How to Find Stuff in SGA Fandom

[cupidsbow]

New convert to the shiny goodness of SGA, ascetic_hedony, asked for links to the good stuff. And lo, it is done.

The Newsletters/Announcement Communities:

SGA Newbie Guide on newbieguide -- so many links, so little time.

sga_newsletter -- lists everything of relevance posted each day.
sga_noticeboard -- general announcements of fic, new comms, challenges, etc.

sgastoryfinders -- where people request lost stories, but it also works as a rec comm.
sga_flashfic -- a prolific challenge community.

atlantis_vids -- for your song-vidding needs.
the_kawoosher and the Kawoosh! Website -- SG-1 and SGA songvids.

Archives/Listings:

• The Jumper Bay -- Gen stories only; kid/work safe.
  
  
• wraithbait_feed and Wraithbait FanFiction Archive -- SGA slash, het, gen.
  
  
• Area52: The Stargate Slash FanFic Archive -- SG-1 and SGA slash.
  
  
• Fanfiction.net: Atlantis -- This is the biggest fanfic archive, and has a huge range of gen, het, slash, as well as that old favourite, badfic. Can't beat it for quantity though.
  
  
• Atlantica: Stargate Atlantis Fanfiction Archive -- Focus on gen and het, some slash.
  
  
• List of Atlantis Authors by zincpiccalilli -- fantastic resource listing authors in the fandom, plus what kind of fic they write.
  
  
• List of Lists by lothy -- a collection of the many SG-1 and SGA theme/character/pairing story lists.
  
  
• Thematic List Tag at stargate_search -- many themed lists of SG-1 and SGA stories/archives.
  
  
• Masterlist of episode related stories on sga_episodefic

Cathy's Recs:

Primer for Reading SGA Fanfic by cupidsbow -- Lots of gen as well as McShep, plus links to other resources.

I've just done major work on my rec site, and it's now much easier to filter for Stargate stories and songvids. You can access it three ways:

• on LiveJournal, at rec_room, and here are the tags for Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate: SG1.
  
• on del.icio.us, at rec_room, and here are the tags for Stargate: Atlantis and Stargate: SG1.
  
• and via RSS Feed.

The del.icio.us feed is new, so older recs are archived in the LJ's Memories (and here's Stargate, with 806 recs).

Other Recs:

I've tried to focus on the reccers who don't just have McKay/Sheppard (for McShep, look in rec_room).

• other (non-mcshep) recs by svmadelyn -- There's Dex/Sheppard in here!!! (And she also has a useful page of SGA Resources)
  
  
• Polyamorous Recs (click through to Atlantis) by shrift and nestra -- Gen, het, slash; limited range of authors but good hit rate.
  
  
• polyfandomrecs -- Lots of good back-catalogue, but they've moved away from SGA now.
  
  
• SG-1 and SGA Recs by amothea -- Wide range, good hit rate.
  
  
• The Slashy Awards (goes through to the Atlantis tag) by thefourthvine -- Good hit rate, enjoyable commentary.
  
  
• Stargate: Atlantis (goes through to Memories for Atlantis) on crack_van -- Variable quality, lots of range.
  
  
• stargategenrec -- Non-pairing stories and songvids, pretty good hit rate.
  
  
• And for more, especially more McShep, look through my List of Reccers, which is a collection of links to other rec sites.
  
  
• I've also recently found an awesome fandom pimping post: Pimp Post: Stargate by mklutz, which contains a precis of both SG1 and SGA, plus links to many fannish resources.

Ronon and Ford

• Ronon Links on del.icio.us -- sadly out of date, but a good place to start.
  
  
• sheppard_ford -- haven't read anything here, and it's sadly out of date.
  
  
• sheppard_dex -- haven't read here, but it's been updated recently.

Other Suggested Links

• sgagenrefinders -- a community for finding stories on a particular theme.
  
  
• Martial Law by hth_the_first -- good place to start for non-McShep slash stories.

Happy reading!