This text consists of quotations from newsgroup postings on rec.games.int-fiction. The quotations all mention certain things that people recalled about pieces of interactive fiction, but in all of these posts, the people writing were unable to remember the name of the work they were describing.
If you would like to find out the source of a particular quote, and look at any ensuing discussion, you can search in Google Groups (and search within rec.games.int-fiction specifically, if you like) for a disctinctive phrase from the quotation that interests you.
—Nick Montfort, 19 September 2004