During the first 10 rounds of my Lifetime Fic Bingo game, 1986 to 1995, I read 54 fics. Of those, the six that I would most recommend today are:

The Seventeen Days in October Affair by Terry L Neill and J. M. D’Agostino-Toney (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; 14,854 words; gen)
The Devil's Attic Affair by C. W. Walker (st_crispins) (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; 28,968 words; gen)
Nothing Left to Lose by Jane (of Australia) and Madelaine Ingram (The Professionals; 33,529 words; slash)
The Blue Figurine by Courtney Grey (The Professionals; 29,960 words; slash)
Brighton Memoirs by gardenerhill (Sherlock Holmes; 5,530 words; slash)
One Small Step by Lori Beatty (The A-Team; 5,713 words; gen)

(Above: Scorpions performs music for the decade 1986-1995.)

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During part one of the Million-Word Fanfic Challenge, I read 43 fics. Among those, the five(ish) fics that I would most recommend today are:


After the World Went Awry and The Singing of Many Wires by teaspoonnebula (Sherlock Holmes; gen)
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz (Sherlock Holmes; gen)
Spiderweb by Cord Smithee and All the Kasha They Could Eat by Jest (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; slash)
Unit I, Series LYA: Press to Activate by Orockthro (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; gen)
The Gemini Factor by Russ (The Professionals x Who Dares Wins; slash)

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It took me longer than I expected, but I've finally filled up my Man from U.N.C.L.E. fic bingo card. I read 25 stories totaling 461,516 words. Many of them were excellent, but (at least today) the five I would most recommend are:

The Growing Up Affair by joolz (9,364 words)
Nor Heed the Rumble by utopiantrunks (39,187 words)
To earn your wings by rallamajoop (7,041 words)
Waging World Peace by alex51324 (32,445 words)
Zugzwang by azdak (3,464 words)

Honorable mention to The Incident of the Fellow in the Fellows' Garden by Azdak (28,979 words), which might have had a place on the list if it were not more a Lord Peter Wimsey fic than an MFU fic.

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I've finished my second round of multifandom fic bingo, which will be the last round for the year. Among the 27 fics I read, the five I most recommend are:

Hares and Hounds by DarthNickles (Raffles)
A Case of Discovery by flawedamathyst (Sherlock Holmes)
The Electric Fizzing Prick Pistols, or Whatever by whitmans_kiss (Harry Potter)
nuclear winter by almostannette (The Man from U.N.C.L.E (movie))
Don't Sing Tam Lin by jat_sapphire (Starsky and Hutch)

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Full List of Fics:
A: A is for Alpha by Brosedshield (The A-Team; 2,147 words)
B: Before You Can Find Her by CptSacredSaxon (The Iliad and The Odyssey; 995 words)
C: A Case of Discovery by flawedamathyst (Sherlock Holmes; 9,402 words)
D(1): Dharma and Jim by Sheffield (The Sentinel; 1,938 words)
D(2): Don't Sing Tam Lin by jat_sapphire (Starsky and Hutch; 5,952 words)
E: The Electric Fizzing Prick Pistols, or Whatever by whitmans_kiss (Harry Potter; 3,816 words)
F: Fawns and Snakelets by SpaceWall (Harry Potter; 25,511 words)
G: The Great Wall of China by Callisto (Starsky and Hutch; 2,238 words)
H: Hares and Hounds by DarthNickles (Raffles; 31,306 words)
I: If You Left by Anonymous (original series Battlestar Galactica; 339 words)
J: Jamie vs The Food-O-Matic by kathkin (Doctor Who; 1,815 word)
K: Kaddish by the_alchemist (The Merchant of Venice; 1,364 words)
L: the last son by dirgewithoutmusic (Harry Potter; 13,051 words)
M: Masked Ball by Waid (Sherlock Holmes; 31,626 words)
N: nuclear winter by almostannette (The Man from U.N.C.L.E (movie); 2,040 words)
O: The Only Thing by reapertownusa (Supernatural; 1,962 words)
P: Post-Script by SpaceWall (Harry Potter; 1,286 words)
Q: Queer Kissing from The Bible to Harry Potter by Thamiris (meta; 1,722 words)
R: Reification by Paper_Crane_Song (The A-Team; 1,241 words)
S: Scales by SpaceWall (Harry Potter; 17,405 words)
T(1): Third Sex by AxeMeAboutAxinomancy (Sherlock Holmes; 4,413 words)
T(2): The Ties That Bind by Odsbodkins (MCU; 26,609 words)
U: Uxorilocal by Val Mora (Mulan (1998); 733 words)
V: Vincit by Emma_Oz (Jeeves; 3,682 words)
W: What I Deserve of You by Curley_Green (Harry Potter; 1,675 words)
X: Xena Studies by StarWatcher (The Sentinel; 1,203 words)
Z: Zimra Ime by T Verano (The Sentinel; 1,481 words)

I've finished my first round of Prosfic bingo. I read 26 stories, totaling 501,624 words. Many of them were excellent, but (at least today) the five that I would most recommend are:

Crossing the Jordan (sequel to The Eve of Destruction) by 0ftgx
Heat by Lainie Stone
Masquerade by Tarot / Chris Quinton / chrisquinton
Once a King or Queen in Narnia by Zana
The Palest Ink by JGL

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This post provides links to to all of my reader's choice posts from the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Section VII (section7mfu) comm's Writer's and Reader's Choice series.
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This is an index of LiveJournal posts associated with my fics.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

What We Are

The Professionals

Faith and Reasons

Black Bun, White Paper

Enjoy.