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rose_griffes) wrote2019-04-29 06:32 pm
rose_griffes) wrote2019-04-29 06:32 pm
I don't watch Game of Thrones and I gave up on the Avengers two movies ago.
So let's talk about things that are NOT Game of Thrones or The Avengers.
I was already planning to make a post recommending (yet again) the Rivers of London book series by Ben Aaronovitch, but it's particularly good timing because THERE'S NEWS! The first book is being adapted into a show! Eight to ten episodes, and the team doing the adaptation is Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
Anyway: Harry Potter for grown-ups, sort of. Imagine a young London cop, son of a white man and an immigrant from Sierra Leone. He's on the beat, doing interviews for a murder case, when he accidentally interviews a ghost. Because MAGIC IS REAL, and so are ghosts, and so now he's still a cop, but instead of his previous beat, he gets apprenticed to the LAST WIZARD COP in the U.K.
And that's just the first bit of the first book. So. Book one is Rivers of London in the U.K., and that's the name of the series in the U.S. as well, although we call book one Midnight Riot. For no reason whatsoever, as far as I can tell.
By the way, the books get a lot more solid in their storytelling in book three. I liked book one very well; book two is not my favorite. But book three, the story hits its stride and the author gets more at ease with the world and characters he's creating. There are currently seven novels, a novella, a free short story on Audible, and a handful of graphic novels. I haven't read the graphic novels myself.
Anyway, here's a fanfic: The Woman Who Ran with Wolves (14817 words) by drekadair
Chapters: 4/4
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Peter Grant, Thomas Nightingale
Summary: Peter and Nightingale are called to the Epping Forest to investigate a potential werewolf and discover a missing woman, a family shattered by grief, and a case that hits far too close to home.
Since I'm reccing fic anyway: and we will find ourselves underneath a new sun (6081 words) by basset_voyager
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leia Organa/Han Solo
Characters: Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo
Additional Tags: Character Study, Post-OT, Jedi Leia Organa
Summary: “Leia, it’s not something to be afraid of,” he says. Whether he means the weapon or the Force in general, Leia isn’t certain. She rolls her eyes, but reaches out and takes the saber from him. It’s just an object. The metal is warm from Luke’s hand. [Leia, after the war.]
Trust Exercise (1059 words) by inkvoices
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel (2019)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Nick Fury, Chewie | Goose (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Trust Issues, Goose is an excellent judge of character, Nick Fury cat dad
Summary: Five times (of many) that Fury trusts Goose to show him when someone is an ally (or not).
I was already planning to make a post recommending (yet again) the Rivers of London book series by Ben Aaronovitch, but it's particularly good timing because THERE'S NEWS! The first book is being adapted into a show! Eight to ten episodes, and the team doing the adaptation is Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
Anyway: Harry Potter for grown-ups, sort of. Imagine a young London cop, son of a white man and an immigrant from Sierra Leone. He's on the beat, doing interviews for a murder case, when he accidentally interviews a ghost. Because MAGIC IS REAL, and so are ghosts, and so now he's still a cop, but instead of his previous beat, he gets apprenticed to the LAST WIZARD COP in the U.K.
And that's just the first bit of the first book. So. Book one is Rivers of London in the U.K., and that's the name of the series in the U.S. as well, although we call book one Midnight Riot. For no reason whatsoever, as far as I can tell.
By the way, the books get a lot more solid in their storytelling in book three. I liked book one very well; book two is not my favorite. But book three, the story hits its stride and the author gets more at ease with the world and characters he's creating. There are currently seven novels, a novella, a free short story on Audible, and a handful of graphic novels. I haven't read the graphic novels myself.
Anyway, here's a fanfic: The Woman Who Ran with Wolves (14817 words) by drekadair
Chapters: 4/4
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Peter Grant, Thomas Nightingale
Summary: Peter and Nightingale are called to the Epping Forest to investigate a potential werewolf and discover a missing woman, a family shattered by grief, and a case that hits far too close to home.
Since I'm reccing fic anyway: and we will find ourselves underneath a new sun (6081 words) by basset_voyager
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leia Organa/Han Solo
Characters: Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo
Additional Tags: Character Study, Post-OT, Jedi Leia Organa
Summary: “Leia, it’s not something to be afraid of,” he says. Whether he means the weapon or the Force in general, Leia isn’t certain. She rolls her eyes, but reaches out and takes the saber from him. It’s just an object. The metal is warm from Luke’s hand. [Leia, after the war.]
Trust Exercise (1059 words) by inkvoices
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel (2019)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Nick Fury, Chewie | Goose (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Trust Issues, Goose is an excellent judge of character, Nick Fury cat dad
Summary: Five times (of many) that Fury trusts Goose to show him when someone is an ally (or not).