On Wed, 13 Nov 1996 Talswapr@aol.com wrote:

I'm wondering how many people commenting in this this thread have read my
original post.  Calling that post "a list of awards" is like calling "Thy
Inward Love" a story about Ranma's wedding.

I prepared, with some significant effort, C&C essays on seven fanfics that
have brought me joy.  I posted them under a facetious title, "The Taleswapper
Awards" (sorry, honored authors, you're not _really_ getting a gold statue
from me).  I suppose it was naive for me to imagine that a post comprised
entirely of positive C&C would offend no one.  I hope it was not equally
fanciful to expect that the post would generate discussion on the merits of
specific fanfics (as opposed to the merits of C&C posts).

Well, I, for one, hope you continue the "tradition" -- particularly since 
I am pressed for time myself, and have to severely limit the 'fics I 
read, often cutting 'fics from my list for spurious reasons, based more 
on my lack of time than any problems with the stories themselves; it's 
nice to see reviews that I can use to gauge whether I might be interested 
in a certain 'fic. The problem with being a critic is that you can't 
please everyone.  That's why nobody likes Roger Ebert.

Anyhow, it seems also that tension is running high on the list these 
days.  Give us a bit of time and we'll get back to being the happy fun 
group we can be...ne, minna?

mata ne,
bengman