Gadrosia of the Stars
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Gadrosia of the Stars |
| Author(s): | fawatson |
| Date(s): | 22 June 2009 |
| Length: | 1183 words |
| Genre: | Alternative Universe |
| Fandom: | Mary Renault |
| External Links: | "Gadrosia of the Stars" |
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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
- ^ Gadrosia of the Stars by fawatson. Accessed 17 January 2013.
- ^ comment by my_cnnr 23 June 2009. Accessed 17 January 2013.
- ^ comment by greerwatson, 23 June 2009. Accessed 17 January 2013.