"Detox" by 3jane (PG-13)

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

Rec Category: Radek Zelenka
Pairing: hints at pre-slash McKay/Zelenka (reccer may be biased)
Category: Radek Zelenka
Warning: drug use? And violence.
Author on LJ: 3jane
Author's Website: janefic
Link: Detox

Why this should be read:A lovely postscript to either Siege, Pt. II or Siege, Pt. III - I believe it was written before season 2. A more realizstic portrayal of coming down off the stimulants. Oh, see for yourself:

Rodney says, "I don't remember what I did."

"You screamed at Colonel Everett. I was impressed at your vocabulary."

"Alright. Why did they lock you up?"

"I bit a marine."

"I have a new respect for you."

"Thank you. I currently have very little for myself."

Phobic, by wisdomeagle

[mari4212.livejournal.com]

Rec Category: McKay/Weir
Pairing: McKay/Weir
Category: Atlantis,
Warning: Het, R-rated
Author on LJ: wisdomeagle
Author's Website: n/a
Link: http://www.livejournal.com/users/wisdomeagle/472028.html

Why This Must Be Read: For me, what makes or breaks a story is character voice. Can you imagine the character acting like this, and is this how they would speak/think? I'll forgive poor plotting, Mary-sues, and to some extent even bad grammar and spelling if the author can get the character voice right.

Luckily, for this story, I don't have to give up any of the above. Ari's McKay is McKay, with his insecurities, his babbling, his brains, and his complete lack of social skills. And her Elizabeth is also excellent, with her calmness, her amusement at McKay's babbling, and her subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, refocusing of his attentions.

Also, who could pass up a story that starts like this: McKay ruminates on the sad fact that it's never an appropriate time to mention that he's extremely claustrophobic. There are the times when he's not currently trapped in an enclosed space, when it doesn't usually occur to him to mention his laundry list of phobias, and when it does, he's found most people tend to wander away somewhere around atelophobia (fear of imperfection) and so he doesn't get a chance to explain exactly why he's absolutely terrified of enclosed spaces.

Fate by Thel (teen)

[hydrangea]

Hi, I'm Lyss and will be your gen reccer this month. Expect long fics featuring a lot of Daniel, as that's my favorite kind. ^^

Rec Category: GEN
Pairing: No pairing
Category: Drama, angst, AU, episode-tag.
Warning: None.
Author on LJ: None.
Author's Website: None
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1136880/1/

Why This Must Be Read: This was one of the first stories I read in fandom, and one of those that has stayed with me the longest. Not only because this story is really long with an equally long sequel (At the end of dreams, don't miss) but because the plot is really good. You never know where the author will take you next, and I really get the impression she researches what she writes.

The story is set after Fire and Water, taking the idea of Daniel not being exactly OK after his encounter with Nem and runs with it. Leaning heavily on Earth mythology, it takes us far into the characters' pasts (not only Daniel) and tells us a story that few other fics in fandom rivals in intricacy. Warmly recommended.