MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1520 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: I've found kindred spirits!/emotional reaction by "Vrondi" 2) Holderkin/suicide/Books! by shadowspun-+AT+-juno.com (Heather A Tomlinson) 3) by Becky 4) People just like me! by "Becca Gordon" 5) Re: books I read by BCarlew 6) kindred spirits by "Becca Gordon" 7) Re: Urban Fantasies 'n' some other stuff by kalantha-+AT+-juno.com (Amanda Torline) 8) book-shelves and storage space by "marty l. adkins" 9) Fluffy braid (mostly) by Sorchafyr 10) by "Terrae N. Loucks" 11) A little bit of everything... by "Liz Blaszak" 12) by "Lisa Tunnicliff" 13) PLEASE PUT A SUBJECT LINE!! by SenayRed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 03:54:52 +0000 From: "Vrondi" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: I've found kindred spirits!/emotional reaction Message-ID: <19980312003555.4884.qmail-+AT+-dns01.ops.usa.net> > From: Danielle May Marrone > April wrote: > <<<<>>>> > Just one question to add on~do any of you get estatic when you walk into a > library or bookstore and it smells like books? > <<<>>> aaaahhhhhh! *takes a deep breath* Definitely. well-cared for books, that is. I hate old books that have been let to mildew. They make my head ache and my nose stuff up. > <<<<>>>> > The girl with the silver eyes, and A wrinkle in time... > <<<<>>>> > > Hey! Those were my favorites back then too. I have been meaning to read > them again since I haven't read them in a few years. > OH MY GOODNESS!!! I love the Girl With the Silver Eyes. Every since I was about 9 years old and first read that, I've wanted to be telekinetic! > <<<<>>>> > How old was everyone else when they first got into scifi / fantasy? > <<<<>>>> > > I was very young. You know the Serendipity books, Wow. Someone else remembers those books? I think I still have "Morgan Mine" at hoem someplace. I got it in kindergarten I believe. __________________________ I think one of my biggest emotional reactions to a scene in a book was from Anne McCaffrey's "All the Weyrs of Pern". The scene at the end where Robinton dies. I was weeping when I read it... -Vrondi _____________________________________________________ Chrys' Dragon Page: http://edweb.concord.wvnet.edu/~deanca Chrys' Celtic Page: http://wvnvm.wvnet.edu/~cna00104 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:34:37 EST From: shadowspun-+AT+-juno.com (Heather A Tomlinson) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Holderkin/suicide/Books! Message-ID: <19980311.183251.6375.1.shadowspun-+AT+-juno.com> OK, here goes. I've been off this list for quite some time now (2 years) so if any etiquette has changed and I break it, so sorry. I was so eager to be back, I didn't bother lurking, just jumped right in (as usual). Here is the textevd someone was looking for for the Holderkin Goddess thing--"...the women who spent their lives in prayer for the souls of the Holderkin. The utterly silent women, who went muffled from head to toe, forbidden to leave, forbidden to speak..." AoQ17. It does seem rather odd, though, that a patriarchal society like that doesn't have a male counterpart. I suspect it's like the Shin'a'in. There is one, but he hasn't been important to any plots, yet, so no mention of him. Of course, there was mention of the male Shin'a'in god, but not much. I do, however, subscribe to the theory that he and V'kandis are one in the same, as are Kal'enel and Kalanel (V'kandis female counterpart). I guess I can say I've never truly considered suicide. I always knew I'd feel too guilty to go through with it. I knew I'd leave my parents and family blaming themselves. Besides, I truly hate physical pain, and we never had the right type of drugs to just go to sleep, really. As for books, of course I love feeling them. I kind of hug the books I like (if they're in any condition too) and leave the books I'm peeved at on my floor where they're ignored. Did anyone else go nuts trying to find all of the T&K short stories, only to have Oathblood come out and laugh in your face? It's bad for me, though. I ran up a major long-distance bill trying to find S&S 6. I got it about 5 months ago. Gues what I got 2 weeks ago? I don't really recall when I got into sci-fi/fantasy. I was raised on Star Trek and Star Wars, so it must have been from birth. I do still have my Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books, though. Not the new soap operas, but the old books. Oh, anyone else wonder about when a Holderkin woman goes to join her son's household. Talia is asked if she has a vocation by her Father's MOther. WHen does she go there and how does she choose which son. Is it after her hubby's death or when the oldest son leaves. If she leaves before the hubby dies, he loses a wife, but he can then afford a newer, younger model. If she leaves after, then the Firstwife has a chance to be in charge of her own house, like Istrel said. (around p 16 or 17, I believe.) And when the mom does go, is she treated like one of the drudges, honored or like an underwife, with a little status, but not much. Any ideas, folks. Have to go to a doctor's appointment, now. See you. Shadowspun PS-Hello to all of you that I couldn't say goodbye to when I left before and hello to all of you newer people I haven't met before. :) _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:49:47 From: Becky To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Message-ID: <19980311224947.10674.qmail-+AT+-www0a.netaddress.usa.net> > >We really can't escape reality by reading, books are a reflection of > society, >and the problems that occur. If we try to escape in books, we > only get >societies problems flung in our faces, and by reading the books, > we are forced >to understand how the problem is dealt with. Yvonne wrote: > > I think that by escaping, Milady Becky, most people mean that > they are escaping from THEIR problems. While in a book, a society's > problems are removed from our own (problems), and if we wished, we > could put down the book and then their problems wouldn't be their > concern anymore. It's also a concitration on someone else's > problems, so therefore we can forget, for a breif momet, of our own. > But unlike thine wizedom, I am but a lowly Art studet, and in High > School at that. (Just one more year!! Hang on!!) I resent and resemble that remark, I'm a high school student myself(3 more months!!), and there is absolutely nothing lowly about high school students. I am a firm believer that age does not determine one's intelligence. I've met thirty year olds who don't act a day over 13, and 13 year olds who can act 30. You make a very good point, I actually hadn't considered that, and it makes lots of sense. I still maintain however, that you can not escape reality by reading. Exception to this may be those romance novels, but even those bring up problems of sexism, and portrayal of women, and women expressing their own sexuality. I tell you, after this English class, my mind will never ever work the same, and I am no longer capable of just taking something at face value. > I just re-read that, and that is extreamly garbled. Nevermind. > *Hands Lady Becky a potato and wanders off, commenting on how nice a > murel of a goldfish would be...* Oooh! It's Willard the Potato! *gives Willard a big smooch* ============================ My take on the suicide thing.... I think at some point in everyone's lives they consider suicide, probably especially during high school, when fitting in and the social aspects of life to see be the most important. This doesn't make anyone insane, in fact it is normal to feel depressed, and consider suicide. The majority of people who contemplate suicide however, don't actually do it, and even those that do, this doesn't make them insane, just human. ============================= >> John Morris: >> It's kind of like saying, "Gee, that Othello...I never knew he was >> black..." > Then Dax replied: > Uh, I didn't, until I saw part of it performed on TV...... > I am stunned. Did you just read it on your own, or did you read it along with some others and discuss it? Speaking of Shakespeare, I just finished watching Kenneth Branagh's version of Hamlet. It is stunning, and brilliant and everyone needs to go rent it. Then I watched the new version of Romeo and Juliet(We're on a Shakespeare kick), and was horrified. Some really ingenious ideas and concepts, wonderful supporting cast, and really such a pity that the two leads just can't do Shakespeare. ======================= "Don't you see?! We're actors - we're the opposite of people!" -Player (Tom Stoppard's _Rosencratz_&_Guildenstern_Are_Dead_) Lady Becky of the Hills Goddess of Tofu and Dry Breakfast Cereals Handmaiden of Procrastination High Priestess of Hyperness and Overbubliness E-mail: beckah-+AT+-usa.net ICQ: 3733571 ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:41:45 PST From: "Becca Gordon" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: People just like me! Message-ID: <19980312034146.26435.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> mabe i should say people I'm like. On the topic of loving the smell-sight of books, and only the right book will do. I'm out in the middle of nowhere Alaska and I just have my small liberary of fantasy books and there isn't a decent (sp) book store for 2,000 miles (not kidding) so I know what people go through to get a good book. A friend of mine had a Birthday recently and I gave her my much loved copy of BTS and she read it and told me it was just the kind of book she'd been looking for. On the Van issue (duck and cover I hope I won't get flamed) I love his charecter and I love the books, I think almost everyone can agree that we like him, do we really need to disect why we like him? (see's the soapbox under her shreeks and scurries off) Katie asked if she was the only writer Nope I write too, I love writing drives all my english teachers nuts how much I read and how much time I spend (in class) writing or revising my latest short story. OPPS sorry about rambling -NightFire LG Knight of the order of Amber and Merigold Bonded to the white Tiger-Wolf Becca "Rubber Chicken anyone?" -my mom ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:48:07 EST From: BCarlew To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: books I read Message-ID: Sorry to reply to this so long after it was posted, but here goes. Forgive me if someone has already posted about this. I'm not done going through my mail yet. In a message dated 98-03-06 20:36:46 EST, you write: << I wanted to bring up the books of Judith Tarr. She has two series out "The Hound and The Falcon" and "Avaryan Rising* that i really enjoyed and would recommend to anyone. >> She also has a a book called "Arrows Of The Sun" which is another "Avaryan Rising" novel. It was published in 1993, and I loved it. I also enjoyed the "Hound and the Falcon" book. BTW My first Misty book was MPromise and I must of read it three times already. Noone really showed them to me, my mom had a list of books for my step-father and The series was on it and Iclaimed them. WTTW, Barbara and Asari ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 20:17:31 PST From: "Becca Gordon" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: kindred spirits Message-ID: <19980312041732.22809.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> Vrodi said- >OH MY GOODNESS!!! I love the Girl With the Silver Eyes. Every >since I was about 9 years old and first read that, I've wanted to be >telekinetic! Me Too! Me Too!!!!!! I love that book! I read it when I was 7 or 8 I convinced myself that if I concentrated I could be telekinetic! ObMisty .....// Becca the White Tiger-Wolf takes this oppertunity to pounce on Vrondi and start a wrestling match while purring perfusely! She then looks up as if to ask "anyone else want to join?" Heheheheheheheheheheheheheh! -NightFire LG Knight of the order of Amber and Merigold Bonded to the White Tiger-Wolf Becca ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:20:59 -0600 From: kalantha-+AT+-juno.com (Amanda Torline) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Urban Fantasies 'n' some other stuff Message-ID: <19980311.232332.3806.0.kalantha-+AT+-juno.com> *peers out of her hidey hole and delurks for the first time* *giggle* umm...hi :) *takes off the cloak she was wearing 'n' stretches her wings 'n' twitches her whiskers at people* *is a winged anthro siamese cat for those who are curious* *looks around curiously* *smile* well...I thought that maybe a week was enough lurking time 'n' so I decided to jump into the convs...after I'd waded through a week's worth of email...*sigh* >On Sat, 7 Mar 1998 17:32:31 GMT Javelin397 writes: > I was severley confused and I >thought that a) the world would be a better off place without me and b) no-one >would miss me anyway. RE, the suicide stuff: hmm...well...from all the times long past that I wanted to...well...become non-existant...I can honestly say that being insane isn't always a factor... I think the reasons Javelin listed above are the reason a LOT of people want to commit suicide...some of it's because no one's really given us a reason to think differently...*smiles softly* luckily for me, though, someone noticed I was hurting and decided to do something about it... >As a slight spin on this question and COMPLETELY un-Misty if you think >people >who attempt suicide are insane what are your views on euthanasia? well...I can't honestly say I'm ok with it...but I know there are some times when it's necessary... -- The book I've read most? That would have to be Arrows of the Queen...*grin* also my first Misty book...I think I've read it about 20 times...though I didn't read any Misty after that for about 2 years 'cause I didn't know she HAD any other books... >Happy Birtday to Amber and Liz. Mine's 2 weeks today (21 March, first day of >spring yay!) and I know HUNDREDS of people who have their Birthdays in March. *smile* *wavies to Amber, Liz, and Javelin (more people she doesn't know...)* Happy birthday! *smiles at Javelin and huggles shyly* we have the same b-day :) other books I read...Robert Jordan, David Eddings, Anne McCaffrey, Robin McKinley, Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Piers Anthony's Mode series (I used to read Xanth too...), Weis and Hickman's Deathgate cycle...and um...lots more I can't remember... *huggles* -- Kala, aka Kat, Talia (to close friends), furball, you get the picture... ;) *ponders relurking now...* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * They were all of them, more than friends; they were kin -- * * the important kind, soul-kindred. Her family. Her *real* * * family. -- Mercedes Lackey, "Arrows of the Queen" * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 02:43:44 -0500 From: "marty l. adkins" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: book-shelves and storage space Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980312024344.00689a28-+AT+-pop.mindspring.com> Katie, a braid is simply replying to more than one message within a single response [as opposed to posting a separate response for each message you're interested in replying to, thus bringing upon yourself Wrath--trust me; don't even go there]. I agree with you and other listsibs; there's nothing like the sight/sound/smell/etc. of books to induce feelings of security. It's an interesting irony that your mom's worried about a few stacks of books around. When you can't see the floor and have to excavate rat-trails between the boxes [like my friend Dave's house], *then* it's time to worry. In the meantime, as your collection grows [and overflows], consider some storage suggestions. There are literally dozens of feet of perfectly good shelf space virtually unused in every room of your house. Consider the space a foot or so below the ceiling. If you run shelves all the way around a 10' X 10' room, that's 40 linear feet of shelf space. If you run shelves all the way to the ceiling [rather than the usual lame 5'-6' feet up from the floor], you'll increase your available space significantly without having to use all your wall space. Also, if you have any sort of adjustable shelf arrangement, putting shelves even a few inches closer together [after all, how many books do you have that are 12"?] will allow you to get more shelves out of the same unit. Think of every nook and cranny as a potential book-storage area. If you can get any soda flats or tray boxes, several feet of books can be conveniently stored under sofas and beds. If you cook as little as I do [or are as short as I am], the tops of kitchen cabinets offer intriguing possibilities. That's where I keep most of my holiday gifts for friends--the books, anyway--already bagged, tagged, and listed on the computer for Christmas 1998. Don't overlook the humble garage. My dad gave me storage shelves out in the garage, down the whole length of one of the long sides. Starting from the ceiling and working down, the shelves are 18" deep and 14" apart. The shelves are deep enough to double-row hardbacks or triple-row paperbacks. Unfortunately for me, they're also just the right size for boxes of files; Marty's already taken over more than 2/3 of the space I asked for, but it's still a good idea. Just remember, electric [and sonic] screwdrivers rule! If you're desperate, consider double-rowing your books. Most shelves on conventional units are deep enough for this; just try to make sure that one hardback isn't in front of another, or one of them will protrude. If you're *really* desperate, you can even double-row up-and-down, but, as this is exceedingly inconvenient, it's not really recommended. With a little creativity and not being afraid to look at things in new ways [Misty 101], it's surprising how many books can be stored in relatively small spaces, leaving the middle of the floor uncluttered and even plenty of wallspace for artwork, etc. All it takes is a little imagination, organization, a new perspective, and more time than I've got. [Have you considered the bottom of your closet? Most people hang their clothes from the rack, leaving 2'-3' at the bottom almost unused. This space might be good for albums or books you don't get to as often. I'd recommend keeping them in boxes and putting a list of what's in the box on the side facing outwards. Having a list of what's in each box and where each box is on the computer isn't a bad idea either; any volunteers to come do this at my house are graciously welcomed. There's some space behind the door to the computer room I've started eying speculatively while writing this...] Hope this helps. ObMisty--well, the Misty books should obviously be stored front and center of whatever arrangement[s] you adopt. Remember, weeds wilt, and even chocolate melts, but books are forever! [Tail]wind[s] to everybody's wings and shelves to everybody's books from Jerrie M. Adkins ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 08:00:05 EST From: Sorchafyr To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: Fluffy braid (mostly) Message-ID: <4e12fc99.3507dc57-+AT+-aol.com> Heyla All: Thank you Ana and Mary for replying to my mention of "Dancer of the Sixth", never having met anyone who had even heard of it I am relived to hear I don't have the only copy of this book in existance. (and yes, I did get the title wrong. *hangs her head to hide a deep blush* I got out the book to make sure I spelled the authors name correctly, and started free-associating before writing the title. Sometimes I think it would be better if my associations were a little more expensive ) (I wanted to put a smiley there instead of , but couldn't figgure out how to close the parentheses!) ************************************************************* Lady Becky writes: The teacher forces us to see what is really going on below the surface of a book, and >what the author is saying. I think that if you stop and really think hard about it, you >will realize that you can't escape by reading books. But I am so aware of it now, that >it sometimes gets on my nerves, I am almost constantly looking under the surface, >and am conscious of what is being said. In high school english I had so many years of "finding the symbolism" in a book that I couldn't enjoy anything I had to read for my classes, since the symbolism kept getting in the way of the story. Even now sometimes, if it is too obvious, I get disgusted and give up. Nice to know I'm not the only one. ************************************************************************ Izzy, if I have to have a license to be a sarcastic person, I'm definately in trouble. ************************************************************************** Lady Niki, serious envy at seeing Stephen Hawking. Would you be willing to share a recap of his lecture off-list? I will find some way of repaying you, we can work it out. If so, please post me privately. ************************************************************************** I've kept this post for 3 days trying to find some ob-misty, and now I have it. This has been bothering me for awhile, seems inconsistent. Winds of Fury, Chapter 16, almost at the end: "In passion he (Firesong) took on the aspect of his firebird, and used every last bit of his powers to sink talonlike fingers and sharp, silvery-white beak into Falconsbane, shelter and all, tearing them into motes and ribbons and sparks, flinging them across the sky of Hardorn in a burst of fireworks that could be seen for leagues-Every mote, every ribbon, every spark, he personally and completely purified with his own soul's fire while he sang in triumphant ecstasy. He wiped it all clean of every sickening memory, every jot of personality, and scattered it far and wide into the bitter night air....Firesong burned away the last little bit of the shelter within the Void, released the magical "ash" of it into the flow of the Void, and then sank back into his own body." Storm Rising, Chapter Six, near the beginning: "Yet when he (Firesong) sank himself into a mage-trance and projected himself to the general area that he thought he remembered, not only was the sanctuary still there and open, it was intact except for the damage he himself had done to it! Even that was mending, as if the sanctuary were alive and had the power to heal...But the energies the sanctuary had been built from were not homogeneous. Here they were, layer upon layer, warp and weft of a hundred, a thousand different threads of power.... So here was the answer to all of the questions. By investing the power of many, many followers in this place, the willing and the unwilling, the witting and unwitting, Ma'ar had created a sanctuary that would outlast everything. By creating more links to underlings throughout the ages, Ma'ar had strengthened his creation so that it actually attained the permanent quality of a node. Two questions spring to mind. 1. Was Firesong confused/tricked when he cleansed the personalities from the shreds of Ma'ars sanctuary? Later he could even identify whether the threads were "tainted" or "clean", dosen't sound very cleansed to me. And he might have only thought he scattered the ashes of the place into the "flow" of the Void. Sounds pretty final in the first quote. 2. If he did indeed do all this, and the sanctuary "reformed" anyway, even down to using the original "life forces" to recreate itself, is this the answer to the question of what will happen to the nodes after Storm Breaking? Maybe the reformation of the nodes and ley lines will not be the long, slow process postulated in the book. There dosen't seem to be that many years which have passed between Winds and Storms, although I couldn't find an exact figgure. **************************************************************** OK, sufficient fluff and seriousness for one post. Keep the faith all, Sorchafyr, Knight of Fluff and Fluff, the aquatic sheep ****************************************************************** Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching. ---- Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying. ---- Try to derive some comfort from the knowledge that if your guidance counselor were working up to his potential, he wouldn't still be in high school. ---- No animal should ever jump up on the dining room unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation. -Fran Lebowitz, "Social Studies" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:24:52 -0600 (CST) From: "Terrae N. Loucks" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Message-ID: I am sorry. I was looking for the book Elvenborn. It is the next one in the series. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 13:10:13 CST From: "Liz Blaszak" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: A little bit of everything... Message-ID: <199803121911.OAA15239-+AT+-nic.iagnet.net> OK, I am going to de-lurk for a little while and reply to a bunch of things that I've seen posted....I rarely get a chance to post because by the time I read the messages someone's already given my response and I hate repeat messages. However, I found lots (all right, only a few) of little things that I want to respond to.... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Lady Becky writes: > The teacher forces us to see what is really going on below the > surface of a book, and what the author is saying. I think that if > you stop and really think hard about it, you will realize that you > can't escape by reading books. Escaping from a book is not necessarily escaing from life. The same problems that are faced in our lives are addressed in the confines of a book. However, it is an escape because by reading and getting involved in the character's problems we are allowed to escape from our own. It much easier to see the faults in other and the solutions needed for others, but it's harder to see it in our own lives. Books let us escape from that and even put our problems into perspective. > Sorchafyr comments: > In high school english I had so many years of "finding the > symbolism" in a book that I couldn't enjoy anything I had to read > for my classes, since the symbolism kept getting in the way of the > story. Yet, it is the sybolism that draws the story out and makes it believable. There is sybolism in everything we do in life, that's what makes life full. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >Elizabeth Hoffman asked: > How old was everyone else when they first got into scifi / fantasy? I think I was about 10, maybe a little younger when I started reading it. I was born into loving Star Wars/Star Trek/Dr. Who. I read A Wrinkle in Time because I received it as a gift and dove head first into fantasy. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * About Suicide: A few listsibs have commented that comments were reserved because it hit "close to home" with them. After that comment was made there were several that followed that agreed with that. I will also add my agreement to this because of my past. In a way, I think that I "escape" to reading (see my earlier post on escaping in books) because I can see what the characters are seeing and feeling. The sybolism of this all remains constant. I know that I attempted suicide and later confroned some of my problems. There are times that it simply seems impossible to do and I need to get away....books (and writing) provide that escape. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Katie/Danielle(?) wrote: > Curiously, does anyone else write? I've been thinking about this in > relation to the whole feeling issue. I feel the need to read > certain books at certain times, but sometimes no book will work. I > *have* to write, because I need a story that relates to me a little > more, and I shut myself up in my room and won't come out for > anything (which drives my mom absolutely nuts, especially when I > tell her I'm not going to school . So what if I > think books and writing are more important than Calculus?) I DO! I DO! I love to write. I just have a difficulty of getting my thoughts onto paper sometimes. I love to write. My history professors love to tease me because they know when I start to daze out in a story and when asked a question, I usually answer as briefly as possible without looking up and often without stopping my writing! Besides, who needs Calculus when there are stories to write? (My prof REALLY didn't like that one). BTW....I'm glad to see I am not the only IL listsib here! : ) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sorry they only Misty content is the most emotional part of reading Misty. I must agree that the only book I put down when reading was TLHM because of Van's contemplation of death. I felt betrayed and was scared to continue reading! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sorry on the low Misty content...I am at school without books for the other comments I wanted to make....I'm sure they'll be made by tomorrow when I have the books though! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sera and Shea ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 07:03:23 EST From: "Lisa Tunnicliff" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Message-ID: <19980312210323.27343.qmail-+AT+-hotmail.com> Hello to all and sundry, this is my first post, so be pateint with any errors!!!! My first Misty back was Magics Pawn, which I read about 3/4 years ago. I then went on to read the whole of the TLHM trilogoy, and anything that I could get my hand on. I am currently re-reading BTS, and will read Oathbound/breakers. Favorite book.....that's a hard one!!!! I have to say though, it's usally what ever I'm reading at the moment!!!!!. I do like most fantasy, I'm not to keen on sci-fi, but some of my fav other authours are *deep breath* *Piers Anthony, *Terry Prattchett, *Tad Williams, *Anne Maccaffery, *Robert Jorden, *Sara Douglass, *and varoious other who I can't recall!!!!! I read about any genre, but my other favotites have to bt murder mysteries (esp. Ellis Peters) and medical mysteries, and Pre-historaical stuff (clan of the cave bear, people of.....) Sorry, didn't mean my first post to be this long! Lisa, Claude (her faithful teddy companion) and Uni (her pure white, blue-eyed unicorn compainion) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:44:51 EST From: SenayRed To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk Subject: PLEASE PUT A SUBJECT LINE!! Message-ID: <6f864a92.35085756-+AT+-aol.com> I think that is all i need to say, i need to be able to separate my email into Misty and non-Misty topics. The subject line helps me to determine this Thank you Sarah Daughter of Deori, The One ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 1520 **********************************