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xf_book_club2015-07-01 02:48 pm
wendelah1) wrote in xf_book_club2015-07-01 02:48 pm
Story 258: "SN 1572" by prufrock's love
I'd been thinking about posting this so when it was nominated by an anonymous lurker, I decided to go ahead. It's a major new work by a talented writer. Dear Anon, thanks for the suggestion. I hope you will join the discussion.
Title: SN 1572
Author: prufrock's love
Email: prufrockslove@yahoo.com
Rating: NC-17
Classification: Novel, Post-colonization, Angst, Dark MSR, Other
Summary: After colonization and Earth's devastation, Scully remains in one of the few safe, walled colonies, remembering the past and praying for some future with Mulder. Whatever the hell Mulder has become.
Author's Note: A reworking of Negative Utopia
This fic follows the general outline of "Negative Utopia," which we read many years ago. If you want to see that discussion, here it is, along with a working link to the story: Story 76: "Negative Utopia" by prufrock's love. The changes to her earlier fic are more than substantial enough to warrant the re-titling. I loved "Negative Utopia," and, to be honest, I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this fic. I am happy to report "SN 1572" is also an excellent story, though not without its flaws.
Read SN 1572.
After you've read the story, please come back and let us know what you think. The nomination post is always open for your suggestions.
Title: SN 1572
Author: prufrock's love
Email: prufrockslove@yahoo.com
Rating: NC-17
Classification: Novel, Post-colonization, Angst, Dark MSR, Other
Summary: After colonization and Earth's devastation, Scully remains in one of the few safe, walled colonies, remembering the past and praying for some future with Mulder. Whatever the hell Mulder has become.
Author's Note: A reworking of Negative Utopia
This fic follows the general outline of "Negative Utopia," which we read many years ago. If you want to see that discussion, here it is, along with a working link to the story: Story 76: "Negative Utopia" by prufrock's love. The changes to her earlier fic are more than substantial enough to warrant the re-titling. I loved "Negative Utopia," and, to be honest, I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this fic. I am happy to report "SN 1572" is also an excellent story, though not without its flaws.
Read SN 1572.
After you've read the story, please come back and let us know what you think. The nomination post is always open for your suggestions.
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I love everything about Byers so far, and I can totally see him creating a census and trying to contact others with a ham radio. His whole character/character description is completely believable and just really great, interesting writing. I would love to read more about his journey to the colony as a companion piece to this. I'll be honest, I'm probably more interested in his backstory and efforts to contact others than the main plot up to this point.
I'm kind of disappointed that Scully seems to be a bit two dimensional in the beginning in that most events are just happening TO her, instead of being influenced by her. Even when she wants to go meet Mulder, she has Skinner drive her (doesn't really force him as he is willing and tells her as much). She literally wakes him up to tell him she has a gun pointed at him. For what purpose? If she already knew Mulder would be at the west gate (or could tell him to be there by thinking it, since he was listening) and Skinner (who she knew was untrustworthy re: Mulder) was asleep, why didn't she try to sneak out of the compound on her own somehow? This isn't the Scully we know, but again, I can understand that she may have changed post-col. Or maybe this is to emphasize her general lack of power within the colony, like when she states (a few times, I think) that she's not a prisoner? I imagine she will probably take more of an active role in the second half.
I hope this didn't come across as too critical! I'm enjoying this one for the most part, although I don't tend to read post-col fic. I'll be back with more thoughts after I've finished the whole thing (I'm dealing with some personal things right now so I'm not exactly sure when that will be, but just know that I am trying to be more involved!).