MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 831 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Prize sheep/Wedding/stipend by Mat the Cat in Green 2) More little nagging questions by haineca-+AT+-earlham.edu 3) Antho/fanzine/etc. by "Hth." 4) Abrev. List by chenchen-+AT+-rgs.edu.sg 5) Re: Prize sheep/Wedding/stipend by ldt107-+AT+-psu.edu (Lia D. Talmas) 6) We found Wildfire! by chenchen-+AT+-rgs.edu.sg 7) REPOST: Auntie Mel's Rules of Thumb (REQUIRED READING) by Jake 8) Re: Mage gift/Wildfire/Stipends by Lady Wintersong 9) Re: Vanyel Fanzines by Catherine Osborne 10) Welcome back Firemist/Wildfire/ObMisty by ywlau-+AT+-singnet.com.sg (Lady Windsong) 11) Re: fluff 'n' stuff by nme848-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu 12) Re: Antho/fanzine/etc. by Alicia Rice <96rice-+AT+-mac2.burlington.k12.ia.us> 13) de Lint by Rozanna McNeer 14) Blood Magic Healing by Rozanna McNeer 15) Sheep and kilts by Rozanna McNeer 16) M'Lady Wildcat, by Barbara Slater 17) Re: de Lint by Clarissa Smith/Claris Boii 18) Leonard Nimoy/Gargoyles/Storm Brkng/X-Men/Mishi by "Vrondi" 19) Misty's Pseudonym? (Was Re: M'Lady Wildcat) by "Ramona Winkelbauer [SERA]" 20) To buy or not to buy SB/fanzines by "Linda Malcor, Ph.D" 21) DeLint by Sean 22) Re: Welcome back Firemist/Wildfire/ObMisty by nme848-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu 23) Re: Blood Magic by "Peter E. Allen" 24) Re: DeLint by nme848-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu 25) Re: M'Lady Wildcat, by "Kimber Brumbaugh" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 22:40:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Mat the Cat in Green To: Mercedes Lackey mailing list Subject: Prize sheep/Wedding/stipend Message-ID: > From: "Hth." > For those of you who sent in names that count, your prize is a cuddly > sheep stuffed with feathers, who has blue eyes and says "Oooohh, I > *like* that" and "Have you lost weight?" when you squeeze it. Oh, goody. I could use one of those. You know what's funny? One of my bosses has a thing about sheep. He has sheep memorabillia all over his office. Sitting on top of his computer (well, one of his 3), is a stuffed sheep, wearing one of those fake glasses/nose/mustache things. He says that it's undercover. :) ====================================================================== > From: Rozanna McNeer > Reply-To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk > To: mtimme47-+AT+-indy16.hofstra.edu > Subject: Reply to: Firemist!!!!!/Skyseeker > > Can't do any snipping to include relevant quotes and am fresh out of > post-it doohickeys. Thanks for all the warm welcomes and SBreaking info! > Big sloppy cyber-hugs to everybody. Hey, did the Heather-Cennydd wedding > ever take place? > Nope, she dissapeared for awhile, and left him standing at the altar. Poor Cenny! =========================================================================== From: "Linda Malcor, Ph.D" <<<<<<< >Q - do Heralds get paid, if so, how so? After they earn their Whites, Heralds are given a stipend that they collect from some office somewhere (was it in the Collegium?). See Arrows, when Kris gets ready to take Talia out on Circuit, he takes her to draw her stipend--which she didn't know about so she has a considerable chunk of change to take with her. >>>>>>> It wasn't really all that clear where they get it from. Once they're on the road, Kris gives Talia her stipend, telling her that he drew it for her when he got his. He never says where it was from though. (I have the extevd, but I'm just too lazy to type it ) Speaking of Kris drawing Talia's stipend for her. That shows how different Valdemar is from the RW (well, another way anyway). In RL, could someone go cash their friend's paycheck, just because she forgot. I don't think so. :) Mat Cat Person, Champion in Green, |"Each man builds his own garden, by what Adept, and God of Procrastination| his heart says is true. And mine is so mtimme47-+AT+-magic.hofstra.edu | very special to me, but it seems I can http://ada.hofstra.edu/~mtimme47/| share it with you." - Heather Alexander ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 21:59:37 EST From: haineca-+AT+-earlham.edu To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: More little nagging questions Message-ID: <009A87A2.D0E24EB6.32-+AT+-earlham.edu> Hello! One question - what does weg mean? I keep seeing it and wondering what it means. Of course, feel free to inform me of any other important abbreviations (if you want to). Or you could just see about me getting a Firecat who knows these things. Ummm, sure. Whatever. *grin* No obMisty today. My brain is wandering around Earlham campus (maybe even Richmond) and not too focused on much else. *Big sigh* I'm sure that I will recover from this. Lady Wildcat, Lady of most things kittenish, blue roses, and dumb luck Quote of the day: "I'm claustrophobic, but only in really small spaces." Wildcat ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 22:58:55 CDT From: "Hth." To: Subject: Antho/fanzine/etc. Message-ID: <16SEP96.24820864.0230.MUSIC-+AT+-ACADEMIC.TRUMAN.EDU> The *Friends of Valdemar* anthology will contain at least one story not just from Vanyel's time, but about The Man himself. The author is Mark Shepherd, Misty's roommate and one of the contributing authors of the SERRAted Edge series, and the story is about Vanyel and Jonne, the guard with whom Van had an affair, referenced at the beginning of MPromise. According to Mark, the editors let him get away with quite a bit of erotic content. We'll see what that turns out to mean.... Danya, tell us what you think of the Vanyel's Heart fanzine. I was just thinking the other day that I was running short on good romantic erotic reading material. Darn it, I'm back to writing my own (a rash of werewolf love scenes have been co-opting my homework time for the last few days...) This sounds like it could be a good thing. I don't think I technically left anyone standing at the altar. It isn't as though there was a date set. Hell, I never even got a ring. And the Lilac Fairy likes Cennydd better than me anyway, so I got to feeling down about the whole affair. But, hey, if he's at DragonCon and the mood strikes us, you just never know. Spontaneous weddings happen all the time; I know, because I watch TV. I'll bring my purple cocktail dress, just in case. Someone's subject heading was "Binky/deLint -- good book" I swear, I looked at that and thought, "A Binky the Mime and Charles DeLint collab? What on earth?" My latest DeLint book, Jack of Kinrowan, just came into the bookstore and is silently and faithfully waiting for me to pick it up. Anyone else read it? I don't suppose any of you midwesterners are going to Archon in St. Louis the first weekend of October? Should be exciting: Ray Bradbury is the GoH. Barbara and I are going, sooo -- just look for us. Aw, c'mon, what do you mean you don't know what we look like? We look great. Can't miss us. On second thought, maybe you should ask at the desk HTH r618-+AT+-academic.truman.edu "Life's too short, babe, Time is flying I'm looking for baggage that goes with mine" --"La Vie Boheme" RENT ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:17:26 -0700 From: chenchen-+AT+-rgs.edu.sg To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Abrev. List Message-ID: <199609171917.MAA06936-+AT+-rgs.rgs.edu.sg> Hi! I am currently out of lurkerdom (or whatever you call it). I am here to ask if any one needs the abrev. list for the mailing list. If you need a copy of the list which I have, please send a private e-mail to me at chenchen-+AT+-rgs.edu.sg If anyone of you have got any new abrev. to add to the list, please mail them to me. Thanks! Stormwind ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 23:28:32 -0400 From: ldt107-+AT+-psu.edu (Lia D. Talmas) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Prize sheep/Wedding/stipend Message-ID: <199609170424.EAA104566-+AT+-r05n01.cac.psu.edu> >> From: "Hth." > >> For those of you who sent in names that count, your prize is a cuddly >> sheep stuffed with feathers, who has blue eyes and says "Oooohh, I >> *like* that" and "Have you lost weight?" when you squeeze it. Mat the Cat wrote: >Oh, goody. I could use one of those. You know what's funny? One of >my bosses has a thing about sheep. He has sheep memorabillia all over his >office. Sitting on top of his computer (well, one of his 3), is a stuffed >sheep, wearing one of those fake glasses/nose/mustache things. He says >that it's undercover. :) > someone's gotta say it: does he have a thing about kilts as well? OBMisty: sorry, can't think of one. my brain took off after my chem test tonight...... Lara of Silverwoods "Here's rosemary, that's for remembrance. pray you, love, remember..." Ophelia, from Hamlet. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:49:24 -0700 From: chenchen-+AT+-rgs.edu.sg To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: We found Wildfire! Message-ID: <199609171949.MAA07526-+AT+-rgs.rgs.edu.sg> Hi everyone, it's me again. I just wanna tell all of you that Wildfire is currently teaching in my school! Windsong, Wintersong and me just met her during our computer class today. She is not on the mailing list now so maybe you won't get to e-mail her or anything. Gota go now. Stormwind ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 01:21:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Jake To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: REPOST: Auntie Mel's Rules of Thumb (REQUIRED READING) Message-ID: <199609170521.BAA05276-+AT+-orion.webspan.net> Sorry Mel, I don't mean to jump the gun, but I think it's time we need this again. With all the complaining on the list about "no, skip over the message if you don't want it!" and such, I say EVERYONE [me included] should take a read of this. Especially point 2d. For all you newcomers, [read: any of you who didn't see this last time it was posted] this is on the required reading list for the mailing list; the other stuff you should read is the List FAQ (at the homepage, link is off of Ian's site, I think... the URL also is in this document.) And my book. *grin* (Well, maybe SOMEONE will read it then...) Jake ====== FROM: Melanie Dymond Harper, INTERNET:mel-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk TO: Jake DATE: 3/1/96 2:27 PM Re: ADMIN: rules of thumb As per my comment earlier this week, I notice one-line posts and suchlike making a bit of a resurgence; for those of you who may not have seen this the first time round, here's a repost of Auntie Mel's Rules of Thumb for Sensible Posting. (This will migrate into the FAQ eventually. I'll probably wind up posting this each month along with the "how to subscribe/unsubscribe" posting which is currently part of the FAQ.) 1) Trim quoted text. Trim headers to the minimum. We're looking for something along the lines of " said:" rather than six lines of quoted header with no content. Is all of what you're quoting still relevant? We want enough left to keep track of the discussion, not its entire history. BUT -- see 1a). 1a) Preserve attributions. Try, however, to keep track of who did say what. Being misquoted is annoying; being quoted as saying something you did not, more so. 2) Think before you post. I try to read through all of the list mail that has arrived before I post; especially on the weekends, if someone has a general question, the chances are extremely good that someone else will already have answered before I see it. It is obvious that with the delays caused by processing the mail, sending it out, etc., you can't guarantee that nobody will have answered a question before you, but if a couple of days have gone past, the chances aren't bad. 2a) Keep the fluff level down. People's mail systems vary, and many people receive the mailings as a digest. The latter group, in particular, cannot just delete individual messages, and I will _not_ tolerate people being driven from the group because they cannot keep up with the level of mail, if that level is being artificially inflated by fluff. I don't mind the occasional off-topic message, but if you're posting several such per day, consider yourself warned. (Alt.books.m-lackey, the Lackey newsgroup, is far fluff-heavier than this list, and this is most likely because it is (generally) easier to skip unwanted articles within news readers rather than mail readers. It is also the main reason why I read about two articles a day from the newsgroup, if that.) 2b) One-liners are a Bad Thing. If you feel that you have to respond to someone with a one-line comment, and that comment is not an answer to a question that has been asked, consider replying by mail directly to that person. (Comment: at the moment, because this is a _discussion_ list, the default is that, when one hits the 'Reply' button, the mail is directed to the list at large, rather than the sender of the message to which you are replying. If you do not know how to change this, if necessary, you should talk to your local support folks. Asking for help on the list is unlikely to be productive, since we don't know what mail system you're using, and they vary wildly.) 2c) Long .signature files are Right Out. The suggested length of signatures on Usenet is four lines. On this list, where many people post several times a day, it is probably safe to assume that people will remember who you are after the first post. Therefore, attaching an 8 - 10 line signature to every post is seen as antisocial. Don't do it. 2d) But, but, why can't they just delete or skip over or unsubscribe? Why should they have to? Some people pay for every byte of mail they receive. (Yes, this is still the case in some countries.) Some people pay phone charges to download their mail. (Just about anyone in the UK who logs in from home, for starters; local calls are not free in the UK.) I -- or, to be strictly accurate, my business -- pay for the link to the Net over which list mail is sent. Yes, your off-topic postings can inconvenience people. Yes, your long signature is costing people money. No, they can't just ignore it. So don't be so damn selfish. 3) If you've got a query about how to subscribe/unsubscribe/(etc).... Read the FAQ. The relevant section is posted here semi-regularly; it's also available via the Web, via FTP, or by mail. Web: http://www.herald.co.uk/local_info/lackey_list/lackey_faq.html FTP: ftp://ftp.herald.co.uk/pub/lists/lackey-archives/lackey_faq.1 Mail: send mail to listproc-+AT+-herald.co.uk, leave the subject line blank or use "No Subject", message to read get mercedes-lackey lackey_faq.1 Don't post your query to the list. If it's a list-related question, and the answer's not in the FAQ, then send me mail at lackey-owner-+AT+-herald.co.uk. Bear in mind that I work (fairly) normal office hours -- this means that questions mailed to me over a weekend may not be answered until Monday. I might log in over the weekend, but assuming that that will be the case is likely a Bad Idea. 4) Other things not to post: Almost anything that you have found online, unless it's obviously and specifically Lackey-related. _Especially_ if it says "Please post this to anywhere you can". Notable examples: - anything saying "Make Money Fast" - any mention of the Good Times virus (it doesn't exist) - any request for postcards/business cards/get well cards/ to be sent to a little boy who's dying of cancer (he didn't die; he's still alive, and he really, really doesn't want any more cards. Neither does his local Post Office, which is also my local office at home!) - anything about forthcoming legislation (this is an international list, and as such any legislation is likely to apply to no more than half of the people on the list) If you think that there should be an exception, mail the item concerned to me -- mel-+AT+-herald.co.uk -- and if I agree with you, I'll forward it to the list. But I'm an unreasonable bitch, as you probably already gathered by reading the rest of this post, so don't get your hopes up. Phew! We now return you to your regularly scheduled discussions. Mel. ----- End Included Message ----- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:01:54 +0100 (BST) From: Lady Wintersong To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Mage gift/Wildfire/Stipends Message-ID: <199609171101.MAA04861-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk> Undine said: Also said though >that the Gift fades if its not used. Wonder how long a person would have >to go without using it before the Mage Gift would fade totally away? If the Mage Gift fades away, then why did An'desha have to leanr to control his Gift? All they would have to do was wait for it to go away. According to Firesong, the Gift was too strong or active in An'desha so it had to be trained or else might get out of hand in strong emotional situations. ************************************************************ Guess what? I saw Wildfire today! She's back in SIngapore!! By a amazing coincidence, she has been posted to our school. On her first day, (today) she fingered us (Windsong, Stormwind and me) on the computer and located our class and we were in the computer lab at that time!!! I saw her and thought she was a new teacher until she started peering into our computer screens. Then she started to talk to Stormwind. (Btw, she was looking for us because she had S&S III for Windsong) I was like "Oh my God, it's Wildfire!" We had given up hope on her because it has been several months since she left US. It seems that she lost our e-mail addresses. Anyway, she is not coming back for the time being because her account charges by mail amount. So if we all post less, she'll come back!!!! I'm so happy!!!!! ************************************************** Mat asked: >Speaking of Kris drawing Talia's stipend for her. That shows how >different Valdemar is from the RW (well, another way anyway). In RL, >could someone go cash their friend's paycheck, just because she forgot. I >don't think so. :) Well, it could be because they are Heralds and would never dream of embezzling it. Also, everyone knows everyone else so it's safe. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Zhai'helleva & "Chivalry is dead. It's & been replaced by complete Lady Wintersong, Lady In Green & idiocy." htpp://members.tripod.com/~Wintersong/index & --- Mercedes Lackey %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 07:35:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Catherine Osborne To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Vanyel Fanzines Message-ID: On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Linda Malcor, Ph.D wrote: > I've been in touch with the people at Vanyel's Heart. As far as I can tell, > there is no use of Vanyel as a character. The fanzine consists of romantic > poetry and articles/reviews/penpal notices things like that (I'm unsure > about any fiction) by people who are fans of the LHM series. I've requested > the first issue. I'm expecting romantic fantasy, possibly with a > gay/lesbian orientation. We'll see what I get. Danya, how do I request the first issue? Would you post the address and/or email address/whatever here? Catherine Osborne (Sundancer) I cosborne-+AT+-sidwell.edu -------------------------------------------------------------- Why would a fellow want a girl like her,I A girl who's merely love-ly? I Rodgers and Why can't a fellow ever once prefer, I Hammerstein, A girl who's merely *me*? I *Cinderella* ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 20:32:55 +0800 From: ywlau-+AT+-singnet.com.sg (Lady Windsong) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Welcome back Firemist/Wildfire/ObMisty Message-ID: <199609171232.UAA15540-+AT+-sunflower.singnet.com.sg> Heyla, everyone! Firemist, the Loremistress wrote (as i'm sure you can tell ): >BTW, Hi guys, it's me, Firemist. Lived through the Dread Trans-Atlantic Move as well as the Dire Trans-Houston Move, and still happily married. For everyone who has joined since May 10th, I'm Firemist, the Loremistress of the Cat People. I also have a cold, so this probably isn't complete enough (nyquil does wonders for coherency, doesn't it?) Heyla, welcome back, Firemist! We all missed you, didn't we, everybody? In honour of her reappearance, I declare.... *H*E*D*G*E*H*U*G* Also for Wildfire finding us, as I'm sure everybody has read by now. I'm so *happy*! Therefore, all round! To make up for the fluff, here's an ObMisty (yes, it's kinda weak): If a mage uses Blood Magic to Heal (I *know*, theoratically impossible, but suspend your disbelief), is it *still* considered, hmm, 'evil'? I'm not taking any side here, I just wanted to hear your opinions. Well? Wind to Thy Wings, Lady Windsong & 'I meant,'said Ipslore bitterly,'what is there in Lady in Green & this world that makes living worthwhile?' Lyrra & Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually, Kelei (bonded wolf) & CATS ARE NICE. ywlau-+AT+-singnet.com.sg & -- Terry Pratchett, _Sourcery_ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 07:59:52 -0500 (CDT) From: nme848-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: fluff 'n' stuff Message-ID: <199609171259.AA157555192-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu> > > > Could a lifebonded pair ever come back as a single Companion? > > IMO, a being with two souls probably wouldn't work. I mean, sure he/she > would probably be pretty happy, but could schizophrenia come into play at > all? > > No, not schizophrenia or MPD. The latter is caused by a "splintering" of a single dominant personality, usually brought on by a traumatic event. If a lifebonded pair did come back as a single Companion, the Chosen would have his/her hands full if the 2 "spirits" ever disagreed on a course of action. Can't you just see that happening... Herald: "Which road should we go down?" Companion: "The right one. No, I want to go left. But I want to go right. Why do you always get to make all of the decisions?" Nina ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 07:22:42 -0600 From: Alicia Rice <96rice-+AT+-mac2.burlington.k12.ia.us> To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Antho/fanzine/etc. Message-ID: <1369177534-36446954-+AT+-mac2.burlington.k12.ia.us> HTH said: >Someone's subject heading was "Binky/deLint -- good book" I swear, I >looked at that and thought, "A Binky the Mime and Charles DeLint collab? >What on earth?" My latest DeLint book, Jack of Kinrowan, just came into >the bookstore and is silently and faithfully waiting for me to pick it >up. Anyone else read it? I haven't but I really really really want to. I know I've told everyone about my love affair with the public library buuut they've only got ONE (1) deLint book and it's the best one and I can't find anymore!!!! Arggh!!!! (does anyone else have a problem with scrolling down with the mouse? I mean I'll hit return and then try to cut what I want to reply to out of the previous message and the damn thing will scroll up and down for five minutes as I try to get it right. Arrggh!!!) .....Wynd Ps: Try Susan Krinard, shes greeeeeat Bye ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 09:55:42 -0400 From: Rozanna McNeer To: "mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk" Subject: de Lint Message-ID: <199609170955_MC1-994-D9A7-+AT+-compuserve.com> I've read just about all of his novels (from the listings inside the cover I only lack 2, Romany and Mulegro??? I think those are them, or something) He's got his own homepage and you can e-mail him direct as well as Katherine Kerr!!!! Still haven't worked up the nerve to actually do it. I mean, how many letters must they get from people clutching manuscripts to their cyber-breasts asking hesitantly 'could you read this and tell me if it's good?' Cringe, it's like baring your soul to someone and you don't know whether you'll be accepted or clawed to shreds for your terminity. (I hope this is legible, I can't spell and I'm still on cold medicine and goddess only knows what to make of this mess) ObMisty re: Florian. It would be great if we could find meantion of him in LHM, but don't forget there still some blank spots in Valdemar history where he could have come from. Firemist, who should probably be lurking until she's sure she's on steady ground with the discussions. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:00:18 -0400 From: Rozanna McNeer To: "mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk" Subject: Blood Magic Healing Message-ID: <199609171000_MC1-99C-90F8-+AT+-compuserve.com> What if it was one of those 'shaggy northern barbarians' that was always getting swatted in Sorrows? They might have a different system of training their talented so that Blood Magic was the only way to receive any training. The 'good' mages, etc. only used animals (rabbits, chickens, goats, *sheep* etc) to raise their powers, and the 'bad' ones killed indiscriminantly. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:07:21 -0400 From: Rozanna McNeer To: "mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk" Subject: Sheep and kilts Message-ID: <199609171007_MC1-98C-7075-+AT+-compuserve.com> Someone said "does he have a thing with kilts as well?" Hey! I ressemble that remark! (sniggering all around causes Firemist to draw up short, blush, but continue on indignantly) Being Scottish myself I'm going to have to pout a little, whine a lot, and say that I have never in my life been interested in sheep. But I bet the guys in togas are! (evil snicker) Obmisty: for the book critics -> is SB worth buying if you have got the cash to spend on a HB or not? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 09:38:35 -0400 From: Barbara Slater To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: M'Lady Wildcat, Message-ID: M'Lady Wildcat, weg = wicked, evil grin! =) Some of the other abbreviations you'll run into are : AFAIK = as far as I know IMHO = in my humble opinion IMNSHO = in my not-so-humble opinion BTW = by the way g = grin LOL = laughing out loud ROTFL = rolling on the floor laughing ROTFLMAO = ROTFL my a** off ObMisty = obligatory Misty comment/question, needed when most of your post (which should not be a one-liner!) is concerned with non-Misty stuff. That's all I can think of right now. Do you know about the smilies yet? =) =( =P =0 ;-) etc. They're lots of fun, too.Feel free to put in , , ,, etc. - whatever expresses your tone of voice or facial expression, because this is a written medium (or rather, written LARGE - if the glasses aren't working) and we can't see what you look like (in my case, that's a definite advantage, especially early in the morning!). ObMisty: Does anyone know if Misty did any writing under a pseudonym? Have run across some books that fit her personality and writing style (at its best), but the name isn't hers. Books are "The Laughing Corpse" and "Guilty Pleasures". TTFN (ta-ta for now) Lani Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 09:18:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Clarissa Smith/Claris Boii To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: de Lint Message-ID: On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Firemist wrote: > > I've read just about all of his novels (from the listings inside the > cover I only lack 2, Romany and Mulegro??? I think those are them, or > something) He's got his own homepage and you can e-mail him direct as > well as Katherine Kerr!!!! Still haven't worked up the nerve to actually > do it. I mean, how many letters must they get from people clutching > manuscripts to their cyber-breasts asking hesitantly 'could you read > this and tell me if it's good?' Cringe, it's like baring your soul to > someone and you don't know whether you'll be accepted or clawed to > shreds for your terminity. (I hope this is legible, I can't spell and > I'm still on cold medicine and goddess only knows what to make of this > mess) Hey, just try it. All they can do is sneer and delete it . The two authors I've contacted have written me back and been very helpful. Although I wouldn't send them original fiction or anything, that tends to annoy them. ;) I just wish Misty would get a public e-mail account. (BTW, I just got Mulengro! I'd never heard of it, but found it at a used book sale. It looks good) > ObMisty re: Florian. It would be great if we could find meantion of him > in LHM, but don't forget there still some blank spots in Valdemar > history where he could have come from. Nah, I think it's pretty clear we're supposed to think he's familiar... > Firemist, who should probably be lurking until she's sure she's on > steady ground with the discussions. Good grief, if the rest of us did that there wouldn't BE any discussions! Jump right in! ****************************************************************************** Claris/Clarissa Smith (ccsmith-+AT+-comp.uark.edu) On-campus .sig file Art/History Major * Blow the stars home, Wind, Sf/fantasy/graphic artist * blow the stars home, GM & game writer * Ere morning drowns them with golden foam. http://comp.uark.edu/~ccsmith/ ****************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:17:15 +0000 From: "Vrondi" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Leonard Nimoy/Gargoyles/Storm Brkng/X-Men/Mishi Message-ID: <199609171419.KAA11028-+AT+-edweb.concord.wvnet.edu> I to enjoyed Biography the other night. I taped it! Haha! __________________________________________________________ when does Gargoyles come on TV? __________________________________________________________ Amazon.com lists October 1 as release date for Storm breaking. __________________________________________________________ Did you all know that Catherine Disher, the lady who played Natalie on Forever Night, is the voice of Jean Grey on "The X-Men" cartoon? __________________________________________________________ Mishi: Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -Vrondi,"Mistress of the Air, One With the Trees" "The Would-be Diplomat" a.k.a. Free Bard Oriole a.k.a. Chrys Amy Dean  Let not young souls be smothered out before They do quaint deeds and fully flaunt their pride. It is the world's one crime its babes grow dull, Its poor are ox-like, limp and leaden-eyed. not that they starve, but starve so dreamlessly, Not that they sow, but that they seldom reap, Not that they serve, but have no gods to serve, Not that they die, but that they die like sheep. -Vachel Lindsay ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 11:08:05 -0500 From: "Ramona Winkelbauer [SERA]" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Cc: Barbara Slater Subject: Misty's Pseudonym? (Was Re: M'Lady Wildcat) Message-ID: >ObMisty: Does anyone know if Misty did any writing under a pseudonym? Have run across >some books that fit her personality and writing style (at its best), but the name isn't hers. >Books are "The Laughing Corpse" and "Guilty Pleasures". AFAIK, Author purportedly is Laurell K. Hamilton, not Misty. Other titles include "The Lunatic Cafe" and "Bloody Bones" which was just published. If you were routing for Jean-Claude, this ("BB") is your book. ;) Ramona ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 08:26:56 -0700 From: "Linda Malcor, Ph.D" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: To buy or not to buy SB/fanzines Message-ID: <199609171526.IAA12415-+AT+-latimes.com> At 03:44 PM 9/17/96 +0100, Rozanna McNeer wrote: >Obmisty: for the book critics -> is SB worth buying if you have got the cash to spend on a HB or not? If you are willing to cough up the price of three movies for about 100 pages of vintage Misty and 330+ pages of rather bad writing, do it. The good parts are REALLY good, which is why I keep bpthering to read her; but the bad parts are REALLY bad this time out. You have been warned; it's your call. ****** Vanyel fanzines: I'm looking for the address for Vanyel's Heart. Will post it later today. Danya ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 08:35:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: DeLint Message-ID: <199609171535.IAA05670-+AT+-popserver4.Stanford.EDU> HTH said: >Someone's subject heading was "Binky/deLint -- good book" I swear, I >looked at that and thought, "A Binky the Mime and Charles DeLint collab? >What on earth?" My latest DeLint book, Jack of Kinrowan, just came into >the bookstore and is silently and faithfully waiting for me to pick it >up. Anyone else read it? I've read it as it was originally published in two seperate volumes. "Jack the Giant Killer" and "Drink Down the Moon" I liked them although on the whole they feel a bit different than his other books (don't ask me to explain that...I'm not sure if I could!) Incidentally...does anyone else have problems finding some of his books? I'm dying to find "Mulengro" and I think he has written a few other books under the name of Samuel M. Key. Another author I've never seen here except in librarys is Tamora Pierce. I loved "The Song of the Lioness" when I read it...but have never been able to find copies :-( Obmisty: Does anyone else think that the song "Thinking Out Loud" on Misty's "By the Sword" albulm is hilariously funny? Also I love the massacre at the beginning...it sounds like every one is fighting with silverware! :-)=20 "You=92re so nice=85you=92re not good, you=92re not bad, you=92re just nice.= I=92m not good, I=92m not nice, I=92m just right!" Bernadette Peters-The witch from "Into the Woods" by Stephen Sondheim ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:43:21 -0500 (CDT) From: nme848-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Welcome back Firemist/Wildfire/ObMisty Message-ID: <199609171543.AA232495001-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu> > > If a mage uses Blood Magic to Heal (I *know*, theoratically impossible, but > suspend your disbelief), is it *still* considered, hmm, 'evil'? Tough call. I think it still would be evil, since tie acts necessary to use blood magic are somewhat less than ethical and humane. In this case, I don't think the ends can justify the means. Nina ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 11:45:41 -0400 From: "Peter E. Allen" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Blood Magic Message-ID: Lady Windsong wrote: > If a mage uses Blood Magic to Heal (I *know*, theoratically impossible, but > suspend your disbelief), is it *still* considered, hmm, 'evil'? The only way it would be 'good,' IMO, would be if the um, 'donor'(?) wanted or didn't mind their force to be used. You'd probably have to be careful, though, that the mage didn't abuse this 'willing' source too much. Also, maybe it's not the magic that's 'evil', but what about the mage? What if it was a Herald-Mage that used it? According to their own morals, then it would have to be for what they thought was the greatest good, yes? --Brandwolf ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 11:02:00 -0500 (CDT) From: nme848-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: DeLint Message-ID: <199609171602.AA242946120-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu> > > HTH said: > >Someone's subject heading was "Binky/deLint -- good book" I swear, I > >looked at that and thought, "A Binky the Mime and Charles DeLint collab? > >What on earth?" My latest DeLint book, Jack of Kinrowan, just came into > >the bookstore and is silently and faithfully waiting for me to pick it > >up. Anyone else read it? > > I've read it as it was originally published in two seperate volumes. "Jack > the Giant Killer" and "Drink Down the Moon" I liked them although on the > whole they feel a bit different than his other books (don't ask me to > explain that...I'm not sure if I could!) > Incidentally...does anyone else have problems finding some of his books? > I'm dying to find "Mulengro" and I think he has written a few other books > under the name of Samuel M. Key. Another author I've never seen here except > in librarys is Tamora Pierce. I loved "The Song of the Lioness" when I > read it...but have never been able to find copies :-( I absolutely LOVE "Song of the Lioness" quartet. I've only seen one of the volumes ONCE in a local bookstore in paperback, but the cover art on the hardcover is soo much better. I'm thinking of seeing if Barnes & Noble will order the series in hardcover for me. Pierce's Wild Magic series isn't bad, either. I just snagged all 3 books from the library. Why is it that bookstores never have the authors or volumes that I'm dying for? Nina ------------------------------ Date: 17 Sep 1996 12:40:16 -0400 From: "Kimber Brumbaugh" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: M'Lady Wildcat, Message-ID: *ObMisty: Does anyone know if Misty did any writing under a *pseudonym? Have run across *some books that fit her personality and writing style (at its *best), but the name isn't hers. *Books are "The Laughing Corpse" and "Guilty Pleasures". *TTFN (ta-ta for now) *Lani Hunter I had to respond to this, since I've been praising this series for ages now. The author is Laurell Hamilton and there is 4 books in that series as of yet and I'm hoping for a lot more! :) Guilty Pleasures, Laughing Corpse, Lunitic Cafe and .... Argh! what is it?!? *sigh* Well, I think it's the third book title I'm missing, but I own them all and read them a lot. (O, I might have all the titles on my web page with some other vampire stuff...) So far it doesn't appear the SB has made it to Raleigh, though I have only tried Waldenbooks so far. And if my car continues to not work, I might not be able to try many other places for a little while (hopefully though it's just a dead battery, easily fixed and hten I can buy the book as a celebration for haveing a running car... again. SOunds like good rational to me :) Kimber Goddess of Eternal Optimism kimber_brumbaugh-+AT+-library.lib.ncsu.edu http://www.catt.ncsu.edu/users/willow/www/home.html ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 831 *********************************