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Member since 5 November 2008.
About Me
Native Texan. Surgeon. Former military. Currently living in the woods of Maine. 40something.
I've loved The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings since I read first read them at age 10, attempted to tackle Silmarillion for the first time at 12 (successfully got through it for the first time at 14), and once drove through a Category One hurricane to pick up my pre-reserved copy of one of the HoME volumes in college. The Atlas of Middle Earth seems to have found a permanent home by my bed. So, yes, you might say I'm a Tolkien geek.
I also geek out a bit on medical history, especially in three areas. Firstly, the fact that there are techniques and instruments that we think of as modern that in some cases date back thousands of years (rotational flaps going back well over 2000 years in India, attempts to repair bowel injuries being described in Ancient Rome, etc). Secondly, how advances in medicine and surgery have often come out of wars (modern nursing care from Crimea, blood banking out of WWI, repair of vascular injuries out of WWII and Korea, dialysis out of Korea, modern ventilators out of Viet Nam, etc). Thirdly, how things we think of as antique and not useful any longer really are quite useful (medical grade maggots and leeches, use of honey as a dressing material for wounds, etc).
I'm reading and writing fanfic for the love and joy of it.
Fanworks by SurgicalSteel
Volcano by SurgicalSteel
Late Second Age. Ar-Zimraphel struggles up the mountain.
Character death.
| Major Characters: Tar-Míriel |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 720 |
| Posted on 6 April 2011 | Updated on 6 April 2011 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Folly by SurgicalSteel
For the B2MeM 2011 Challenge: Day Thirty-One: Valinor
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain."
Friedrich Schiller
Write a story or poem or create artwork that illustrates this quotation.
Could the downfall of Númenor have been prevented had the Valar acted differently?
| Major Characters: Ar-Pharazôn, Valar |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: B2MeM 2011 |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Expletive Language |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 168 |
| Posted on 1 April 2011 | Updated on 1 April 2011 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Admission by SurgicalSteel
Zamîn and Nemir (two of my OCs) meet after the Last Alliance and discuss their losses.
References my other Second Age fics archived on this site.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Expletive Language |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 898 |
| Posted on 22 August 2010 | Updated on 22 August 2010 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Penance by SurgicalSteel
Written in honor of Pandemonium's birthday - during the siege of Barad-dur, a surgeon deals with illness and injury from the various forces in place.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s) |
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| Genres: Drama | Challenges: |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Expletive Language, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 281 |
| Posted on 14 February 2010 | Updated on 14 February 2010 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Sacrifice by SurgicalSteel
Not everyone involved with the sacrifices at Armenelos were believers.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Sauron |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama, Horror | Challenges: Akallabêth in August |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 847 |
| Posted on 22 August 2009 | Updated on 22 August 2009 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Hostage by SurgicalSteel
Ar-Pharazon takes Sauron as a hostage for the good behavior of his people.
| Major Characters: Amandil, Ar-Pharazôn, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Akallabêth in August |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Expletive Language |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 071 |
| Posted on 17 August 2009 | Updated on 17 August 2009 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
Alliance by SurgicalSteel
Míriel considers her options to avert civil war in Númenor as she prepares for her father's funeral.
| Major Characters: Ar-Pharazôn, Tar-Míriel |
| Major Relationships: |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Fanon Inverted |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 105 |
| Posted on 18 June 2009 | Updated on 18 June 2009 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
The Last Day of Our Acquaintance by SurgicalSteel
One of the leaders of Umbar has an uncomfortable meeting with the newcomers from downfallen Numenor
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| Genres: Drama | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 880 |
| Posted on 10 May 2009 | Updated on 10 May 2009 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
The Men Who Would Be Kings by SurgicalSteel
In the late Second Age, a merchant from Belfalas comes to an agreement with new arrivals from downfallen Númenor.
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| Rating: General | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 576 |
| Posted on 12 April 2009 | Updated on 12 April 2009 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Survivors of the Downfall by SurgicalSteel
Sailors from Umbar realize that Numenor is no more.
| Major Characters: |
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| Genres: Drama | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 256 |
| Posted on 22 March 2009 | Updated on 22 March 2009 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
The Far Side of the World by SurgicalSteel
During the reign of Tar-Ancalimë, a group of Númenórean mariners find something that surprises and alarms them in their explorations.
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| Genres: Adventure | Challenges: |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 434 |
| Posted on 8 March 2009 | Updated on 8 March 2009 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
