1969 Prime by Redbyrd (PG)
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stargateficrecRec Category: Gen
Pairing: None
Characters: SG-1; George Hammond
Category: Action/Adventure; Alternate Universe (timeline); Angst; Drama; Missing Scene
Warning: AU character deaths
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redbyrd_sgfic
Author's Website: http://www.mindspring.com/~redbyrd/index.htm
Link to Story: 1969 Prime
Why this should be read:
This is another "oldie but goodie". I went looking for it after discussing the chicken and the egg dichotomy of "1969" with a friend, and got enraptured by the tale all over again. (Aside: Found it by searching here and finding it in another category--d'oh! I'd forgotten redbyrd had penned it, bonus!).
Basically the story explores and answers a niggling time travel theory paradox of the episode. At one point, there had to have been an initial timeline where George Hammond would not have known to leave himself a note. This is that first 1969. Redbyrd repeats an occasional moment or two from the episode, but this is different timeline, so the context can be very different. It's a nice blending of canon and what could be/should be canon.
All the characters' voices are expertly depicted, including a young but very confused officer and gentleman, Lt. George Hammond. As I state in the warning, this is not the SG-1 version that's successful in getting home, and they are in a sense "our" team, so tissue warning, but please muddle through the sadness.
Redbyrd continues George's tale through the decades in wonderful glimpses of backstory until we meet our team. Every step of the way, the details are plausibly explained, but it's not a physics text, it's a fantastic story!
Read it! If you already have, reread it. It's great. And if you still can't get enough, read the prequel of the initial timeline's Stargate program history, Prime Minus 1 too!
Pairing: None
Characters: SG-1; George Hammond
Category: Action/Adventure; Alternate Universe (timeline); Angst; Drama; Missing Scene
Warning: AU character deaths
Author on LJ:
redbyrd_sgficAuthor's Website: http://www.mindspring.com/~redbyrd/index.htm
Link to Story: 1969 Prime
Why this should be read:
This is another "oldie but goodie". I went looking for it after discussing the chicken and the egg dichotomy of "1969" with a friend, and got enraptured by the tale all over again. (Aside: Found it by searching here and finding it in another category--d'oh! I'd forgotten redbyrd had penned it, bonus!).
Basically the story explores and answers a niggling time travel theory paradox of the episode. At one point, there had to have been an initial timeline where George Hammond would not have known to leave himself a note. This is that first 1969. Redbyrd repeats an occasional moment or two from the episode, but this is different timeline, so the context can be very different. It's a nice blending of canon and what could be/should be canon.
All the characters' voices are expertly depicted, including a young but very confused officer and gentleman, Lt. George Hammond. As I state in the warning, this is not the SG-1 version that's successful in getting home, and they are in a sense "our" team, so tissue warning, but please muddle through the sadness.
Redbyrd continues George's tale through the decades in wonderful glimpses of backstory until we meet our team. Every step of the way, the details are plausibly explained, but it's not a physics text, it's a fantastic story!
Read it! If you already have, reread it. It's great. And if you still can't get enough, read the prequel of the initial timeline's Stargate program history, Prime Minus 1 too!
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Date: 2006-12-22 07:12 pm (UTC)I'm not totally sure that a story I wrote last year qualifies as an oldie, however *g*!
Thanks for a flattering and eloquent rec!
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Date: 2006-12-22 08:16 pm (UTC)Yeah, the road not travelled.
Or how they could have SGC uniforms complete with patches on the first mission to Chulak in COTG.
I've wondered that too.
What Daniel was thinking when he answered the guard in Russian.
I've never thought Daniel WAS thinking then. LOL. It was so instinctual. ;-)
I'm not totally sure that a story I wrote last year qualifies as an oldie, however *g*!
Well, it's not old old ancient, but compared to some fics I've rec'ced which were just published within a week of me talking about them (or in one case like, an hour), it's "older". *g*
I still can't believe I was thinking about this story when discussing it, yeah I read a good one about this...I wonder where it was...and never remembered you wrote it! LOL. You're welcome for the rec, it's well deserved.