Yuletide 2011 A-D rec post

Here's my first batch of recs, in 20 different fandoms. The summaries are a mixed bag in terms of source: in some cases, I used the author's words, in some my own, and some are a combination. No author's names yet, because those don't get revealed until New Year's.

( 16th Century CE RPF, 19th Century CE RPF, The Charioteer - Mary Renault, A Night in the Lonesome October - Roger Zelazny, Alexander Trilogy - Mary Renault, American Gods - Neil Gaiman, American Revolution RPF, Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild, Barrett's Privateers (Song), Beauty and the Beast, Billy Elliot (2000), Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny, Five Hundred Kingdoms series - Mercedes Lackey, Circle of Magic - Tamora Pierce, Devil's Cub - Georgette Heyer, Discworld - Terry Pratchett, Lord Peter Wimsey/Doctor Who, Dragaera - Steven Brust, Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey )