MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 400 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: word list by Becky Anne Christensen 2) Talia? by maildrop-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk (Markus Weber) 3) I tend to agree... by catwoman 4) catwoman's english essay by catwoman 5) Re: Grove-born by STOKES J <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> 6) Re: who would *you* want to live with? by Catherine Osborne 7) Companions + nodes by ptamarin-+AT+-buttenet.com (Pat tamarin) 8) Interesting... by maildrop-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk (Markus Weber) 9) Re: People we'd like to meet by Rosario Holsen-Baker 10) Re: People we would like to meet by Rosario Holsen-Baker 11) Re: A bit of this and that by "Sanna Koulu" 12) Talia? by maildrop-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk (Markus Weber) 13) Re: word list by mel (Melanie Dymond Harper) 14) Re: Talia? by MURANOG THE BIG CUDDLY TROLL 15) Re: Coconut fight? by "deanca" 16) Re: Dark Shadows (Was Di Tregarde) by "deanca" 17) Re: Heather Alexander (was Re: Ten Ways...) by "deanca" 18) Re: Kerowyn (was RE: Hunks) by Marissa K Lingen 19) Re: Jaguar's Sanity by "deanca" 20) Re: Coconut fight? by Marissa K Lingen 21) Re: Charliss and the Empire by Markus Weber 22) Re: Out Of Print - Copyright Ethics (fwd) by Markus Weber 23) Re: Misty's collaborations by "deanca" 24) Re: Charliss and the Empire by Marissa K Lingen 25) Re: Out Of Print - Copyright Ethics (fwd) by "deanca" 26) Re: Misty Co-Authors by Marissa K Lingen 27) Re: People we would like to meet by "deanca" 28) Re: Kerowyn (was RE: Hunks) by Rosario Holsen-Baker 29) Re: Grove-born by dbush-+AT+-usa.pipeline.com (dbush) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 18:39:25 -0800 (PST) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: word list Message-ID: On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Rozanna McNeer wrote: > Many thanks for the word list! > Umm. . . not to be dense or anything, but is there a mailing list > available with everyone's e-mail address on it? See, my e-mail > carrier traces the message back to the source, but throws in > "enterprise.cistron.nl!"s and some extra (!!!) and then (comapring > those that have posted their addresses at the end with the one in my > reply field), it totally Bob Doles the address up so that it's such a > John Majored Clinton up that *I* can't figure it out. Would some > knight (in shining muscles) care to save me from e-mail hell? (Can > you tell I liked the suggestion to swear in politicians? evil smirk > }:> ) > > Lady (in distress) Rozanna IV > I've kinda been wondering something along the same lines. How big is this list anyways? It seems to have growna lot just since January. But I can't tell exactly how many people there are. Lady Becky The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. --Dr. Suess ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 03:25:01 GMT From: maildrop-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk (Markus Weber) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Talia? Message-ID: <313dbcf1.77010765-+AT+-doorstop> Does anybody recall when/where Talia was "promoted" to a Sun-Priestress of Vkandis? It's mentioned (in passing) in the first pages of Storms of Fury. Did I somehow miss a book or short story? Cheers -Markus --- Markus Weber hubby-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk 101530.10-+AT+-compuserve.com PGP key available: send email to "hubby-pgp-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk" Prune juice. A warrior's drink. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 21:55:40 -0800 From: catwoman To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: I tend to agree... Message-ID: <199603070555.VAA16803-+AT+-inreach.com> At 16:39 3/6/96 GMT, you wrote: >> > Tayla said "Yummmmm. . . Ok, here's the real question....Who's >> > would you go for, Darkwind or Firesong? (Who else hunky can we >> > discuss?)" >> > I must admit to having a weakness for Darkwind, although I >> > wouldn't say no to Skif (drat, he's taken!). >> I, too, would have to vote for Darkwind.... >Darwkwind! definitely. I think I would get sick of Firesong knowing >he's so superior and do something inforgivable.... oh, say, a nice >scathing song about certain personal matters.... >-Free Bard Oriole Firesong could be interesting to be with...on a casual basis....he's flamboiant (i *know* i didn't spell that right) and that's kewl...but ANNOYING after a while...ugh! Darkwind is pretty nifty...i found myself developing a slight crush on the guy while I was reading...(whew! good thing my boyfriend isn't here to read this. :)..) BTW, hi all. I'm a newbie on the group. I've read all the Valdemar books in paperback (not enough money for hardbacks yet) and started _If I Pay Thee Not in Gold_ with Piers Anthony, but haven't finished yet due to circumstances beyond my control. Oh well, great to be here! -catwoman-+AT+-inreach.com looking for a spiffy signature.... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 21:55:43 -0800 From: catwoman To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: catwoman's english essay Message-ID: <199603070555.VAA16809-+AT+-inreach.com> At 21:19 3/6/96 GMT, you wrote: > If you had a choice of three people you could live with >from any of Misty's books, who would they be and why? (Doesn't that >sound like a question from an English exam! ugh. Sorry. Duck flames >from fellow over-stressed students). Ladies, stop drooling over the >keyboard. *Live* with, not have a *fling* with. Same goes for you >gentlemen! Or which series you would like to live in. Who I would like to live with: (goddess, that's hard!) 1. Kethry- I identify with her quite well. 2. Darkwind- he's just darn nifty 3. Any Companion- you talk about totally awesome! (eek! vintage 80s word there..gotta blow the dust off that one) Where I would like to live- okay, the name escapes me cuz I read the book a month or two ago, but where-ever it was where Darkwind lived. Darn it, can't remember the name for the LIFE of me. Guess I'm just tired or something. People I don't want to meet- 1. Ma'ar/Falconsbane- evil evil evil. I like my own body, thank you. I don't want the possibility of being forced out of it, thank you. Actually, I want a companion. Anybody know where I can get one? :) -catwoman-+AT+-inreach.com looking for a spiffy signature.... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 09:50:52 GMT From: STOKES J <95662014-+AT+-mmu.ac.uk> To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Grove-born Message-ID: <1E0C4E4227C-+AT+-EXCALIBUR.MMU.AC.UK> >From: ROZANM-+AT+-webster.nl (Rozanna McNeer) > Rolan is Grove0born and he's the MO Companion. We all agree on >that, right? I thoght that the Companion- Herlad bond was **so** >strong, that when one died, the other went too (LHM series). So HOW >COME ROLAN IS STILL ALIVE???? How many Herlads does a MOC go through? >DO they ever die? Can they only be killed if someone actually kills >them (i.e., don't die of natural causes or broken bonds?) > Somebody please save me from mental confusion!. I am a cat trying >to bite the samll of its back! (I keep falling over and not reaching >my target!) > Lady Rozanna IV (the Confused) The MOC is the only Companion who can survive the death of his Herald. He can be killed but will not die of old age[ can't remember where I read this me-+AT+- uni books -+AT+-home] If the MOC is killed another one comes out of the Grove to replace him. I see you shiver with antici...pation Lord Jason[OIB] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 07:53:14 -0500 (EST) From: Catherine Osborne To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: who would *you* want to live with? Message-ID: On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Kerry Mealing wrote: > Some people are just sooo hard to please.. > So if I were, say, a fictional Aussie gay vampire in a relationship, > that'd be the ultimate in unattainability.. Cool.. no, you'd have to be dead too. AAR, person I'd want to meet/live with most: Vanyel!!!!! (<---look 5!) (big surprise.) I have a penchant for hero-worship; and anyway he's just so cool! Savil and Kerowyn are some of my role models, so I'd very much like to meet them. Nobody's mentioned Justin and Ikan, I liked them a *lot*. I didn't like Kethry all that much, she's too "feminine" for my romantic tastes ;) Hmm who else? Well, Stefen, of course, and Darkwind. I think that's it for now, but stay tuned... I\/ Catherine Osborne "After great pain, I\/ Sundancer a formal feeling comes." I cosborne-+AT+-sidwell.edu --Emily Dickinson I http://www.sidwell.edu/~cosborne/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 05:57:56 -0700 From: ptamarin-+AT+-buttenet.com (Pat tamarin) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Companions + nodes Message-ID: Can someone help with a question I've had for a while: If Companions are white and blue-eyed, for the same reason that Mages and the Bond birds the of mages are white and blue-eyed: their use of node energies, why DIDN'T the area around Haven have constantly drained nodes? Between the Companions and the mages in training, where was all the energy coming from? True, Vanyel built a Heartstone for Haven, but before then? ____________________ \_ |\ `\~-._| \ `\ ~\ ) \- // ,,.--(_ ("""'^. Pat Tamarin ;;( ,___, ,/~`\; ;' )/>/ '--, | `\ |" " " " *********************________________............................ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 12:26:30 GMT From: maildrop-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk (Markus Weber) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Interesting... Message-ID: <313ed4bb.148697275-+AT+-doorstop> Here are two quotes from Storm Warning (DAW hardcover) (Karal, p168) " _When_ had the order of the Priests of the Goddess Kalanel---the consort of Vkandis---disappeared, for instance?" (An'desha, p225) "The Star-Eyed is--a little more subtle." That may be the understatement of the century. Kal'enel is not inclined to strike people dead with lightning even at Her angriest." Interesting. VERY interesting indeed... Cheers -Markus --- Markus Weber hubby-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk 101530.10-+AT+-compuserve.com PGP key available: send email to "hubby-pgp-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk" Prune juice. A warrior's drink. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:29:46 -0500 (EST) From: Rosario Holsen-Baker To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: People we'd like to meet Message-ID: On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Jake (Rynath *OIB*) wrote: > 3. I'd have to say.... NITHCNHNAL (NICTHANANERL?) Oh, that black elf guy from Naitachal! I spent all last night reading those books instead of studying for my chem test. :) > > ======================== Rynath (OIB) / Jake ===================== > "How could it?" Tom asked. "How could *anything* alter > reality for only $9.95?" > ======================102744.2515-+AT+-compuserve.com ================= > Good question. *****LADY JAGUAR***** Leader of the Cat People Lady in Green LGMCB, DHTBB "The mice may have the right but the cat has the claws." ********************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:32:34 -0500 (EST) From: Rosario Holsen-Baker To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: People we would like to meet Message-ID: Lady Rozanna wrote: > > If you had a choice of three people you could live with > from any of Misty's books, who would they be and why? (Doesn't that > sound like a question from an English exam! ugh. Sorry. Duck flames > from fellow over-stressed students). Ladies, stop drooling over the > keyboard. *Live* with, not have a *fling* with. Same goes for you > gentlemen! Or which series you would like to live in. > Live with? Oh, you're cruel! :) Let's see....I think it would be....yes, I'll say it: Alberich! I'm not even sure what it is about him that appeals to me (I bet my friends say the weapons knowledge), but Alberich is definitly one of my favorites. Definitly not Firesong, not Elspeth, ummmm...Foxtrot X-Ray! Or Saski Berith, whatever the bloody hell it was. He's an interesting character, and semi-handy to have around. When he's not being annoying. Third...no contest. Andre LeBrel! Cool personality, cool attitude, cool bod...what more could a girl ask for? As for book series...I suppose Velgarth, but I'd be Shin'a'in or Tayledras. I can't see myeslf as a Herald. :Oh yeah?: :You stop that.: :If you can't see yourself as a Herald, what are you doing hanging around with...: :A loud-mouthed white horse? I have no idea.: :I am *not* a *horse!*: *****LADY JAGUAR***** Leader of the Cat People Lady in Green LGMCB, DHTBB "The mice may have the right but the cat has the claws." ********************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 15:39:49 EET From: "Sanna Koulu" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: A bit of this and that Message-ID: <21ABB36BE-+AT+-otdk.helsinki.fi> The sleeper wakes... I'm surprised I've found the time to even read the digests, what with work, studying, broken hearts etc.. Lady Rozanna wrote: > Many thanks for the word list! I assume this refers to the Shin'a'in/Tayledras word list? I forget who was compiling it, but can I have a copy too? The address is sanna.koulu-+AT+-helsinki.fi. >.... it totally Bob Doles the address up so that it's such a > John Majored Clinton up that *I* can't figure it out. Would some > knight (in shining muscles) care to save me from e-mail hell? (Can > you tell I liked the suggestion to swear in politicians? evil smirk > }:> ) I _like_ that. Thanks. :) re: Windrider & Darshay Catherine Osborne wrote: > > escape of the heir and his companion (Darshay/*Windrider*-From the > > Shadowstalker tape) from the "dark lord". (and no, I don't think > > Windrider had wings) > > That would surprise me, since Windrider was the human in that particular > pairing Sorry to be nit-picky, but that particular error has always > annoyed me out of all proportion... Am I the only one who thinks that Windrider's spirit form sucks? This pegasus & companion pairing seems kinda kinky. In more ways than one. Besides, it lacks something in poetic effect: somehow, two horses doesn't create nearly the same effect of "a valiant prince and his noble steed fighting the forces of evil" as a horse and a human would. Wonder what Darshay's spirit form is? He was GB, right? re: repudiation /Lores & Lendel > > Was what Lores did on the same scale as what Tylendel did? > > Because Lendel was repudiated for his actions. I would have thought > > anything that would put a Companion into catatonic shock would also > > be serious enough to be grounds for repudiation! > > Would somebody PLEASE help me out? > > IMHO, Lores thought he was defending the interest of Valdemar, etc. > and so forth. He might have been wrong, but in his mind, what he was > doing was good and right. Lores had nothing personal against Tashir, > he was just fighting was he had convinced himself was a threat to > Valdemar. I don't think that's the telling difference. To misquote someone: "far more evil things have been done in the name of good and of law and order, than in the name of darkness and anarchy." I don't think the Nazi regime attempted genocide just to, y'know, be nasty. Self- righteousness is no excuse for stupidity. > 'Lendel knew what he was doing was just a matter of > revenge. In fact, he purposefully kept Gala out of his mind, so she > wouldn't try and stop him, because he knew it was against the > Heraldic ideal. I know, I know, all the best intentions. . . . but > that could be why Lores was not repudiated, and 'Lendel was. I think the difference might be that Lendel tried to kill, and succeeded in it. Lores wanted a fair trial for Tashir, didn't he? or am I misremembering? Besides, Lendel was an Adept; and a rogue mage is far, far more dangerous than a fathead like Lores. Re: Hunks > > Tayla said "Yummmmm. . . Ok, here's the real question....Who's > > would you go for, Darkwind or Firesong? (Who else hunky can we > > discuss?)" I know people are going to disagree, but.. I thought Darkwind was awful boring. Ok enough, I guess, and might be nice to have for a brother or something, but definitely not as a love interest. I vote for Firesong. Nothing like an insane genius to spice up a relationship. :) Now _Alberich_.. or possibly Andre.. hmm. Re: room-mates Lady Rozanna wrote: > If you had a choice of three people you could live with > from any of Misty's books, who would they be and why? (Doesn't that > sound like a question from an English exam! ugh. Sorry. Duck flames > from fellow over-stressed students). Ladies, stop drooling over the > keyboard. *Live* with, not have a *fling* with. Same goes for you > gentlemen! Or which series you would like to live in. I'd pick Eric, Beth and Kory. They'd be cool as house-mates. Btw, has anyone read de Lint's Ivory and Thorn? That's _so_ much fun. The musicians in "The Bone Woman" keep reminding me of the Spiral Dance. Vanyel I'd like to meet, but I can't imagine living with someone with that bad a martyr-complex... Series'd be the LHM. Probably. Or, how about SERRAted Edge? I wanna join the elves... -Seanna ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 12:58:14 GMT From: maildrop-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk (Markus Weber) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Talia? Message-ID: <313edd39.150871561-+AT+-doorstop> [I'm sorry if you get this twice, but *somebody* is eating my emails...] Does anybody recall when/where Talia was "promoted" to a Sun-Priestress of Vkandis? It's mentioned (in passing) in the first pages of Storms of Fury. Did I somehow miss a book or short story? Cheers -Markus --- Markus Weber hubby-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk 101530.10-+AT+-compuserve.com PGP key available: send email to "hubby-pgp-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk" Prune juice. A warrior's drink. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 14:19:25 GMT From: mel (Melanie Dymond Harper) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: word list Message-ID: <9603071419.AA07319-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk> > I've kinda been wondering something along the same lines. How big > is this list anyways? It seems to have growna lot just since January. But > I can't tell exactly how many people there are. > 280-odd. It's been hovering between 250 and 300 for some while (six months, perhaps?) Mel. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 14:33:17 GMT0BST From: MURANOG THE BIG CUDDLY TROLL To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Talia? Message-ID: AFAIK, it certainly didn't happen during the Winds trilogy, nor is it actually shown as happening during the Storms trilogy...if Misty's actually written a proper account of it, it must be a short story somewhere...have you checked all MZB's Sword & Sorceress books? Muranog ***************************DGIF #11027************************* *"If thou do not wish to talk, * * and thou do not wish to listen, * * then thou do not wish to live." - Dawn Taylor, Canadian poet* *************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:09:52 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Coconut fight? Message-ID: <199603071512.KAA14781-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> > >Okay, this has nothing to do with ML, but with MontyPython. > > > > Excuse me, but who (or what) is MontyPython? Everybody seems to know but > me!!!!!!!! You don't want to know, really, I promise! -I like traffic lights, I like traffic lights, I like traffic lights, but only when they're green... That is an example of one of their innocent songs.... And their songs ALWAYS get stuck in a person's head. -Free Bard Oriole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You're SO nice! You're not good, you're not bad, you're just NICE! I'm not nice I'm not good, I'm just RIGHT!..." -The Witch from "Into The Woods" (written by Stephen Sondheim) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:14:03 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Dark Shadows (Was Di Tregarde) Message-ID: <199603071516.KAA14798-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> > > > > books at all. Not to mention Andre. *pantpant* I heartily second the > > > > commetn that we need more sexy vampires....anyone watch Forever Knight? :) Yes, Definitely. I love Forever Knight, although I must admit being a bit miffed at the qaulity of this season's episodes. The first two seasons were simply wonderful. I played a video tape for one of my friends and she said"This comes on _TV_!!" Andre surely is excellent though... :) -Free Bard Oriole. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You're SO nice! You're not good, you're not bad, you're just NICE! I'm not nice I'm not good, I'm just RIGHT!..." -The Witch from "Into The Woods" (written by Stephen Sondheim) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:16:47 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Heather Alexander (was Re: Ten Ways...) Message-ID: <199603071519.KAA14801-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> > And she does sound good just speaking. There's a track on "Wanderlust" > that's called "ContrariDance" where there's no music, just Heather > telling a story. No, "An Scael " is the track with the story, and Contraridance is the track following it, which is that same story told through music. -Free Bard Oriole. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You're SO nice! You're not good, you're not bad, you're just NICE! I'm not nice I'm not good, I'm just RIGHT!..." -The Witch from "Into The Woods" (written by Stephen Sondheim) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 09:30:27 -0600 (CST) From: Marissa K Lingen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Kerowyn (was RE: Hunks) Message-ID: <199603071530.JAA27218-+AT+-hermes.gac.edu> And Morticia writes again: Yes, *because* she's an aggressive female. Lots of guys (*lots* of guys) have problems with women who are smarter, more aggressive, more successful, etc., than they are. Believe me, I *know* (and did I mention more modest? You'll never see me write IMHO because I'm not *ever* the H part!) Yes, Kerowyn does go right after what she wants. That's why I agree with you that she's probably the coolest Velgarth lady. Ironically, that's probably why she would scare the hell out of many guys, especially young ones. There's something fundamentally *wrong* when people see your best assets and achievements as your worst flaws. Luckily, there are folks like you (and my boyfriend, and others--wotsisname in Velgarth, Kero's man, not important really) who will be the exceptions to that depressing thought. Thanks. --Morticia, who thought snow was pretty cool for the first four and a half months, but now thinks that she's being punished for some heinous crime...life in Minnesota, Jesse Helms it > > Morticia wrote... > > .PS And I have a lot of respect for any guy who'd find Kerowyn interesting. > . Takes guts. > > Why? Because she's an aggressive female? > > I like her best out of all the (Velgarath series) main women... Elspeth is > bratty, Tarma is SwordSworn, Savil was old, Talia was... well, Talia (and I > didn't like her picture)... Nyara was a cat.... (I know I'm forgetting some but > since they don't come to mind, they must have not been too alluring anyway). > She's KEROWYN. Seems like the kind of person who goes right after what she > wants. Mmmmmmmmm. > > Outside of Velgarath, I'd have to say two words. DI TREGARDE !!!!! <- > 5! (sorry again) > > Zha'hai'allav'a! > > ======================== Rynath (OIB) / Jake ===================== > "How could it?" Tom asked. "How could *anything* alter > reality for only $9.95?" > ======================102744.2515-+AT+-compuserve.com ================= > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:25:24 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Jaguar's Sanity Message-ID: <199603071527.KAA14810-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> > IIRC, you're still stuck in the mud, even though you've > bi-located. Silly Gyrfalcon. :) Okay, who/what is IIRC???????? -Free Bard Oriole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You're SO nice! You're not good, you're not bad, you're just NICE! I'm not nice I'm not good, I'm just RIGHT!..." -The Witch from "Into The Woods" (written by Stephen Sondheim) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 09:32:23 -0600 (CST) From: Marissa K Lingen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Coconut fight? Message-ID: <199603071532.JAA27297-+AT+-hermes.gac.edu> In case nobody has answered this, but MontyPython is a British comedy group. They have done such greats as "The Lumberjack Song," "The Philosophers' Drinking Song," and the movie "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (which is ultimately neat and is the one people are always quoting--you *really* need to see it, it's the coolest thing, and that's where the coconut comments are coming from, in relation to swallows). --Morticia "Don't torture yourself, Gomez. That's my job." > > >Okay, this has nothing to do with ML, but with MontyPython. > > > > Excuse me, but who (or what) is MontyPython? Everybody seems to know but > me!!!!!!!! Sorry, you will have to forgive my occasionally > ignorant questions! > > Zhai'helleva! > > Lady Moonsong > An Honorable Lady In Green > Raingcats-+AT+-aol.com > > "Do not insult the alligator until you have reached the other side of the > river." > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 14:24:03 GMT From: Markus Weber To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Charliss and the Empire Message-ID: <313ef125.155971915-+AT+-doorstop> This quote is attributed to Frank Herbert: "If you can't write a good book, write a long book." Hope I didn't misquote :-) Cheers -Markus --- Markus Weber hubby-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk 101530.10-+AT+-compuserve.com PGP key available: send email to "hubby-pgp-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk" Prune juice. A warrior's drink. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 14:32:47 GMT From: Markus Weber To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Out Of Print - Copyright Ethics (fwd) Message-ID: <313ef2ae.156364610-+AT+-doorstop> >And for what it's worth, it's definitely not legal in Australia, England >or the US; and almost certainly not in most 1st world countries (because >of the international copyright accords). FWIW, the legal situation in Germany might be different. Last time I checked ( a few years ago), it was legal to make copies of everything you rented for money *for private use*. In particular, copying books, (video tapes, CDs) you rented from a library (video, CD rental) for private use were okay. Of course, those of the legal persuasion might not agree with me :-) Cheers -Markus --- Markus Weber hubby-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk 101530.10-+AT+-compuserve.com PGP key available: send email to "hubby-pgp-+AT+-kinky.demon.co.uk" Prune juice. A warrior's drink. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:31:40 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Misty's collaborations Message-ID: <199603071534.KAA14833-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> > I've only read 2 collaborations of Misty with other authors: > "Rediscovery" with MZB was ok (I'm no great fan of Darkover), but"If I > pay thee not in gold" with Piers Anthony (?) was a total failure. IMO. > Their styles just didn't match. Or was it that PA did too much in the way of > editing and/or rewriting afterwards? > Are the other ones (collaborations, that is) better? Well, while I kinda liked "Rediscovery", I certainly agree about "If I Pay Thee Not In Gold." "A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" and "Summoned To Tourney" Are absolutely awesome! Misty co-wrote them with Ellen Guom. They are chock full cool music, gorgeous guys, elves, and there are lots of inside jokes that only Misty fans would get. Spots where Ellen is teasing Misty about things. :) "Elvenbane" and Elvenblood" are also neat. -Free Bard Oriole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You're SO nice! You're not good, you're not bad, you're just NICE! I'm not nice I'm not good, I'm just RIGHT!..." -The Witch from "Into The Woods" (written by Stephen Sondheim) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 09:38:48 -0600 (CST) From: Marissa K Lingen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Charliss and the Empire Message-ID: <199603071538.JAA27449-+AT+-hermes.gac.edu> Did mine eyes deceive me? Did somebody suggest that Misty could learn from *Robert* *Jordan*????? (<--yup, it works with ?s too) Mat, have you lost your mind? (dumb question) Monster books are only cool when they have more than two characters that you like, and when they're long for a reason and not just 'cause he kept rambling. I guess I'm going to have to reread Robert Jordan's first ones just because there are characters that I liked, but I don't remember the story (such as it is) well enough just to pick up with a new one. Comparing Misty to Robert Jordan is like...like comparing the food I eat here in the college cafeteria to the food I had this summer in France. Sure, it's supposed to be the same kind of stuff, but... --Morticia "A boy...a girl...an open grave." "You looked so ghastly and pale--hardly anyone looked at the corpse." (<--that's why the whole "Morticia" thing started!) (Mat)> > From: EGLESTON-+AT+-bpl.org (Cindy) > > > >(Of course, if Misty puts everything I want to see > >into Storm Breaking it's gonna be 500 pages long... :)) > > Hey, long books are good. Misty could learn from Robert Jordan. > No, forget that, then we'd be waiting for SB until the year 2000. ;) > > Mat > accmjt-+AT+-vaxc.hofstra.edu > http://ada.hofstra.edu/~mtimme47/ > "I don't care _what_ you smell, just get in there!" > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:36:10 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Out Of Print - Copyright Ethics (fwd) Message-ID: <199603071538.KAA14838-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> > Don't do it. I want to see the stories as much as anyone (I haven't even > seen most of them), but just as I won't play on a Misty-related mud, so > I wouldn't read them. The fundamental point about copyright is that it > is not intended to make sure we get to read whatever we want to read (at > least, not directly) - it's to protect authors and people who spend their > time and often make their livelihood from being creative. Well, Sad, yes. Frustrating, yes. Unfair, yes. But True. Hasn't Misty already basically quit cons and filking because of such nuisance? (that's what it says on a Mercedes Lackey Info. Page I found on the Web) -Free Bard Oriole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You're SO nice! You're not good, you're not bad, you're just NICE! I'm not nice I'm not good, I'm just RIGHT!..." -The Witch from "Into The Woods" (written by Stephen Sondheim) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 09:42:25 -0600 (CST) From: Marissa K Lingen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Misty Co-Authors Message-ID: <199603071542.JAA27626-+AT+-hermes.gac.edu> They have a Darkover fan club sort of thing--Friends of Darkover, I believe it's called. It's at the same address as MZB's fantasy magazine (also very neat). You can mail in and they'll send you info about it, a chronology of the Darkover books *and* their order of publication. Unfortunately, me-+AT+-college, MZBbooks-+AT+-home 5 hours away (I live in a closet and have enough trouble keeping my Misty books with me!). ObMisty: Has anybody got _The Eagle and the Nightingale_ now that it's out in paperback? I'm wondering if I should...I'm trying to save money, but it's *Misty*... --Morticia > > Sine we're talking about Darkover books, does anyone know or know where I > can find a Darkover chronology, order of publication and/or internal > history of the planet? > > and thanx for all the fish... > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > L'enfant terrible ayork-+AT+-simons-rock.edu > Grand Destinies lead to Grand Funerals. > -Mercedes Lackey > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:41:56 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: People we would like to meet Message-ID: <199603071544.KAA14868-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> > I'd say that if I could live in any of the books, it'd have to be > in "The Lark and the R *errrrr* Wren" I don't know why, but I['m > terribly obsessed with that idea. Yeah this one's basically a tie for me, too.(for obvious reasons) -Free Bard Oriole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You're SO nice! You're not good, you're not bad, you're just NICE! I'm not nice I'm not good, I'm just RIGHT!..." -The Witch from "Into The Woods" (written by Stephen Sondheim) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:10:45 -0500 (EST) From: Rosario Holsen-Baker To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Kerowyn (was RE: Hunks) Message-ID: On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Jake (Rynath *OIB*) wrote: > I like her best out of all the (Velgarath series) main women... Elspeth is > bratty, Tarma is SwordSworn, Savil was old, Talia was... well, Talia (and I > didn't like her picture)... Nyara was a cat.... (I know I'm forgetting some but ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hey! I resemble that remark! ;> > > Outside of Velgarath, I'd have to say two words. DI TREGARDE !!!!! <- > 5! (sorry again) > Harumph. (in retaliation): ANDRE LeBREL!!!!! *****LADY JAGUAR***** Leader of the Cat People Lady in Green LGMCB, DHTBB "The mice may have the right but the cat has the claws." ********************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 17:17:29 GMT From: dbush-+AT+-usa.pipeline.com (dbush) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Grove-born Message-ID: <199603071717.RAA16784-+AT+-pipe14.h1.usa.pipeline.com> Lady Rozanna IV (The Confused) wrote Rolan is Grove0born and he's the MO Companion. We all agree on that, right? I thoght that the Companion- Herlad bond was **so** strong, that when one died, the other went too (LHM series). So HOW COME ROLAN IS STILL ALIVE???? How many Herlads does a MOC go through? DO they ever die? Can they only be killed if someone actually kills them (i.e., don't die of natural causes or broken bonds?) Somebody please save me from mental confusion!. I am a cat trying to bite the samll of its back! (I keep falling over and not reaching my target!) Lady Rozanna IV (the Confused) OK, heres my 2 cents the Monarch's Own Companion is always a stallion, does not die when his herald does, does not age-although he can be killed, and when he does die is replaced by another Grove Born Companion. I believe this info came freom Talia's orientation class in AotQ. Dean ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 400 *********************************