Nero and the man he'll become.
Title: Someone to look after you NEW
Author:kei_rin
Rating: PG
Spoilers: All over the place for the movie. Takes place before the end and presumes knowledge of the movie.
Summary: "He’d be a good Captain. He’d look after the ship and her crew and get the job done. He just doesn’t know how to look after himself"
Link: http://kei-rin.livejournal.com/24377.html
Reader Notes: There are many great fics out there that returns Kirk and Spock back on track to their legendary friendship. Kei_rin decides to take a wonderful detour, dropping us directly after the movie ends when Spock still can't quite sort out what Kirk is. He is a reluctant comforter with co-conspirator Bones in getting Jim Kirk to sleep. It gives us a brilliant insight on the paving to the trio we've loved in the original series.
Title: Not Easily Impressed NEW
Author:zinfic
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1100
Summary: Uhura has to give James Kirk one thing - he has endurance.
Link: http://zinfic.livejournal.com/78499.html?format=light
Reader Notes: We went from movie Uhura where she barely tolerated Jim Kirk to acknowledging he was captain. Somewhere in-between, an epiphany had to have occurred. This fantastic Uhura POV gives us just that with a unique glimpse of the friendship between McCoy and Kirk. While the title indicated Uhura wasn't that easily impressed, the narration and dead on characterization impressed me.
Title: Not Acting NEW
Author:blcwriter
Rating: R
Word Count: 1837
Summary: "Pike craned his ears even as his heart clenched for the two young men, among Starfleet's best and brightest and both were already feeling weary and dim" Pike's observations in sickbay on the way back to Earth. Kirk/McCoy friendship.
Link: http://blcwriter.livejournal.com/5038.html?format=light
Reader Notes: The Kirk/McCoy friendship has been a standout for me since the movie andblcwriter always does a fantastic and ring-true depiction of this dynamic for me. They're two guys, both stubborn and brash in their own ways and just darn good friends. And to put it in the POV of a recovering Pike? Sheer brilliance. It's hurt/comfort without the mush, two guys bickering but do something entirely different to what they say.
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Disclaimer: All recs represented here on this post are the expressed opinion of said poster and of no one else no matter what the little voices in my head says. I was neither coerced, bribed, mind melded, or cloned into making this rec. Read accordingly. Side effects may include dry mouth, dry eye, bleary eye, gaping eye, lost weekends, timey wimey moments, periods of squee, potato chip cravings (that would be bad), oreo cravings (but that's not bad), skipped meals (that would be really bad) and the occasional urge to stay glued onto your seat to read one more fic. Do not operate heavy machinery. Do not run with scissors.
What it meant though is more recs this way. Honestly, I should get back to writing. I have prompts to finish. Deadlines to meet. My plot bunnies are screaming.
If bunnies scream, that is. In my experience, they just shed and poo--Stop that! Not on the laptop!
-LOL-
( Complete Rec List )
NEW ADDED AS OF June 21
Title: Reality Bites NEW
Author:
igrockspockRating: PG
Summary: The fifth time the Enterprise slips into an alternate reality, Captain Kirk wants to stay.
Link: http://igrockspock.livejournal.com/6007.html
Reader Notes: An amusing narration with a tinge of gleeful, "pew-pew", Kobayashi Maru Kirk. It's worth reading through just for the last. Two. Lines. And don't try to read ahead to the bottom for it. They're innocuous, isolated they seem almost ordinary. But if you read the story, the last two lines sums up the fic=fricking brilliant.
Title: Notes On Captaining A Starship NEW
Author:
calapineRating: G
Summary: In which a captain wishes to develop a more intimate relationship with a ship he has a habit of anthropomorphising.
Link: http://calapine.livejournal.com/557205.html
Reader Notes: You know, every so often, you have to remember while there's dark and angsty, there has to be fun as well and while Jim Kirk might not have thought it fun, this fic, for the readers, is. What I love are the little nods to classic Trek a fan of TOS would totally appreciate and the punchy narration guarantees a grin when you get to the end. This is pure reading enjoyment.
Title: Et in Arcadia Ego NEW
Author:
chaletianRating: PG
Summary: The air is calm, the scents rich and alien and beautiful, but the sky is the wrong colour; the moons the wrong number; and Spock says, “You cannot help him.” McCoy and Spock on an away mission.
Link: http://chaletian.livejournal.com/358534.html
Reader Notes: Shocking, I know, this isn't a Kirk-centric fic, rather one of McCoy and Spock. This duo usually falls victim of bickering of rationality versus cantankerous attitude, so much so, it's become a bit cliché, a bit of a cartoon. In this case, while the two are still at odds, there's a reason why; two worlds of duty/beliefs colliding. The story takes an unflinching look at these two men. It's not fluffy. It's not life as cotton candy; it's blunt in its honesty about these two and a begrudging agreement to agree that they disagree. So raw, it's beautiful.
Title: But Not Jim Kirk NEW
Author:
jedibuttercupRating: PG-13
Word Count: 2000
Summary: He hadn't thought about what it would sound like to Gary, who had four more years' service under his belt and not a chance in hell of following the same meteoric track.
Link: http://jedibuttercup.livejournal.com/317306.html
Reader Notes: Remember Gary Mitchell? The movie had pretty much passed over him but he is not forgotten. In fact,
jedibuttercup uses him brilliantly as the prop here, using him to show us the Kirk before and the evolution of a starship captain. We see, through conversations between Mitchell and Kirk, just how much Kirk had to grow up post Nero and the man he'll become. Title: Someone to look after you NEW
Author:
kei_rinRating: PG
Spoilers: All over the place for the movie. Takes place before the end and presumes knowledge of the movie.
Summary: "He’d be a good Captain. He’d look after the ship and her crew and get the job done. He just doesn’t know how to look after himself"
Link: http://kei-rin.livejournal.com/24377.html
Reader Notes: There are many great fics out there that returns Kirk and Spock back on track to their legendary friendship. Kei_rin decides to take a wonderful detour, dropping us directly after the movie ends when Spock still can't quite sort out what Kirk is. He is a reluctant comforter with co-conspirator Bones in getting Jim Kirk to sleep. It gives us a brilliant insight on the paving to the trio we've loved in the original series.
Title: Not Easily Impressed NEW
Author:
zinficRating: PG
Word Count: 1100
Summary: Uhura has to give James Kirk one thing - he has endurance.
Link: http://zinfic.livejournal.com/78499.html?format=light
Reader Notes: We went from movie Uhura where she barely tolerated Jim Kirk to acknowledging he was captain. Somewhere in-between, an epiphany had to have occurred. This fantastic Uhura POV gives us just that with a unique glimpse of the friendship between McCoy and Kirk. While the title indicated Uhura wasn't that easily impressed, the narration and dead on characterization impressed me.
Title: Not Acting NEW
Author:
blcwriterRating: R
Word Count: 1837
Summary: "Pike craned his ears even as his heart clenched for the two young men, among Starfleet's best and brightest and both were already feeling weary and dim" Pike's observations in sickbay on the way back to Earth. Kirk/McCoy friendship.
Link: http://blcwriter.livejournal.com/5038.html?format=light
Reader Notes: The Kirk/McCoy friendship has been a standout for me since the movie and
blcwriter always does a fantastic and ring-true depiction of this dynamic for me. They're two guys, both stubborn and brash in their own ways and just darn good friends. And to put it in the POV of a recovering Pike? Sheer brilliance. It's hurt/comfort without the mush, two guys bickering but do something entirely different to what they say.Disclaimer: All recs represented here on this post are the expressed opinion of said poster and of no one else no matter what the little voices in my head says. I was neither coerced, bribed, mind melded, or cloned into making this rec. Read accordingly. Side effects may include dry mouth, dry eye, bleary eye, gaping eye, lost weekends, timey wimey moments, periods of squee, potato chip cravings (that would be bad), oreo cravings (but that's not bad), skipped meals (that would be really bad) and the occasional urge to stay glued onto your seat to read one more fic. Do not operate heavy machinery. Do not run with scissors.
