MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 907 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: A new idea about Florian by nme848-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu 2) Re: High Priestess of Procrastination by Ken Hyde 3) Hola? by Nicole Dubuc 4) tired Van/founding/Eldan/High Priestesses by Mat the Cat in Green 5) Kerowyn by Selkie 6) fluff-survey/gods by Wintershard 7) Re: A new idea about Florian/sorta SB spoiler by "Emily L Cartier" 8) Di # 4+5?/Adept manifestation by Khenta Blaufalk 9) Reply to: High Priestess of Procrastination by Rozanna McNeer 10) Re: Windrider stuff -- no hoping for books tho!/Companions/welcomes/High Priestess of Procrastination/spoilers (definition of) by Jefferson Ballew 11) Re: Vanyel's Times: Amberdrake by Jefferson Ballew 12) SB-not a spoiler/R. Edghill/LotPW by LilacFairy-+AT+-aol.com 13) Brvaes Braiddson Searches Out UnTagged Gods by Korendil 14) Re: High Priestess of Procrastination by Renee Mic Markowicz <04613-+AT+-UDel.Edu> 15) Logres by Lisa Prior 16) Snuggle Bear post (kinda fluffy and has to do with laundry) by Teleute 17) For members of the magewar. News! by Gyrfalcon 18) WoFury and Ashkevrons by "Emily L Cartier" 19) Hello? Hello? by singer-+AT+-iglobal.net 20) Re: Windrider.. Unchained! / Companions / That Song! by Korendil 21) Myers-Briggs/SB and SR/Voyager and us by Becky Anne Christensen 22) handfasting? by Disney 23) Survey Info -- PLEASE READ by "Hth." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 08:24:04 -0600 (CST) From: nme848-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: A new idea about Florian Message-ID: <199610281424.AA130662644-+AT+-hecky.acns.nwu.edu> > And FLASHED: Maybe Florian isn't bonding to Karal because Karal is to be MO > at sometime in the future. Somewhere in Winds (sorry, no textevd) Elspeth is thinking about how Kris will be the next monarch and Lyra will be the next MO. Nina ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:58:13 -0500 (EST) From: Ken Hyde To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: High Priestess of Procrastination Message-ID: On Mon, 28 Oct 1996 dsarik-+AT+-PO-Box.McGill.CA wrote: > Do you think Lady Thess has become one of your hermits > regarding the list?) Well, I have a personal communique from her that states that she will be back eventually. However, her job is overloading her at the moment. So, all you hopeful, soon-to-be divinities will have to wait a little longer. But never fear, she has not abandoned us as yet. BTW, Welcome to the list, Renee. It's good to see another Blue Hen on the list! =) May the seas be your solace and the forests a refuge for your spirit, Cennydd, Mage of the Green Silences. 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+-Udel.Edu | A mind is a terrible toy to waste! -- Me **http://www.udel.edu/kenny/ken.html or .../kenny/green.silences.html** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 11:58:48 -0500 (EST) From: Nicole Dubuc To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Hola? Message-ID: This is a test..last time I sent mail, it bounced, so could y'all tell me if any of you got a message from Scotanten Gryphon yesterday or received this today?Tanx-NDD ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:04:01 -0500 (EST) From: Mat the Cat in Green To: Mercedes Lackey mailing list Subject: tired Van/founding/Eldan/High Priestesses Message-ID: > From: singer-+AT+-iglobal.net > Also, I was thinking the other day that life was really rough for Vanyel. > He was always hurt, tired, overextended and alone, with few exceptions. Well, remember that, during MPromise and MPrice, Valdemar and Karse are actively at war, unlike with Ancar, who seems to mostly do a big attack here and there, with little attacks in between. At the beginning of Promise, Van just came in from doing the jobs of several Heralds on the Border. I think that it's the fact that he's so powerful, that he exhausts himself that much more. ============================================================================= > From: chenchen-+AT+-rgs.edu.sg > Then again, Charliss could have been thought from young to believe that > Baron Valdemar was wrong, the people at that time who did not like the Baron > probably tried to "brainwash" their people so as to not have any more people > like the Baron. It could be just an illusion on the Empire's part. We'll probably never know. It could be that Valdemar (the country) overestimates the Baron's importance, because of his postition as the Founder. But, they could be right too. Only Misty knows. =========================================================================== > From: Kathy Covert > the story teller, middle-aged man with startling twin streaks of grey at > his temples. Later, Selenay is sitting with him "resting her head on his > shoulder in easy intimacy". > > Is this Eldan? Yup, IMO, anyway. The Seleany thing clinches it, I think. > So...oh keepers of the timeline... is the timing consistent for Eldan to be > "middle aged" (at least as described by an 18 yr old girl) when Talia was > promoted to Whites and Elspeth was confirmed Heir? I think so. I think Selenay is middle-aged or so, so they'd be around the same age, as year-mates. ============================================================================ > From: dsarik-+AT+-PO-Box.McGill.CA > > FLUFF - HIGH PRIESTESS OF PROCRASTINATION SPOILER/WARNING > Matty Watty Katty (more interesting then Kitty, kitty, kitty) said: I think Firemist has gotten to everyone. MistyWisty, you'll pay for this! > Let's get this show on the road. Mattycakes and I, deniz, High Priestess of > Procrastination (thanks for noticing, Mattiepoo), do welcome you, renee, and > hereby anoint and adorn you as co-High Priestess of Procrastination. [boom of thunder, light from the heavens shine upon Deniz and Renee] Thou have been Chosen, My daughters, to be the High Priestesses of Procrastination. I bestow upon you both the ability to procrastinate all you wish, and to always finish your task directly before it is due. Use this power well, and in My Name. [boom of thunder] Mat Cat Person, Champion in Green, |"Three things are no secret, Adept, and God of Procrastination| files that somehow hit the 'Net, Heathen #??? | your boss's secretary, and mtimme47-+AT+-magic.hofstra.edu | the third thing....I forget." http://ada.hofstra.edu/~mtimme47/| -- "Threes rev 1.1" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 96 12:21:05 EST From: Selkie To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk (Mercedes Lackey List) Subject: Kerowyn Message-ID: <199610281721.MAA27658-+AT+-hobbes.kzoo.edu> I think I spelled her name right. Anyway, there is a portrait of her in Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy (by the guy who wrote Barlowe's guide to Extraterristals) and I atleast think it looks pretty good. Anybody else seen it? Whadya think? Love and kisses, Cele ---------------------------------------------------------------------- May we kiss those we please and please those we kiss ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cecelia Ann Marsh |"You've been reading | Box 444 Hicks Center |too much meaning from | Kalamazoo MI 49006 |existence" | E-mail: k95cm02-+AT+-kzoo.edu | | http://www.kzoo.edu/~k95cm02/ | -James _Lullaby_ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 13:33:52 -0500 (EST) From: Wintershard To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: fluff-survey/gods Message-ID: I'm an INTP to the letter (sorry ). The description they gave fits me exactly. Hope it helps some, heather. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Did Lady Tess ever Name me as God of Subtlety, Discreetness, and Crappy Weather? It's been a looong time, and I can't remember. For any potential patrons, under me, you can say all that you want to somebody, without them noticing it until after you're gone. You can conjure up tricks and traps for your enemies, or just bug the hell out of siblings . As far as the weather goes, I can make it rain on those days that you have to do yard work, or if you're also paying tithe to the God of Procrastination, I can give you a few days extra by bringing in a blizzard, or a flood, ooh... the possibilities . Well, I have a wedding to ruin. If you're in the Syracuse region at all today, I'd advise you to stay in. Mwa haha haa... Wintershard (hoping he is) God of Subtelty, Discreetness, and Crappy Weather ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 14:08:11 -0500 From: "Emily L Cartier" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: A new idea about Florian/sorta SB spoiler Message-ID: <9610281910.AA15429-+AT+-udecc.engr.udayton.edu> Val said >And FLASHED: Maybe Florian isn't bonding to Karal because Karal is >to be MO at sometime in the future. Then Alice, the Demon Squirrel of Farmington said >Remember Altra? that nifty little white kitty kat? >Ummmmm, I think that counts as a bond kinda like a Companion bond... >if you can't have two Companions I'm _pretty_ sure you can't have a >firecat and a Companion :) I'm pretty sure that Florian didn't choose Karal because of the ending of SB. I'm not sure that you can't have a Companion and a Firecat, because Misty seems to say that they are similar but different. I'm also not sure that you can have both a Companion and a Firecat choose you. There's no evidence that it can happen either way. And I don't think Talia is a good example of a Sunpriest because it was MEANT as an honorary title to make Valdemar a little more acceptable to the general Karse population. It is important that Talia takes the title seriously and is learning some of the things necessary to a Sunpriest because maybe she will get a Firecat at some point to help her... Emily with a sig in invisible ink Bye, Emily Cartier ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 20:13:14 +0100 (CET) From: Khenta Blaufalk To: Misty mail Subject: Di # 4+5?/Adept manifestation Message-ID: Look what Tor Books have answered to my query about Arcanum 101 and Triangle Park (so there's still hope): >From torbooks-+AT+-panix.comMon Oct 28 18:51:26 1996 >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 15:27:08 -0400 >From: Tor Books >To: Khenta Blaufalk >Subject: Re: Frankfurt Bookfair/M. Lackey >We will be able to publish the remaining Diana Tregarde books as soon as >Mercedes Lackey writes them. FIREBIRD will be out in December; hope you >enjoy it. >Cordially, >Jenna A. Felice >Editorial Assistant ==================================================================== Jake wrote: >*His mind turns back into the Misty haze of list messages past...* Wasn't >there a discussion at some point of the pegasus being a manifestation of >some sort? (Adept manifestation? Help!) Yes, there definitely was (Windrider's adept manifestation, to be precise). And I think I've seen it too, maybe in the Firebird online-catalogue (so that got me thinking "look, whoever posted this to the list was right"). And with this post I'm vanishing back into the realms of semi-lurkerdom (which are definitely blue, for what reason ever; hmm, Mistress of the Blue Realms doesn't sound too bad :)), trying to spend *some* time on learning for school . Walk in beauty Khenta Blaufalk aka Skyfire & Aar Goddess of Incomplete Vocabulary and Garbled Grammar ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 14:54:18 -0500 From: Rozanna McNeer To: "mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk" Subject: Reply to: High Priestess of Procrastination Message-ID: <199610281455_MC1-B67-F1BA-+AT+-compuserve.com> Oh boy! I didn't know what I was starting when I called poor Mat Mattikins just to get even with him for calling Jaguar Jaggikins! Now Deniz has topped it all by coming up with more Mattareno type names then even I can think of, and he's going to blame *me*! obmisty: ever notice how some nick-names in Valdemar end with '-ling' (not that there are many nick-names, more like pet names) Loverling, catling. Of course, I can't exactly see anyone calling Seleney Sel. there is Vanyel's Van, and Stefen's Stef, Tylendel's 'Lendel, Yfandes' 'Fandes, but I think that's it. oh, Kerowyn's Kero and all the Rethwellen short-names. But even Daren's in American get called Dar (or Dare) Hmm. . . Tal? Els? Tar? Sav? hmmm Firemist ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 13:19:05 -0800 From: Jefferson Ballew To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Windrider stuff -- no hoping for books tho!/Companions/welcomes/High Priestess of Procrastination/spoilers (definition of) Message-ID: <32752349.2570-+AT+-earthlink.net> Mat the Cat in Green wrote: > > Welcome to the insa^H^H^H^Hfun Jeff! A spoiler is information > for a book that just came out (or is the most recent in a series). > To avoid spoiling the story, we put a page of space (called Spoiler > Space) before any such information. Normally, we do this until > either the majority of the list has read the book in question, or > it come out in paperback. > Thanks Mat, oh cat in Green. . . By the By, Jefferson is actually my husband and hasn't read ML, wouldn't read ML to save his life (can you believe I went thru' with the wedding?) and so, the net account is in his name, and I can't figure out how to get the ##$*! email to read with *my* name. Which is Rainwood. Hi there. Not sure about y'all competing for the title of HP of Procrastination. I may just qualify for that there nomiker. . . :-) zhai'hellava Rainwood "Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem" which translates to: In the good old days - children like you were left to perish on windswept crags. Always a nice thing to know, especially in long lines at Disneyland. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 13:40:42 -0800 From: Jefferson Ballew To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Vanyel's Times: Amberdrake Message-ID: <3275285A.34F6-+AT+-earthlink.net> singer-+AT+-iglobal.net wrote: > > I have never encountered more sensitive characters in general, and men in particular, than I have in Misty's books. Yes, Rainwood, I do think > Amberdrake is one of the best. If I could pick one character I would like to meet, to have a friendship with, he would be at the top of the list. How does she do that? I mean, he has his human weaknesses, and his struggles, but she really captured the essence of someone remarkable who has risen above his troubles. I am a massage therapist by trade, and I found myself incorporating aspects of the Kestra'chern into my own practice. Sans the sex thing of course, as that'd be illegal :-), but the healer of souls aspect anyhow. . . Amberdrake has really inspired me. I'm afraid the idea of him may have > spoiled me for all others. > Trust me, they are out there. I married one. Rare jewels, but most assuredly out there! > Another favorite of mine has always been Vanyel. So I > think a lot about Vanyel, and a couple of things have always bothered me about the events surrounding the end of his life. > > The first is Savil, and the way that she died. Van was so guilt stricken, so grief stricken. And Savil's spirit lived on, and returned. What I wonder, is did they ever talk again? I think so. I mean - they were both of the spirit world at that point, and you'd think that although Van was bound to Sorrows, he'd at least have a window to other places. I'd bet the powers that be didn't let that go unremedied. Besides, I'd like to think that Savil knew how much Van loved her. She must have. > Was Vanyel's time a rougher time to be a Herald, do you think? Was his > world less civilized? Or was it just him? Have you ever noticed that the more sensitive a person, the harder the world seems to be for them? I think Van was just too wide open, and got trounced at a very early age. It took him years to recover, y'know? > > Another thing that has always bothered me is Starwind and Moondance. I > wonder if they knew when Savil died, and later when Vanyel died. If they didn't know it then, they must have met at the Havens. Or, perhaps Tayledras don't go to the havens. At any rate, I think Starwind and Moondance had a pretty healthy handle on the Death thing. How could you live in the Vales and not? I think they would have been at peace with whole thing. Sad, yes, and they'd have mourned - but they would have understood. Moondance was a fairly wise soul. > Well, I feel decidedly melancholy now. I should sign off and try to relax before I start to hurt. for you. Bright blessings. Wind to thy wings - i feel like i've met a kindred spirit. rainwood ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:20:39 -0500 From: LilacFairy-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: SB-not a spoiler/R. Edghill/LotPW Message-ID: <961028162038_219508707-+AT+-emout15.mail.aol.com> Storm Breaking- not a spoiler. I finally got my copy of Storm Breaking from the library (and there was much rejoicing!) I've only read about120 pages so far, and it's quite good. I do agree with Danya, though. The Empire chapter I've read was interesting, but heavily padded. Did we really need 2 1/2 pages describing the clerks and their function, working area, etc.? My problem with this scene is that Misty describes the whole set up in exhaustive detail, then has Melles get his orders written up and signed. So we're told how getting documents written up works, then we see the process happening. A little clever editing and we could have gotten the same information in half the wordage. Misty could have just had Melles go to the clerks, and show us the process. Instead, she wrote the scene rather like this paragraph, in which you get the same information repeated several times. If I wanted to, I could edit this down to half the words. :-) One of my major frustrations with Misty is that she *describes* and *explains* things too much instead of just having them happen. Guy Gavriel Kay does the opposite. An example is this is in _The Wandering Fire_. I'm not going to spoil this for anyone, but a crucial plot twist involves the reenactment of the midsummer's night sacrifice of Liadon at Dun Maura. All of the characters seem to know the story and understand what's happened. But Kay never actually *tells* us the story- we piece together enough to go on through the characters' comments and actions. So unless the clerks play an crucial part in the plot later on, and it's absolutely necessary for us to know all the details of how they work, the scene was padding. As Danya has said, I'd rather have more of Silverfox and Firesong's evolving relationship, or more about what Natoli and the folks at Haven were doing. ---------------- Lady Undine wrote: > Has anyone read Rosemary Edgehill's Bast books?< I liked them as character studies, they were very entertaining, and the details about Paganism and the relations between the various Trads were well done. The actual mysteries were a bit weak, but let's not be picky! ---------------- On Wed, 23 Oct DebMats wrote: >>Lilac Fairy & All the other Ladies of the Pink Wand - Had a WONDERFUL time at the last party & it was the only saving grace in a week from hell. << So glad to hear you enjoyed our little soiree. and on Fri, 25 Oct 1996 Michelle Nicole Reis wrote: >>Ladies, please I submit my most humble request to know more of your elite group! Please, if I may humbly beg, may I send my request for possible acceptance? I adore Vanyel and Firesong. They are the bestest! Please let me officially worship them from a far. Along with milord Mat the Cat of course. Please, please, pleeeeeease?!!??<< Don't forget the sartorially distinguished ecdysiast, Cennydd, God of Karma! The Lilac Fairy welcomes Michelle to the Bower, where she may peer into the scrying pool and watch our adored ones. The Lilac Fairy Lady of the Pink Wand Lee Cox San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum (SF PALM) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 96 17:02:49 -0500 From: Korendil To: Subject: Brvaes Braiddson Searches Out UnTagged Gods Message-ID: <9610282207.AA16867-+AT+-raptor.icubed.net> >So...oh keepers of the timeline... is the timing consistent for Eldan to be >"middle aged" (at least as described by an 18 yr old girl) when Talia was >promoted to Whites and Elspeth was confirmed Heir? Well, hmm..lemme go check.. well, according to what I have, which many epople would argue about, but is the best thing we have to go on right now, unless someone else has tried their hands at a timeline NO? what a surprise...it's SUCH fun;P well, I have that scene from Aflight as 1391, (and if ANYONE screams "But That Means Talia Was In Grays For Seven Years!!!!!<---", I'll calmly curse them with an inability to fall asleep until 3 hours before they must awake!!!!!<---) and the end of BTS as 1394, so it'd be 3 years...meaning AFTER the Karse part of Bts...though, I think, that'd be true regardless...a very interesting idea, btw, though. >On another note--it must be incredibly frustrating to be highborn/noble in >Valdemar. Here you are from a "good family"--which is obviously important >in Valdemar and very important in every other country we've seen in Misty's >Velgarth--but, no matter how blue-blooded you are, how diligently you serve >your country, how brave you are in battle....you will never be among the >elect, the inner circle, if a stupid white horse didn't Choose you. And how >frustrating to be the unChosen child of the Monarch! What happens to you? Well, I think we'd find it hard to empathize (sp?) with a character such as that, since if the heir/aristocrat *was* such a good person, they'd simply be chosen anyway, like Elspeth and Jeri and Kris et al... >I've just survived two tests in the space of two days which I did not study for until the >>>last hour before, have a Physics Lab due tomorrow which I haven't started, am meeting today >with my lab partner for Chem and it's a lab that I don't understand and haven't read the >>>>book for at all, and haven't studied yet for a test on Wednesday for which I've known what >>chapters will be covered for oooohhhhh... 3-4 weeks. Anything else? Oh, yeah. I *still* >>>have to get that short "Stop the Press" in to all the papers here with my petition stuff >>>>about the Red Cross in it, I regularly pulled up "One-Night Wonders" and "Morning Miracles" >or English papers (when I still took them), sometimes starting the paper a mere two hours >>>before due date -- and got A's, I might add, Blah....that's child's play...I read my history FOR THE FIRST TIME an hour before the tests and get A's, NEVER do english stuff until the night before or day of and get A's, and have yet to make up a science lab from last thursday or some other science stuff from last quarter! Of course, I'm not in the running since I'm already a god, buuuuut.... Um..um...any god/esses who haven't been tagged, well, one of em email me...I need someone to pass to.. -+AT+-LIDNEROK________________________________________________KORENDIL-+AT+- I|Korendil, Knight of Elfhame Sun-Descending, Squire of the High|I C|Court, Magus Minor, One In Black, Firstborn Child of Danaan, |C U|God of All Things Nocturnal, Ailurophile, and #Macintosh Op. |U BED.NET____________________________________________________TEN.DEB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 17:34:18 -0500 (EST) From: Renee Mic Markowicz <04613-+AT+-UDel.Edu> To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: High Priestess of Procrastination Message-ID: Bright the day, everyone! (or should that be dark the evening?... considering that it's nearly 6:00 pm) On Mon, 28 Oct 1996 dsarik-+AT+-PO-Box.McGill.CA wrote: > myself? Hmm. Okay, I definitely welcome you with open arms into the > priest/esshood, Renee. You've earned it. Well, ahhh, I think we can both be > High Priestess of Procrastination as long as we're not at the same school. If > > Let's get this show on the road. Mattycakes and I, deniz, High Priestess of > Procrastination (thanks for noticing, Mattiepoo), do welcome you, renee, and > hereby anoint and adorn you as co-High Priestess of Procrastination. Now, you Thank you, oh thank you most holy and revered ones! I shall certainly strive to be faithful to the priest/esshood in everything I do! (Did I mention the article I had to read for biology class? I read it 20 minutes prior to the discussion. :) ) As to the Windrider discussion (not that I'm trying to prolong it), but if Misty isn't going to write the books, I wish that she would at least write the rest of the Windrider Cycle - you know, the filk songs. Someone posted that they thought that the middleaged storyteller in AFlight was Eldan. I thought that I was the only one that noticed that! It's nice to know that I'm not going out of my mind... BTW, I've been into Misty for a while now. I've read her Velgarth, Sacred Ground, and Diana Tregarde books. I never read her Lark and the Wren books. Are they any good? I've been wondering. There has been something bothering me about Silver Gryphon. Remember the mage, Vikteren? He was an important character in the Black Gryphon, and he was mentioned a few times in White Gryphon, but he just dissappeared after that. He wasn't in SG at all. At one part, they called all the mages of White Gryphon together to search for Blade and Tas, and I thought that Vikteren would have been there (he _was_ a Master), but he wasn't. This really bugged me because I liked Vikteren. He had a kind of rogueish prescence to him. :) Does anyone know what happened to him or have any theories as to why Misty dropped him as a character? Just curious. Sorry if I was all over the place in this post - staying up 'til 3 am doing work can do that to you. :) Zhai'helleva, <--(am I spelling that right? Every time I type it, it looks wrong for some reason...) Renee "You really ought to know that a clean and neat dwelling place is the sign of a disturbed mind." - Skandranon Rashkae to Amberdrake (Black Gryphon) "But Shalafi [Master/Teacher], there is not much left if you turn down the world." - Dalamar to Raistlin (Dragonlance Legends 1: Time of the Twins) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Oct 96 12:00:27 PDT From: Lisa Prior To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Logres Message-ID: Sounds a lot like Calahan's Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson. Lisa P ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:40:41 -0600 (CST) From: Teleute To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Snuggle Bear post (kinda fluffy and has to do with laundry) Message-ID: I had to take a break from cleaning my room to go do something less productive, but when I went down to the lab to check my e-mail all the computers were off line (I swear little computer gremlins are getting n2 the system somehow.) So I had to walk all the way across campus and on the way just started asking myself little questions, like: Why do I have a box of Quaker Oatmeal shelved between Susan Cooper and Terri Windling on my bookshelf? Why do I feel the need to spend $45 to go to a gaming convention when I really need a new scientific calculator b/4 my next math test? Why didn't I go to college in-state, so I would have been w/in travelling distance of home this weekend like all my more sensible friends? (And now that I've asked that question, should I transfer to Kirksville?) Um...sorry about that...I know I had an on topic question when I started this...Oh, yes. I was doing the laundry (finally) and my ever-so-wonderful friends were making fun of my fashion sense again. They kept asking me why I hardly ever wear white. I just stood there thinking, "I'm sure Kerowyn would have a good response to this", but I couldn't think of any quotes and BTS is at home and my mother has refused to UPS any more of my library to me. Can anybody with a copy please find a quote for me? (i'm not morbid. black is a perfectly legitimate favorite color. honestly. the next time any of them want to borrow part of my wardrobe for their vampire costumes they can just forget it.) Teleute (apologizing for the fluff but feeling more cheerful now) dpollock-+AT+-bayou.uh.edu "Every road leads back to my door Every road I will follow..." --Tori ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 19:04:18 -0500 From: Gyrfalcon To: Mercedes Lackey List Subject: For members of the magewar. News! Message-ID: <32754A02.225-+AT+-menger.eecs.stevens-tech.edu> First off I would like to apologize for the majority of the list who are not mage-war subscribers and especially to Our Beloved Listmistress "Auntie" Mel, with who I am submitting a bribe^H^H^H^H^H tithe of cajun blackened chocolate sheep. The server for the mage-war, sorsha.dassin.org, is completely, utterly and totally down. According to Dass, the domain dassin.org has been pulled by her provider for an undetermined length of time. Until then, we are going to move the Mage Wars to the backup list. The old White Coconut list. To subscribe to the White Coconut list send a message to majordomo-+AT+-teleport.com with no subject and the body of the message containing: subscribe wccnut-l That thing at the end is a lowecase 'L' not a 1 or an i. Please all those in the old mage-war subscribe to this one. Thank you, and since this is not a list related post, I'll shut up now. --Gyrfalcon ==================msowers-+AT+-menger.eecs.stevens-tech.edu================== Sometimes, even the darkest of mages hear a nagging little voice in the back of their mind, urging them to drag out the old armor, dress up and play the White Knight for a while. Remember, miracles do happen ======================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 18:58:34 -0500 From: "Emily L Cartier" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: WoFury and Ashkevrons Message-ID: <9610290000.AA18551-+AT+-udecc.engr.udayton.edu> I was rereading WoFury and noticed something. "But nothing ever changed in the core building of the Ashkevron home. Elspeth had told them all that she recalled hearing some of the family actually boasting about just that. There was even a story that if anyone ever did anything besides add to the buildings, the ghost of some long-dead ancestor would rise out of the grave tou haunt the one who dared change what he had wrought." (pg 106 DAW hardcover) Does anyone else think that that long-dead ancestor might be Vanyel's grandfather Joserlin? As I recall, Van said something about Joserlin having very odd ideas about what should go where... Of course there is always the possibility that the ghost in the story is some Ashkevron we don't know about (and given the 600 some years between Van and Elspeth it's quite possible). Opinions would be much appreciated, both pro and con. Emily Bye, Emily Cartier ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 19:12:04 -0600 From: singer-+AT+-iglobal.net To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Hello? Hello? Message-ID: Is everybody okay out there? I haven't gotten mail from this list for way too many hours (more than 12). I was afraid I had been kicked right off the list for some unexplained transgression. If you're there, please say something! Are you all incapacitated by a Mage Storm? Not having Mage Gift myself, I wouldn't notice. :) Go Gently, Tresta %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Tresta shena Jor'ethan "Love must live free." Healer to horses -Shin'a'in Teaching %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ============================================================================== "To be tired of horses is to be tired of life; horses are a gift to us." ============================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 96 20:41:31 -0500 From: Korendil To: Subject: Re: Windrider.. Unchained! / Companions / That Song! Message-ID: <9610290146.AA23555-+AT+-raptor.icubed.net> >Anyone else onlist get FACTORY SHOWROOM by TMBG yet? Yeppers. Just got it today! I also got: -Faces of Fantasy (which has a picture of misty that makes her look like a Real Person and not all fake like the cover photo) -No One Noticed the Cat -Myst: The Book of Ti'ana (hey..cyan can always use cash...and, hey, the book LOOKS kewl,e ven if the plot will most likely be...lacking) -A book on how to learn Gaelic -two mac programming books -live's throwing copper cd So I'm happy:) Factory Showroom is kewl...sorta melds together the earlier stuff's wackiness and John Henry's full band more rocky style. >Hey. The Windrider Cycle was Baron Valdemar's Son's Harley! I have it >right here, it says so in _Oathblinded_. *grin* No, no..that's not in Oathblinded! That's from Storm Signals where Van comes and has a dream-talk with wossname, his other descendant's branch, the one he had with the Avenging Angle...Stef was off performing for Vykaendas,so he brings Harley along for company! You must be thinking of the sheep-orgy induced summoning of The Naked Snake Lady...reread, Jake! > And as for my reply to the >thread,.....ummm, it's Kory's fault. He seduced me to the Dark >Side! Blah, I was bored. So levin-bolt me;P Which reminds me..I still have a duel with S-L coming up, don't I? Shadow-LOver? You still around? >And FLASHED: Maybe Florian isn't bonding to Karal because Karal is to be MO >at sometime in the future. Now I haven't read SB yet and have been >turning a >blind eye to the spoilers so ... HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAH--sorry, val..but that's SERIOUSLY funny to people who HAVE read the book...and a very, very, very bad pun...but still, a good idea, and one worthy of reflection. -+AT+-LIDNEROK________________________________________________KORENDIL-+AT+- I|Korendil, Knight of Elfhame Sun-Descending, Squire of the High|I C|Court, Magus Minor, One In Black, Firstborn Child of Danaan, |C U|God of All Things Nocturnal, Ailurophile, and #Macintosh Op. |U BED.NET____________________________________________________TEN.DEB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 20:46:21 -0800 (PST) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Myers-Briggs/SB and SR/Voyager and us Message-ID: Okie dokie, I got a copy of the *official* (woo-hoo!) Myers-Briggs handbook thingy. Under the judging aspect it says "People who prefer to use their Judging process in the outer world tend to live in a planned, orederly way, wanting to regulate and control life. They make decisions, come to closure, and move on. Their lifestyle is structured and organized, and they like to have things settled. Sticking to a plan and schedule is very important to them, and thy enjoy their ability to get things done. Characteristics of most people who prefer Judging: -Scheduled -Organized -Systematic -Methodical -Plan -Like closure--to have things decided -Avoid last-minute stresses" There you go, if anyone has any questions, and can't get a copy of the handbook thingy, feel free to ask me about anything. Of course, the Judging aspect of your peronality will of course be influenced by the other three aspects, so everything about it won't fit you perfectly, but most should if you're a J person. Now, all you P people like me, just think almost the exact opposite of J, and you have Perceiving. :) Bye! A thought just struck me, with so many J people on the list, could that be why people hate to see old conversation threads, because like closure, and like to move on? Hmmmmm......This personality thing really works :) It also says about INTJ's that they quickly find meaningful patterns in external events, hmmmm, like finding every significant detail in a certain author's books? (Misty) I wonder......... I'm in a silly mood today :) ========================= Okay, Misty stuff now, just to start a new conversation thread, let's see here, okay, got one, if Misty's novels were made into a movie, who would you cast? <*BIG*WEG*> :) Just kidding. :) Seriously though, I have a question for those of you who have been so lucky that you have gotten to read SR, and SB, do we meet a bunch of new characters, or is it like a continuation of the Winds series, with Elspeth and Co., and also, do we get to see more of Talia's and Selenay's kids? Or are they just in the background? ====================== How many of you saw Voyager the other night? You know, the one with Q, and the Q who wanted to kill himself? Remember the part where they are in the continuem (sp?) and he says noone talks because there is nothing to talk about, it's all already been said? That reminded me of the list, and the thing about frequently discussed topics (FDT's), and I thought, I don't want that to happen here, who cares how many times we have the conversation, at least it's conversation, and there is usually at least one thing new that we haven't thought of (most of the time, not one's like, maybe Kero's companion is really Van's aunt!!!) so it's a good thing. Okay, I'll shut up, this wasn't a flame or anything critical, just one of those rare insightful moments when I connect things and go "wow!" I'll shut-up now. ===================== I get to go to Disneyland next Thursday! Yaaaay! Lady Becky(LIG), Goddess of Tofu and Dry Breakfast Cereals Founder of the AftPoSWT (confused? Just ask.) Mailing List Homepage http://www.psnw.com/~deb/becky/misty.html beckyanne-+AT+-iforge.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 23:51:23 -0500 (CDT) From: Disney To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: handfasting? Message-ID: <01IB70TQ1H9U00J6TG-+AT+-ACAD.DRAKE.EDU> I'm a little confused about the concept of handfasting. In the Arrows books, they make references to the 'year and day handfasting'. What exactly does that mean? Do they actually fast for a year and a day? That's a long time to actually fast. Also, does anyone think that Misty took some of her Velgarth references from the Wiccan culture? (i remember something about wicca being mentioned a while back, so if I'm rehashing i apologize) but someone told me that the handfasting thing was like taken from wicca. I'm CONFUSED!! :) thanx for clearing my muddled head, jen "Disneyworld" worshipper of the Mouse All HAIL the MOUSE! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 00:01:11 CST From: "Hth." To: Subject: Survey Info -- PLEASE READ Message-ID: <29OCT96.00021624.0176.MUSIC-+AT+-ACADEMIC.TRUMAN.EDU> I've had requests for a list of people who've responded to my survey and their personality types. While I don't personally see any reason to be secretive about the issue (there are no "good" or "bad" types), I absolutely won't release information like that against anyone's will. Sooo, I'm going to wait a week, and anyone who is uncomfortable with having their Myers-Briggs type known, PLEASE let me know that, and I'll put you on Deep Background I'll then distribute the rest of the info by private e-mail on request. Fair? HTH r618-+AT+-academic.truman.edu ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 907 *********************************