Gadrosia of the Stars

From Fanlore
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Fanfiction
Title: Gadrosia of the Stars
Author(s): fawatson
Date(s): 22 June 2009
Length: 1183 words
Genre(s): Alternative Universe
Fandom(s): Mary Renault
Relationship(s):
External Links: "Gadrosia of the Stars"

Click here for related articles on Fanlore.

Gadrosia of the Stars[1] is a short story written by fawatson based on The Persian Boy, the second volume of Mary Renault's Alexander Trilogy. The story was inspired by fanart posted by innervoice_chan that provided a series of AU settings for characters from Renault novels, one of which showed Bagoas as a catman.

"Gadrosia of the Stars" takes a scene from The Persian Boy in which Hephaistion goes back to rescue Bagoas from the Gadrosian desert, and reworks it as military science fiction, with Hephaistion cast as a soldier with a plasma rifle and Bagoas as a catman who is native guide.

Comments received on the story include:

  • *squints* - p-p-plasma rifle? Lt. Alexander? - K. - Well. - I suppose its no weirder than un-naturally occurring rivers in the backyard, not-a-zombie brother war-heroes in the frontyard and elephants in the driveway. - Wait. - A catman riding piggyback? - Hmmm... About those elephants.....[2]my_cnnr
  • This is really very funny. The more so since I recognize where it's coming from on both sides.[3]greerwatson

References

  1. ^ Gadrosia of the Stars by fawatson. Accessed 17 January 2013.
  2. ^ comment by my_cnnr 23 June 2009. Accessed 17 January 2013.
  3. ^ comment by greerwatson, 23 June 2009. Accessed 17 January 2013.