Fic Recs

Blake's 7: - Nothing Beside Remains I'm not sure what the technical term is for in-universe documentation fic but this is one of those. And it is perfect. And it captures all that is evil and wrong about the Federation, and that history is written by the winners.

Doctor Who: - The Care and Feeding of Tiny Humans (and slightly larger Time Lords) Mildly AU, but wonderful Eleventh Doctor and young Amy Pond characterisation.

Rome: Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods I love the characterisation in this too. An older, slightly mellowed Pullo and an Octavian who is Augustus now and can't quite forget it but still becomes Octavian again around Pullo and yes. This is good.

X-Men: Self Defense (One Black Man, Two White Men, One Jew, Two Homosexuals, and Three Mutants in a Taxi) Still one of my favourite First Class fics. It gives Darwin some lovely characterisation (I want to have a beer with this guy) and conveys both sides of Xavier and Magneto's argument without either of them being right or wrong. Also, Darwin's description of Magneto is yet to be bettered.

Cross-Overs:

Yes Minister/Star Wars: Yes, Dark Lord It works, it works wonderfully. And manages to get both canons right.

29 Days of Star Trek - Day 18 - If you could be any species in the Star Trek universe, what would yo

Vulcan.

Stronger than humans.
Knowledge-obsessives.
Home planet is warm.

I see no drawbacks with this plan.

( Other Days )

Links

Film:

What made Jaws such an effective thriller? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/hSTQLy5zKlXcgksp7LQcZb/what-made-jaws-such-an-effective-thriller

Miscellaneous:

Smithsonian Digitizes & Lets You Download 40,000 Works of Asian and American Art - http://www.openculture.com/2015/06/smithsonian-digitizes-lets-you-download-40000-works-of-asian-and-american-art.html

How two men survived a prison where 12,000 were killed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33096971

Behnaz Shafiei rides bikes against laws and convention in Iran - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motorsport/33096227

12 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Airports - http://mentalfloss.com/uk/travel/30093/12-behind-the-scenes-secrets-of-airports

Amazon vs GoodReads: A rating comparison - http://vizual-statistix.tumblr.com/post/121358220126/i-use-amazon-and-goodreads-for-book-reviews

Politics:

Lib Dem Leadership Candidate Norman Lamb Says Prison Population Should Be Halved By 2025 - http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/06/14/half-the-prison-population-in-10-years-says-norman-lamb_n_7581954.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

Science:

Developing a robot that learns from scratch, like a child - http://scifigenerationtv.com/post/121291615468/developing-a-robot-that-learns-from-scratch-like

Sport:

Football:

Faroe Islands: Why foreigners play in Europe's most remote league - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33052020

Wrestling:

Mexican wrestling grapples to secure a bright future - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33064625

Television:

51 TV Writers Reveal Their Favorite Thing They’ve Ever Written - http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/the-write-stuff?utm_term=.acz0oWrmq#.ngp2BzkK