"Rocky Top Wine" by Charli Booker and Gallergater (pg13)

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Rec Category: Jack
Pairing: none
Category: H/C, humour
Warning: language
Author on LJ: No
Author's Website: None
Link: Rocky Top Wine

Why This Must Be Read: I am always dubious about humour in a fic, but that concern was quickly remedied upon reading this story. It is hilarious. There is plenty of banter, friendship and plot to carry this fic along. Plus we get Jack and Cassie hiking with her FARTS. Going to sneak in the sequel here as well. Action and humour to boot: Rocky Top Wine Part Duex

Speaking O'Neill by Jaz (PG)

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Speaking O'Neill by Jaz

Rec Category: Jack & Daniel Friendship
Pairing: Jack & Daniel (friendship)
Category: Episode Tag (for New Order)
Warning: No warnings, but spoilers through New Order (Season 8); The author rates this story PG, but I might even give it a G rating.
Author on LJ: I don't know.
Author's Website: Jaz's page at Stargate Fan
Link: Speaking O'Neill

Why This Must Be Read: This story captures the Jack & Daniel friendship with characterizations that are spot-on, with banter and dialogue that "sound" like the characters, and with just the right amount of emotion and humor to make it uniquely Jack and Daniel. This is a feel-good kind of story that will make you chuckle, perhaps get a very slight bit misty-eyed, and then give you a warm, fuzzy feeling inside that leaves you feeling happy about just about everything. It's one of my all-time favorite stories of any kind. I hope you'll all enjoy it, too.

P.S. This is my first fic rec. Please let me know if there's anything I didn't do quite right. Sorry about the goof of sending the other message before I'd put anything into it.

Subject: ' Cards on the Table ' by Helsinkibaby (PG)

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Rec Category: Carson Beckett.
Pairing: Janet Fraiser/Carson Beckett, Janet/Daniel.
Category: Angst, Crossover.
Warning: Character Death.
Author on LJ: helsinkibaby
Author's Website: http://helsinkibaby.ahkay.net/
Link: Cards on the Table

Why This Must Be Read: It made me cry. Pure and simple. This is a wonderfully written and desperately painful exchange of emotions between Carson and Daniel. You read it, believing that Carson was in the Stargate Universe at this time. The fic plays on the subtle subtext that we see onscreen between Janet/Daniel, yet turns this around into a beautiful piece of writing centring around Carson and his vow to look after Janet.

Snippet: “You’ve never really liked me.” It’s a curiously matter-of-fact statement, a little too close to the bone for comfort, and Carson shifts uncomfortably on his feet. “You’ve always been jealous… of me and Janet.” Carson says nothing, and impatience creeps into Daniel’s tone. “I’m dying, Carson… you can be honest with me.”

“Separation Anxiety” by ELG (R)

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Rec Category: Action/Adventure
Pairing: None
Category: Action/Adventure, Angst, H/C
Warning: Violence
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: Bunnyfic
Link: Separation Anxiety

Why This Must Be Read:

From the summery: “When Daniel is kidnapped by an Unas, Jack risks everything to get him back. Meanwhile Sam is faced with the burden of command and has a life and death decision to make. (S4)”

This is a fantastic long piece. It’s long, at 449k, but it’s stuffed full with plot, action, and character work. The angst is well-done, and thick with everyone, while the h/c aspects deal mainly with Daniel, who gets hurt bad in this one. But as always, he wears it extremely well.

"The Return of Daniel Jackson" by Sideshow Seryn (PG)

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Rec Category:Jack
Pairing:none
Category:Angst, Drama, Hurt/Comfort
Warning:minor language
Author on LJ:no
Author's Website:none
Link: the return of daniel jackson

Why This Must Be Read: As the author states in the summary 'I pushed Jack to the edge in this one'. I found it an interesting take on how Jack may react to the return of Daniel (non-canon), the suddenness of his appearance and how he struggles to slot it into his world view.
Jacks behaviour is at once perplexing yet understandable (eventually), and the author captures the raw hurt to create angst that is just painful.

go to the return of daniel jackson

Finding the Fine Print by Giddygeek (G)

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Rec Category: Sheppard/McKay
Pairing: Sheppard/McKay
Category:Slash
Warning:None
Author on LJ:giddygeek
Author's Website:The Geekdom
Link:Findind the Fine Print

Why This Must Be Read:

Among the many fandom cliches you'll find while reading fics in the Stargate universe one that always pops up eventually is characters being inadvertently connected by telepathy due to some outside interference. Whether the outside interference is some device, a ritual, or some alien race they've all been done. The SGA side of the fandom has already had a few of these crop up. This one is by far my favorite.

It's pretty much sex free, but I love the banter between John and Rodney. To me a good SGA fic is always one that shows the growing friendship between these two men. It's practically my kink in this fandom. This fic highlights that well. The mental connection the two have in the fic serves to help things along. (Though at times it's just a pain in the ass. As such a thing could be.) I think the author shows how their friendship could be growing into more quite well. It's an enjoyable read. Give it a try.

Something's Got to Go Wrong by Floopygirl (R/NC-17)

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Rec Category: Sam/Jack
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Category: Romance/Fluff
Warning: Het, adult situations (minor) Season 9 spoilers
Author on LJ: nakedtoes
Author's Website: N/A
Link: Something's Got to Go Wrong

Why This Must Be Read: It's a really, really good piece of season 9 fluff to read whilst waiting for it to arrive on our screens. It's plausable, sweet and amusing and leaves you saying "Aww I hope that is what happens". And also because I say so..?

This is also my first rec, so I'm hoping I did it right as well...*closes eyes and hits update button*

'Keeping a Promise' by Helsinkibaby (PG)

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Rec Category: Carson Beckett
Pairing: Janet Fraiser/Carson Beckett, Janet/Daniel implied.
Category: Crossover, Angst, Hurt/Comfort.
Warning: Character Death kinda.
Author on LJ: helsinkibaby
Author's Website: http://helsinkibaby.ahkay.net/
Link: Keeping a Promise

Why This Must Be Read: (Sequel to Cards on the table) This fic is a post-meridian fic, it fills you with emotions from beginning to end- and through reading it you can completely identify with how Janet must have been feeling. The characterisation of Beckett is… well…fabulous. The fic leaves you believing that was at the SGC at this point in time, and that he and Janet had something more… If you aren't so keen on Daniel/Janet this fic gives you the Carson/Janet relationship with less of the Daniel/Janet relationship implied (unlike the first part of this fic).  This fic can be read as a stand alone post-meridian fic, the Janet/Daniel relationship can be read as nothing more than friendship or as something more- which is one of the beauties of Helinkibaby's writing.
The story focusses on Carson, Janet and their new and fragile relationship. Enjoy!:)

Snippet: "Janet’s lips curl up into a smile that’s distinctly bitter, a rarity on that lovely face and a sight that Carson would be quite happy never to see again. "If it included watching Daniel convulsing one minute, the next turning into a beam of white energy before disappearing completely?" she asks, and his eyes open wide, because that’s exactly what it consists of, "Then you can believe it."

First Contact, Last Encounter by Jb (PG-13)

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Rec Category: Hurt/Comfort
Pairing: none, but a focus on Jack & Daniel friendship
Category: Hurt/Comfort, Action/Adventure, Angst, Jack & Daniel (friendship)
Warning: Character Death - This is an episode tag for The First Ones so the deaths that occurred in that episode are referred to here. Other Warnings: angst, injuries (but nothing completely debilitating or life-changing), a little vomiting
Author on LJ: I don't know.
Author's Website: Jb's Page at The Tablet
Link: First Contact, Last Encounter***

****If you use the direct link to the story, Chapter Five will not show up. If you use the link to the site instead and stay within the frames, you will be able to see Chapter Five. I don't understand the technical aspects of this, but there's some glitch that occurs--at least with my browser.

Why This Must Be Read: This episode tag for The First Ones is actually five meaty chapters long. It begins just at the end of the episode and continues until the point where everyone is pretty much safe. This story sticks to canon as far as what happened in that episode, so character deaths that occurred in the story will be referred to and, in some cases, dealt with. It also deals with many of the things we didn't see in the episode: How did Daniel feel about the death of Rothman? Who told him? How did he find out? How did Jack, Sam, and Teal'c know whether or not Daniel had a "snake in his head"? Through this story, we get to "see" SG-1's journey back to the base camp and find out what happened to some of the other missing SGC personnel.

This is a very well-crafted and well-written story, as all fics by Jb are. The story adds to the episode in a very plausible way and fleshes out what we were left to guess at. The characterizations in the story are well done. Teal'c is a little stern, but with good reason. All the team is included and no one is villified or portrayed in an unflattering light.

This is a very angsty story without a great deal of comfort throughout the story, but the comfort that is included is well worth the read. There's a little bit of Sam caring for Daniel, and there's a fantastic Jack & Daniel scene near the end. The author manages to pack a whole lot of emotion and caring in that one little scene with Jack & Daniel sitting next to each other (no hugs or anything) than they've managed on the show in the last six seasons. While this is a very angsty story, it has as happy an ending as could be expected given the circumstances of the episode. It's not an overly dark fic that will depress you (at least in my opinion). It's more the kind of story that leaves you wanting more.

Contagion by Noda PG-13

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Rec Category: Sam/Jack
Pairing: Sam/Jack
Category: Novella, Angst, H/C, Romance
Warning: N/A
Author on LJ: N/A
Author's Website: Noda's Stargate SG-1 Fanfiction
Link: Contagion Part 1

Why This Must Be Read: There is alot of fic where Sam or Jack gets sick out there, but Noda's is original as we get to see Sam lose something that is very important to her and the whole SGC - her intelligence. The fic is quite long, in 4 parts, but the suspense is part of what makes it so good. Its also got alot of great "squee" moments and a few laughs for good measure as well. It's also a very good look into Sam's head as she tries to cope with losing abilities that have always come naturally to her.

Pearls Are for His Eyes by Biblio (NC-17)

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Rec Category: Daniel Jackson

Pairing: Jack/Daniel
Category: Slash, Drama, First Time
Warnings: Non-consensual Sex

Author on LJ: Not that I'm aware of.

Author's Website:

http://jd-divas.com/

Link:

http://jd-divas.com/biblio/pearlsareforhiseyes.shtml


Silence is not consent. Daniel has been silent for too long and about far more than Jack ever knew.


Why this must be read:

I have to admit that when I first started reading this story I wasn't sure what to expect. Granted I LOVE Biblio's stories but I've never read all of them. I was searching for something different and new when I stumbled across this one. At first I was leery, especially upon the mention of Elliot, a character I didn't much care for in the series, but as I began to read I found myself hooked and couldn't stop reading until I reached the very end.

It's a great character study of Daniel Jackson and focuses heavily on his attraction to Jack, his fear of trusting Jack and his own self-doubts. Biblio does a fine job showing both Daniel's views and Jack's on the idea of two men becoming a couple. The story is also very moving and impacting. It deals with the issue of rape and shows how it can affect the lives of the victims, those closest to them and how it alters ones own thoughts and perspectives of themselves.

The story is dark and disturbing in areas but is well worth the read. Compelling, well-written, thought-provoking, impacting...

Enjoy!