Looking for recs

[dreamflower]

Very particular recs. I want to upload some more fic to my Nook. I've already begun with some old favorites, but I want to find some stories I've never read before.

I've uploaded a few MEFA nominations from my wish list, and have also uploaded and re-read Larner's "For Eye's to See as Can", Primsong's "Nothing of Note" and Indigo Bunting's "The River".

Here's what I'm looking for: gen--and no rating above R, long and plotty multi-chapter stories, preferably hobbit-centric-- but if hobbits only play a minor role that's OK, or even if it's got no hobbits but features other characters in LotR. Complete, not WIPs.

Bonus points if it's on a site where I can get the whole story at once instead of one chapter at a time.

I've already read just about everything hobbity at Stories of Arda, but there might be some non-hobbit stories there I'd like.

Comments

[lady-roisin.livejournal.com]

I have a few fickets about Isildur, Anarion, and their families that are gen. Sorry, no Hobbits, but Numenoreans galore coming out of the woodwork. Not all my stuff is gen, but I do have some and am willing to share.

Do you use the Nook for PC software? I have it and the Nook iPod app.

[dreamflower]

We've only had our Nook for a couple of weeks and are still finding out about things. What's the Nook for PC used for?

And I might go for some Numenoreans once I get some more hobbits crammed in there!

[lady-roisin.livejournal.com]

Nook for PC just came out a couple days ago and it's software you can download online so you can read your Nook books on your computer. I use it and the Kindle for PC software all the time because then my speech recognition software reads it to me. I have extremely low to no vision now due to the cancer, so being able to have books read to me is a huge bonus. You can get the Nook software from the Barnes and Noble website.

If you ever want some fluffy Numenorean fic, give me a shout.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

You've probably seen all these, but these are most of my completed multi-chapter fics! :)

http://community.livejournal.com/claudiafics/44502.html#2

[dreamflower]

Oh! I defininitely need to put "Clear Shot" on there and "White Coverlet" for sure! I think I have read most of your gen already, but I'm putting in a lot of stories for re-reading as well.

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

If you're interested, I can send you 'The King's Surgeon,' the original timeline version. I've got that as a Word file. Oh, and several of Shirebound's - I think I've got all of her 'Quarantined-verse' stories as Word files. If you're willing to branch out into Silmfic, I've also got Pandemonium's 'The Apprentice' and Dawn Felagund's 'Another Man's Cage' (which made Feanor seem like a real person rather than a myth).

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Oh, and also Aearwen's 'Light Fingers.' Terrific story in Minas Tirith around the time of the war, and a phenomenal OC who interacts with members of the Fellowship - an orphaned girl who steals to support herself and her siblings.

[dreamflower]

I remember that one from last year's MEFAs! You are absolutely right about it being a great OC! Thanks!

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

All of my fics - multi-chaptered or one-shots - are kept on my hard drive as single, long files. Just let me know what you want. I have "Elladaniel" if you want that - it's the sequel to "Light Fingers"...

[dreamflower]

Oh, yes, please! Thank you!

[shirebound]

Baggins Babe is one of my favorite SOA authors, as is Pipfan. I assume you've read Baylor's wonderful "The Care and Feeding of Hobbits" and "Fate and The High King Falcon"? Thundera Tiger's "While the Ring Went South" is one of the first long Fellowship stories I ever read. Other early favorites that are multi-chapter are Elwen's "Interlude at Imladris", Lilybaggins' "The Pine Woods Excursion" and Mainframe's "Brandywine". I can give you links if you need them.

[dreamflower]

Oh, yes, almost all of those you mentioned are ones I know and love-- except for "Brandywine"? I'm not familiar with that one-- could you send me a link for that one?

Your mention of Baggins Babe reminds me that I want to put "Reunion in Minas Tirith" on there! And definitely "Care and Feeding"...and, well, all those you mention!

There are certainly some Shirebound fics I plan to upload as well.

[shirebound]

Awwww, thanks. :)

"Brandywine" can be found here:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/735685/1/Brandywine

[labourslamp.livejournal.com]

If you're looking for non-SoA fics, I'd suggest The Hobbits (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=25&t=000038) by Gilthalion on the Barrow-downs fan fiction page (that's the only location for it that I know of). But I understand that when I linked to it earlier, you read it at that point, so...

You have probably already read Sam's Rose by jodancingtree. But that is one that I reread frequently.

Have you read any of Lothithil's stuff before? (My favorite fic by her was in the MEFAs; an origins fic that tied Bilbo's mithril coat to the mail that Idril commissioned for her son.) As far as I'm aware, she never archived on SoA, but she did some really long day-in-the-life style fics about Frodo. I remember being moved the first time I read her account of Primula's and Drogo's death, but I also remember that he had very explicitly blue and expressive eyes, so I can't account for my taste back then. :)

Anyhow, here is most of her hobbit fic. A lot of it is quite long.

The Young Rascal from Buckland: http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=25&t=000003

The Heir of the Hill: http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=25&t=000004

The Master of the Hill: http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=25&t=000017

I believe her stuff is also on ff.net, if that's easier to access.

And I may also be able to find some good LotR themed RPGs for you if you need those.

[labourslamp.livejournal.com]

Oh! And if you're willing to branch outside of LotR, take a look at the best Harry Potter fic I've ever read (not that I've read many, but this one sucked me right in and it's pretty darn canon as well). It gets a high rating, but only for violence.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4315906/1/bDumbledore_bs_bArmy_b_and_the_bYear_b_of_Darkness

[dreamflower]

I read HP. In fact, I have a couple of HPs uploaded already. I will definitely keep that one in mind! But I want to get a bunch of LotR on first!

[dreamflower]

Ooh! Thanks! I read "The Heir of the Hill" for the MEFAs one year, but I never read the other two!

[ramblin_rosie]

My LOTR stuff is all here (or on the Crossovers page, which I think I've cross-linked to). There are a few het stories in the mix (Faramir/Eowyn and Sam/Rosie are the main pairings), but most of them are gen. And there are a couple of Silm fics on the Miscellany page.
I haven't read much recent stuff on Fanfiction.net, but I can recommend The Monster of Bywater by Talking Hawk and The Beginning by Trilliah, two takes on Frodo and Sam's first meeting, and two stories by my friend beloved_tree, Of Fallen Angels and Second Chances (Nienna catches up with Gandalf in Mandos before his return to Middle-earth in TTT) and Stealing Tales from a Yuletide Hearth(more wee hobbits!).

[dreamflower]

Oh! Thank you! *bookmarks*

[leianora.livejournal.com]

Have you read "By Life or Death?" It's on the West of the Moon web site, so I imagine you have. It's by Mariole. I have beta read versions of it, as well as everything Baggins Babe has written. I also have your stuff on here. I can't go anywhere without my LotR and Harry Potter fan fiction folders. Altogether, I have over 60 megabytes of stuff to read in .txt or .rtf formats.

[dreamflower]

Ooh! I love Mariole's gen! I have read that one, but not in a long time! Have you ever read Mariole's Beatles AU h/c? It is the only RPF of any kind I've ever read all the way through, and the only one I've liked! It's brilliant!

Aw. I'm flattered to know you have my stuff on yours!

[arwen75]

I can see me taking some of this suggestions and putting them onto my e-reader. I have plenty of stuff on there already including some of your stories, but am always on the lookout for more.

[dreamflower]

*grin* It's nice to know that you have some of my stuff on yours!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I compiled this list of stories on ff.net I thought outstanding.
http://www.fanfiction.net/community/Outstanding_LOTR_Stories/4015/
Not many Hobbit stories, I fear, but they are all quality reads.

IF(and it's a very big if)you ever want any of my stories as word files, I'd be happy to provide them for you. All the stories are on single pages on my site and the Hobbit ones are The Hidden days of Healing,Good King of Cats, Yavanna's Gift and More than Meets the eye.

[lilybaggins.livejournal.com]

Oh, here are a few hobbity stories that might fit your bill that are on ff.net but that I don't think are on SOA:

Tathar's:

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/698306/1/What_Could_Possibly_Happen

LOTS of stories here by Talking Hawk, who only writes gen hobbity stories:

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/198298/Talking_Hawk

And of course, our dear Elwen's gorgeous stories---I don't believe she has them at SOA. Elwen never wrote a bad fic in her life. (Though she does have that one MPREG you can avoid!)

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/187410/Elwen

[dreamflower]

Thanks for those links! I read "What Could Possibly Happen" years ago, but would love to re-read it. And I see that it has a sequel that I never read at all!

And I'd never read any of Talking Hawk! Thanks for that rec.

You are quite right about Elwen. I've read most of her stories, but again, not for a VERY long time. She used to have some at SoA, but they are not there now.

suggestion

[ghostinthemist.livejournal.com]

Try this one. It got great feedback.

Re: suggestion

[dreamflower]

Er, there was no link?