REVIEW: Fan Fic, Summer '97

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Title: REVIEW: Fan Fic, Summer '97
Creator: Lore
Date(s): September 14, 1997
Medium: online
Fandom: The X-Files
Topic: fiction recommendations and reviews
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REVIEW: Fan Fic, Summer '97 was a 1997 four-part post by Lore. It was written to highlight some of the X-Files fiction Lore had read over the summer. All of the posts were made at alt.tv.x-files.creative.

The post itself was fairly innocuous. It was the controversial response a day later by Sheare Bliss called Summer Review that garnered many comments.

The Original Posts

Excerpts from the First Post

INTRODUCTION:

Welcome back from wherever you've been! Summer seemed to speed by, and I bet many returning X-Files fan fic readers would be wondering if they should try to catch up on all the stories that came out while they were away.

This is a roundup of what I consider to be the major works of the Summer. It is long; I will probably babble. Please remember, this is one gal's opinion, and I had to not talk about a lot of stories to come up with a reasonable number and cross section of stories. I can't expect everyone to read as much as I do. Yeek.

I did a lot of research to come up with an initial story list. It was huge. So, at the end of this is a list of the stories I wanted to talk about, but didn't for lack of arm strength. All stories listed here appeared from Mid-May to September 1. I mainly read Gossamer, ATXC, XFF, XFC, and EP. Spoilers abound for Fan Fic and Season 4. Many things were looked up (I can spell Gethsemane!), still, mistakes will follow. For that, I am sorry.

SUMMER SUMMARY:

Man, it was an angst-ridden Summer! Wrought with cancer stories, post-Gethsemane stories, cancer AND post-Gethsemane stories. Most authors seemed to write either as if Mulder was really dead or he went underground to find a cure for Scully's cancer. Scully was alternately cured, killed or angsting. "Character dies" ruled from mid-May to July. Then, some writers got over it. And some are still getting their last licks in.

The MulderTorture archive flourished and expanded. Slash on the regular channels seemed down. Humor took a hit and sometimes came off as forced; it seemed people prefered to write romance to beat the blues. Also, did I miss something, or did straight x-files go right out the window?

In series news, "The Five" became available again on Gossamer. The "Sarah" series exploded with lots of new authors playing in the original universe. "The Pact" did, indeed, end (wonderfully). :) Dawson expanded Umbra. And, sadly, Bonnie Drew put out her final installment of the Immortal Series.

Long-time authors challenged themselves this Summer; check out their sites and listings on Gossamer for something new from old friends. There was a split in the automated fan fic mailing list and now we have another fic list to subscribe to. The best XF-related page to appear on the web this summer is X-Press (http://www.geocities.com/Area51/8165/). It covers the world of fan fiction with interviews, featured stories, beta stories and recommendations. A sort of monthly newspaper for us FX fic fans - what a great idea.

[snipped, see posts for this fan's individual recs and comments]

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