MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 118 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Whimper by URAMESS-+AT+-aol.com 2) Re: Black Swan ? by URAMESS-+AT+-aol.com 3) Re: *triggering* of magestorms by URAMESS-+AT+-aol.com 4) Nyara and fur... by Vivian Choh ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 20:53:32 -0400 From: URAMESS-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Whimper Message-ID: <950825205331_83556751-+AT+-mail04.mail.aol.com> In a message dated 95-08-23 10:35:32 EDT, Star Wolf wrote: >I went to Barnes & Nobles last night, hoping they might have Storm Rising. >After all, I figured, B&N usually has the new books before most of the >other stores here in town. Whimper. Nothing. "Sometime this month" >they said. Whimper. Whine. Sniffle. So while you all already own the >book, and are discussing it, I'll sit in my little corner whimpering >till I can get the darn thing! Aaack! I hate New Yorkers (not really, >but you always seem to get stuff first). > >Anyway, if B&N doesn't have it by Friday or Saturday, I'll try Borders - >which is a really long trek from me, but it's certainly a worthwhile >place to go. Go to Border's or Walden's. Most of them have it. I even saw it at a B Dalton. Only one copy. I don't like B Dalton. I can never find anything in any of their stores. Can never figure out how they have them organized. I guess that I have been with Waldens to long. Though I don't have this problem at Borders or Encore (Encore is a copy cat of Borders, but not as nice. For those of you that don't know what Encore is). So, I have Storm Rising now. Give me till the weekend and hopefully I should be done with it. I'd start it tonight but I have to go to work. Matt J ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Believe me. they will listen to you more when you shave your legs. -- Joan Rivers. No, there is no such thing as a gay sensibility, and yet, it has an enormous impact on our culture. -- Jeff Weinstein. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 20:53:47 -0400 From: URAMESS-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Black Swan ? Message-ID: <950825205346_83556945-+AT+-mail02.mail.aol.com> In a message dated 95-08-23 16:11:20 EDT, you write: >I'm kind of lucky (well, luckier than most here :) in that I just read the >Di books for the first time in about May or so. So, I'm not as deep in >withdrawal as most :) > (I am full of jealously) >> Matt J >> (I guess now that Matt T is back I will have to stop being lazy and add the >> J) > >Be as lazy as you want ;> My name is Mat <--- see, only one "t". Still, >there's my last initial - I'm being lazy, not wriing it out (Timmerman). > >Mat T. Mat I never realized that! I think that for easier purposes............. Matt J ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Believe me. They will listen to you more when you shave your legs. -- Joan Rivers. No, there is no such thing as a gay sensibility, and yet, it has an enormous impact on our culture. -- Jeff Weinstein. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 20:50:06 -0400 From: URAMESS-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: *triggering* of magestorms Message-ID: <950825205005_83557142-+AT+-emout04.mail.aol.com> In a message dated 95-08-24 09:51:20 EDT, you write: >Well, what do people think? Am I imagining things? (Has this been talked >about before?) I realize *a couple* of the above points happened after >the possible Daren trigger...but #1 and #4 didn't- > >Anything else people can think of to prove/tear to shreads this idea? >Well enough out of me this morning... > >Wind to thy Wings >Stormdancer > > > Interesting. Very interesting. I will save my comments till I am done reading Storm Rising. Matt J ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 21:40:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Vivian Choh To: Mercedes Lackey mailing list Subject: Nyara and fur... Message-ID: Hi there all! I was procrastinating from writing my thesis so I started reading ML's books again (in backwards order in preparation for Storm Rising..haven't got it yet. How long before the SFBC will offer it? If it's long, I'll want to go to the bookstore to get it!!). Anyways, I found (I think) yet another inconsistency, or I was sleep-reading. At the end of WINDS III, after the avatars change Andesha (sp!) and Nyara, ridding them of their changeling appearance, the description says something like, Nyara looked at her hands, now devoid of fur and burst into tears (meaning her hands were furry/she had fur prior to avatar intervention). But in WINDS I, when Skif and Elspeth first meet her, Darkwind and the gryphons, the description says that Nyara looked like she had fur, but upon closer inspection, it was discovered that she was, in fact was furless (and that her feline features didn't help with the furry illusion). Did i misinterpret? Or did Nyara grow some fur in between books? Assuming I'm right, I wonder, are we supposed to be able to pick up all these inconsistencies (things like the mis-spelled/changed names etc), or does this mean that we (if not all of you, at least those of you who noticed that someone's lifebond's name was changed (don't remember who - character OR person who posted the note) and griffon/gryphon thing) have WAAAAAY too much time on our hands? Vivian Choh bi189-+AT+-torfree.net v.choh-+AT+-utoronto.ca "I am all that I claim to be. I simply have not claimed all that I am." - M. Lackey, "Oathbreakers" ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 118 *********************************