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Letters of Transit
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Letters of Transit |
| Author(s): | Loch Ness |
| Date(s): | 97-04-12 |
| Length: | 245 K |
| Genre(s): | het, NC-17, AU, Adventure-Romance-Angst |
| Fandom(s): | The X-Files |
| Relationship(s): | Scully/Pendrell, MSR |
| External Links: | online here (archived version via wayback) or here at The Annex: X-Files Novel Archive |
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Letters of Transit - The Collector's Edition is an 14-part X-Files story by Loch Ness. It is a pastiche-type fusion with the classic film Casablanca.
A sequel, called Letters of Transit II - Marisa based on the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock movie, Rebecca. had been teased by the author, but it seems like only a preview chapter had been ever released.
Summary
Reactions and Reviews
It doesn't get more classic than this. "Letters of Transit" is something of a post-Colonization arc story, but set to the tune of the film, "Casablanca." It features strong characterization, great use of secondary characters and a wonderful interpretation of the mytharc. Oh, and did I mention the MSR?? All in a concise, complete and succinct package of wonderful and imaginative writing. [1]
I think I tried Loch Ness's "Letters of Transit" once and had a rather blah~ reaction to it, which was odd as I love "Casablanca" and can recite lengthy passages from the movie almost verbatim. For some reason, I just couldn't get my head wrapped around the whole idea of Mulder-as-Rick. And Pendrell was too wimpy a romantic adversary IMHO. [2]
The cross-over that most surprised me has to be Letters of Transit by Loch Ness. Post-Project apocolypse crossed with Casablanca? I doubted, but read, and wow, it works. [3]
Trivia
- since Pendrells official first name "Sean" wasn't known until 1998, the author called him "Ted"
- one of the many XF fics from the 1990s that features a Sarah McLachlan song mention, here Hold On from her 1993 album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
References
- ^ comment by swik at alt.tv.x-files.creative, 2000
- ^ comment by vonni... alt.tv.x-files.creative, 2000
- ^ rec by Laura Burchard Some Favorite X-Files Fan Fiction, X-File Fanfic Recommendation, 1998