Fig Newton's SG-1 Gen Recs

Rec Category: Team
Categories:Jack, Sam, Teal'c, Daniel, Janet, General Hammond, drama, hurt/comfort, friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: calantha2001
Author's Website: calantha2001
Link: Worth It

Why This Must Be Read: Competent, resourceful teamy goodness during an off-world crisis, complete with courage and out-of-the-box thinking and hurt/comfort! Read all about it!

...No, really. Go read. :)

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Rec Category: General Hammond
Categories: Goerge Hammond, Jack O'Neill, Teal'c, Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, episode related, character study, friendship
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: randomfreshink
Author's Website: unknown
Link: G is for General

Why This Must Be Read: This is George in delicous General Hammond rocks! mode, dealing with each original member of SG-1 in turn - with grace, with wry humor, with just enough selective blindness, and with every ounce of class that makes him the best general the SGC ever had.


Dr. Jackson fell into step, and George started spinning the tale. The least he could do was look after his people--and sometimes that meant nothing more than this.

Rec Category: Angst
Categories: Walter the Chevron Guy, Hammond, quantum mirror
Warnings: none
Author's Journal: goddess47
Author's Website: goddess47 at AO3
Link: W is for Waiting

Why This Must Be Read: Walter perspective is such a rare treat! Here is Walter the Chevron Guy, watching the Quantum Mirror rather than the Stargate, and... waiting. His thoughts on various team members, and how Hammond interacts with all them, is fantastic.

This is sad and somber and somehow lonely, but that element of stubborn hope leaves you believing that there just might be a happy ending after all.

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Rec Category: Drama
Categories: Jack, Sam, McKay, Janet, General Hammond, angst, horror, mystery, Jack and Daniel friendship
Warnings: suicidal themes
Author's Journal: nomadicwriter
Author's Website: Nomad at AO3
Link: Fragments

Why This Must Be Read: When a post-Abyss Jack wakes up in the infirmary with no memory of what put him there, he has to deal with unsettling claims of his past actions, the NID breathing down his neck, the Asgard's demands for his presence, a guilt-ridden Sam, a mysteriously absent Teal'c, and an infuriatingly enigmatic Ascended!Daniel. With the grudging help of an abrasive McKay, can he figure out what's really going on?

This is a long, absorbing mystery, told tightly within a very confused Jack's POV, that will keep you guessing throughout all its twisty turns.

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Rec Category: Cassie
Categories: Cassie and Teal'c friendship, humor, character study, Daniel, Jack, Sam, Janet, Hammond
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: ami_ven
Author's Website: ami_ven at AO3
Link: Childhood Culture

Why This Must Be Read: A sweetly and genuinely charming exploration of a new world and culture, featuring the stellar team of Cassie and Teal'c discovering the pleasures of childhood on earth. With cameos from Janet, George, and others, this story is an absolute joy!

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Rec Category: Walter the Chevron Guy
Categories: five things, Hammond, Jack, character study
Warnings: references to canonical post-series character death
Author on LJ: splash_the_cat
Author's Website: Splash the Cat at AO3
Link: Five times Walter wished George was back at the SGC

Why This Must Be Read: This shiny new fic is exactly what it says: five times Walter, from Season 8 and onwards, wishes George Hammond was still running the SGC - a bit of wry humor, a generous dose of angst, and Walter as the observer of events. Definitely well worth reading!


Sometime in the middle of SG-1's third mission as a trio, he poked his head into O'Neill's office. "Colonel Carter just called in their check-in, right on time. She said all's clear."

O'Neill blinked at him a moment before biting out a gruff "Thanks," but as Walter eased the door shut he didn't miss the soft sigh of relief. Back at his station, he added a note to the desk log: New task: email O'Neill when SG-1 checks in

Rec Category: General Hammond
Categories: ep related, Janet, character study, angst
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: annieb1955
Author's Website: Annieb at AO3
Link: Those Who Give the Most

Why This Must Be Read: In a missing scene from Heroes, George steals some quiet time to bid Janet a proper goodbye. This is a beautiful tribute to both the Little Doc and the SGC's best general in one powerful little package!


Such small hands for one who'd done so much with them.

Rec Category: Five Things
Categories: Jack, Daniel, Sam, Teal'c, Hammond, Walter, Siler, character study, slice of life
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: thothmes
Author's Website: fic tag
Link: C is for Coffee

Why This Must Be Read: This is an utterly charming day-in-the-life series of individual vignettes, revolving around the all-important theme of that first cup of coffee in the morning. Team, George, Siler, Walter the Chevron Guy, even the hapless Felger... This is a coffee-flavored love letter to SG-1, guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

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Rec Category: General Hammond
Categories: drama, team, Teal'c, Sam, Daniel, Walter the Chevron Guy, character study
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: magibrain
Author's Website: magistrate at AO3
Link: U is for Unheimlich

Why This Must Be Read: The team brings a literal ghost story back to the SGC, and General Hammond has to guide his people through to a safe exorcism.

This is a fabulous, spooky story that speaks of strength of character, leadership, alienness, and personal courage. There is so much here: Sam and Daniel in an unusual Wonder Twins mode, Teal'c with his experience and weight of history, Hammond's determination to protect his people despite themselves, and competence from just about everyone, which is something I always love!

This will grip you and absorb you, and leave a lingering knowledge that the SGC will never really understand everything that they encounter through the Stargate.

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Rec Category: General Hammond
Categories: team, humor, angst, five things
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: stringertheory
Author's Website: Fic list
Link: Hammond Had No Idea

Why This Must Be Read: This is George at his finest: dealing with his flagship team, in all their shades of eccentricity, with style and aplomb. I love that he knows when it's best not to push, or even ask. You'll enjoy all five of these -- just watch out for the sucker punch of that last one!


“SG-1,” he said in greeting. “Care to explain your state of dress?”

“When in Rome, General,” came Jack's reply.

“I don't remember sending you to Rome, Colonel.”

Okay, yes, I host the Alphabet Soup and am a very smug enabler here. Expect more Bra'tac recs this month!

Rec Category: Bra'tac
Categories: General Hammond, ep related
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: gategremlyn
Author's Website: Master Post
Link: S is for Scrutiny

Why This Must Be Read: This wonderful episode tag gives us a truly proper meeting between Bra'tac and "Hammond of Texas" after the events of Within the Serpent's Grasp/Serpent's Lair. You'll love the mutual respect, the unstated humor, the wry acknowledgment of the nature and challenge of leadership. It's a real treat to see the first encounter between these two, and you'll be left with a smile on your face when you're done!


“I am Jaffa, Hammond of Texas, but I am just one Jaffa who does what he can—although I do not let my pupils learn of this until after their training is complete. And I am also bald.” His grin lit up his face. “Is it possible we old men are bald for the same reason?”

Rec Category: Jonas Quinn
Categories: Jonas, Hammond, Teal'c, Sam
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: redbyrd_sgfic
Author's Website: Redbyrd's Stargate Fanfiction
Link: N is for New

Why This Must Be Read: The morning after Jonas first gets official permission to stay on Earth as a refugee: Hammond at his classy best, Teal'c at his most perceptive, Sam still hurting, Jonas astonished at this very new world. Redbyrd's fics always do a marvelous job of filling in the corners of canon, and this one is no exception.


"Teal'c," a light voice sounded behind him. "Jonas," the tone flattened as Major Carter recognized him.

"MajorCarter," Teal'c said, inclining his head gravely. "Please join us."

Jonas thought she looked like she'd rather be shot, but she set down her tray beside him and pulled out a chair.