MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 2030

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) BG music (LHM+), Grey & Grey's Ghost, spoiler spacing, and, yes, I'm back
	by "Nelson Greenslade" <grenslde-+AT+-nbnet.nb.ca>
  2) Braid:  I'm back!/Age for Misty/Companions & Heralds/etc...
	by "Li'nia Stormdancer" <lady_stormdancer-+AT+-yahoo.com>

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Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 17:56:19 -0300
From: "Nelson Greenslade" <grenslde-+AT+-nbnet.nb.ca>
To: "Misty" <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: BG music (LHM+), Grey & Grey's Ghost, spoiler spacing, and, yes, I'm back
Message-ID: <04d501bed617$b4d4f640$LocalHost-+AT+-nbnet.nb.ca>

***intro fluff***
   There is heard an anguished wail, followed immediately by a large puff of
smoke as Elsa appears.
   "Waaahhhhhhh!!!!! My mother deleted all of my mail from the List!! ALL of
it!!! Stuff I hadn't read!! Stuff I'd saved from long ago!!!" She sits on a
sleeping sheep and cries.
   "It's not fair! I was too sick to use the computer - those poor letters
had no hope of defending themselves! -- well, at least everyone's been
prolific since..."
***end***

I finally got Werehunter!!! I love it, I do! Yep yep yep. This is a
recommendation for the aforementioned anthology of Misty's short stories if
you didn't know.

   Lady Starlight suggested a 'background/soundtrack' thread. Well, I've
just been listening to Shadow Stalker too much of late to think of anything
else just now, but I'll try to get to it later (once I've returned the CD to
a certain oh-so-subversive destroyer-of-gates... I really ~didn't~ like
Heather Alexander's voice before... *sigh*).
   What I can say on a related topic is that when I listen to the filk
music, I find myself picturing music-video-esque scenes. Not so much with
the songs relating events I read in the books; I get the strongest images
with "Hawkbrother" (a.k.a. Moondance's song *sniff*).
   But "Earth Spirit" still baffles me, somewhat. Does anyone know all the
words to that?

Daystar wrote:
<<Now is it just me, or is Elspeth rather...umm...rude to her Companion,
Gwena?>>
   It's not just you. Elspeth is a little mean to Gwena at times, but, to be
fair, Gwena wasn't 100% honest with her Chosen all the time, so maybe she
deserved some of that. Don't roast me for saying this, but IMO they were
both brats.

Lady Brynn wrote:
<<has anyone read _the last continent_ by Pratchett? it has sheep joke
galore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehehehehe... luv that guy...>>
   I devoured that book, and I even got most of the jokes thanks to Mom's
Aussie friend having just visited! I recommend it (there are LOTS of sheep),
and in fact most of his books. This author's books are usually hysterically
funny and often very profound. And as soon as Katie (Mighty Supplier of
Books)'s mother is done with it, I plan to read Good Omens, by Pratchett and
the guy who wrote the Sandman series. (I can pronounce his last name, but I
cannot spell it! --_--)

Becky wrote:
<<"You look like an angel,/ Walk like an angel,/ Talk like an angel,/ But I
got wise/ You're the devil in disguise" as Jean-Claude's theme>>
   This of course puts me in mind of the song "You Must Be An Angel" from
the Madonna album "Like A Virgin", which in turn made me look to "True
Blue", another album of Madonna songs, from '86.
   "Papa Don't Preach" -- (just the name reminds me of Vanyel)
"Papa I know you're going to be upset" ; "Papa don't preach / I'm in trouble
deep / Papa don't preach / I've been losing sleep" ; "Daddy, daddy, if you
could only see / just how good he's been treating me / You'd give us your
blessing right now / 'Cause we are in love"
   "Open You Heart" -- (Stefen to Van)
"If you gave me half a chance you'd see / My desire burning inside of me /
But you choose to look the other way / Well, I've got something to say /
I've had to work much harder than this / For something I want / Don't try to
resist me / Open your heart to me"
   "Live To Tell" -- (I get the distinct impression that I can apply this to
more than one book, but I can't think of any specifics, so I won't bother
with the words)
   "Stolen Child" -- (For Tannim's Seleigh friends; written by W. B. Yeats,
set to music by Loreena McKennitt in her "Elemental" album)
Chorus: "Come away oh human child / To the waters and the wild / With a
faery hand in hand / For the world's more full of weeping / Than you can
understand"
   "Come On In" -- (*g* Anyone remember that cartoon, "JEM"? Well, here's
one of the show's songs that could work for ANY life-bonded couple, I think)
"Something big's been waiting to happen / Ever since you and I met / But if
we wanna make it happen / We gotta let our feet get wet" ; "Come on in, the
water's fine / Take the plunge, it feels divine"
   See? I said I'd get around to it later...

Wintershard wrote:
<<How many people on the list would like to see Misty
start writing some science fiction?>>
   ME!!!! Well, she has written sci-fi, and I like what I've read!!

Suzi asked:
<<Does anyone support her idea of continuing with the
little girls who were in the last couple of stories in that collection>>
   I do. I think that if she continued to write about Nan, Susan, Grey,
etc., she'd probably take some flack along the lines of "You're copying 'The
Little Princess' ", but it's not really the same story at all, so Feh! I say
to them. *collapses in shuddering convulsions, belatedly, for having to
mention something related to ...Shirley Temple (The Horror!!)*

   I saw sheep when I went to P.E.I. 2 days ago!!!! Yayyy!!!!!

Stormlight wrote:
<<I always thought of  will-o-the-wisps as benevolent, but Misty puts them
as very, very dangerous.  Does anyone know of anything, or was she using
poetic license?>>
   AFAIK, will-o-the-wisps started out in folklore as being very dangerous
indeed, and then modern convention turned them benign. "Little bobbing
lights in the woods -- how could that be harmful?" Harmful enough when they
lead you off a bloody cliff, the little buggers... *grumble mutter*

Ambermoon wrote:
<<Damn those loonies who can't tell rl
from fiction!>>
   I most heartily add my voice to this (I ~liked~ the Tregarde books; it's
most vexing that there won't be any more *growls*), and I also add an
emphatic " -- and darn those loonies who can't tell players from characters
in AD&D!!!" with a shrieking echo of "Stop stalking my friend, you twit!"
   *sigh* Poor Misty. It must be awful to have your creative flow thwarted
because some nutcase decides to replace reality with one of your
book-settings.

   On the subject of spoiler spaces, I have a few comments to toss in -->
#1 I generally go by what the NewbieFest says needs to have spoiler spaces,
and thus only put them for new books. However, I will typically put the
title of the book or series in my subject space, so READ SUBJECTS. If you
don't, well, you're robbing yourself of fair warning and can't call 'foul',
since the subject space is there to tell you what the letter is about. (and
I ~am~ working at using it correctly!)
#2 There is no point in putting spoiler spaces after the spoiler. People
will get to the top s.spaces, and if they don't what to know, they'll just
go to the next letter. Thus, it would be smart to move spoilers to the ~end
of the letter~. *pleadingly* Please?

   *claps hands together* Well, that pretty much wraps up this-- what was
that? Oh, yes. Hello to all Newbies!!! (Since I've been away for so long,
maybe I qualify for a reSPLOOSHing? *looks hopeful*) I abase myself to
pretty much everyone, and for those who made it to the end of this letter,
good for you!! You get a prize -- your very own miniature hertasi to
organise your life! ^_^;; Enjoy!!

Iridescent indigo chibi-sheep to all!
Konbon wa!

Elsa
Knight of Fluff, One in Black, OoUH Champion of Moonbeam, Iceshadow, Jonne
and Jaysen, Hiei no miko, chocoholic, Wielder of the Frying Pan of Doom and
the Big Stick of Painful Demise, and Elf-Friend. *whew!*

"No... wait... what are you...? You wouldn't.... Oh hell, you
would! Wufei, stop that! Not the feathers!!!"
~ Treize Khushrenada


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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:52:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Li'nia Stormdancer" <lady_stormdancer-+AT+-yahoo.com>
To: List <mercedes-lackey-+AT+-herald.co.uk>
Subject: Braid:  I'm back!/Age for Misty/Companions & Heralds/etc...
Message-ID: <19990725045254.7081.rocketmail-+AT+-web601.yahoomail.com>

Heyla List-Sibs!

*A black shape separates itself from the shadows and heads towards the
middle of the Arena of Discussion and Dissention, followed by a rather
weary Li'nia.  She drops her seat on the ground and flops down into it,
with Styx curling up by her feet*

Sorry I haven't posted in so long!  Been a very busy girl!

Age for Misty:  I think that junior-high would be a good time to start.
 I was in love with Andre Norton at that point, though.  I think I just
loved adult books, too.  Some of Misty's work is more for adults to
fully understand, but, I believe it's up to the reader's ability to
understand and comprehend the stories.

Companions & Heralds:  Companions and Heralds cannot outlive each
other, the sole exception being the Monarch's Own and their Companion. 
If the Herald dies, the Companion will choose again (i.e. Rolan and
Talia).  If the Companion dies, another Grove-born will appear to take
it's place.

Thank you for the Misty web-page, whoever posted it!  I can't remember.
 This has been one of the two weeks of my life.

I myself like Misty's forays into science fiction.  I'm a big fan of
her SKitty stories and would like to see more of them.  And for whoever
mentioned that they like David Eddings and L.E. Modesitt as well, I
agree.  I'm still waiting for the next Soprano Sorceress book to come
out, however....

Well, enough for now!  Hope I haven't bored you all to tears yet! :-)



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