mad_maudlin: The Stars My Destination (AU, fusion)

Title: The Stars My Destination (1/17) (link on LJ)(link on AO3--thanks, schneefink!)
Author: mad_maudlin
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis/Star Trek 2009 (mashup)
Length: 91,750 (total)
Characters: All of them!
PairingS: Canonical levels of Elizabeth/Simon, Teyla/Kanaan
warnings: Graphic violence
Summary: When a terror from out of time threatens the heart of the Federation, the crew of the USS Atlantis must band together in order to stop it. But can they overcome their own demons to stop the greatest threat they'll ever face?

my rec:
This is such brilliant, clever overlooked tale. The SGA/Star Trek Reboot fits together so well. The SGA characters going to Starfleet Academy, and eventually facing the big bad, won't be a surprise if you've seen the movie, but the eventual conflict is where the beauty of this particular fusion totally shines. Maud does a wonderful thing with the fusion in the latter half of the the story, completely organic to the SGA half of the mashup and I couldn't decide between holding my breath, or squeeing out loud. The absolutely wonderful title -- from Alfred Bester's classic novel -- seems random until the climax and denouement, then it becomes a thing of beauty, almost bringing said novel in as the third fusion.

I really appreciated the hard work went into this story, with the thoughtful blending of the 2 'verses, and a sensibility that reads like the best SF novels.

n.b. chapter 9 on DW has a bit of a posting oddity, just keep scrolling down past the doubling posting of chapter 8. Search for 'Nine'.