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Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!

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Computer Detectives - Lavinia Harris (The Great Rip-Off, Soaps in the Afternoon, Cover Up, A Touch of Madness)

Media:
Book(s)

Approx length:
About 200 pages each

Where to find it:
Used 1980s paperbacks, unfortunately

What is it, in summary?:
Spunky fashionable teenager Sidney may not look brainy, and her name doesn't scream "girl", but first impressions can be deceptive. Joshua Rivington III is smart and wants everyone to know it. After a rocky introduction, Sidney, Joshua, and an uncannily smart and slightly psychic computer named Samantha Fight Crime!!!!

What do you love about it?:
This may have been my introduction to the trope of the semi-Byronic hero who is (slightly) Tamed By Love, and I am here for the Joshua/Sidney dynamic. I like 1980s conceptions of smart computers. I like psychic powers. I super love the fact that there are three more books in the series that I haven't yet read.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:
I am likely to request a new mystery for the three to solve, or a slice of life or missing scene.

Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?:
Yes! The first book, The Great Rip-Off is all I've read as of right now. But I wanted to make sure that the whole series got wrangled, since it's completely new to AO3.

Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
This is no Flowers in the Attic -- the one I've read is pretty straightforward teenage mystery with romance and some light peril. Hands are held. There may be a kiss. There are probably unexamined assumptions throughout, but it's not Dorothy Sayers.

Funny story, I have a treasured series of all four paperbacks bought when they were first released, and I believe I nominated this at one point (but not for many years ago). Picture me heart-eyes-ing at you right now. I might even be tempted to add some of the side characters.

It must have been before the nominations were via AO3, since the tags weren't there. But something reminded me of The Girl with the Silver Eyes, and then trying to wrack my brain for the same era, I remembered this one... It's been so long since I've read The Great Rip-Off, I need to refresh my memory.

I have one space left and would be happy to nominate an extra! (Right now I've got Sidney, Joshua, and Samantha.)

It might also have been for a different exchange. Or I might have just thought about it and cut it for something else.

The one thing I have noticed on rereads is early computer weirdness. Also I feel like the whole cast was white, though I could be misremembering that one.

My copies are buried at the moment, but digging them out this weekend will force me to deal with the stuff in front of the bookcase, which I've been meaning to sort through for ages. But I was thinking about Sidney's school friends. CeeGee? Cordelia? Was there a third? I'll happily use a nom, because I'd just waste it on another fandom from the early 20th century no one's ever heard of, and three of those are enough.

I have unearthed my copies (to be fair, they were right where I thought they were on a bottom shelf behind the pile of stuff that had accumulated over mumblety years).

The friends are Ceegee, Steve, and Cordelia.

Are you planning to read the entire series before Yuletide or should I stick to characters from the first one?

Also looking at the covers, I'm wondering why Josh had black/brown hair and Sidney had brown on the first book while on the last, Josh's hair is light brown and Sidney is blonde.

I may not have the opportunity to read all of them, but don't necessarily restrain yourself on my behalf!

I have added Cordelia to my fourth space.

Josh looks so old on the first cover, I wonder if that was actually made based on the book or if it was meant for a generic teacher vs. student argument

Who knows...

I'm dithering about filling the last two slots with Sam & Jennifer Kennedy from A Touch of Madness, but I'll hold off for now.

Yuletide Fandom Promo 2024!

Computer Detectives - Lavinia Harris (The Great Rip-Off, Soaps in the Afternoon, Cover Up, +1)

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Re: Computer Detectives - Lavinia Harris (The Great Rip-Off, Soaps in the Afternoon, Cover Up, +1)

Re: Computer Detectives - Lavinia Harris (The Great Rip-Off, Soaps in the Afternoon, Cover Up, +1)

Re: Computer Detectives - Lavinia Harris (The Great Rip-Off, Soaps in the Afternoon, Cover Up, +1)