In the City of Seven Walls
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | In the City of Seven Walls |
| Author(s): | auburn |
| Date(s): | 28.1.2006-20.7.2007 |
| Length: | 171,093 words |
| Genre: | slash, slavefic |
| Fandom: | Stargate Atlantis |
| External Links: | In the City of Seven Walls (Allusions) Seven Walls (AO3) In the City of Seven Walls e-book versions at Ebook Library In the City of Seven Walls podfic at Audiofic Archive |
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In the City of Seven Walls is a long McShep slavefic by auburn. It was inspired by a prompt using a picture of an Arabic harem and posted as a WIP 2006-2007.
Author's summary: Gilded cages are still cages. Sheppard and McKay turn to each other to survive a life in slavery and afterward.
The author later wrote several shorter stories set in the same 'verse. Other people have also written fic for it: icarus wrote Necromancy for the Living, and Kitten wrote Filigreed.
general_jinjur recorded podfics of the series that are also available as podbooks. The recording of the main story is over 17 hours long.
Several fan artists made accompanying pieces of art, for example a cover by primad, a cover by dar_jeeling, art by liresius, Seven Walls by Enname, and Cover Art by steammmpunk (which was voted "Best Cover Art" in the McKay/Sheppard Fan Awards 2007.)
Three fanmixes were created for the story: In the Palace Garden and Gilded Cages by amezri and Nadir by primad.
Recs and Reviews: The Podfic
- "I love audio books. Love them, as in, I'm addicted to them, I must have them. So, podfic rocks my world, because, really, free audio books of fanfic stories? Some are fun, some are serious but well done, others are extraordinary. The In the City of Seven Walls podfic falls under that last category. The story is of course amazing -- my favorite SGA story ever -- and General Jinjur's voice is smooth and rich as honey, and her reading is full of the emotion, pitch changes and characterization changes that even profic readers often lack. So. What are you waiting for? Go grab the podfic here."[1]
Recs and Reviews: The Fic
2006
Yes, it'll be all over the rec lists in no time flat, but if you want your breath taken away and your heart broken (what, again?), have a look at auburnnothenna's latest. I have to warn you, though -- this is slave-fic, and not of the fluffy kind that has John and Rodney ride off into the sunset together with silvery chains tinkling at their ankles (not that I wouldn't read that; truth is, I probably would, depending on the writer and the storytelling involved. Have I mentioned I blame eliade for that?): Here lies non-con and despair, if veiled in beauty. [2]
2007
Lucky for you, this monster epic (170,000 words +) was just completed. It's an utterly brilliant, searing psychological portrait of a John and Rodney who are captured and sold into slavery. Takes a while to read, but it's worth it. [3]
2009
If I had to describe this fic in one word, it would be Epic. This fic is not for sprinters--it’s definitely more of a marathon. And although I’m not usually one for really long chaptered fics, this one is one of the exceptions to my “Long Fics=Increasingly Inaccurate Characterizations” rule. Auburn has a fantastic way of making the reader acutely aware of the passage of time in her fics. Not from anything so pedestrian as the discomfort of sitting in one place for a very long time, but rather through the transformation and growth of her characters (emotional, physical, etc.).[4]
2011
Sadly, while I read that once, it was such a shattering experience I'll never read it again. Every moment is seared into my brain! I get flashbacks! ::traumatized:: All compliments to the author, of course, for managing to create such an experience. Novels aren't often experiences, in themselves. [5]
Oh my GOD is this story good! I judge all slavefics by this one. One of my wallpapers is the graphic of John, kneeling, all bent over, with Rodney's drawings on his back. I've got both the soundtracks. I ruminate about this story endlessly, and admire her worldbuilding, and her sense of place, and the heat and bare feet on the stones. I wish they could have stayed there forever....but that's wrong, isn't it?[6]
References
- ^ 11.2.2008, Podfic Rec: In the City of Seven Walls, by Auburn, Read by General Jinjur by chloe-tambell, accessed 16.12.2011
- ^ 16.2.2006, (no subject) by monanotlisa, accessed 16.12.2011
- ^ 25.7.2007, Massive SGA Recs Set by merelyn, accessed 16.12.2011
- ^ "Stargate Atlantis--John/Rodney, John/OFC, John/OMC". Archived from the original on 2023-06-13.
- ^ comment by gwendolynflight at sgafenrefinders
- ^ "SGA: RecList - Slavefics". Archived from the original on 2023-06-13.