Los Angeles, Feuchtwanger, Fanfiction

[selenak]

If you should happen to be in or near Los Angeles during the next week, if you're interested in a) German literature, b) exiles, c) Judaism, or d) all of the above, why not check out this conference? A great many of the presentations and debates will be in English. I'll be attending as well, which means I'll be in LA from Thursday till Sunday (then it's back to Europe).

Meanwhile, have some fanfic recs:


The Hobbit:


Three Adventures Belladonna Took Never Went On : great, endearing portrait of Bilbo's famous mother Belladonna. Her relationship with Gandalf reminds me a bit of Amy Pond and the Eleventh Doctor here. (You'll see what I mean when you read it.) And, something I haven't seen in fanfiction, there's a dead-on take on the narrator voice Tolkien employed in The Hobbit.


Richard III, Shakespeare version:

Under a Hog: darkly hilarious American politics AU of Shakespeare's play from the pov of Richard's campaign workers. Bonus point for not needing Henry Tudor at all and making Lizzie Woodville his rival instead, campaigning for her dead husband's seat.


York Tetralogy: and history:

The Daisy Queen: what formed Marguerite d'Anjou. The author superbly uses actual French history, most of all Marguerite's hardcore grandmother Queen Yolande.

Comments

[baranduin]

That sounds really interesting! Have a great trip. I sincerely hope the heat breaks in time. I was there a couple weeks ago and it was horrible, but it's worse now according to friends and family. And you'll be inland so no ocean breezes. /fretting

[selenak]

Well, I'll mostly be inside the university where they have air conditioning, so I'm more fretting about the fact that I'll have to pack two sets of clothing, for inside and outside, because US air conditioning is always freezing cold to me!

[espresso_addict]

Thanks for the rec! I'm amused you see Amy & Eleven, as I've never watched any Eleven, though the Doctor does always come to mind when thinking of relationships between immortal/long-lived characters & mortals.

[zulu]

That Hobbit fic was great, thanks for the rec!

[selenak]

That, and there's the part where Eleven promised little Amelia Pond he'd take her on an adventure and arrived a few decades too late, which grown-up Amy had a strong opinion about. :)

I loved the story, so thank you for writing it!

[selenak]

You're very welcome!

[watervole]

Many thanks for recc'ing Belladonna Took - I loved it.

[selenak]

Glad to have been of service!

[espresso_addict]

Ah, now I see why you thought it was similar -- I didn't know that! Glad you enjoyed it!