Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Humor
Categories: Daniel, Sam, Teal'c, Vala, Mitchell, Cassie, post-series
Warnings: reference to assault
Author on LJ: lolmac
Author's Website: bethinexile
Link: The Cat Came Back and The Cat Came Back Again

Why This Must Be Read: This hilarious sendup of Ascension began as commentfic from Thothmes and was expanded into a full-blown, delicious-beyond-words story by Beth. Take typical cat traits and add Ascended Daniel to the mix, and you get... well, this! Laugh-out-loud antics that are still perfectly in character, from visits to Jack in Washington to harassing Mitchell in his dress uniform. Add Sam as head of the SGC and Vala and Teal'c and Cassie for good measure, tie up a loose end from Ark of Truth, and you end up with a marvelously entertaining story that I just couldn't wait to rec.

Edit: And for Thothmes' hilarious Jack-and-Daniel (and Nyan!) epilogue, don't miss this!

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Rec Category: Episode Related
Categories: ep related, Thor, Loki, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: aelfgyfu_mead
Author's Website: Aelfgyfu's Mead Hall
Link: Zephyr

Why This Must Be Read: This lovely, thoughtful fic repairs one of the most egregious flaws of Unending: the inexplicable suicide of the Asgard. It also gives us Thor and Loki, some marvelous Asgard POV on what it really means to be the Fifth Race, and a fascinating exploration of Asgard motivation and hopes. Read this one and savor!

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Rec Category: Daniel Jackson
Categories: Daniel, episode related, drama, angst, friendship, team
Warnings: spoilers for Continuum, including canon character deaths
Author on LJ: unknown
Author's Website: Travelling One's Stargate Stories
Link: It Came to Pass

Why This Must Be Read: Travelling One not only gives us the events we saw onscreen in Continuum from Daniel's POV, but also the aftermath, when the timeline has been reset and residue still lingers. Plenty of TO's trademark teamy goodness and friendship, some nice filling-in of the blanks, and a sober consideration of not only what-might-have-beens, but what-actually-was -- it all adds up to an excellent read.

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Rec Category: Jack and Daniel friendship
Categories: Jack and Daniel friendship, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, episode related, character study
Warnings: SGA-related
Author on LJ: lokei
Author's Website: lokeis_pen
Link: Familiar

Why This Must Be Read: This almost gentle ficlet is an episode tag for The Lost Tribe from SGA, in which poor Daniel goes through an all-too-familiar scenario yet again. Jack and Daniel share a conversation that is both understated and rich with understanding and is utterly, perfectly them.


Only Jack could take the horror of the choicelessness of that moment and reduce it to a harmless conversational kernel--and do it with understanding instead of condescension or pity.

Rec Category: Crossover
Pairing: none
Categories: crossover, gen, Samantha Carter, team, character study, humor
Warnings: crossover with SGA
Author on LJ: destina
Author's Website: unknown
Link: Where You Hang Your Hat

Why This Must Be Read: Sam Carter may have taken command of Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy, but three heartbeats still connect her to Earth.

This is a gentle, loving tribute to the closeness of SG-1 that will never go away, as Sam's first weeks of command are enlivened by messages from back home: from Daniel, from Jack, from Teal'c. Sweet, insightful, humorous, and utterly delightful, Where You Hang Your Hat is the shining best of both shows, and a story you'll remember for a long time to come.

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Rec Category: Jack and Sam friendship
Pairing: none
Categories: Jack and Sam friendship, Jack O'Neill, Samantha Carter, gen, humor
Warnings: references to SGA S4
Author on LJ: sidlj
Author's Website: unknown
Link: Five emails General O'Neill sends to Colonel Carter in the earth-to-Atlantis databurst

Why This Must Be Read: Sid gives us the text of five enchanting e-mails that Jack sends Sam during her year in Atlantis. There's the close, affectionate camaraderie of a decade here, with humor and stellar characterization. This is pure, delightful Jack, being unquestionably himself in his letters to an old friend, and is absolutely guaranteed to make you smile.

Thank you profusely and profoundly for the memento of my being born, lo these many, many, many years ago. You’re obviously being paid too much. What are the shipping costs from Amazon.peg?

Thank you, angelsgracie, for allowing me to rec this - even though my month for Hammond fics was in July.

Rec Category: General Hammond
Pairing: none
Categories: General Hammond, episode related, pre-series, post-series, character study, gen
Warnings: references to various episodes through S7
Author on LJ: links to individual LJs at main posting
Author's Website: n/a
Link: Tribute to Don S. Davis: Hammond Alphabet Soup

Why This Must Be Read: Hammond Alphabet Soup went live on August 4th, on what would have been Don S. Davis' 66th birthday. In tribute to the man who brought General George Hammond to vibrant, wonderful life, and in salute to the best general to ever grace the halls of the SGC, 27 authors wrote 28 different ficlets, inspired by the letters of the alphabet. Shorter ficlets are posted at the link in full, with links to the authors' LJs for comments; longer fics are excerpted, with links to the authors' LJs for the rest of the fic.

There's George's backstory: his time in Vietnam, his first meeting with his wife and his thoughts of her after her death. There's young Lieutenant Hammond in 1969, and General Hammond musing on sending SG-1 thirty years into the past. We get his thoughts on SG-1, from the earliest days of the team to the moment he leaves for Washington, and a glimpse at how they regard him. There are encounters with Janet, with Bra'tac, with Jacob, with Maybourne; there are team debriefings, red phones, Hammond's concern for his people, and the courage of an "ordinary" man and grandfather who juggles the most extraordinary on a daily basis. All unique. All delightful. All well worth reading.

Full disclaimer: I had the privilege of organizing this anthology and writing two of the ficlets. Clear skies, George.