MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1044 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Sign your mail!/Weekly chat?? by SEANSQ-+AT+-aol.com 2) Re: Sign your mail!/Weekly chat?? by JMACGMAC-+AT+-aol.com 3) gotcha Elf!/Firebird spoiler/'Reesa/confusion/Jody Lynn Nye/inconsistency/Le Mis by MTimmer430-+AT+-aol.com 4) re: ENDING THE SHADOWWOLF NAMING CRAP by Brian Bennett 5) Only 3 Things Really by tygriss-+AT+-juno.com (Cat Person) 6) Problem...... by "Mark (or Annie Marshall) Johns" 7) Welcome SHADOWWOLF /Restoree by SEANSQ-+AT+-aol.com 8) Arrows On Line / Hardcover Oathbound? / Two Quick Things by Shdwflt-+AT+-aol.com 9) Re:male or female/Van/Companions by Faranheit-+AT+-aol.com 10) Re: lost at the Post Office by Mark Severson 11) Re: Problem...... by DebMats-+AT+-aol.com 12) Re: EQ/Paks/MOC/Souls/names/Hardcover/++ by Mark Severson 13) OSC by Morgause Eire 14) iiiiiiiIIIIIIII'MMMMMMM BBBBAAAACCCKKKK!!!!! by Deniz 15) Easy on Mrs. M / future book ideas by Hades16-+AT+-aol.com 16) No Misty/ Margret E. Heggan by Hades16-+AT+-aol.com 17) Re: Science fiction book club by Empress100-+AT+-aol.com 18) Re: Science fiction book club by Gene McKeever ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 18:43:19 -0500 From: SEANSQ-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Sign your mail!/Weekly chat?? Message-ID: <970104184319_1723006996-+AT+-emout15.mail.aol.com> Ooooopppps!!! Sorry, sorry, sorry. I get so involved in trying to get my point across, spell correctly, be funny etc, etc, that I think I've forgotten to sign my last few messages. On the other hand.....maybe it's just that I'm wrestling with my identity right now and it's my subconscious hard at work. Sheep shaped chocolates all around with double portions to anyone who cared what I wrote and was confuzzled. Just look for the seansq and that's me. I have a husband and son who are both "Sean"s hence the screen name. ***************EOM I seem to remember that you guys gather in a chat room once a week. Could someone let me know where/when it is?? "Warm" cuddly sheep blankets all around! Meg :the self-appointed Warm Welcome Distribution Agent Franchises issued upon request ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 19:44:43 -0500 From: JMACGMAC-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Sign your mail!/Weekly chat?? Message-ID: <970104194442_1089709324-+AT+-emout10.mail.aol.com> Meg asked: I seem to remember that you guys gather in a chat room once a week. Could someone let me know where/when it is?? "Warm" cuddly sheep blankets all around! Well Meg, I know those of us on AOL do. We have the Official Queens Own online meeting the first 3 wensdays of the month. Its in the Fantasy chat room at 9:30pm EST. You are more than welcome to join us (so are the rest of you who are on AOL!) Hope thats the info you were looking for! __________________ Just for the record, for anyone who wants the persona information for Herald, Healer, Bard, Taylendras or Mercenary, I have it. If you would like a copy, email me privately. Just tell me which one you want. If you want all of them, I'll send them, but be warned! It comes in 2 parts and its VERY long! Yes folks, I know that was short. Sorry, got a screaming kid on my lap! Take care! Julie AKA Snowbird - Goddess of Fields and Fens ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 19:53:41 -0500 From: MTimmer430-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: gotcha Elf!/Firebird spoiler/'Reesa/confusion/Jody Lynn Nye/inconsistency/Le Mis Message-ID: <970104195339_1491572615-+AT+-emout08.mail.aol.com> From: Korendil BTW, sorry about the funky stuff in my last message. Now I know better than to answer stuff in Word, then copy it to AOL. Notepad is my friend now.... :) >Mat nitpicked: >>Actually Kory, the song is =ECArafel=EDs Lament=EE, not =ECThe Tree of= >>Swords and Jewels=EE . >Hah! And now I nitpick back--you quoted the wrong thing there! In that >quote, I only say "the first song." So *there*:P Nuh-*uh* I quote: >Well, those are all based on different subjects--the first song, while >very pretty, is about a horrible novel by Cherryh with the same >name. Tisnt the same name. The song name is "Arafel's Lament", while the book is either _The Dreamstone_, or _The Tree of Swords and Jewels_. >Mat chuckles as he says: >> >> Gotcha again Elf. >Oh..not really...if you look, I wasn't comparing MMM and FFF, but "Lammas >Night" and FFF;P >Once again, nuh-*uh*. Quote #2: >Well, Lammas Night got an anthology prolly because it's a really entrancing >song, with a cliffhanger--FFF, though, is homages to other authors and >failed stuff by Misty. You say that FFF is failed stuff. I just said that mostly, it's Misty poems and the like. I said that you may have been thinking of MMM a bit 'cause it has a song from a failed story ("Medic") and lots of other author stuff. So there. :P =============================================================== Aistes said: >Hey that was a low blow. What would you rather have country or heavy metal >for Misty music. Heavy metal! Heavy metal any day! :) >>Kory said: >>Aw....thanks, Peony! See, guys? A certain someone *was* wrong about how >>mean and horrible and evil and bad the list is! I'm really glad to see more >>things like that lately...hmm..very strange..since that someone >>left...ach..KOr! Leave that corpse buried!;> >Who said we were mean and horrible and evil. Who would say that about our >great list members? Twas probably before your time Aistes. Or at least during your lurking. We won't name names, right Kory? (and no, it was *not* me. Remember all, according to Heather, I'm the mellow one. ) =============================================================== Kimberdoodlie wrote: >ObMisty: does anyone think Misty grew another personality with _Firebird_? >The tone's so... different. Sexist. Irritating. I wanted to clunk Ilya over >the head by the time I was halfway through. I saw the trademark Misty >touches, but geez, ::laughing look:: I think Larry wrote half of it. Hmmm. True, Ilya *was* a bit sexist, wasn't he? :) That bit about how it'd be no fun to not cheat on a wife.... FIREBIRD MINI_SPOILER!!!!! Good thing he ends up with the Firebird. She could fry him if he strayed. Also, I think whatserface, Tatiana, taught him a lesson. END SPOILER!!!! >P.S. BTW, does anyone know where Lady 'Reesa went? AFAIK, she's still around, but lurking majorly. Watch your sheep. None are safe from the Queen of Everything! >*achoo* *blank look* what? Kory, as a big favor for me, could you private >mail me what on earth you're talking about? It was during your hiatus Kimmie-san. We had a flamewar here. :( ============================================================= Liseth said: >One author that I haven't seen mentioned is Jody Lynn Nye. Mythology 101 >was great IMVHO That was with wee folk in the library, right? Wow, been a while since I read that one. I read the sequel, _Mythology Abroad_ too. I think there's more, but I never really wanted to read them. And I liked the first two. Go figure. ============================================================== From: Lydia Hales <<<< Re: Kaled'a'in. I'm a bit confused here. The Kaled'a'in are the same group that Amberdrake and Skan led through the Gate, eventually ending up with the Haileigh, right? (Black Gryphon). In Winds of Change (p 438) Treyvan explains that the Kena Leshya'nay were led by Amberdrake and Skan had been "sent away to find a refuge, and didn't use the Gates to evacuate. Yet Amberdrake, Winterhart, and several others did. And Skan, Aubri, and Kechara escaped from Ma'ar's stronghold through a gate to Urtho's tower, and then through another Gate to meet up with Amberdrake's party. So, how did they meet with each other? It sounds like there were two different parties of the Kaled'a'in. Or conflicting stories, anybody have any ideas? >>>> Yes, the stories to conflict. Such as on names. In Winds, she uses "Kena Leshayana" to mean the Spirit Clan. In the gryphon books, it's "k'Leysha" like it is later in Winds. It seems to me that she started out with one idea, changed it, then, when she wrote the Gryphon books, she changed again. =============================================================== Oh, BTW, for all you Le Mis lovers. Yesterday (Friday), one of the current cast was on Sally Jessey Rafael (give me a break, my brother had it on!). It was a girl named Leah. Said she plays (dregs names from memory of yesterday afternoon, and spelling from repeated list discussions) young Cossette, young Eponine, and Gavroche. She sang some song about a castle too. It was a Cossette song, IIRC. (Guess whose only knowledge of Le Mis comes from this list? ) Mat Cat Person, Champion in Green, |"Hey diddle-dee, answer me this riddle, Adept, God of Procrastination | hey diddle-do, tell me what you will. Heathen #149, and OoUL/L of tLotPW | Dance all day with the Cat and the mtimme47-+AT+-magic.hofstra.edu | Fiddle. Come and lay with the Heather http://ada.hofstra.edu/~mtimme47/ | on the hill" --- Heather Alexander ==================currenltly at MTimmer430-+AT+-aol.com============ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 21:27:22 -0800 From: Brian Bennett To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: re: ENDING THE SHADOWWOLF NAMING CRAP Message-ID: <32CF3BBA.3288-+AT+-erinet.com> > Not to be rude, but what's the big deal with a name? It's what you write > that counts, not whether you're called Shadow Wolf or Brian or ... whatever. *********************THE END OF THE SHADOWWOLF NAMING CRAP!************* Since the people that I thought didn't like name ShadowWolf actually like the name or are indifferent, I shall henceforth and from this time forward be known as ShadowWolf. Thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions and 10 chocolate sheep to the God or Goddess of Names. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 22:26:50 EST From: tygriss-+AT+-juno.com (Cat Person) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Only 3 Things Really Message-ID: <19970104.212544.5127.2.Tygriss-+AT+-juno.com> First: A big, tigerine welcoming hug to Morgause and the other newbies! Hope you enjoy yourselves here. We talk a lot about Misty, mostly Velgarth stuff, but just about everything is welcomed. Well, everything but the kitchen sink. (Back, back sink! Back, I say!) Second: Llewellyn has come out with a really neat-looking book called _A Bard's Book of Pagan Songs_ by Hugin the Bard. There's 50 original songs including "fifteen songs relate mythic tales from the wondrous world of the Celtic Mabinogion." Order #'s K-603 for anyone who's interested. Third: I watched Too Hot to Skate on CBS this evening and was wondering if there were any skating competitions held in Velgarth. Possibly down near Lake Evendim? Tygriss-+AT+-juno.com Priestess of Large Hunter Cats, LotPW www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/3418 Loneliness fades, as you make yourself known, filling my heart with gladness and joy. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Jan 97 22:56:45 UT From: "Mark (or Annie Marshall) Johns" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Problem...... Message-ID: I was allowing my best friend to use my web browser, and I showed her how to use search engines. She ran a Mercedes Lackey search, and came upon this mailing list. Without understanding what this was, and that I would be recieving messages constantly, she joined it using my e-mail address. I tried to unjoin it, using the directions listed in "HELP", but it doesn't seem to have worked. What do I do? Anne Marshall ---------- From: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk on behalf of MTimmer430-+AT+-aol.com Sent: Sunday, January 05, 1997 1:25 AM To: Mark (or Annie Marshall) Johns Subject: gotcha Elf!/Firebird spoiler/'Reesa/confusion/Jody Lynn Nye/inconsistency/Le Mis From: Korendil BTW, sorry about the funky stuff in my last message. Now I know better than to answer stuff in Word, then copy it to AOL. Notepad is my friend now.... :) >Mat nitpicked: >>Actually Kory, the song is =ECArafel=EDs Lament=EE, not =ECThe Tree of= >>Swords and Jewels=EE . >Hah! And now I nitpick back--you quoted the wrong thing there! In that >quote, I only say "the first song." So *there*:P Nuh-*uh* I quote: >Well, those are all based on different subjects--the first song, while >very pretty, is about a horrible novel by Cherryh with the same >name. Tisnt the same name. The song name is "Arafel's Lament", while the book is either _The Dreamstone_, or _The Tree of Swords and Jewels_. >Mat chuckles as he says: >> >> Gotcha again Elf. >Oh..not really...if you look, I wasn't comparing MMM and FFF, but "Lammas >Night" and FFF;P >Once again, nuh-*uh*. Quote #2: >Well, Lammas Night got an anthology prolly because it's a really entrancing >song, with a cliffhanger--FFF, though, is homages to other authors and >failed stuff by Misty. You say that FFF is failed stuff. I just said that mostly, it's Misty poems and the like. I said that you may have been thinking of MMM a bit 'cause it has a song from a failed story ("Medic") and lots of other author stuff. So there. :P =============================================================== Aistes said: >Hey that was a low blow. What would you rather have country or heavy metal >for Misty music. Heavy metal! Heavy metal any day! :) >>Kory said: >>Aw....thanks, Peony! See, guys? A certain someone *was* wrong about how >>mean and horrible and evil and bad the list is! I'm really glad to see more >>things like that lately...hmm..very strange..since that someone >>left...ach..KOr! Leave that corpse buried!;> >Who said we were mean and horrible and evil. Who would say that about our >great list members? Twas probably before your time Aistes. Or at least during your lurking. We won't name names, right Kory? (and no, it was *not* me. Remember all, according to Heather, I'm the mellow one. ) =============================================================== Kimberdoodlie wrote: >ObMisty: does anyone think Misty grew another personality with _Firebird_? >The tone's so... different. Sexist. Irritating. I wanted to clunk Ilya over >the head by the time I was halfway through. I saw the trademark Misty >touches, but geez, ::laughing look:: I think Larry wrote half of it. Hmmm. True, Ilya *was* a bit sexist, wasn't he? :) That bit about how it'd be no fun to not cheat on a wife.... FIREBIRD MINI_SPOILER!!!!! Good thing he ends up with the Firebird. She could fry him if he strayed. Also, I think whatserface, Tatiana, taught him a lesson. END SPOILER!!!! >P.S. BTW, does anyone know where Lady 'Reesa went? AFAIK, she's still around, but lurking majorly. Watch your sheep. None are safe from the Queen of Everything! >*achoo* *blank look* what? Kory, as a big favor for me, could you private >mail me what on earth you're talking about? It was during your hiatus Kimmie-san. We had a flamewar here. :( ============================================================= Liseth said: >One author that I haven't seen mentioned is Jody Lynn Nye. Mythology 101 >was great IMVHO That was with wee folk in the library, right? Wow, been a while since I read that one. I read the sequel, _Mythology Abroad_ too. I think there's more, but I never really wanted to read them. And I liked the first two. Go figure. ============================================================== From: Lydia Hales <<<< Re: Kaled'a'in. I'm a bit confused here. The Kaled'a'in are the same group that Amberdrake and Skan led through the Gate, eventually ending up with the Haileigh, right? (Black Gryphon). In Winds of Change (p 438) Treyvan explains that the Kena Leshya'nay were led by Amberdrake and Skan had been "sent away to find a refuge, and didn't use the Gates to evacuate. Yet Amberdrake, Winterhart, and several others did. And Skan, Aubri, and Kechara escaped from Ma'ar's stronghold through a gate to Urtho's tower, and then through another Gate to meet up with Amberdrake's party. So, how did they meet with each other? It sounds like there were two different parties of the Kaled'a'in. Or conflicting stories, anybody have any ideas? >>>> Yes, the stories to conflict. Such as on names. In Winds, she uses "Kena Leshayana" to mean the Spirit Clan. In the gryphon books, it's "k'Leysha" like it is later in Winds. It seems to me that she started out with one idea, changed it, then, when she wrote the Gryphon books, she changed again. =============================================================== Oh, BTW, for all you Le Mis lovers. Yesterday (Friday), one of the current cast was on Sally Jessey Rafael (give me a break, my brother had it on!). It was a girl named Leah. Said she plays (dregs names from memory of yesterday afternoon, and spelling from repeated list discussions) young Cossette, young Eponine, and Gavroche. She sang some song about a castle too. It was a Cossette song, IIRC. (Guess whose only knowledge of Le Mis comes from this list? ) Mat Cat Person, Champion in Green, |"Hey diddle-dee, answer me this riddle, Adept, God of Procrastination | hey diddle-do, tell me what you will. Heathen #149, and OoUL/L of tLotPW | Dance all day with the Cat and the mtimme47-+AT+-magic.hofstra.edu | Fiddle. Come and lay with the Heather http://ada.hofstra.edu/~mtimme47/ | on the hill" --- Heather Alexander ==================currenltly at MTimmer430-+AT+-aol.com============ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 22:59:21 -0500 From: SEANSQ-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Welcome SHADOWWOLF /Restoree Message-ID: <970104225921_1043733923-+AT+-emout18.mail.aol.com> Warm and wooly blanket to you, Shadowwolf, and sheeps galore for standing up for your name. It sure does seem like lack of communication made a mountain out of a molehill. Glad the issue is finally settled. Hope it didn't leave a bad taste in your mouth or that of your keyboard. Just hang in, the main topic of conversation is bound to change eventually. **************EOM In a message dated 97-01-04 18:27:11 EST, David wrote: << BTW, am I the only one who wishes that, since Ms McCaffery seems to only be interested in revisting old stories these days, that we could get some more set in the "Restoree" novels universe? >> Wasn't that a great tale?? Yup, I'd love to read more about that universe and it seems to me (tho I haven't read it in a while) that there were strings left dangling which could lead to a new book. Aaah, what is life with nothing to hope for! Meg :the self-appointed Warm Welcome Distribution Agent Franchises issued upon request ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 23:38:18 -0500 From: Shdwflt-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Arrows On Line / Hardcover Oathbound? / Two Quick Things Message-ID: <970104233816_1822865157-+AT+-emout18.mail.aol.com> Meg wrote: <> *RED ALERT* I'm sorry Meg.. but ARROWS ONLINE and QUEEN'S OWN are two separate things. Arrows is a CHAPTER of QUEEN'S OWN. The first ONLINE one. Mail is relayed to Judith Louvis via AOL, but these are Two Separate Things. Check the addresses/officers you have. If it's Judith Louvis, Guardian of the Web, et al. then it's the Queen's Own list.. anything else is the Arrows OnLine (Modems of the Queen) list. Randi wrote: <> Well, I know the Science Fiction Book Club has both Oathbound and Oathbreakers in one omnibus edition. But I don't think they were released in hardcover at all until the Winds series (if I can remember what I was told in that Queen's Own mailing day months ago). It's in my FAQ disk somewhere.. if you're dying for it I'll look for it. TWO QUICK THINGS: 1 - Mel Redcap, I think the word for government by mages is thaumocracy. 2 - Emily, I would like to say that I take issue with your denunciation of astrology. Sure, you may not believe in it, but it is kind of intolerant to debunk it in front of the list, since a goodly number of us are of the pagan persuasion and out of that a lot of us believe in it. Don't mark us off as silly. -- Jake Adamo (Shdwflt-+AT+-aol.com) Mercedes Lackey Informational FAQ Administrator Vice-President, Staten Island Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (SISFFA) (SISFFA unofficial motto: "Your Rules Don't Apply Here") "Of course the trick in killing someone with an apricot is really in the wrist... so for situations like that, I use a muffin." - Autolycus Blessed Be, Jake. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 00:11:15 -0500 From: Faranheit-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re:male or female/Van/Companions Message-ID: <970105001115_1856422671-+AT+-emout05.mail.aol.com> Just had a few odd thoughts, If Van had come back as a Companion, would he still be sexually active? I don't mean to sound sick or anything. It's just Companions seem to have as much social life as Heralds do, in all aspects. Since we know that Companions are reincarnated Heralds, what about those Heralds who are/were shaych?(Vanyel,Ylsa,Sherill,Keren) Do they come back at all or just stay celibate? Regarding whether there are male and female souls, I don't know if it is our souls are . But I do think that our physical gender and our upbringing have and effect. About the MOC, maybe when he dies he is also reborn as the MOC. He would have experience, just not human experience, he would have knowledge, and also the wisdom from the Heralds he was bonded to. Also he would know the job already. That could be why Rolan seemed so wise and Gwena floundered most of the time. And about other Companions, maybe part of the reason Heralds don't seem to know what they are is because all the Companions seem to be old already. Van mentions that in WoFury. I mean all the Companions we have seen seem to be Heralds that lived a very long time ago. Well, that's all folks, Peony ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 21:17:20 -0800 From: Mark Severson To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: lost at the Post Office Message-ID: <32CF3960.7B73-+AT+-eonet.com> Meg wrote: > > Just got back from venting my wrath at the U S Post Office here in Rockville > Centre. > I ordered SOI on Dec 18 from Amazon and was waiting not-so-patiently for its > arrival.....which did not occur. Finally I received an Email from Amazon > that December 19. The Post Office returned it marked "attempted, not > known-return to sender. I mean really!! I've only lived here 19 years!! > All they could say was without the package they couldn't determin who had > committed the deed. > All I wanted was an "I'm sorry, we'll try to see it doesn't happen again." > I've got a another Post Office foul up story for you. Back in 78 when I was in the Navy my last ship was home ported in San Diego. I could look across the bay and up the street (about 3 miles as the crow flies) to a book store. I went in looking for some books, when I couldn't find them I left my address with the clerk. I went back about a week later. Two weeks after that the store burned to the ground. One YEAR later I received the letter the store had mailed to me - three days after my first visit! I think the tortoise died. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 00:25:13 -0500 From: DebMats-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Problem...... Message-ID: <970105002512_1089739946-+AT+-emout04.mail.aol.com> In a message dated 97-01-04 23:27:37 EST, you write: << I was allowing my best friend to use my web browser, and I showed her how to use search engines. She ran a Mercedes Lackey search, and came upon this mailing list. Without understanding what this was, and that I would be recieving messages constantly, she joined it using my e-mail address. I tried to unjoin it, using the directions listed in "HELP", but it doesn't seem to have worked. What do I do? Anne Marshall >> Try the following: (from FAQ #1) 3. How do I unsubscribe to the list? ------------------------------------ Send a mail message to listproc-+AT+-herald.co.uk with subject blank and message body UNSUBSCRIBE MERCEDES-LACKEY * * * * * Good luck! deb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 21:26:07 -0800 From: Mark Severson To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: EQ/Paks/MOC/Souls/names/Hardcover/++ Message-ID: <32CF3B6F.446F-+AT+-eonet.com> Randi Skjaeran wrote: > > >Hardcover > I've read my Oathbound to pieces - anybody know anywhere I can buy a > hardcover copy? > You can pick up almost all of Misty's books from The Science Fiction Book Club. They even have a "buy the whole bundle" deal. Currently they have the LHM trilogy in volume, also the Arrows trilogy, also By the Sword, Vows of Honor contains both Oathbound and Oathbreaker. The Winds and Gryfins trilogys are available as single issues. I think some of the bard books are also available. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 14:42:29 -0800 From: Morgause Eire To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: OSC Message-ID: <32D02E55.239-+AT+-geocities.com> For anyone who wants to know, Maps in a Mirror has been reprinted in 4 editions: The Changed Man; Maps in a Mirror; Flux and Cruel Miracles. Those were the 4 parts in the two-volume edition of Maps in a Mirror. (I got the 2 volume edition, cheaper than getting the 4 reprints,(hee - hee - hee) Anyway, some of the stories can be found in the collection "Unacompanied Sonata" which includes (I think) the original Ender story. I've read as much of the Alvin Maker series as has come to the Philippines, which is up to Alvin Journeyman. I'd like to find Wyrms, but I don't know where! Anyone have some suggestions? Morgause ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Jan 97 07:44:29 -0500 From: Deniz To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: iiiiiiiIIIIIIII'MMMMMMM BBBBAAAACCCKKKK!!!!! Message-ID: <199701051246.HAA17451-+AT+-sirocco.CC.McGill.CA> The subject says it all, folks! Well, if you want to know what the real subjects of this post are... I'm back/BDay/Song! Today, January 5th, is Char's Birthday! (sorry I'm late, I came home a day later than I hoped I would) Char, for your birthday, may the sun and moon touch you gently, and the stars sing you to sleep. ******* Guess what I just thought of as the absolute best song for Vanyel when he's in the ice land! I don't know why I didn't think of it before... Simon & Garfunkle's "I am a Rock" Tada! Ok, that's it for me today, now I'll check up on everything that came in since I resumed getting mail. love, Deniz Sarikaya, High Priestess of |"Perhaps today IS a good to die!"-- Worf Procrastination, Holy Custodian of|"You told him about the statue?" -- Riker the B-Day List, Dame of the OoAM, |"I'm a doctor, not a doorstop." -- EMH and Demon of Deceitful Aliases. |"Definitely not Swedish." -- Lily >dsarik-+AT+-PO-Box.McGill.CA< >freakola-+AT+-geocities.com< >http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/9359/< ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 11:33:39 -0500 From: Hades16-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Easy on Mrs. M / future book ideas Message-ID: <970105113339_745490980-+AT+-emout06.mail.aol.com> For Anubis's sake, I am the ony one to rise to the defense of Madonna. I will admit that hers is not the best rendition (spelling??) I have heard of Dont Cry For Me Argentina. The person who sang the Dont Cry the best I honestly can't remember, but it was not Sarah Brightman. Her rendition....um, to put it tactfully...sucked. However, the better part of the EVITA soundtrack, I adore. Can't y'all picture Madonna being the type of person to sing "Rainbow High" so very well? She also pulls off the sad, dying diva remarkably. Even Antonio Banderas said so. He remarked that the artistic climax of the movie was when Madonna portrayed the ailling Eva. For the record, I am a fan of Madonna's music, not the ever so charming Mrs. M, herself. (sarcastic tone in case you could not figure it out). She has had song that have....OH WHAT A COINCIDENCE, You Must Love Me just came on VH1. Incidently, anyone interested in Eva Peron really should read a biography or two about her. Quite enjoyable. - - ////////////////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\ I would like to see Misty write about some Valdemarians adventure travels to and in the land of the Black Kings (or Emperors??) or the other end of the Eastern Empire. I do not know about SB, but in SW I think they mention how the empire spread as far North as the icy wilds, as far South as the equally as strong Black Kings, and as east as some sea (cant remember the name). I would also like to see a story heavily involving a mage from either White Winds or Blue Mountains school. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''' Hades ps - I think I read once that suicide rates are highest during the holiday season. So, if you have survived, CONGRATS. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 11:42:54 -0500 From: Hades16-+AT+-aol.com To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: No Misty/ Margret E. Heggan Message-ID: <970105114254_1043785401-+AT+-emout07.mail.aol.com> Liha irden wrote: How would I go about contacting the Science fiction book club? Thanks, David ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 17:41:22 -0500 From: Gene McKeever To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Science fiction book club Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970105174116.00699eb0-+AT+-dalco.net> At 09:40 PM 1/5/97 GMT, you wrote: >How would I go about contacting the Science fiction book club? > >Thanks, >David > Buy about any sf mag on the shelf... usually they (Doubleday) go for the cheaper rags to advertise in. ;-) Actually, the last time I joined I got the ad out of Isaac Asimov Science Fiction magazine. Anyway in a more helpful vein. Their phone number is 516-294-4000. Or at least that is the last number I used (in my database). S'Hawk ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1044 **********************************