MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 407 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Nother Newbie by "deanca" 2) Re: Out Of Print - Copyright Ethics (fwd) by Becky Anne Christensen 3) Re: Who would I live with? by "deanca" 4) RE: YKYBRTMMLW.. (fwd) by "deanca" 5) Re: Theifing Misty's Work (In Jest, Of Course) by Becky Anne Christensen 6) Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! by Rosario Holsen-Baker 7) Re: Hunks by Rosario Holsen-Baker 8) Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! by "Marissa K. Lingen" 9) Re: Companions 'n' stuff by "Katherine M. Brielmaier" 10) Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! by SHE WHO THINKS GEORGE COOPER IS THE PERFECT MAN 11) Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! by "deanca" 12) Re: Companions by "deanca" 13) Re: Why you shouldn't use acronyms by "those little weenies, playing their little weenie games" 14) Re: Out Of Print - Copyright Ethics (fwd) by "those little weenies, playing their little weenie games" 15) Re: Hunks by "those little weenies, playing their little weenie games" 16) Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! by "those little weenies, playing their little weenie games" 17) Re: Theifing Misty's Work (In Jest, Of Course) by The Master of Karma 18) Re: Out Of Print - Copyright Ethics (fwd) by The Master of Karma 19) Sean Connery? Bleeech (was Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech!) by The Master of Karma 20) Re: Companions 'n' stuff by Becky Anne Christensen 21) Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! by Becky Anne Christensen 22) Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! by Becky Anne Christensen 23) Since we're all making parrallels (was Re: Countries) by Shadow-Lover 24) Re: Arithon (was: Re: Yet Another Newbie by Shadow-Lover 25) Re: Nother Newbie by Mary Temple ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 18:56:16 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Nother Newbie Message-ID: <199603102358.SAA07141-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> >> (From her interveiw in QO (Queen's Own, Bard Oriale > >) Hah! I KNEW that one! I was in Queens Own for several years. About Misty and cats... There's a story in one of the Catfantastic novels by Misty. It's called "Skitty" and I love it. I rather think that it covers the way I've often thought some cats would think. Astra is a special case. I mean, he IS a reincarnated High Priest you know. -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: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 16:22:28 -0800 (PST) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Out Of Print - Copyright Ethics (fwd) Message-ID: On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, The Master of Karma wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, Becky Anne Christensen wrote: > > > We;re not contemplating stealing from Misty. We were talking > > about copying part of Marion Zimmer Bradley's book, that is out of print, > > Have you tried to contact the publishers directly? You would probably be > surprised. Even when the books are no longer in active printing, they > may still be found in the publisher's warehouse. At least, that was my > experience with Random House. (Of course, DAW is not a RH subsidiary, so > I don't know how they work.) No, I haven't yet, but I will try, anyone have the adress? Or is it in the books somewhere? It probably is, I'll check later. > > > I'm not trying to steal from anyone! I don't see how it could be > > stealing, if there is no other way to get it. She can't be losing money > > because I'm not actually buying the books, because there are no more > > books to buy. > > I find it hard to imagine that a series as popular as S&S (and I think > that the fact that it has produced an anthology a year for the last 10+ > years gives an idea of the popularity) would be completely unavailable. Well, around here, it is. I live in Fresno (think: Most uncultural boring city in California) and none of the bookstores have it, none of the second hand stores I've checked have it (which doesn't surprise me, because most of the time they don't have good books, necause why onearth would you get rid of a good book?) public library doesn't have it, none of my friends have it (they're still reading R.L. Stine, and shudder at the thought of a book with more than 150 pages) > > > Anyways back to the point: Can't remember the point, oh well. > > > > Lady Becky > > Hmmm. I *like* her! Lady Becky, that is. I have had that same > experience of not being able to remember the point more times that I > really care to contemplate. =) It takes a special type of person to be > able to admit it though. Kewl. We need more people like Lady Becky. The > world would be a lot more fun and interesting. > > Kenny > Why thank you! That's my goal in life you know, to make the world more fun and interesting. That and to own 7 cats (Sleepy, Sneezy, Doc, Grumpy, Bashful, Happy, Dopey), and 4 hamsters (Arthos, Pathos, Aramis, and Dartanghan) :) I think one of me is enough, if there were a lot of people like me, then I would no longer be special, and people would begin to say we need a lot less people like me, which would be a bad thing. 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: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 19:12:00 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Who would I live with? Message-ID: <199603110014.TAA07171-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> > Rynath Said... > >I fail to see the big huge drooling that goes along with Brad Pitt. Being a > SSG > >(that's Single Straight Guy) I just don't know *what* it is about the > Pittster > >that makes many women's legs > > Hey, I'm straight and female and I don't get it either. (There's no > accounting for taste....) Well, I think it's the hair... and the eyes... and, welll, nevermind... -Free Bard Oriole. (I 'most cried when I saw him w/out hair in a 12 monkeys add) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 19:20:12 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: RE: YKYBRTMMLW.. (fwd) Message-ID: <199603110022.TAA07199-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> > >8) You think angry thoughts at someone. Well, it's only weird when it works! > >9) You start a three week old conversation from scratch because it just > >came to mind. My best friend and I do this constantly. > >10) You continue the conversation, because you just thought the same thing. > >12) You use Tayledras or Shin'a'in words in normal conversation and > >people look at you wondering what you are talking about. Or else you have > >to consciously refrain from saying them when they are the first thing > >that comes to mind. Only part of the time. More often to say the English equivalents. > >26) You catch yourself looking for colored ribbon-knots on the shoulders > >of the street musicians Why would I be doing that? (tee-hee) > >28) You're dealing with new users, and start telling yourself, "Ground > >boy, ground and center." This is a phrase to get one through life. > >32) You look at your bookshelf and find that Misty has taken over an > >entirshelf, doublestacked, and finally surpassed McCaffrey. Well, actually, several shelves. -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: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 16:37:46 -0800 (PST) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Theifing Misty's Work (In Jest, Of Course) Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Jake (Rynath *OIB*) wrote: > Lady Becky wrote: > > .And our library doesn't have them. They did have the Mists > .of Avalon though, just finished reading it, it's a great book, if you > .haven't read yet, mentally file it away as book to be read ASAP. > > Who wrote _Mists of Avalon?_ > > > Zha'hai'allav'a! > > ======================== Rynath (OIB) / Jake ===================== > "There is nothing wrong with my sense of reality. I have > it thoroughly serviced every fortnight." -- Zaphod Beeblebrox > ======================102744.2515-+AT+-compuserve.com ================= > > The Mists of Avalon was wrote by Marion Zimmer Bradley, I found it while I was looking for any of the S&S books. It really is a great book. It's the whole King Arthur story, but tols from the viewpoints of the women, not the men. I absolutely love all Arthurian legend, and this book goes right up there with Mary Stewart's books, and even Misty's! 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: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 19:46:21 -0500 (EST) From: Rosario Holsen-Baker To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! Message-ID: Lady Becky wrote: > On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Rosario Holsen-Baker wrote: > > On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Adrienne York wrote: > > > > > > > alberich, alberich, alberich, and alberich! > > > > > No, no, no and no! Rutger Hauer gets to be Alberich! Harrison > > Ford can be........ummmmm........Jaysen? Anyway, he's not mean enough for > > Alberich. ><.sig snip> > Harrison Ford can be Jaysen, I guess, can't think of anyone > better at the moment. But Alberich has to be Sean Connery! He would be > perfect for Alberich, he is Alberich. > No, no, no, Alberich has to be mean! Or at least, very ominous. Rutger Hauer, definitly...or maybe Robert DeNiro. *****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: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 19:57:45 -0500 (EST) From: Rosario Holsen-Baker To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Hunks Message-ID: Oriole wrote: > > > > Yea!!! Someone else who thinks Brad Pitt is "less than adorable". Still, > > > > I could imagine him as say... Mornelithe? > oooo! ooo ! ooo! It just hit me! Antonio Branderas would make a > GREAT Mornelithe Falconsbane! He's good at being evil. > > Banderas. No r after the B. Although, I do see your point...hmmm....yes.....yesssss, I liiike it! Much better than Brad Pitt as Mornelithe. Gah. Although, since I jsut watched _Desperado_ I will now have to deal with the image of Falconsbane toting a tommy gun or an AK-47 in a guitar case. I guess, that makes Campa and Keeno (mariachi back-up duo) something like...oh, Ancar and Hulda. Hooo-boy. Never mix Misty and Robert Rodriguez. I'm going to go beat myself over the head with my Gryphon books now. :) *****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: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 19:26:02 -0600 From: "Marissa K. Lingen" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! Message-ID: <199603110126.TAA13784-+AT+-solen.gac.edu> I second Lady Becky's nomination! Sean Connery has to be in any Misty movie there is, and Alberich is the perfect place for him. Now, we've got Harrison Ford somewhere. We've got Sean Connery. Get James Earl Jones, and this will be The Perfect Movie no matter what! --Morticia At 07:40 PM 3/10/96 GMT, you wrote: >On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Rosario Holsen-Baker wrote: > >> On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Adrienne York wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 8 Mar 1996, Tammy Harris wrote: >> >> > > >> > > Even more pressing--who would Harrison Ford play?? >> > > >> > alberich, alberich, alberich, and alberich! >> > >> No, no, no and no! Rutger Hauer gets to be Alberich! Harrison >> Ford can be........ummmmm........Jaysen? Anyway, he's not mean enough for >> Alberich. >> >> *****LADY JAGUAR***** >> Leader of the Cat People >> Lady in Green >> LGMCB, DHTBB >> "The mice may have the right >> but the cat has the claws." >> ********************* >> >> > Harrison Ford can be Jaysen, I guess, can't think of anyone >better at the moment. But Alberich has to be Sean Connery! He would be >perfect for Alberich, he is Alberich. > > 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: Sun, 10 Mar 96 21:14:26 CST From: "Katherine M. Brielmaier" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Companions 'n' stuff Message-ID: <86278.brie0030-+AT+-gold.tc.umn.edu> On Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:31:29 GMT, Jake <102744.2515-+AT+-compuserve.com> wrote: >Kaatje wrote: > >.How do Companions know who to choose? Jake wrote: >Destiny? Fate? The Companions are magical creatures. This may seem like a >lame answer, but perhaps they just "know" who to choose. A kind of magical >instinct built into them of sorts. Not like a Jennifer Roberson-esque prophecy, >just a kind of instinct.. > >I always envisioned a Grand Master Plan when it came to choosing heralds... that >the Companions would know who their Herald would be when they came to be and >they would just wait until the appropriate time to tell them. That also seems >why it's futile to resist being called as a Herald, and why few Chosen actually >repudiate the responsibility. Yeah, that's really the only theory I can come up with too. It may be along the same lines as a Lifebond, where you see the person and it just hits you. Maybe the Companions do that, but have the added advantage of a little mental nudge that tells them where to go. Hmmmmm. >.Heeeeeere fishy fishy fishy fishy....... >!!!!! (5) I thought I was the only one who still watched the Muppets. >Especially Friday evening, when I watched _Muppets Tonight_ (I am 21 years old) >and my mom just *looked* at me, with an expression that said, "?!?!" >Especially when "A Segment from the Elvis History of the World" or whatever that >was called was on. You know, the beauty about the Muppets is that it's entertaining for the average 3-year-old and the average 50-year-old. In fact, the older you get, the funnier it gets. Have you seen Muppet Treasure Island yet? It's hilarious! And I'm 19 and I make a point of watching Sesame Street if I happen to be home that time of day.....you're not alone! >.What has roots as nobody sees, >.Is taller than trees, >. Up, up it goes, >. And yet never grows? > >This is a good one... I'm a riddle person myself and I can't figure this out >yet. Thanks a lot, you! Now I'm going to be thinking about the answer >to this until I figure it out... and slapping my forehead when I realize what a >simple answer it probably is. (Just don't tell me the answer...) > Well, if you insist. ;) Here's another one, though, in the meantime. Kaatje Thirty white horses on a red hill, First they champ, Then they stamp, Then they stand still. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 20:17:35 -0600 (CST) From: SHE WHO THINKS GEORGE COOPER IS THE PERFECT MAN To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! Message-ID: <960310201735.4925f-+AT+-tiny.computing.csbsju.edu> >I second Lady Becky's nomination! Sean Connery has to be in any Misty movie >there is, and Alberich is the perfect place for him. Now, we've got >Harrison Ford somewhere. We've got Sean Connery. Get James Earl Jones, and >this will be The Perfect Movie no matter what! Ahhh.... will NO ONE back me up??? *sniff* I want Harrison Ford to be SKIF!! *Dodges flying books* Sorry... but Harrison Ford's my fav. actor, and Skif is my fav. char. I'll stop now..... *grin* Maybe he'd make an okay Eldan... But more importantly... who on EARTH is going to play KRIS??????????? Now I'm babbling question marks.... that's what you get when you read 7 books in 4 days..... Ummmm... one small question..... did anyone out there other then me LIKE "Ship who Searched"??? FOr that matter, I'm not done with it yet but I actually like "If I pay Thee not in Gold"...... AM I ALL ALONE?????? There I go with teh question marks again.... I need to calm down. Well, I'm off and away... my bookshelf calls! -Tiana- A damsel who causes distress, looking for a knight in shining armor... (ACtually, I think she just wants the armor... not the knight....) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:20:27 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! Message-ID: <199603110222.VAA07441-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> > No, no, no, Alberich has to be mean! Or at least, very ominous. > Rutger Hauer, definitly...or maybe Robert DeNiro. > Ominous maybe, but he can't be MEAN, he's a _Herald_ after all! -Chrys Amy Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:24:59 +0000 From: "deanca" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Companions Message-ID: <199603110227.VAA07445-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> > .Heeeeeere fishy fishy fishy fishy....... (anybody ever see that Sesame > .Street skit? Bert and Ernie? I laugh harder watching it now than I did > .when I was 3!) > > !!!!! (5) I thought I was the only one who still watched the Muppets. > Especially Friday evening, when I watched _Muppets Tonight_ (I am 21 years old) > and my mom just *looked* at me, with an expression that said, "?!?!" I know, Michelle Pfiffer was so funny! Her and Miss Piggy were a cool combination. > .What has roots as nobody sees, > .Is taller than trees, > . Up, up it goes, > . And yet never grows? I know! I know! -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: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:21:56 -0500 (EST) From: "those little weenies, playing their little weenie games" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Why you shouldn't use acronyms Message-ID: On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, The Master of Karma wrote: > On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, Roger Dahl wrote: > > > Acronyms are not good things, particularly not unestablished and rare > > ones as those used rather extensively on this mailing-list. > > > > There's several good reasons not to use acronyms. > > > > The first is that a sentence containing an acronym takes longer to read. > > Comming to an acronym, the reader has to stop and look the acronym up in > > his mind, and after that he will spell the acronym out in his mind just as > > if he had read it on paper, 'inserting' it as full spoken words into the > > text. So the process takes longer than just reading it directly. For that > > same reason it's no use trying to shorten a sentence or make writing more > > compact using acronyms. The reader will fill in the entire 'expanded' > > acronym making the sentence again. So in the readers mind the sentence is > > as long as it would have been had the acronym not been there. > (snip) > assuming that acronyms are not lexicalized. This is in fact not true. > There is ample evidence of lexicalized acronyms (for example, they can > serve as roots for morphological structure). Besides, this whole idea > that looking up a term in one's mind would "take longer than just reading > it directly" is a fallacy. Lexical access (which occurs with every > single word that a person reads) is exactly that sort of process. > Admittedly, looking up an unusual and infrequent acronym takes more time > than looking up a frequent and familiar one, but the same is true of > words. For example, psycholinguistic experiments have shown that high > frequency words are more quickly accessed in the lexicon, whereas very > low frequency words take more time to access. Hmmm. Now that I am > thinking about this, I will have to do some research and see what others > in field say (who knows, maybe someone has done some studies on this very > subject.) Absolutely! When was the last time you took a long time to figure out what NAACP or NASA or snafu meant? (And yes, snafu is an acronym, not a word.) (snip) > Anyway, this is what happens when you start making claims about language > around a linguist. Sorry, if I come across as flaming. That wasn't > exactly what I intended. > > Kenny > (sig snipped -- feel free to snip mine) I didn't think it sounded like flaming, just a logical (!) rebuttal to an unsubstantiated argument. And I think the point about lexical access was brilliant -- I know I can process, for example, ACC much faster than Atlantic Coast Conference (ok, I'm a basketball fan from North Carolina, but you get my drift.) Becky ---------- With my luck, the entrance exam to Heaven will have logarithms on it. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:25:39 -0500 (EST) From: "those little weenies, playing their little weenie games" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Out Of Print - Copyright Ethics (fwd) Message-ID: On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, Kerry Mealing wrote: > *grin* Err, not to be pedantic or anything, but it's "his" - I'm male. :) > And courageous.. Hmmm, I don't know about that (read "Yes Prime Minister" > anyone? Courageous is one of the most damning insults..), but I'll take > it as a compliment. :) (much snippage) Oh, sorry, Kerry. Ok, granted, I didn't post the message, but I had similarly assumed you were a woman. Do you get that a lot? ObMisty: People on Velgarth frequently have names that make it difficult to determine who is male and who is female. (Kris? Savil?) Becky ---------- With my luck, the entrance exam to Heaven will have logarithms on it. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:34:26 -0500 (EST) From: "those little weenies, playing their little weenie games" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Hunks Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Rosario Holsen-Baker wrote: > Banderas. No r after the B. Although, I do see your > point...hmmm....yes.....yesssss, I liiike it! Much better than Brad Pitt > as Mornelithe. Gah. Although, since I jsut watched _Desperado_ I will now > have to deal with the image of Falconsbane toting a tommy gun or an AK-47 > in a guitar case. I guess, that makes Campa and Keeno (mariachi back-up > duo) something like...oh, Ancar and Hulda. Hooo-boy. Never mix Misty and > Robert Rodriguez. I'm going to go beat myself over the head with my > Gryphon books now. :) > > *****LADY JAGUAR***** Careful, Lady Jaguar. Don't hurt yourself! Then Gyrfalcon would win the mage battle, and TMIW would have an advantage! Horrors!!!!! <---- look 5! Becky ---------- With my luck, the entrance exam to Heaven will have logarithms on it. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:39:02 -0500 (EST) From: "those little weenies, playing their little weenie games" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Marissa K. Lingen wrote: > I second Lady Becky's nomination! Sean Connery has to be in any Misty movie > there is, and Alberich is the perfect place for him. Now, we've got > Harrison Ford somewhere. We've got Sean Connery. Get James Earl Jones, and > this will be The Perfect Movie no matter what! (much snippage) Hmmm... James Earl Jones..... what about the retired Herald who rescues Kris and Talia? (can't remember name.... me-+AT+-school....) or maybe Orthallen? Becky ---------- With my luck, the entrance exam to Heaven will have logarithms on it. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:46:01 -0500 (EST) From: The Master of Karma To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Theifing Misty's Work (In Jest, Of Course) Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Jake (Rynath *OIB*) wrote: > Who wrote _Mists of Avalon?_ MZB did. No connection to Misty at all. (unless...hmmm. I seem to remember that Misty got her start while she was MZB's sec'y? I don't remember if this was the same time period or not. Can anyone help here??) Ken Kenneth Allen Hyde | No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife Univ. of Delaware | between the shoulder blades will seriously Dept. of Linguistics | cramp his style -- Old Jhereg proverb kenny-+AT+-strauss.udel.edu | A mind is a terrible toy to waste! -- Me ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:53:49 -0500 (EST) From: The Master of Karma To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Out Of Print - Copyright Ethics (fwd) Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Becky Anne Christensen wrote: > Why thank you! That's my goal in life you know, to make the world > more fun and interesting. That and to own 7 cats (Sleepy, Sneezy, Doc, > Grumpy, Bashful, Happy, Dopey), and 4 hamsters (Arthos, Pathos, Aramis, > and Dartanghan) :) I think one of me is enough, if there were a lot > of people like me, then I would no longer be special, and people would > begin to say we need a lot less people like me, which would be a bad > thing. Is the spelling of the hamster names purposeful or a "me-+AT+-work, books-+AT+-home" sort of thing. Because "Les Trois Mousquetiers" were originally named Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, with their new-found, Gascon friend being named D'Artagnan. Mind you, if the poor little hamsters are really sad, perhaps "pathos" would be a good name for one of them? =) Kenny Kenneth Allen Hyde | No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife Univ. of Delaware | between the shoulder blades will seriously Dept. of Linguistics | cramp his style -- Old Jhereg proverb kenny-+AT+-strauss.udel.edu | A mind is a terrible toy to waste! -- Me ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:03:36 -0500 (EST) From: The Master of Karma To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Sean Connery? Bleeech (was Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech!) Message-ID: Sean Connery?!? Ick!! Now that is one infatuation that I have never understood. OK, fine, I suppose if you are really into the "daddy" types, he is maybe passable. But please, the man is a misogynistic dinosaur. I personally think that if anyone were to play Alberich, it would have to be Patrick Stewart. I mean, he can do the intimidation factor very nicely. And he might be able to pull off the weapons work convincingly (which Mr. Connery could never do...I mean did you *see* him in Highlander? HA!). Of course, it all depends on what you think the Karsites look like. If you wanted to stretch a point and make them look slightly Oriental, I would vote for the kendo master who consulted for and cameoed in Conan. Or Sho Kasugi, for that matter. Kenneth Allen Hyde | No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife Univ. of Delaware | between the shoulder blades will seriously Dept. of Linguistics | cramp his style -- Old Jhereg proverb kenny-+AT+-strauss.udel.edu | A mind is a terrible toy to waste! -- Me ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:15:21 -0800 (PST) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Companions 'n' stuff Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Katherine M. Brielmaier wrote: > Jake <102744.2515-+AT+-compuserve.com> wrote: > > >Kaatje wrote: > > > >!!!!! (5) I thought I was the only one who still watched the Muppets. > >Especially Friday evening, when I watched _Muppets Tonight_ (I am 21 years old) > >and my mom just *looked* at me, with an expression that said, "?!?!" > >Especially when "A Segment from the Elvis History of the World" or whatever that > >was called was on. > > You know, the beauty about the Muppets is that it's entertaining for the > average 3-year-old and the average 50-year-old. In fact, the older you > get, the funnier it gets. Have you seen Muppet Treasure Island yet? It's > hilarious! And I'm 19 and I make a point of watching Sesame Street if I > happen to be home that time of day.....you're not alone! > Sesame street is okay, my favorite part is still the theme song. It's not as good, since Snuffulufagas (sp?) isn't there. I LOVE the muppet show, I also liked Captain Kangaroo, he was a neat-o guy! 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: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:19:10 -0800 (PST) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Rosario Holsen-Baker wrote: > Lady Becky wrote: > > On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Rosario Holsen-Baker wrote: > > > On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Adrienne York wrote: > > > > > > > > > alberich, alberich, alberich, and alberich! > > > > > > > No, no, no and no! Rutger Hauer gets to be Alberich! Harrison > > > Ford can be........ummmmm........Jaysen? Anyway, he's not mean enough for > > > Alberich. > ><.sig snip> > > Harrison Ford can be Jaysen, I guess, can't think of anyone > > better at the moment. But Alberich has to be Sean Connery! He would be > > perfect for Alberich, he is Alberich. > > > No, no, no, Alberich has to be mean! Or at least, very ominous. > Rutger Hauer, definitly...or maybe Robert DeNiro. > > *****LADY JAGUAR***** Sean Connery can be very ominous, I still think he can be the best. He doesn't have to be mean, just kinda foreboding or something. Now, for a really great bad guy, what's is name from the Three Musketeers, the evil cardinal Richileu (I think). He is one of the best bad guys known to man, but which bad guy? Ohh! Got his name, Tim Curry. 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: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:21:21 -0800 (PST) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Brad Pitttttt? Bleeech! Message-ID: On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, those little weenies, playing their little weenie games wrote: > On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Marissa K. Lingen wrote: > > > I second Lady Becky's nomination! Sean Connery has to be in any Misty movie > > there is, and Alberich is the perfect place for him. Now, we've got > > Harrison Ford somewhere. We've got Sean Connery. Get James Earl Jones, and > > this will be The Perfect Movie no matter what! > (much snippage) > Hmmm... James Earl Jones..... what about the retired Herald who rescues > Kris and Talia? (can't remember name.... me-+AT+-school....) or maybe Orthallen? > > Becky > > ---------- > With my luck, the entrance exam to Heaven will have logarithms on it. > James Earl Jones for the Heighlei High King, definitely, absolutely no argument at all, no one else could possibly do it. Have you noticed that casting the males is a lot easier than casting the females? 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: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:43:00 -0500 From: Shadow-Lover To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Since we're all making parrallels (was Re: Countries) Message-ID: <1.5.4b11.32.19960311054300.0068ebe4-+AT+-ix.netcom.com> At 11:58 PM 3/9/96 GMT, you wrote: > >Whoa. Who said most big countries have counterparts in Velgarth? What >do you think Valdemar's counterpart is? I honestly don't see huge >parallels...maybe I'm wrong here. Some authors (Piers Anthony Bio of a >Space Tyrant case in point) beat you over the head with it: THIS COUNTRY >REPRESENTS ENGLAND AND THIS ONE IS JAPAN AND...but Misty doesn't do that. >IMnever-HO. >--Morticia Has anyone seen the similarities in the Valdemar novels and "The Last Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle? Not so much the book as the movie... The style of the Companions is very similar IMO to the unicorns in the cartoon... Also there are mentions of "Hedge Wizards" etc. I know such things are rather common in fantasy literature, but it just struck me as very similar... The unicorn especially reminded me of Yfandes... The "mindspeech" was rather striking as well.. Comments? When the skull speaks, when the wine drinks itself, when the clock strikes the right time... Only then will you find the passage to the red bull... - Shadow-Lover *************************-E-mail-WDJPEJ-+AT+-ix.netcom.com-************************ * - She will remember your heart when men are myths and rabbits write books..* * -The Last Unicorn * * * * - I've got Big-bird on a fishing line with a bit of a shout... He's my * * favorite hooker of the whole bunch... * * -Tori Amos * ********************************-IRC: Hairenn-******************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:42:56 -0500 From: Shadow-Lover To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Arithon (was: Re: Yet Another Newbie Message-ID: <1.5.4b11.32.19960311054256.0068368c-+AT+-ix.netcom.com> At 06:33 AM 3/9/96 GMT, you wrote: >Lady 'Reesa wrote: >> > >> As long as we're handing out Janny Wurts recomendations, if >> you like her you HAVE to read "Curse of the Mistwraith" and it's >> sequel "The Ships of Merior". Ooooh, Arithon closely rivals Van on >> my list of favorite male characters. I thought Lysaer was a bit >> of a shmuck...but forget him... Best of all (for us females >> anyway!) Arithon isn't shaych!!!!!<--look five! Now I only have to >> overcome fictional. (He's not dead or Australian either!) >> > Poor Kerry. > > Yes! Yes! I love Arithon! And to make things worse, I was >recently in a production of _Measure for Measure_ with a "Claudio" who >looked almost exactly like my conception of him! Oh, the agony! Of >course, with Arithon, there's the slight problem of Elaira. Lysaer >wouldn't have been that bad (I think, I hope) if he'd had a chance to >grow up a little without the MistWraith mucking things up. > OH LORD!!! It looks like I'm going to go dig out my copy of "Curse of the Mistwraith" and actually finish it! I got about half way through and couldn't read anymore... It got very dry and and very drawn out after they.... S P O I L E R S P A C E Bottled the Mistwraith... It just quit doing it for me... and Arithon was not that hot... I still say that Vanyel, Binabik, or Jiriki could easily top him in a duel arcane, and Jiriki and Van definately top him when it comes to looks... Damn those silver eyes! *Gryn* Jingizu... So much sorrow... -- For those who don't know Jiriki and Binabik are from Tad Williams' "Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn" trilogy... Check it out... It's long, but worth it... - Shadow-Lover *************************-E-mail-WDJPEJ-+AT+-ix.netcom.com-************************ * - She will remember your heart when men are myths and rabbits write books..* * -The Last Unicorn * * * * - I've got Big-bird on a fishing line with a bit of a shout... He's my * * favorite hooker of the whole bunch... * * -Tori Amos * ********************************-IRC: Hairenn-******************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:17:09 -0600 (CST) From: Mary Temple To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Nother Newbie Message-ID: <199603110617.AAA18798-+AT+-natashya.eden.com> At 12:44 AM 03/11/96 GMT, you wrote: >Hah! I KNEW that one! I was in Queens Own for several years. >About Misty and cats... There's a story in one of the Catfantastic >novels by Misty. It's called "Skitty" and I love it. I rather think >that it covers the way I've often thought some cats would think. Actually, she has at least two stories is that series of anthologies. "Skitty" in the first "Catfantastic", and "A Tale of two Skitties" in "Catfantastic III". I THINK there's even one Skitty story in the second one, but since my copy of it is currently in a box, I can't verify/deny that impression. I liked the stories, but I preferred Andre Norton's Thragun Neklop stories. :) >-Free Bard Oriole > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Mary Temple I am the cat who walks by Himself, NoxCat and all places are alike to me. Catriona Rowley - Rudyard Kipling ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 407 *********************************