Ancient Cities

[owleyes-arisen.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm looking for stories (preferably McShep, though I'm flexible) where they find/encounter/run into another ancient city (not Atlantis!)

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[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

Two of the Stargate novels (that I know of) have plots like that. Of the two, I recommend Reliquary by Martha Wells (gen, but heavy on the John/Rodney friendship) and urge you to never subject yourself to Brimstone, which is an OOC and badly researched mess by David Niall Wilson.

[hajimebassaidai.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rescue, I'd been interested in getting Brimstone!

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

I read it earlier this year and it made quite (http://gaffsie.livejournal.com/237551.html) an impression on me (http://gaffsie.livejournal.com/238058.html).

I've read several of the SGA novels, and Brimstone is by far the worst.

[hajimebassaidai.livejournal.com]

It really did make an impression, didn't it!

My worst ever "proper" novel experience? DS9's Laertian Gamble (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Laertian-Gamble-Star-Trek-Space/dp/0671886908). The Amazon review at the bottom doesn't do justice to the awfulness. I must have read it in 1996 and I still clearly remember how OOC Bashir, Kira and Dax were!

The problem is a) the truly awful is hard to put down and b) anything you pay for you feel the need to get your money's worth from!

[gaffsie.livejournal.com]

Definitely. If it had been a fanfic, I would have closed the tab somewhere around the first instance of "spinning gate", but since I paid for it and I wanted to see if it ever redeemed itself, I just had to read to the bitter end.