Wow, a little broad ;) I could be here all day if I tried to rec all the sci-fi fics that deserved it...!

Oh well... I'll just link to my rec lists and a couple of stories that I haven't got around to adding to them yet. I'd pick out particular fics to rec but I don't know which ones you'll like... if there's a particular theme/etc you'd like me to rec just ask and I'll see if I know anything that fits it?

Star Wars

I have a whole rec list (http://mayitbe.co.uk/starwars/index.html) dedicated to it... There's both slash and het on there (and gen), and the full range from prequel stories, through original trilogy and into the expanded universe (and some time travel fics which are particularly recommended, SW fandom is great for time travel).

I think the only fic I've got bookmarked that I haven't yet added to it is Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place (http://www.geocities.com/marysuefanfic@ymail.com/Rock.htm) which I read recently (Han/Leia: they land on a planet which is half patriarchal, half matriarchal (extremely so: pretty much slavery on both sides) and are forced to marry).

Doctor Who

Again, a full rec list (http://mayitbe.co.uk/doctorwho/index.html)... though it's New Series only on there, organised by the season the fics are set in. My particular favourites are Loophole and Praxis (both s3, featuring the Doctor, Master, Jack & Martha).

Also, if you've never read the Moffat short story his episode "Blink" was based on (What I Did On My Christmas Holidays) it's linked from there and is very much worth a read.

My only classic Who rec is Play the Part (http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=13295&textsize=0&chapter=1) (Fifth Doctor/Turlough, BDSM/slavefic, they pretend to be master & slave to rescue Tegan).

Firefly

River Tam recs (http://mayitbe.co.uk/river/index.html) because I love the girl. My all-time favourite Firefly story is Lit Gal's Thoughts Colored Ugly (BDSM, River/Jayne, hints of Mal/Jayne).

There's a Doctor Who / Firefly crossover story I really like as well, I'm not sure why it isn't on that list. It is on the DW list though, it's called Out of Joint.

Yes, there are a few WIPs on there, sorry... I know you don't read them very often. If you want to read one and there's no obvious sign of whether it's finished, just ask me.

There's also a fair few posted on theforce.net forums, because sadly that's the biggest place around for SW fics (it drives me insane; why they don't all post on archives as well is beyond me). I've posted to archived versions wherever possible though (and a lot of those are on ff.net... I wish someone would create an all-encompassing SW archive. All there is at present are small ones that are either exclusive, or limited to certain characters/pairings).

Torchwood

I'm afraid all except the two Doctor Who crossovers are ficlets... I've not really read many chaptered Torchwood fics as yet.

I've recced this here before, but Things I Can Depend On (http://oriolegirl.livejournal.com/575613.html) I love (crossover with SGA; Jack/Ianto, Lorne/Parrish, has a companion fic).

Weary, Bone Deep (http://community.livejournal.com/whattheficathon/11822.html) (crossover with Bones, Jack/Brennan).

Torchwood, the Rift and the Wardrobe (http://laurab1.livejournal.com/157176.html) (Narnia crossover, Jack/Ianto)

The Doctor and Mr Jones (http://sam-storyteller.livejournal.com/122875.html) (Jack/Ianto, DW crossover)

Pocket Watch Boy (http://www.tthfanfic.com/Story-16059/Mhalachai+Pocket+Watch+Boy.htm) (Jack/Ianto, DW crossover)

Piece of Cake (http://community.livejournal.com/tw_exchange/10988.html?style=mine) (gen, Tosh-centric humour)

Ianto's Diary (http://kiltfriction.livejournal.com/8881.html) (humour, may be J/I or gen I can't remember)


Edited 2008-11-10 09:55 pm (UTC)

Well, I've never done this before, so please pardon any faux pas I should make. Heck, I don't even know if I'm to post this here in a comment!

I have a Firefly rec:

Glass Walls by Ana (http://firefly.populli.org/archive/2/glasswalls.shtml)

Title: Glass Walls
By: Ana (anacondagrrl@angelfire.com)
Rating: R
Pairing: Jayne/Simon, although just barely
Spoilers: up to Serenity
Disclaimers: These aren't my characters.
Summary: Simon, Jayne, prison. A bit of a possible future.
Notes: I wanted to write an AU where Simon, River and Jayne don't get away from the Feds in Ariel. This isn't quite that, but it is a prison story, set some time after Objects in Space.


It's not epic, but with +9.500 words no ficlet, either, and it is the one Firefly fic that got to me. I drop in and out of fandoms, but every time I return to Firefly, this fic is the first one I reread.
Ana's Jayne is so much more than a man-ape-gone-wrong-thing, but without being out of character, he is still Jayne. Maybe it's simply because the story is told from his POV, but it makes you wonder, and see him with different eyes. And her Simon, her Simon just breaks my heart.
Most of the other characters appear too, though rather later than sooner. The main focus lies on Jayne and Simon, and they are more than enough to make you reread this fic again and again.

Uhm. I'll go to bed after this one, I promise!

Fog on the Clyde by legionseagle (http://community.livejournal.com/skycaptainslash/60198.html?) (Link goes to chapter post masterlist, author is on LJ, legionseagle)

Fog on The Clyde, the novel-length fic commencing about six months after Totenkopf's defeat, is now finished.

It is Joe/Dex, mostly PG but with one or two NC-17 interludes (indicated where they appear).

No money is being made out of it, and no copyright infringement intended. The characters of Joe, Dex, Franky and Polly belong to Paramount Pictures. The characters of Lord Peter Wimsey, Inspector Charles Parker and Gerald, Viscount St George belong to the estate of Dorothy L.Sayers. All borrowed fictional characters have been treated with great care and returned to their rightful owners in tip-top condition.

Sir Oswald Mosley, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Charles Lindbergh, and Hermann Goering all existed, but they're now dead, and, particularly in the case of Mosley and Goering, I don't believe I've said anything about them that they didn't thoroughly deserve.

What starts as a purely personal disaster for Dex, as a long-buried secret is unearthed by an enemy, spirals wider and wider until it threatens to engulf the whole world.

Tiny fandom. Truly epic fic.

*headdesks* Sorry, seems I was already asleep when I was writing this.

It's Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, a wonderfully slashy, retro, almost comic-like sci-fi movie from 2004, starring Jude Law as Joe Sullivan, the Sky Captain, Giovanni Ribisi as Dexter Dearborn, his geek, and Gwyneth Paltrow as Polly Perkins, the female main character and Joe's canon love interest, (that is, if you are not like me, and live by the rule "Where there are two men, tere must be slash".), set in an alternative 1939.

I love this fic too! The Hoyden is an amazing author - I've recced another of her DS9 stories (Literacy) and a Naruto fic (Spies Like Us) here at epic_recs, but I shall certainly not stop there: "Letters" is definitely on my "To Rec" list.
Thank you very much for all your contributions! The more, the merrier :)

Thank you! SG is going to be happy:)

In that case, it's an honor and a pleasure to give something back to a community that has brought me so many wonderful fics, sometimes even in fandoms I didn't know before.

From Gundam Wing, Freeport by Maldorer (Yes, there actually is some good GW fic out there, but you've probably read it.) She's got it on her lj, maldoror_gw but the original can be found with easier reading starting here: Raygunworks (http://www.raygunworks.net/maldoror/freeport/1.html) It's long and deliciously adult what with all the politics and suspense involved.

From SG1, Deja Vu by Biblio (http://www.jd-divas.com/biblio/dejavu.shtml) Though, I have to admit the overuse of explanatory "said" words is really annoying. He replied, he laughed, he yelled. The overuse of advberbs with the said words is deadly. Other than being a total n00b at attributing dialogue, the story is a lot of smarmy fun.

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Edited 2008-11-11 05:05 am (UTC)

Where Did All the Physics Go? by Amireal (http://www.amireal.com/Physics1.htm)

John/Rodney and it's funny. I can't understand how I forgot this one. Why is it a must read:

Carefully, Rodney got his feet under himself and stood, despite the protest of-- the doctor. "You got a tricorder on you?" he asked Spock, even though just thinking that made him a little woozy.

Spock raised a very well-groomed eyebrow, thought about it carefully, and then slowly handed over the small black box.

With shaking hands, Rodney accepted it and flipped it open. "Wow," he breathed. "Radek would be on the ceiling."

Sheppard appeared over his shoulder. "Hey, can it tell the difference between human life signs?"

Rodney nodded raptly.

"Cool," Sheppard agreed.

"You guys gonna need a room?"

They both looked up to see McCoy’s -- Rodney twitched a bit-- smiling face. "Ah, no." He stared at the tricorder some more. "Can I take this apart?" he asked hopefully.

For someone with no emotions, Spock certainly moved fast and decisively when it involved electronics.

I have to second Amireal's fic. I love that one, it's one of my faves.

One of my favorite fuzzy-feelings fics (coincidentally written by one of my favorite fuzzy-feelings authors) is Once Upon a Furry Octopus by Skoosiepants. at approximately 6k words, it's neither epic nor a drabble. However, it is completely adorable. The furry octopus in question is an Ancient pet named Ernie, who likes pens and for whom the entire Atlantis expedition bends over backwards for.

Author's Summary: He was an intelligent, intuitive pet, but he wasn’t going to start sniffing out ZPMs or hidden Ancient weaponry or detailed instructions on how to kill a Wraith with a common household item. A pen, for instance.

http://skoosiepants.livejournal.com/109266.html

Sequel, And They Lived Happily Ever After

http://skoosiepants.livejournal.com/127480.html

By final fanatasy do you mean any of the different games or just the first cause I have some good recs for FF7 & FF8. here's a few

I enjoy any of Sukunami's FF8 fiction, she's got a great collection of AU SxS stories in may different settings plus a good contination story that does involve mpreg. Here's her web page:-
http://www.doushi-sumeragi.net/fanfic/index01.htm

For FF7 I have a few authors I really like and read alot of.
ciceqi The best of FF7 stories is the Mascot Verse. It's S/Z/C/A WIP that has great lengthy stories. This is the link to all Final fantasy stories she's written and moved from her IJ, the newest she's written is in her insane journal and there is a link to that on the main page of her website.

http://ciceqi.slashcity.com/FF.htm

Icedark-elf The best I've read of this author is

Another Chance - http://icedark-elf.insanejournal.com/111799.html

which is completed (Alternate Ending to FFVII: Advent Children. It involves the foursome of Sephiroth/Cloud/Zack/Aeris, and deviates from there.Set after Advent Children)
and

Oh Gracious Twist of Fate - http://icedark-elf.insanejournal.com/109897.html

a WIP Basic premise is that after seeing how close Sephiroth and Cloud were getting, Hojo had Cloud kidnapped at the age of sixteen. Two years later, Sephiroth, Zack, and Aeris mount a rescue. Story is hard to explain without giving out details.

I love Sci-Fi and I love Star Wars. It's the first fandom I read.
One of my favourites is Pilgrim Soul by MJ Lee.
http://www.ravenswing.com/MJLee/pilgrim_soul.html
The Sequel is called A Heaven in Hell's Despair.
http://www.phoenixfyre.net/darkvault/star-wars/heaveninhells.html


Another story I liked a lot is Dancing in the Dark and its sequel Cover Me by Ars Longa.
http://www.boyfromkessel.net/Dancing%20in%20the%20Dark.htm
http://www.boyfromkessel.net/Cover%20Me%20-%20frontpage.htm