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curuchamion) wrote2010-08-03 04:24 pm
curuchamion) wrote2010-08-03 04:24 pm
Hello world!
I'm bored. I am extremely bored. I want something new to read - and by "new" I mean "not just another riff on the same old characters and situations I've read before".
So, pretty pretty please, can you rec me things, flist? Your writing or somebody else's, I don't care... but rec me a fic from a fandom I don't read! Or a new-to-me book or book series - my local library probably has it if it isn't online. Or, heck - introduce me to a whole new fandom! I don't really feel like watching movies at the moment, but if you convince me something is awesome enough I might.
General likes and dislikes:
I like friendship stories, adventure stories, mystery stories, stories written for children/teens, teamwork, WWII settings, sailing ships, heroic people, smart people, funny people, loyal people, Scottish people, and people who can act. Also anything written by someone geeking out about something they love - that's always fascinating.
I don't like RPF, slash, excessive shippiness, excessive magic, snark about religion, protagonists who are rude, stupid, evil, mean, or otherwise dislikable, or books that purport to feature knitting or home repair (I nitpick them too much).
Bored of:
* Doctor Who - I'm sorry, but I'm just really not interested right now.
* Stargate SG-1 - My mom won't let me watch it (I have this stupid knack of answering honestly and thoroughly the question "Is there anything objectionable in it?"), so I'm not reading any more till I leave home, it just makes me cranky.
* MacGyver - Frankly, the fun is in the visuals. No offence?
Know the canon but don't read the fic:
* Tolkien - I kind of wish I did, because some of the awesomest people I know are LOTR writers, but I just can't do it.
* Bonanza - I simply have no interest in reading Bonanza fic. There's enough show canon to keep me happy for my lifetime.
* Hogan's Heroes - What I've seen of the fic tends to be extremely Srs Bisness, with much whumpage. Besides, I watch HH for the acting.
* Sherlock Holmes - The thought of Holmes/Watson slash makes me unexpectedly grumpy and militant about asexuality!fail. I don't really like myself when I'm militant, so I don't care to poke through Holmes archives reading summaries.
* Discworld - Okay, I've only read the Guards series (Vimes FTW!), but I don't quite see how fanfic could measure up.
* X-Men - I think I've read basically every comic Chris Claremont has ever written with Wolverine in. Several times. And I'm too picky about characterization to wade through the fic.
* NCIS - The proportion of Duckyfic is so small, why bother?
* Agatha Christie - I'm not fond enough of the canon to want to bother with fic, for the most part.
Tried the canon, didn't like it (not sorted by whether there is fic):
* Mission: Impossible - it stresses me out for some reason.
* The Brady Bunch - just can't stand it.
* Lost in Space - same.
* DC superhero comics - tend to be stupid. I'd read the Dave Cockrum run of "Legion of Super-Heroes" if it were available, though.
* Spider-Man comics - he's a jerk. '90s!Venom is my favorite character, for cryin' out loud!
* Wild Wild West - it just didn't click with me.
* Captain America - I love the concept and some things about the character, but the way he's written is all over the map!
* Georgette Heyer - I liked "The Unknown Ajax", but most of the others I've tried bored me.
I've read all the genfic:
* Sapphire and Steel
* Man from UNCLE
* Swallows and Amazons
* Legend (MOAR PLZ!)
* Star Wars - I've read all the official fic related to the Luke trilogy up to the point where Chewbacca gets killed. After that, I don't care anymore. And I'm not really interested in non-official fic.
There isn't any fic:
* Gilligan's Island
* The Three Investigators. Well, there's official books not by the original author, but they're no good.
* Andre Norton's "Solar Queen" series
* Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence stories (the exception to my cordial dislike of Agatha Christie)
Things I keep meaning to watch:
* The Lion King (everyone's always shocked that I haven't seen it)
* Star Trek: The Next Generation (the pilot has DeForest Kelley and John de Lancie in it, so it shouldn't be too hard to persuade me to give it a shot)
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eponymous_rose keeps going on about it)
* Three Bites of the Apple (that's research for a fic)
* the TV episode where DMc is a confused baby Time Lord (I've forgotten the name, and it has also morphed into research for a fic)
* all the Doctor Who I haven't seen (except as previously noted I'm bored of storylines I already know about)
* The Dark Knight (I liked Batman Begins, but people tell me TDK is scarier)
I'm sure there's lots of other stuff I've forgotten or never heard of, too. Surprise me! ;-)
Or alternatively, suggest cures for writer's block. I know there are stories you guys want me to finish - the Who/X-Men piece forclocketpatch, the MFU/MacGyver piece for lolmac Beth, the Cartoon Adventures of togsos and Curuchamion... primsong wants Three!fic and eponymous_rose wants Legend!fic - and I can't seem to write ANYTHING! I have ideas, I have outlines and scene descriptions, I just can't get words!
So, pretty pretty please, can you rec me things, flist? Your writing or somebody else's, I don't care... but rec me a fic from a fandom I don't read! Or a new-to-me book or book series - my local library probably has it if it isn't online. Or, heck - introduce me to a whole new fandom! I don't really feel like watching movies at the moment, but if you convince me something is awesome enough I might.
General likes and dislikes:
I like friendship stories, adventure stories, mystery stories, stories written for children/teens, teamwork, WWII settings, sailing ships, heroic people, smart people, funny people, loyal people, Scottish people, and people who can act. Also anything written by someone geeking out about something they love - that's always fascinating.
I don't like RPF, slash, excessive shippiness, excessive magic, snark about religion, protagonists who are rude, stupid, evil, mean, or otherwise dislikable, or books that purport to feature knitting or home repair (I nitpick them too much).
Bored of:
* Doctor Who - I'm sorry, but I'm just really not interested right now.
* Stargate SG-1 - My mom won't let me watch it (I have this stupid knack of answering honestly and thoroughly the question "Is there anything objectionable in it?"), so I'm not reading any more till I leave home, it just makes me cranky.
* MacGyver - Frankly, the fun is in the visuals. No offence?
Know the canon but don't read the fic:
* Tolkien - I kind of wish I did, because some of the awesomest people I know are LOTR writers, but I just can't do it.
* Bonanza - I simply have no interest in reading Bonanza fic. There's enough show canon to keep me happy for my lifetime.
* Hogan's Heroes - What I've seen of the fic tends to be extremely Srs Bisness, with much whumpage. Besides, I watch HH for the acting.
* Sherlock Holmes - The thought of Holmes/Watson slash makes me unexpectedly grumpy and militant about asexuality!fail. I don't really like myself when I'm militant, so I don't care to poke through Holmes archives reading summaries.
* Discworld - Okay, I've only read the Guards series (Vimes FTW!), but I don't quite see how fanfic could measure up.
* X-Men - I think I've read basically every comic Chris Claremont has ever written with Wolverine in. Several times. And I'm too picky about characterization to wade through the fic.
* NCIS - The proportion of Duckyfic is so small, why bother?
* Agatha Christie - I'm not fond enough of the canon to want to bother with fic, for the most part.
Tried the canon, didn't like it (not sorted by whether there is fic):
* Mission: Impossible - it stresses me out for some reason.
* The Brady Bunch - just can't stand it.
* Lost in Space - same.
* DC superhero comics - tend to be stupid. I'd read the Dave Cockrum run of "Legion of Super-Heroes" if it were available, though.
* Spider-Man comics - he's a jerk. '90s!Venom is my favorite character, for cryin' out loud!
* Wild Wild West - it just didn't click with me.
* Captain America - I love the concept and some things about the character, but the way he's written is all over the map!
* Georgette Heyer - I liked "The Unknown Ajax", but most of the others I've tried bored me.
I've read all the genfic:
* Sapphire and Steel
* Man from UNCLE
* Swallows and Amazons
* Legend (MOAR PLZ!)
* Star Wars - I've read all the official fic related to the Luke trilogy up to the point where Chewbacca gets killed. After that, I don't care anymore. And I'm not really interested in non-official fic.
There isn't any fic:
* Gilligan's Island
* The Three Investigators. Well, there's official books not by the original author, but they're no good.
* Andre Norton's "Solar Queen" series
* Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence stories (the exception to my cordial dislike of Agatha Christie)
Things I keep meaning to watch:
* The Lion King (everyone's always shocked that I haven't seen it)
* Star Trek: The Next Generation (the pilot has DeForest Kelley and John de Lancie in it, so it shouldn't be too hard to persuade me to give it a shot)
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (
eponymous_rose keeps going on about it)* Three Bites of the Apple (that's research for a fic)
* the TV episode where DMc is a confused baby Time Lord (I've forgotten the name, and it has also morphed into research for a fic)
* all the Doctor Who I haven't seen (except as previously noted I'm bored of storylines I already know about)
* The Dark Knight (I liked Batman Begins, but people tell me TDK is scarier)
I'm sure there's lots of other stuff I've forgotten or never heard of, too. Surprise me! ;-)
Or alternatively, suggest cures for writer's block. I know there are stories you guys want me to finish - the Who/X-Men piece for
clocketpatch, the MFU/MacGyver piece for lolmac Beth, the Cartoon Adventures of togsos and Curuchamion... primsong wants Three!fic and eponymous_rose wants Legend!fic - and I can't seem to write ANYTHING! I have ideas, I have outlines and scene descriptions, I just can't get words!
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Georgette Heyer... let's see. I love "The Unknown Ajax" muchly. "The Corinthian" and "The Nonesuch" would probably have been better not read one right after the other, "The Foundling" was fun until the ditzy title character wore thin, and I never got more than a chapter into "Charity Girl". If I've read any others I've forgotten them.
I'm really not as selective right now as I usually am, because I'm bored stiff and looking for new horizons, literarily speaking. If it's non-depressing, has a high proportion of adventure to romance, and I don't hate the characters, I'm likely to read it right through. Try me! ;-)
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Oh, yes, that helps. I@ve been having a bit of a massive re-read to cheer myself up over the past year, and I have to say, I even re-read the detective ones (not anything like as good as the historicals) but I couldn't get into Charity Girl. It was one of the last ones she wrote - I suspect she wasn't all that enthusiastic herself. Belinda was annoying, enough for me to give my copy of The Foundling away (although, I have to say, on re-reading, my assessment was that I must have been mad to do so. :-D) Anyway, you may well like The Talisman Ring (very funny, with smugglers, and a murder - one of my faves of her earlier stories), Devil's Cub and the Toll Gate; also The Convenient Marriage because Horry is a rather lovely heroine. An awful lot of the ones I like are rather comed-of-manners, but if you find those not too dull, my absolute favourite of that type is Cotillion, which is just... *flails about* The Grand Sophy is widely considered her best, and I'm also very fond of Friday's Child and The Quiet Gentleman, and A Civil Contract. But there's no point if you really don't click with an author, I know. For me, she's one of my biggest comfort reads. (And to avoid: the detective stories, especially Penhallow; also Powder and Patch, and Cousin Kate. I mean, they're all right, but...).
Other book recs? Well, someone else mentioned Wilkie Collins - I love his stuff, especially The Moonstone and The Woman in White. Also, Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers (really! It's such fun - oh, and if you like it, check out the 1970s film versions with Michael York, Richard Chamberlain, Oliver Reed, Faye Dunaway, and Spike Millgan, because they capture the not-entirely-serious aspect of the books perfectly. And possibly more so. With swashbuckling and amazing actors. I say pooh to any other version, although I hear the 1990s sequel they made of Twenty Years Later is not anything like as good, but that's pretty usual. ;-D)
For TV, I love all the classic dramas we get (well, when we get them), mostly from the BBC - I think you can usually find them overseas. I don't know how your boredom threshold is for 19th C stuff, but I love the 1996 Persuasion, 2006 Northanger Abbey, Our Mutual Friend, The Way We Live Now, North and South, Bleak House and Little Dorrit and Wives & Daughters (off the top of my head). But you don't mention your opinion on that sort of stuff - you may find it dull as ditchwater. ;-)
I hope