blog repost: some recs

I just updated my AU recs page, but mentioning good stories more than once can't hurt, so...

Rivanna finally finished her Footpaths Through Peru Series, a gen TS story in which Jim and Blair meet in Peru. So anybody who has avoided it so far, because it wasn't finished, can now look forward to reading five fine stories about Jim, Blair, sentinel senses, and adventures in the jungle. I'm not quite as fond of her writing style as I was almost three years ago, when I read the first story in this series. But then I'm very jaded about TS fanfic nowadays. And I still enjoyed reading the fifth and final part, The Wings of Faith. The only bad news is that Rivanna said in the author's notes that this will be her last TS story.

The other story I want to rec is the Farscape story UFO by The Right Brain. It's still a WIP, 14 chapters so far, an interesting and believable take on the popular topic of John returning to Earth. It branches off from canon after season 3.

And not an AU rec, but fun nonetheless: The Rocky Horror Muppet Show. I'm sure many know this script already, considering that it was first performed in 1987 according to the page, but I've only recently found it. So check it out if you haven't read it already (or seen it performed which would probably be even better).

blog repost: shocked, sad and angry

David Kemper said in the #farscape chat at irc.scifi.com yesterday that Farscape has been canceled and that the sets are scheduled to be torn down at the end of next week. Chainsaws to Moya indeed.

Since I'm not in the US I always feel helpless and not of much use during any campaign to prevent cancellation, and I have to admit that I never did anything before (hangs head in shame), not even for The Sentinel. But I just sent an email and also a fax to the Sci-Fi Channel, because, damn, it is Farscape and it is a horrible thought that its story lines won't be finished. Based on what was said in the chat, David Kemper and all involved in production were also counting on a fifth season, so if the Sci-Fi Channel sticks with the cancellation, we will be left with a lot of unresolved things, maybe even a cliffhanger.

So everybody call, send a telegram, fax, write letters, email... (civil and polite, of course, for best impact)

Addresses are (I got them from the Farscape Ultimate BBoard, from the cancellation thread :

Bonnie Hammer, Senior Vice President of Programming
c/o Sci-Fi Channel
1230 Avenue of the Americas, F115
New York, NY 10020-1513

phone: 212-413-5000
fax: 212-413-6524

mail addresses:
program@www.scifi.com (comments and suggestions for the Programming Department)
feedback@www.scifi.com (general comments)

What awful news to start a weekend.

blog repost: additional Save Farscape info

On this Save Farscape page are still more addresses and phone numbers, and also a transcript of the chat with David Kemper, Richard Manning, and Ben Browder. There is also contact info for various entertainment related media.