Found in the library

[jadesfire]

A student, lying in the middle of an aisle, flicking through a book. So far, not so unusual. Except that he had his laptop with him and was wearing headphones. When I went behind him, he had the tennis on full-screen on the computer, while 'reading' the textbook. Honestly.

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In completely other news, the SG Awards have just opened for voting. The category system makes the librarian in me twitch, and I only clicked through the Gen section. It was actually an interesting exercise, since it reminded me just how small the Gen portion of SGA fandom is. In a fandom-wide award system, I would not expect to recognise most of the author's names, and yet. Most of the SGA-Gen writers on my flist seem to have been nominated, as well as lots of friends of friends and people whose fic I'm startled to be on the same list as.

Because finding these things is labyrinthine and I am shameless, allow me to point you to the lists where I'm nominated. At least in the Gen category, these also make pretty handy rec lists. I had trouble with direct links to lists (please tell me if any links are broken), but the menu system works, even if it did remind me of those endless automated phone systems. I kept waiting for it to tell me to press '1' for Slash, '2' for Het, '3' for Gen...



Seriously, I'm chuffed to bits at seeing so many of my friends with nominations. This makes me very happy.

First Contact and In Memoriam are under Gen-Duet-Mckay/Other-Episode-based. I don't know anyone else in that category, so am going to do some reading before voting.

Bibula Harena is in Gen-Duet-McKay/Sheppard-Action/Adventure, and if there's ever a list that was heady company, this is it. Also on it are Dead or Alive and See No Evil by greyias, and Ghost in the Machine by friendshipper. The latter two in particular, I couldn't choose between if you prodded me with sharp sticks.

The three of us are also nominated in the Gen-Duet-McKay/Sheppard-Hurt/Comfort category My story Some Assistance Required is there, along with Fault Lines by Grey and Cold Comfort by Sholio. Oh, AND there's Safekeeping by xparrot and To Extricate from an Undesirable State by leesa_perrie. I recognise other stories in this category and man, is it stuffed full of good stories or what?

Difficulties in Mathematics is up in Gen-Team-Action/Adventure, as is Mea Culpa by kristen999.

My personal favourite is the Gen-Team-AU category, where Port Call is up against Eildon Rhymer's The Pirate's Prisoner. I think the best way of drawing the contrast is to say that my story is 'Pirates of the Carribbean' to her Patrick O'Brien novels and I'm tickled pink to be there, along with Blue Colorado Skies by xparrot, Shock to the System by naye and The Great Pegasus Train Robbery by Sholio.

Finally for me (as far as I can see/remember), Rise up and Fight has been nominated in Gen-Team-Drama. Considering one of my all-time favourite SGA stories, Who's Left and Who's Leaving is nominated in this category, I'm immensely flattered just to be on this list.

The very last story I'm nominated for is mine and Grey's game-fic-graphic extravaganza Board Wars, which is in the completely separate Graphic Fan Fiction section. Again, one of my favourite pieces ever, The Long Way Home is up there, and I'm currently working my way through the rest of the list.

Why yes, I did start with the stories with pictures. Why'd you ask?

ETA: Friends who I've missed, please drop me your links! I'll link to everyone in a huge massive post before nominations close. :)

ETA 2: I've compiled a list here of all my flist in the Gen section of the awards. Please let me know if I've missed you! It's also worth pointing out that these things are dependent on people to nominate and vote, which explains why the Sheppard/McKay section is so small! Apparently it didn't hit the slash side of the fandom in a big way, but it did reach the Sheppard/Weir part. Very interesting...

Comments

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm...certainly those awards haven't been updated since January. That can't be a good thing! I think you're right about the timing, though.

Have fun looking through the lists! It's so cool clicking links and seeing all my friends names :D