MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 2518 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Misty books and other suggestions by Elizabeth Hoffman 2) Black Swan / Firebird -- Contains Spoiler'ish stuff. by "Lorna Appleby" 3) Re: Black Swan / Firebird -- Contains Spoiler'ish stuff. by Julia Gray 4) Re: Black Swan / Firebird -- Contains Spoiler'ish stuff. by SEANSQ-+AT+-aol.com 5) Re: Misty books and other suggestions by "Teresa ¤¤¤" 6) Re: Misty books and other suggestions by Amy Kerry 7) Firebird/Amazon by "Peter Allen" 8) Book aide to non-US fans by "Peter Allen" 9) Re: Misty books and other suggestions by Hank Tiffany 10) Re: Book aide to non-US fans by Amy Kerry 11) Re: Book aide to non-US fans by "Li'nia Stormdancer" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:09:50 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) From: Elizabeth Hoffman To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Misty books and other suggestions Message-ID: Muranog said > Welcome Teresa! Always nice to see another Brit join(I'm in > Kent myself... plenty of rain here too :( ). You at > Manchester Uni or UMIST? I was at Owens (Manchester Uni) several years back what do you think of it? Small world or what? > Finally got Black Swan last week - liked it immensely :) > More so than Firebird. What do other people think of the > rewritten-fairy-tale books? Black Swan was the only Misty book I haven't finished, I read bits of it. What was Firebird like? I loved Fire Rose, still keep rereading it. Did someone say that the new hardback is in the same world as Fire Rose but not the same people. ---------------------- Liz Hoffman E.G.Hoffman-+AT+-soton.ac.uk ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 03:35:12 -0800 From: "Lorna Appleby" To: Subject: Black Swan / Firebird -- Contains Spoiler'ish stuff. Message-ID: <019001c094e7$dcd9c770$f240a8c0-+AT+-backtalk.org> >Black Swan was the only Misty book I haven't finished, I >read bits of it. What was Firebird like? *butts in on the conversation* Out of the two bad Misty books.. I consider Firebird the worse of the two.. It was basically a re-cap of one of her Bards Tale novels .. except with a Russian theme. I found Black Swan all right.. Nothing I'd rave about though. For most other authors it'd be on the good side.. but for Misty I found it.. lacking that usual spark her novels and short stories have. It was like she sat down without inspiration and said "I'll write this because I think I should" .. Just my hack interpretation! -Lorna ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:41:27 -0600 From: Julia Gray To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Black Swan / Firebird -- Contains Spoiler'ish stuff. Message-ID: <3A87F617.AB317D94-+AT+-oakton.edu> Lorna Appleby wrote: I found Black Swan all right.. Nothing I'd rave about though. For most other authors it'd be on the good side.. but for Misty I found it.. lacking that usual spark her novels and short stories have. It was like she sat down without inspiration and said "I'll write this because I think I should" .. I didn't find it quite that bad - although I do agree that it did seem like she was trying to stretch her writing style (a good exercise); this book just wasn't the best representation of her adapting a fairy tale. For writing within the constraints of the tale I liked it, for a ML book I liked it (not loved it). If you go by re-reading .. well, I haven't re-read it yet. kinda obmisty: anyone else having TONS o problems getting Beyond World's End from Amazon? Its been weeks since I ordered it, they keep saying they have it "on hand" but their hand must be busy else where 'cause I sure haven't gotten it! Betha'lis offering sheep shaped sweets .. any flavor or kind ya feel like, I'm going for toffee ... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:09:29 EST From: SEANSQ-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Black Swan / Firebird -- Contains Spoiler'ish stuff. Message-ID: <26.111fcf2d.27b956a9-+AT+-aol.com> --part1_26.111fcf2d.27b956a9_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 2/12/2001 9:45:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, jgray-+AT+-oakton.edu writes: > kinda obmisty: anyone else having TONS o problems getting Beyond World's End > from Amazon? Its been weeks since I ordered it, they keep saying they have > it > "on hand" but their hand must be busy else where 'cause I sure haven't > gotten > Sorry you haven't gotten the book yet. I LOVED IT!! Keep on keeping on. It's worth it. Have you called customer service? You can speak to a real person if you persevere. Meg Councilor of Mist High Priestess of Welcoming POUNCES in charge of the Department of Warm Fuzzies Knight of Amber and Marigold --part1_26.111fcf2d.27b956a9_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 2/12/2001 9:45:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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kinda obmisty: anyone else having TONS o problems getting Beyond World's End
from Amazon?  Its been weeks since I ordered it, they keep saying they have
it
"on hand" but their hand must be busy else where 'cause I sure haven't
gotten
it!
Sorry you haven't gotten the book yet. I LOVED IT!!
Keep on keeping on. It's worth it. Have you called customer service?
You can speak to a real person if you persevere.

Meg
Councilor of Mist
High Priestess of Welcoming POUNCES
in charge of the Department of Warm Fuzzies
Knight of Amber and Marigold --part1_26.111fcf2d.27b956a9_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:09:03 From: "Teresa ¤¤¤" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Misty books and other suggestions Message-ID: hi all! :) > > Welcome Teresa! Thanks!! :) > >Always nice to see another Brit join(I'm in > > Kent myself... plenty of rain here too :( ). You at > > Manchester Uni or UMIST? *Wry Grin* I'm not actually a Brit... that's wyhy I wrote that I currently live in Manchester, I'm originally from Stockholm... but people forget that I'm not from Britain so it's ok. I'm at Manchester Uni, and it's nice, even though the department of Linguistics is one if the most disorganise and confusing departments there is apparently (except the English department). >I was at Owens (Manchester Uni) several years back what do >you think of it? Small world or what? Yes, the world gets smaller and smaller! :) I live in Whitworth Park and it's tolerably nice, I suppose. Seriously, it's ok, it could have been much worse! :) > > Finally got Black Swan last week - liked it immensely :) Never read the Black Swan what's it all about? got to go, Teresa _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:27:04 -0800 (PST) From: Amy Kerry To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Misty books and other suggestions Message-ID: <20010212162704.95704.qmail-+AT+-web12708.mail.yahoo.com> --- Elizabeth Hoffman wrote: Did someone say that the new hardback is in the same world as Fire Rose but not the same people. >From what I understand about The Serpent's Shadow is that its going to be a retelling of Snow White but with a Hindu/Indian theme. Its set in the Victorian era in India and London, it seems to be set in the same world type as The Fire Rose. I read the blip about it that firebirdarts.com has up and it sounds really interesting. The woman, Maya Witherspoon is a doctor and a mage and the seven "dwarves" are the seven animal friends her mother had. She goes into exile in London after her parents are killed by enemies of her mothers, but of course they find her or there wouldn't be much story there lol. That's basically what the firebird site says, and it sounds good to me. Amy Ferret Friend Lady of All Things Missing, Especially Socks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:56:02 -0500 From: "Peter Allen" To: Subject: Firebird/Amazon Message-ID: <001e01c09515$1756f300$d404fea9-+AT+-allenmindspring.com> Lorna wrote: > Out of the two bad Misty books.. I consider Firebird > the worse of the two.. It was basically a re-cap of one > of her Bards Tale novels .. except with a Russian theme. Oh, I don't know about that *smile*. I tended to like the way that it was written. A lot of the themes in the book were true to the time which it was based in, and the magical essence of it was cute :). --- Betha'lis asked: > kinda obmisty: anyone else having TONS of problems > getting Beyond World's End from Amazon? I've ordered from Amazon before, and every once in a while they take ~eons~ to get something out to me. Like Meg chimed in, try their customer service to light a small fire under their seat ;). Bright be thy day in the sun and the shadow, Wintershard Councilor of Mist Demon of Crappy Weather ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:10:30 -0500 From: "Peter Allen" To: Subject: Book aide to non-US fans Message-ID: <003b01c09517$4a01eb00$d404fea9-+AT+-allenmindspring.com> Gondar wrote > So I love Mercedes Lackey books. I am sad beacuse > getting them in poland is quite difficult, I am watching > for the third tom of "Last mage-herold trilogy" for two > years, and I still can't get it! I had thought that I heard once about some list members that would help out in this area, sending off books to people as they had need for them in other countries. This was a long time ago, however maybe it can be done again. Is there anyone interested in volunteering either the ability to send books or the books themselves? For that matter, is there anyone who can't get certain books outside of the United States that might be looking for help? I'll put my token in: should anyone be interested at all, we can either discuss it here on the discussion group (since it's dealing with Misty books ;), or I can receive private e-mails as well. Gondar, your more than invited to e-mail me privately so we can get you that precious third book :). Bright be thy day in the sun and the shadow, Wintershard Councilor of Mist Demon of Crappy Weather Knower of All Braided Things, but darnit I was sleepy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:08:38 -0800 (PST) From: Hank Tiffany To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Misty books and other suggestions Message-ID: On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Teresa ¤¤¤ wrote: > Never read the Black Swan what's it all about? It's a re-telling of Swan Lake. Hank Tiffany, git of Dypos ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:05:19 -0800 (PST) From: Amy Kerry To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Book aide to non-US fans Message-ID: <20010212190519.1391.qmail-+AT+-web12706.mail.yahoo.com> Heyla listsibs I don't know about Europe, but at least in the UK amazon.co.uk can order just about any american released book and get it to you in one to two weeks, that's much better than having to wait sometimes a year like i have heard some of the listsibs having to do. I've just used it to order The Serpent's Shadow and the new Tanya Huff book The Second Summoning that are coming out in March. I think this is a newish service with amazon.co.uk though because i know back in september I looked into getting a book and it wasn't going to be released for at least 6 months. I don't know if the European amazon has a similar thing but it might be worth looking into. Sorry for the double post today, I go away for months then I can't seem to shut up :) Amy Ferret Friend Lady of All Things Missing, Especially Socks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:49:39 -0800 (PST) From: "Li'nia Stormdancer" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Book aide to non-US fans Message-ID: <20010212194939.9258.qmail-+AT+-web1202.mail.yahoo.com> Heyla List-Sibs! --- Peter Allen wrote: > I had thought that I heard once about some list > members that would help out in this area, sending >off books to people as they had need for them in > other countries. This was a long time ago, however > maybe it can be done again. > Is there anyone interested in volunteering either > the ability to send books or the books themselves? >For that matter, is there anyone who can't get >certain books outside of the United States that might >be looking for help? First, welcome to all the newbies! I like the fact that we really are a world-wide fan-club! lol And that brings up my little posting here... I'd be willing to help out List-Sibs who can't seem to get the books they want... Hard-covers are a bit more difficult than paperback, but if someone is wanting me to help, just go ahead and email me off-list so we can talk about it. (And yes, I'm willing to help no matter what part of the world you're from!) ===== ---<---<---<----+AT+- Li'nia Stormdancer -+AT+---->--->--->--- Peon to the Powers That Be, Goddess of All Things Possessed, & Caretaker of the Arena of Discussion and Dissention __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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