Lifetime Fic Bingo: 2005

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It's 2005. James Blunt is on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. New terms coined include: butt-dial, glamping, locavore, microblogging, paleo, rage quit, ransomware, sexting, and truther.

I read five fics from 2005: two Professionals fics, two Man from U.N.C.L.E. fics, and one Sentinel fic. I also read a third Professionals fic that turned out not to be from 2005 after all. (Oops.)

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Lifetime Fic Bingo: Highlights 1996-2005

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During the second 10 rounds of my Lifetime Fic Bingo game, 1996 to 2005, I read 56 fics. Of those, the five that I would most recommend today are:

The Assassin's Daughter by Lacey McBain (laceymcbain) (The Professionals; slash; 16,769 words)
Remember Me by Gil Hale (The Professionals; gen; 25,630 words)
To Live in Interesting Times by Taliesin (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; slash; 19,657 words)
The Uncertainty Principle by C. W. Walker (st_crispins) (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; gen; 20,145 words)
Verity by kerravonsen (The Sentinel x The Matrix; gen; 35,486 words)

(Above: Green Day performs music for the decade 1996-2005.)

All recommended fics:

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