MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1252

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Question/Mindspeak
	by NightSong <jwrenn-+AT+-atlonline.com>
  2) Brvaes Announces With Glee: "The threads are dead, long be
	by Korendil <korendil-+AT+-icubed.net>
  3) Unsubscription
	by Melanie Dymond Harper <mel>
  4) Re: Unsubscription
	by ysara-+AT+-juno.com (Shana N West)
  5) RE: Question/Mindspeak
	by Crystal Hewitt <mysttree-+AT+-phantomreality.com>
  6) Elves
	by "Angeline" <heraldtg-+AT+-mbox3.singnet.com.sg>

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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 09:43:36 -0400
From: NightSong <jwrenn-+AT+-atlonline.com>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Question/Mindspeak
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970629134336.006bdaa8-+AT+-atlonline.com>

Umm, okay, this is a minor little question but it's -always- bugged me.  And
I don't have my books, so no page numbers <sorry>.  Lessee...  In, umm,
AFlight, I believe, Kris gives Talia a ring as a Birthingday present.  She
starts to put it on the ring finger of her left hand, but he stops her,
saying that that finger is reserved for another ring, yes?  But in AFall,
when she marries Dirk, doesn't it say something about her having to -move-
that ring from that finger to put her wedding ring on?  I guess she could've
just moved it, and this -is- just a minor thing, but I just wondered if
anyone else had noticed.  Anyone?  Please?

Also, about the Talia/Rolan mindspeak thing, I personally think Talia just
couldn't hear Rolan.  It's like she is mentally deaf, maybe the receptive
mindspeak channel isn't opened in her.  Rolan obviously can 'speak others,
since he 'spoke Dirk and Elspeth at the end of AFall.  But Talia has to
trance down to 'speak Rolan, so I think she's a little hard of hearing, so
to speak.  That's like Skif, also.  He can 'speak with Cymry, mayhaps her
magic boosts his ability a little, but not very well with anyone else,
right?  Maybe Talia's receptive mindspeak channel was all the way closed,
but contact with Rolan opened it just enough so she -could- 'speak him, she
just needsto concentrate totally on that task.  As to Companions, I think
that they can all 'speak with anyone they choose, -if- they broadcast loud
enough for the receiver to hear.  Like all Companions do, at the Choosing.
Make any sense at all?  I hope so.

Anyways, those're my thoughts for the day.  Hope I'm slightly coherent to you.

Stars light your paths,
NightSong
jwrenn-+AT+-atlonline.com



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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 23:36:00 -0400
From: Korendil <korendil-+AT+-icubed.net>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk
Subject: Brvaes Announces With Glee: "The threads are dead, long be
Message-ID: <l03010d00afdb8862e241-+AT+-[206.125.241.26]>

It took long enough. You newbies have nooooooo idea how *sick* we Elders
are of some of the most common most pointless, most nitpicky and overdone
threads.....so, at Dragoncon, *we asked Misty*.

Dead Threads:
1. Van's Healing Gift

Q:In Magic's Pawn Savil says that Van doesn't have Healing, but he does in
Promise and Price
A: Misty says: "He upgraded. Vanyel 1.3!"

2. Yfandes Groveborn?

Q: Since Van is such a *special* Herald, doesn't that mean he should have
had a Groveborn Companion? I mean, GBs are very fertile, and 'Fandes had
kids....
A: Misty says: "NO!"

3. Oathblinded

Q: I know that SOMEWHERE I saw a list of Misty's books with "Oathblinded"
as an upcoming V&H book, but the list is from 1994! What happened?
A: For years, the answer was no. Oathblinded WAS a hoax. On the other
hand....according to Misty, there *is* an upcoming V&H hardcover, which
(Misty wasn't very clear) either has new stuff and all the short stories we
haven't seen before outside of S&S, or binds them all together like
Oathbound did.

4. The Firerose Pouches

Q: In Firerose, <the heroine, whatever her name was> gets 4 pouches of
Chinese herbs, each a different color, and one pouch seems to have a
different color later on.
A: Misty says: "Continuity screw-up."

5. Vahnyel? Vanyel? Vanyell? Vahnyell?

Q: How do you pronounce Van's name? Not only do different fans say it
differently, but even Shadowstalker has different ways of saying it!
A: Misty answered this with "Vahn-yel." But she *also* used "Vanyel,"
sooooooo....

6. Two deities, and only two.

Q1: Is it just me, or does the Star-Eyed's name sound a *lot* like Vkandis'
consort?
A1: Misty says: "Really? I *never noticed that!* <dripping sarcasm>"

Q2: But, then, why didn't the Karsites worship her too?
A2: Misty says: "Because it was taken over by male chauvinist pigs!!"

7. Reincarnated companions

Q: Are companions reincarnated heralds? How about GBs?
A: Misty says: "Heralds get two choices. Reincarnation, or Bermuda. We can
continue to right about Valdemar's problems since all the smart ones choose
Bermuda. <g> If they choose reincarnation, they can either become
Companions and keep all their knowledge and act like smart-asses, or they
can become human, lose all memory of past lives, become Heralds again, and
always wonder why their Companions constantly smirk in the back of their
minds. Groveborn companions are angel-like beings in human form."

Oh....and I actually asked the panel (Misty, Larry, Josepha Sherman) on
non-human cultures in their works...."Gay companion sex?" Larry said(after
the groan-laughter died down and Meg (the head of the Misty track at the
con) left the room) "Two words: Long, and entertaining." Misty said: "One
word. Acrobatic." On other topics....Owlflight takes place near Lake
Evendim a few years after SB, has new characters, lotsa Hawkbrothers,
they're just getting used to the new magic, and the barbarians from above
Icewall have decided to attack. At the Midnight Misty Bedtime Story we
heard Chapter One of Owlflight, the beginning of the next Tannim book
(Tempest Fugit, maybe?), and the middle of the next Bedlam Bards book,
which totally ends the Kory-Beth-Eric triangle and sets up Eric, it seems,
as Di's Guardian replacement! Misty will write more Jen Talldeer books if
the publishers want her to, and she suggests writing to them. BTW, we might
have dubious feelings about his writing, but Larry is a VERY nice guy--and
even though the DragonCon staff SERIOUSLY fucked up with Misty's contract
and stuff, she was EXTREMELY nice to us fans. Mark Shepard is pretty kewl
irl, too. Oh....and Misty doesn't really know if we'll get a lesbian
protagonist any time soon. Oh, and Van and Stef and Fandes and Need have
all gone on to "Bermuda";> Warrl's there too, and spends his time
critiquing Bards--who are only there since Warrl wants them there;>
Oh...and as for WHY Misty forbids MU*s....she says that if she ever DOES
make computer game versions (which she says she'll do when someone makes
the right offer), they would compromise electronic copyright laws and
possibly cost them *$50,000*! OTOH, they says that they'll willingly let
whoever gives them $50k blessings on a MUD;> Oh, and at some point we might
see Lavan Firestorm's story, as well as modern-day White Gryphon (i.e., the
city at the present point in the timeline). Oh, and Josepha Sherman is
writing a Highlander novel about Miethos (sp?) and Mark is doing a third
Elvendude novel about Unseelie elves using a laser tag hall as a way to
steal mortal children. Larry says that the now-evenly dispersed magic is
better for the gryphons than the old system, and it makes life easier for
the magic-needing creatures.

________________________KORENDIL-+AT+-ICUBED.NET________________________
Korendil, Knight of Amber & Marigold, One in Black, God of Night
and All Things Nocturnal, (Pledged) Champion (of Lady Ele), Jester,
and Party Coordinator of the Clan of the Pink Wand, Terminally Cute
Elfin Warrior, Fairy Godson of the Lilac Fairy, Master of Dreams.
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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 14:53:59 +0100 (BST)
From: Melanie Dymond Harper <mel>
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Unsubscription
Message-ID: <199706291353.OAA11291-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk>


> In case you are getting this from the list, to unsubscribe,send an email
> to
> listproc-+AT+-herald.com
> with text
> unsubscribe mercedes-lackey <yourname>
> with an empty subject heading.
> Sorry,
> Shana

That won't do anything at all, and will probably confuse the folks at 
herald.com no end. The correct address is listproc-+AT+-herald.co.uk.

Mel

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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 10:24:08 EDT
From: ysara-+AT+-juno.com (Shana N West)
To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk
Subject: Re: Unsubscription
Message-ID: <19970629.102248.3966.1.ysara-+AT+-juno.com>


 <mel-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk> writes:
>That won't do anything at all, and will probably confuse the folks at 
>herald.com no end. The correct address is listproc-+AT+-herald.co.uk.
>Mel
oops- sorry.  I have a tendency to do that....=(  (to my own distress)
Shana-Ysara =)

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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 11:26:25 -0400
From: Crystal Hewitt <mysttree-+AT+-phantomreality.com>
To: "'mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk'" <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: RE: Question/Mindspeak
Message-ID: <01BC847F.4D5D3B80-+AT+-TPhantom02>

Heyla Listsibs,
Yes- I too noticed the little bungle re: the friendship ring that Kris gave 
Talia. I simply assumed that it might have been (heaven forfend-) a simple 
author slip. (similar to the Freudian kind,)
WTTW,
Mysttree

-----Original Message-----
From:	NightSong [SMTP:jwrenn-+AT+-atlonline.com]
Sent:	Saturday, June 28, 1997 10:03 PM
To:	mysttree-+AT+-phantomreality.com
Subject:	Question/Mindspeak

Umm, okay, this is a minor little question but it's -always- bugged me. 
 And
I don't have my books, so no page numbers <sorry>.  Lessee...  In, umm,
AFlight, I believe, Kris gives Talia a ring as a Birthingday present.  She
starts to put it on the ring finger of her left hand, but he stops her,
saying that that finger is reserved for another ring, yes?  But in AFall,
when she marries Dirk, doesn't it say something about her having to -move-
that ring from that finger to put her wedding ring on?  I guess she 
could've
just moved it, and this -is- just a minor thing, but I just wondered if
anyone else had noticed.  Anyone?  Please?

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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 23:28:05 +0800
From: "Angeline" <heraldtg-+AT+-mbox3.singnet.com.sg>
To: <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: Elves
Message-ID: <199706291528.XAA08851-+AT+-larkspur.singnet.com.sg>

OK, I've got a question.
In the SERRAted Edge Series, one elf (I think Keighvin Silverhair) said
that the elves technically tried to aid abused children 'coz children were
rare to the elves. (sorry, no textevd, my books are not with me now.) But
in the books with Eric, Kory, and Beth, there were no mentions about Elves
helping children. They all seemed much more preoccupied with staying alive
in the human world and fighting off power hungry people. They didn't seem
to bother with children at all, much less saving them. So is there
something that I'm missing here?

pink sheep to all! (no chocolate, chocolate's not good for elves)

Wind to thy Wings,
TG
Elven Knight and Archer of Fairgrove  >>~~~~~~~~>   
Lady of OOPS                          
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