MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 470 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: People names (was re:companion names) by "Stormcloud" 2) Re: Katherine Kurtz by Soljan-+AT+-aol.com 3) Re: Kinda Off Topic, But Fantasy Related Anyway by Soljan-+AT+-aol.com 4) Re: The Last Unicorn by HATST5-+AT+-vms.cis.pitt.edu 5) Re: warnings by Mannaheim 6) Re: DUMB QUESTION/Please be kind by Mannaheim 7) Re: DUMB QUESTION/Please be kind by "Stormcloud" 8) Re: Men in power by Mannaheim 9) Re: Greeting by Mannaheim 10) Re: Greeting by HATST5-+AT+-vms.cis.pitt.edu 11) Re: Katherine Kurtz by "Sarah Stock" 12) Re: Book lovers by A giant telepathic squid 13) Re: Talia's shielding by A giant telepathic squid 14) Re: DUMB QUESTION/Please be kind by Mat Timmerman 15) Re: Stef's duties was re: Companion-names (fwd) by mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) 16) Re: Big-list by Becky Anne Christensen 17) GDRAFLTNT by Rosario Holsen-Baker 18) Re: Book lovers by kirchfa-+AT+-AZStarNet.com 19) Re: Katherine Kurtz by kirchfa-+AT+-AZStarNet.com 20) Re: Book lovers by Becky Anne Christensen 21) Re: Rolan, unbonded Choosings, MOC...(what! again!!!!! <-yes 5!) by mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) 22) Re: reading /writing by Becky Anne Christensen 23) Re: GAYS by mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) 24) Re: Book lovers and Audiobooks by Jake / Rynath in Green <102744.2515-+AT+-CompuServe.COM> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 16:29:31 EST From: "Stormcloud" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: People names (was re:companion names) Message-ID: <37BAE67F30-+AT+-SIMCL.STJOHNS.EDU> > On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, deanca wrote: > > > ObMisty: There isn't anyone named James T. Kirk(as far as we know) in > > Valdemar > > Thank god. > > I\/ Catherine Osborne "After great pain, > (who apologizes for the one-liner) Dirk? Kirk? Uh oh, frightening connection! (I apologize as well for the one liner!) -+AT+->--- Stormcloud In the name One in Black of the Moon Jenna, the Misty maniac I'll punish you! jwil3969-+AT+-simcl.stjohns.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 17:16:38 -0400 From: Soljan-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Katherine Kurtz Message-ID: <960410171636_372926102-+AT+-emout09.mail.aol.com> >I just picked up her books off the library shelf a few weeks ago, and >despite all of my friends' negative reactions, I actually like them ok. >They're no Misty, the prose style is more than a little rough and the >villains are really laughable, but I *really* like Alaric Morgan. I'm >wondering what everyone else thinks of her? Oooooh! Me! Me! I love her books! They aren't Misty, I'll agree with you. Misty I can read straight through, Kurtz requires some breaks in between chapters. For me anyway. What books have you read? I've read all of her Deryni books. I own them all too. I haven't re-read them. Yet. I liked Alaric a lot also, though Rhys was my *absolute* favorite. Don't know if you've read about him though, depends on the book. I found them the same summer I found Misty, on the bottom library shelf in YA. ObMisty-There are no Deryni in Valdemar(THAT would be interesting) Lady Silvermoon :-0 "Are you a polymathmatic madman? Do you belong to the seventh cow of the month club?" (Don't ask. My friends and I have *very* twisted minds.) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 17:16:38 -0400 From: Soljan-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Kinda Off Topic, But Fantasy Related Anyway Message-ID: <960410171635_372926082-+AT+-emout06.mail.aol.com> > Has anyone seen "The Last Unicorn" recently? And what about >the book? I just borrowed the video from the library (It was my >favorite as a kid) and I was considering reading the book, but >I'd like some reveiws. My sister and I LOVED that movie! My sister told me that the first time my mom suggested it my sister thought mom said "the LOST unicorn." So, she thought it sounded stupid and we didn't get it. The next ime, we got it, and loved it. Every time we went to the rental place we would get it. My mom was soooo sick of that movie! Then the video place moved out, and we haven't looked since. It's funny that you brought it up. My sister and I were talking and all of a sudden she said, "remember that movie..." I hadn't even thought about it in years. Weird that it comes up now, don't you think? ObMisty- There are no video rental stores in Valdemar Lady Silvermoon ;-) "Are you a polymathmatic madman monitor? Do you belong to the seventh cow of the month club?" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 17:18:35 -0500 (EST) From: HATST5-+AT+-vms.cis.pitt.edu To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: The Last Unicorn Message-ID: <01I3DUDFDMLU8Y5OWL-+AT+-vms.cis.pitt.edu> Firebird Arts & Music is selling the book, the audio book, and the movie. For the other things of Peter Beagle, they sell the book The Innkeeper's Song, Immortal Unicorn (apparently an anthology of unicorn stories), another book,called A Fine and Private Place, and a tape of some of his songs, Peter Beagle...Live! There you go, hope that helps. I didn't see anything about the soundtrack, but if you call they may be able to track it down. Shadowspun ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:47:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Mannaheim To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: warnings Message-ID: On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Rosario Holsen-Baker wrote: > Monolith wrote: > > > Its funny, Mannheim, I just finished reading the second griffin book and > > discovered that the main vaillin isn't gay or homophobic... at least not > > mostly. He's more like a "normal" hetero-sexual. > > > I don't know about "normal," but he definitly wasn't homosexual, > and there weren't any signs of him being homophobic. My take on it was > that he was sort of misogynistic. Or maybe he was just plain insane. > > *****LADY JAGUAR***** > > I go with just plain insane. If we found someone like that in our world, wouldn't we consider him/her insane? Eh? :) Mannaheim -=-=-=-patw-+AT+-clark.edu-=-=-=-Mannaheim-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "He teaches like Speedy Gonzalez on a caffeine high." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:49:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Mannaheim To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: DUMB QUESTION/Please be kind Message-ID: On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, MS KIM H MILLER wrote: > I know this is a dumb question, but I'm going to ask anyway. > > Doesn't Vanyel and Stef come back in one of the newer books? > If so, which one? > > I went back to re-read the series and have found that I'm missing at > least 4 books! More if Storm Rising and Storm Breaking have been > published. Have they? > > It looks like a quick trip to the used book store is in order. > > Thank you, and remember - please be kind! > > Lady Kim > > They do come back, in the Mage Winds series, but that's about it. I haven't found any mention of them in Storms series, so I guess they don't reappear. :) Mannaheim -=-=-=-patw-+AT+-clark.edu-=-=-=-Mannaheim-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "He teaches like Speedy Gonzalez on a caffeine high." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 17:59:24 EST From: "Stormcloud" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: DUMB QUESTION/Please be kind Message-ID: <393A9F316B-+AT+-SIMCL.STJOHNS.EDU> Lady Kim wrote: > I know this is a dumb question, but I'm going to ask anyway. If people didn't ask dumb questions, no one would get anything done. (Somehow in my professors' logic that make sense ) > Doesn't Vanyel and Stef come back in one of the newer books? > If so, which one? Winds of Fury. I think it's three or four chapters in. Books-+AT+-home, me-+AT+-booooring night class (zzzzz. . . . ) > I went back to re-read the series and have found that I'm missing at > least 4 books! More if Storm Rising and Storm Breaking have been > published. Have they? Storm Rising is out in hardcover, Storm Breaking should come out in hardcover and Storm Rising in paperback sometime this summer or fall, I think. > It looks like a quick trip to the used book store is in order. Run, girl, run!!!!! :) > Thank you, and remember - please be kind! You are most welcome, my Lady! If you want to drop me a line privately, I could probably fill in the blanks for you. -+AT+->--- Stormcloud In the name One in Black of the Moon Jenna, the Misty maniac I'll punish you! jwil3969-+AT+-simcl.stjohns.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:55:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Mannaheim To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Men in power Message-ID: On Wed, 10 Apr 1996 EGLESTON-+AT+-bpl.org wrote: > Yoicks! and Away! > > Cindy (who doesn't seem to want to work with snow falling.) > Ehh...ahh...you have SNOW?! I wonder just where you live. I'm way out on the north-west coast of the U.S. and we're having 80 degree weather here right now. Well, we did. Now it's 65-70 and raining. :) Mannaheim -=-=-=-patw-+AT+-clark.edu-=-=-=-Mannaheim-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "He teaches like Speedy Gonzalez on a caffeine high." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 15:05:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Mannaheim To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Greeting Message-ID: On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Tensen wrote: > > > > About myself: I am a 21 yo college student at the University of Kentucky > > where I am majoring in Secondary Education and Agriculture biotechnology. I > > work at Waldenbook sometimes (mainly because even though I only get minimum > > wage I get a 33% discount on all the books I buy :) ) [I give this little > > bio simply because I consider it proper netiquette to introduce oneself] > > > > Shame.. a Waldenbook's employee that actually pays the publisher their > dues?!? Most of the employees at those stores I know cheat the system > and tear off the cover of the books and send it back.. thereby illegally > paying nothing for the book. Kinda explains why the people buying from > the bookstores have to keep dealing wth the rapdily raising prices on books. > > You mean to tell me that the employees actually take the book, rip the cover off, send it in to the publisher, and the publisher sends back a free copy? What are they thinking? That they won't get caught? Geez. That somebody could do that. That they would actually damage a book on PURPOSE! That just makes me sad. :) Mannaheim -=-=-=-patw-+AT+-clark.edu-=-=-=-Mannaheim-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "He teaches like Speedy Gonzalez on a caffeine high." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:05:32 -0500 (EST) From: HATST5-+AT+-vms.cis.pitt.edu To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Greeting Message-ID: <01I3DW5CHOVM8Y5J4Z-+AT+-vms.cis.pitt.edu> Is that what it is? Employees tearing off covers, eh? And all this time I've been hearing about that *paper shortage* Hmm. There should be a watch group or something. Shadowspun ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:18:15 +1200 From: "Sarah Stock" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Katherine Kurtz Message-ID: <199604102216.KAA07541-+AT+-ftp.paradigm.co.nz> > From: Catherine Osborne > (dons flame-proof suit, just in case) > > I just picked up her books off the library shelf a few weeks ago, and > despite all of my friends' negative reactions, I actually like them ok. > They're no Misty, the prose style is more than a little rough and the > villains are really laughable, but I *really* like Alaric Morgan. I'm > wondering what everyone else thinks of her? Also, does anyone know where > I can find a complete and current bibliography? (If there are web sites > out there, I haven't been able to find them....) Nope, not going to flame you for that. She's one of my favourite authors also. Given the prose comment I'd guess you are reading the first Kelson series. WARNING: As I saw someone say very well "Bad things happen to good people often and graphically in her books". There are some of hers that I have to brace myself to read. But she has the most well designed world I have ever had the pleasure to read (note: I can't get through Tolkiens historys, so I don't know what his world is like, apart from LotR) Alaric Morgan,Sean Lord Derry and Vanyel. Very, very high on my list of people I'd like to meet. As for the bibligraphy: The most complete one I have seen is in alt.books.deryni. Here is the highlights The Deryni series Deryni Rising (1970), Deryni Checkmate (1972), High Deryni (1973) The Camber series Camber of Culdi (1976), Saint Camber (1978), Camber the Heretic (1981) The Histories of King Kelson The Bishop's Heir (1984), King's Justice (1985), The Quest for Saint Camber (1986) The Heirs of Saint Camber The Harrowing of Gwynedd (1989), King Javan's Year (1992) The Bastard Prince (1994) (hardcover) (softcover 1995) Standalone books Deryni Archives (short stories) (1986), Deryni Magic (a grimoire) (1991) Hope this helps Sarah sarah-+AT+-paradigm.co.nz sarah-+AT+-paradigm.co.nz ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:36:07 -0400 (EDT) From: A giant telepathic squid To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Book lovers Message-ID: On Wed, 10 Apr 1996 HATST5-+AT+-vms.cis.pitt.edu wrote: > Has anyone ever lent a book to a friend who does that? I'm always tempted to > ask them to buy me a new book if they kill the binding. > > Cruel, aren't I, > Shadowspun No, not at all. I have one friend who can no longer come within 15 feet of my bookshelves, because when she reads books she both leaves them lying open facedown to mark her place and, when reading them, wraps the front cover and all previously read pages all the way around until they touch the back cover (grrrrrr......). Becky ---------- With my luck, the entrance exam to Heaven will have logarithms on it. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:34:21 -0400 (EDT) From: A giant telepathic squid To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Talia's shielding Message-ID: On Wed, 10 Apr 1996 Raingcats-+AT+-aol.com wrote: > On page 195 in AOTQ Elcarth teaches Talia how to shield. If someone as > competent as Elcarth taught her to shield (whether her gifts were under > control or not) then wouldn't her shields have stayed even when her gift went > wacko in Arrows Flight? Did Elcarth actually teach her wrong? that thought> Geez, you've guys have gotten me questioning a lot of > things since I joined this list. This is not all together a bad thing by the > way. It's fun, really. Comments? > > Zhai'helleva! > > Lady Moonsong (snippity, snippity, snip) Hmmm.... interesting point.... maybe it was that Elcarth assumed since she had such good control over her Gift already, she obviously must have been taught to ground and center by someone else. IIRC, Kris said that was the real problem with her Gift going rogue -- not that the shields were faulty, but that they had no foundations. Becky ---------- With my luck, the entrance exam to Heaven will have logarithms on it. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 19:46:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Mat Timmerman To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: DUMB QUESTION/Please be kind Message-ID: <01I3DYRQAZ9E91WEAD-+AT+-vaxc.hofstra.edu> From: LSFG20A-+AT+-prodigy.com (MS KIM H MILLER) > >I know this is a dumb question, but I'm going to ask anyway. > >Doesn't Vanyel and Stef come back in one of the newer books? >If so, which one? > Yup, in _Winds of Fury_. >I went back to re-read the series and have found that I'm missing at >least 4 books! More if Storm Rising and Storm Breaking have been >published. Have they? Yes, _Storm Rising_ is out in harcover. As is _Silver Gryphon_. The current list of Velgarth books is (IIRC): Mage Wars: Black Gryphon, White Gryphon, Silver Gryphon The Last Herald-Mage: Magic's Pawn, Magic's Promise, Magic's Price Vows and Honor: Oathbound, Oathbreakers, various short stories in MZB's Sword and Sorceress books. Heralds of Valdemar: Arrows of the Queen, Arrows Flight, Arrows Fall Kerowyn's Tale: By The Sword Mage Winds: Winds of Fate, Winds of Change, Winds of Fury Mage Storms: Storm Warning, Storm Rising, and (forthcoming) Storm Breaking Mat Cat Person and Hunter of TMIW accmjt-+AT+-vaxc.hofstra.edu http://ada.hofstra.edu/~mtimme47/ Bye bye boys. Have fun storming the castle! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Apr 96 10:03:56 EST From: mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Stef's duties was re: Companion-names (fwd) Message-ID: <9604110003.AA05934-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com> Heya Wildfire, welcome to the mad-house. :) Wildfire wrote: > 1. Does anyone else think it possible that Stef might have regained > whatever powers Tylendel had after he died? I know it didn't seem so from > WoF but I do so wish that's the case... somehow that feels "right" to me. Yes.. I actually think he did - I've discussed it on the list before but I'm not sure if others agreed with me at all. There's evidence that things like mage-gift are specific to a physical body (Kethry getting demon-transferred to a non-mage-gifted body & losing mage-gift), but Van has kept his mage-gift. The figure in the grove with Van is Stef/'Lendel - my guess is that he's got the abilities that he had in both lives. The reason that he doesn't exhibit mage-gift directly in the Winds trilogy is that it would confuse Elspeth & Co, who don't know that Stef/'Lendel were the same person/soul. Remember, he did sculpt the grove that Nyara & Skif went to. Stef/'Lendel appearing more fuzzy than Van (ie exhibiting less power/focus/control) could be for a number of reasons: 1. Deliberate, to avoid confusing the matter and keep people's concentration on Van. 2. A side-effect of Van being the main focus for the Forest's energies (and hence less energy available for Stef) 3. [I don't like this one.] Stef/'Lendel simply not having the power/control that Vanyel acquired over the course of his life, paid for with blood & sweat and tears. The reason I don't like that one is that Stef/'Lendel's had an awfully long time to catch up & a dedicated teacher.. Personally, I think it's deliberate. > 2. Same thing with the Companions - Yfandes gets to be with Vanyel > forever, but what about Gala? Can't help feeling it's a little unfair on > her and Tylendel... > > So, having wept at the deaths of 'Lendel and Van, I was awfully glad when > Misty has them "live on" in Sorrows, but I wish Stef had come back as > 'Lendel with all the abilities 'Lendel had, and reunited with Gala. Yes.. The Gala thing is not nice.. The optimist in me half-hopes that it was just a case of Stef/'Lendel keeping Gala out of sight to avoid confusion and long explanations - Elspeth & Co *know* that Stef wasn't a Herald.. The alternative is that Gala was atoning for her mistakes or simply became the equivalent of an old friend that Stef/'Lendel knew years and years ago. Remember, Stef/'Lendel spent much more time with Van/Yfandes than he did with Gala. Personally, I don't believe this one - a companion bond's not the type of thing to forget, even if the companion does break it to save your life when she's about to suicide. No, I wouldn't put it past Van & Stef/Lendel to have just kept the fact that Stef was/is Tylendal quiet. Neither of them are unfamiliar with the 'need to know' type motives & it would only confuse matters. :) Cheers, Kerry. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:03:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Big-list Message-ID: On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Mannaheim wrote: > I'd like to know who all is working on this Big-List thing k? > And BTW, I'd appreciate it if whoever is working on the list wouldn't put > my address, if they somehow have it, which I hope no one does. > > Mannaheim > > -=-=-=-patw-+AT+-clark.edu-=-=-=-Mannaheim-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > "He teaches like Speedy Gonzalez on a caffeine high." > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > At the moment, Heather is taking all personal info, and I'm working on getting a homepage up for the list. Which adress, your e-mail adress, or street adress? We're here to serve you, so whatever you want will be there. 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: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 21:00:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Rosario Holsen-Baker To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: GDRAFLTNT Message-ID: On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Mannaheim wrote: > On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Lady 'Reesa And Tina wrote: > > heart... > > (Was that a case for GDRANFLTNT? McCaffrey's White? You be the > > judge!) > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~Lady 'Reesa~~~~~~~~~~mrtmh-+AT+-primenet.com~~~~~~~~~~~) > What the HECK is GDRANFLTNT?!!!!! <--Look 5! :) Someone > please tell me!! PLEEEEAAAASE!... > Grin, Duck, Run And Flap Like There's No Tomorrow. :) *****LADY JAGUAR***** Leader of the Cat People Lady in Green LGMCB Conspirator #14, DHTBB Lobe #3! "Meddle not in the affairs of cats for you are soft-skinned, and blind at night." ********************* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:04:02 -0700 (MST) From: kirchfa-+AT+-AZStarNet.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Book lovers Message-ID: <199604110104.SAA03743-+AT+-web.azstarnet.com> Heyla! >Ah, but Jesse, that ruins the bindings. I can't abuse my babies! > >Has anyone ever lent a book to a friend who does that? I'm always tempted to >ask them to buy me a new book if they kill the binding. > >Cruel, aren't I, >Shadowspun Yes! I HATE it when people mess up the books I lend them. I just lent someone a (paperback) copy of _The Great Hunt_ and it came back with the cover torn off! Arrgh! I had to restrain myself from strangling him. (And the sad part is, I keep lending 'em out.) Zhai'helleva and Cheysuli i'halla shansu, "Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?" - Soldier from Monty Python and the Holy Grail *************************************************** Jesse von Kirchner, Apprentice to His Lordship Chosa Dei, High Wizard of Ysaa-Den and rightful ruler of both north and south. *************************************************** /\ / \.--./\ / \ / \ / \/ \ .--. / |\_/| \ | | .--. / / o o\ \ | | | | .---. / /( )\ \ | `- ' |_| | / / \#/ \ \ | ___' | | `---. | | | | | | | (~\ | | / ~) | | __\_|| ||_/__ | | _///_//_| |_\\__\\\___|__| ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:04:14 -0700 (MST) From: kirchfa-+AT+-AZStarNet.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Katherine Kurtz Message-ID: <199604110104.SAA03913-+AT+-web.azstarnet.com> Heyla! >(dons flame-proof suit, just in case) > >I just picked up her books off the library shelf a few weeks ago, and=20 >despite all of my friends' negative reactions, I actually like them ok.=20 >They're no Misty, the prose style is more than a little rough and the=20 >villains are really laughable, but I *really* like Alaric Morgan. I'm=20 >wondering what everyone else thinks of her? Also, does anyone know where=20 >I can find a complete and current bibliography? (If there are web sites=20 >out there, I haven't been able to find them....) > >Bye, > >I\/ Catherine Osborne "After great pain, >I\/ Sundancer a formal feeling comes." =20 >I cosborne-+AT+-sidwell.edu --Emily Dickinson >I http://www.sidwell.edu/~cosborne/ =20 Yea, I liked Ketherine Kurtz too...not as good as Misty, but I thought her style portrayed a medi=E6val (wow! look! an =E6!) feeling pretty well.= (Nope, don't know any sites. Sorry...) ObMisty: There are no Deryni in Velgarth (that we know of...). Misty and Katherine Kurtz have never done a collab book. *************************************************** =20 Jesse von Kirchner, Apprentice to His Lordship Chosa Dei, High Wizard of Ysaa-Den and =20 rightful ruler of both north and south. =20 *************************************************** =20 /\ =20 / \.--./\ / \ / \ / \/ \ .--. / |\_/| \ | | .--. / / o o\ \ | | | | .---. / /( )\ \ | `- ' |_| | =20 / / \#/ \ \ | ___' | | `---. | | | | | | | (~\ | | / ~) | | __\_|| ||_/__ | | _///_//_| |_\\__\\\___|__| ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:12:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Book lovers Message-ID: On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Tammy Harris wrote: > On Tue, April 9, Shadowspun wrote: > > > > The trick is to hold the book high up so over the top of it and > > below it you can see any obstacles. At least, that's what I do. > > ANy other techniques? > > Personally, I just assume that obstacles will get out of my way--I > mean, who's going to let a person loony enough to read & walk get too > close to them? Inanimate objects generally get out of my way, > too. Wall? What wall? My favorite trick is to read at stop lights, > but only if it's a *really* good book (I do have *some* standards, > after all!). > > On Wed, April 10, Julia wrote: > > > I haven't done much walking and reading at the same time recently, but does > > anyone else read and watch TV at the same time? > > All the time! Once, I had a roommate come home and ask if I wanted > him to turn off the tv. I said no, I was watching it, and he looked > at me, looked at the book in my hand, then walked away, shaking his > head. I've found, however, that reading, watching tv, and talking on > the phone isn't a good idea--it tends to annoy the person on the > other end. I dunno' why..... > > Tammy > I do read and watch T.V., but not read and talk on the phone. Most of the time when I'm doing any kind of homework though, I'm talking on the phone, watching TV, playing with the cat, and doing my homework. I'm a multitasking girl of the nineties! Hear me roar!(or type, whatever floats your boat:)) 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, 11 Apr 96 11:05:49 EST From: mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Rolan, unbonded Choosings, MOC...(what! again!!!!! <-yes 5!) Message-ID: <9604110105.AA06365-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com> Cindy wrote: > I suspect that what usually happens when the Monarch's Own dies is that > the MOC looks around for the best MO candidate *for that particular Monarch* > and then pulls rank. I.e., if Taver wanted to bump Yfandes and bond with > Vanyel, Yfandes would have been bumped. Drat.. I was right with you up until then. I can't see anyone, -anyone- pulling rank on Yfandes. "-I- wait for him for 10 years. -I- bond with him when no one else believed in him. -I- nurse him through his suicide attempts. -We- go through flame and lightning and mage-fire together and now -You- want to bond with him? I don't think so!" *grin* I just can't see Yfandes getting bumped somehow.. Might as well try to bump Savil. > What I'm saying is that the Monarch's Own is essentially a different kind > of being than most Companions. A more powerful being, yes, but different. > Which may explain why it is easier for Rolan to talk to other Companions, > who are at least similar to him, than to humans (unless the human in > question has a strong gift of Mindhearing.) YESYESYESYESYESYES. Err, I agree.. Good point. :) > So, for the average Companion, choosing a lifepartner means knowing that if > you Chose someone with the gifts that make a good Monarch's Own, you may > someday find yourself usurped by the MOC. Rather than not bonding, I > think they probably bond and hope for the best. After all, the Gifts of > Heralds develop more strongly because of the contact with their Companions. > (AotQ, I think me-+AT+-work...) No.. Too cruel. Waaay too cruel. I think they'd bond lightly to potential Monarch's Owns. You can't tear away a Herald's other half and give him/her a new one and expect everything to be hunky-dory for either the Herald or the Companion. You don't -want- that kind of trauma in someone who's supposed to be a stable advisor to the Circle & Monarch. Especially when the herald doesn't know the true significance of the new Companion being Grove-born. IMO. (I've given up on the humble bit.. no one was buying it *grin*). Cheers, Kerry. "We must believe in free will. We have no other choice." -- Isaac Bashevis Singer ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:22:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: reading /writing Message-ID: On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Stormcloud wrote: > Julia wrote: > > Shadowspun wrote: > > > > > Yay! What ages did everybody start reading? Mom keeps telling me I > > startes > > > reading when I was two. > > (snipped everybody elses reading stories, after all, this is *MY* post:) I don't remember ever learning to read. I just remember reading. I know it was before kindergarten, because I was reading out of a third grade textbook in kintergarten. It was still easy, but they didn't want us to have anything more dificult. Then in first grade, I took the GATE test, aced it, and went to the GATE school, where everybody was on advanced reading levels. By second grade I was reading the Hobbit. My parents don't remember when I started reading either, they never pushed me to read, they didn't teach me either. Which means I must have taught myself somehow, don't know how, but nobody else taught me. It's a mystery, ooooooo. 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, 11 Apr 96 11:25:23 EST From: mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com (Kerry Mealing) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: GAYS Message-ID: <9604110125.AA06673-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com> Heather Watson (HTH) wrote: > The best thing in general you can do, IMO, is to make it clear to him > in the future that this is not something that changes things -- that > it's just another part of him. Don't be afraid to joke about it; that > makes it seem like being gay is comparable to having a terminal illness. > Talk about it like you would anything else that affects his life on a > regular basis. Heartily heartily seconded.. One of the things my gay/bi/whatever friends hate the most is having to keep two sets of friends separate - the gay ones, who are comfortable with it & the straight ones who often aren't.. Joking about it is probably the best way to indicate that you're comfortable with it.. The other is what Heather mentioned - asking advice on things never hurts either. :) > Coolest thing that ever happened to me. A straight girlfriend > insisted I go shopping with her for a cocktail dress so I could tell her > how it *really* looked. (ME: I like it. HER: Yeah, but really? ME: > Really. It's cute. HER: No. Is it sexy? ME: I -- I think so.... HER: > Would you go out with me in this dress? ME: This is hypothetical, > right? HER: Heather!) *laugh* Literally.. I'm getting weird looks from all the people at work here for laughing at what I'm programming.. :) Cheers, Kerry. "I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell." -- Harry S Truman ------------------------------ Date: 10 Apr 96 21:29:30 EDT From: Jake / Rynath in Green <102744.2515-+AT+-CompuServe.COM> To: M-L mailing list Subject: Re: Book lovers and Audiobooks Message-ID: <960411012930_102744.2515_GHT104-2-+AT+-CompuServe.COM> Shadowspun wrote: >> oh yeah, I remember now, (or just remembered another thing, who knows?) Have your teachers stopped you in the hall and made you put the book down. Even though you were moving along just fine. Then you'd get around the hall and start reading again, anyways. << I get a "what are you reading?" from my professors, then a "That's not the same book you were reading yesterday/this morning." and then finally a "Mercedes who?" or better yet a "Mercedes what?" (ME: "No, that's the author, not the title... ") I tend to read at work when things are very slow, and the people in the office across the hall *always* are doing that. And I hate it when they ask what it's about... tried to explain _By the Sword_ to a non fantasy related adult type professor person and he just glazed over. Humph. I may switch over to audiobooks just for the convenience.. although I don't think I'll find much fantasy on audio. And JSTEIN... er... something-+AT+-AOL.COM mentioned that >I haven't done much walking and reading at the same time recently, but does >anyone else read and watch TV at the same time? Well, I am notorious for listening to the radio, talking on the telephone, and reading at the same time. If TV, then I watch during commercials... To tie the two threads together, I'd like to try listening to an audiobook and reading at the same time (not the same book... because I'd be so ahead of the text). Which brings me to the Misty point: I'd hate to have a Misty audiobook or even movie, just because of the voices. I have my own idea of voices and appearances of characters (some say my imagination is stereo, full-color) and seeing them not match on screen would ruin it for me. Whew. Dli kea'bemfoska akota'tyaaka-ne puku kea'tabhoka-beku, Rynath / Jake House Champion of the Ladies in Green The Hopeless Bibliomaniac 102744.2515-+AT+-compuserve.com Lone Gunman Member: "...He's been put into power by the most heinous and evil force of the 20th century." Mulder: "Barney?" ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 470 *********************************