[Fic] Shambleau -- Link leads offsite

[dunmurderin]

Shambleau

A Combaticons/Northwest Smith crossover. Basically a blending of my enjoyment of Transformers with my love of Pre-Golden Age/Golden Age science fiction, back when Martians were from Mars and Venusians were from Venus.

Some slashy overtones. Read at own risk.

Dun.

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[dragoness-e.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I have to chase down C.L. Moore's Northwest Smith stories, since I've never read them! Damn, but that was good! Another fan of Golden Age sci-fi, and who likes mixing them with her fanfiction! Woot!

I've lifted from A.E. Van Vogt before--the Coeurl meets a certain long-haired Saiyan warrior in Van Vogt's Cat (http://www.republicofnewhome.org/lair/writing/vvcat.html) which I consider my best writing to date.

Have to dig out C.L. Moore's "Jirel of Joiry" and read those stories again; she was one awesome writer. I think I read one of Hamilton's Starwolf stories way back when. You a fan of Leigh Brackett, perchance?

And let's not forgot classic weird fantasy from the same period... I'm getting my Clark Ashton Smith fix lately from that site that seems to have all his short stories--including all the Averoigne and Zothique stories. Woot! Some I haven't read, and some old favorites, like "The End of the Matter".

Yay!

[dunmurderin.livejournal.com]

Look for the Ace Science Fictio, 1986 paperback edition titled "Northwest Smith" 'cause it collects all 9 NW stories and is pretty cheaply had (Amazon.com has 2 copies that are used starting at around $3.25).

One of those stories is a crossover between Jirel of Joiry and Northwest Smith.

The Starwolf Trilogy is also available at Amazon.com (look for "Starwolf" or "Edmond Hamilton") and is going for as low as a penny in the used section. Which isn't a bad deal for a 3-in-1 book.


I'm not sure if I've read Leigh Brackett or not. I have some vague recollections about a future Earth where technology and cities have been outlawed and another series about a guy who was raised as a wildboy on Mercury or something similar that I *think* were Brackett's stuff but I'm not sure.

I do know I'd love to find copies of Asimov's "Lucky Starr" series of books. Completely scientificly inaccurate but damn good fun all 'round.

Dun.

Re: Yay!

[dragoness-e.livejournal.com]

Sci-fi Book Club reissued the Lucky Starr books in hardback a few years ago. Check their back catalog, they probably still have it available. You do belong to SFBC, right? ;-)

The wildboy from Mercury is Eric John Stark, one of Leigh Brackett's heroes. He's the hero of "Outlaw of Mars", the Skaith stories, and several short stories. Tarzan in space, essentially. Golden-Age space opera that seriously rocks.

I am, of course, a big fan of E.E."Doc" Smith, as well. Oddly, it's the "Skylark" series I like best, even over the more famous "Lensman" series. Dr. Marc C. Duquesne is the one villain I admire more than almost any other villain, and perhaps the sanest and most dangerous villain in any universe. Marc Remillard of Julian May's "Pliocene Exile" and "Galactic Milieu" series was clearly modeled on him.

[oasis-pink-peng.livejournal.com]

I loved it. You kicked ass and took names.

And I'm seriously beating myself up for not reading this sooner.

Thanks!

[dunmurderin.livejournal.com]

I am glad you liked it!

Dun