... Does your library (local or school) have an interlibrary loan department? With a little advance planning to allow some lead time, you can impress your...
Cathe Hoerth
ocelot@...
Dec 1, 1998 5:47 am
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... Well, on a similar note, I am trying to come up with a history for a couple of Alien races for my RPG. I really want to do it sort of Tolkien-esque, with...
David Bubar
bubarda@...
Nov 26, 1998 3:22 am
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Thank you, all, for the source information and discussion! I wasn't able to get most of the books (my school only has 1000 students, so the library is...
Bryan J Erickson
albion.cairn@...
Nov 26, 1998 1:00 am
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<gulps> I'm amazed that anyone remembers me! :) Just the way I am. I usually am a lurker on any list, so for Lark to suggest that I find the book....:O) ...
DARCY J BALDWIN
darcybaldwin@...
Nov 25, 1998 3:47 pm
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Although, mind you, as a jaundiced ex-Lit.-major, I recommend chiefly reading both science fiction and mythology, and making your own comparisons, and _then_...
Cathe Hoerth
ocelot@...
Nov 25, 1998 7:24 am
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Bryan: It just so happens that I saw just the book you're looking for in Media Play the other day. It was a whole book about how Star Trek is the mythology of ...
AdamRacoon@...
Nov 25, 1998 4:53 am
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Keith - Neat idea (and nice exposition) You've won my gratitude for bringing up one of my favorite stories (Heinleins _Time for the Stars_) I'm intrigued at...
D. Matthew Simmons
mcduck@...
Nov 24, 1998 5:09 am
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This is a request to see if a story has been done like this or not. If not, I'm tossing it out as a possible idea for someone who may have the writing skills. ...
Keith C. Wilkerson
kcw@...
Nov 24, 1998 1:23 am
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<grin> Trust Cas to have all the resources at his fingertips! Of course one difference I can point out between sci-fi & mythology is that sci-fi tends to be...
Cathe Hoerth
ocelot@...
Nov 19, 1998 5:25 am
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Thanks, Carl, for finding my bibliography faster than I could!!! :-) Does that help, Bryan? Michelle ... Free Web-based e-mail groups -- http://www.eGroups.com...
MLevigne@...
Nov 19, 1998 12:16 am
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Bryan -- Get hold of "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Campbell. I used that in my masters paper -- which dealt with SF/F being an evangelistic tool Seems I...
MLevigne@...
Nov 19, 1998 12:13 am
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... [snipped the bibliography] WOW!!! How many of those do you think would be available at your typical Public Library??? -- My Hope is in the Risen Christ. ....
David Bubar
bubarda@...
Nov 18, 1998 8:50 pm
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About the FTP site I am using: Please do not send this address to 39 of your closest friends. This is my organization's private server and I am doing this as...
Gyrfalcon
marie@...
Nov 18, 1998 7:02 pm
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If you have the bandwidth you can now download the trailer at: ftp://deathstar.netobjects.com/marie/starwars/ There is a 13MB avi file (low res 160) and a 25MB...
Gyrfalcon
marie@...
Nov 18, 1998 6:54 pm
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... in a galaxy far, far away.... ... a saga began... Last night, the world outside the hallowed halls of Lucasfilm caught the first glimpse of the beginnings...
Gyrfalcon
marie@...
Nov 18, 1998 6:18 pm
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Here's a couple: Filmer, Kath. Skepticism and Hope in Twentieth Century Fantasy Literature. Bowling Green State University Popular Press, Bowling Green, Ohio,...
CasbahCarl@...
Nov 18, 1998 5:00 pm
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Myths were a religion - what about obsessed Trekkies, etc Umm, it's Trekkers. We liked to be called Trekkers :) God be praised, Darcy "The stuff of Earth...
DARCY J BALDWIN
darcybaldwin@...
Nov 18, 1998 3:41 pm
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... You may also want to look at some books that cover th history of SciFi. They often (as I have observed) cover the similarities between Mythology and early...
David Bubar
bubarda@...
Nov 18, 1998 1:29 pm
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Bryan: I would suggest the book "The World Beyond the Hill" by Alexei and Cory Panshin. It's long-winded and pretentious at times, but it has valuable material...
Keith C. Wilkerson
kcw@...
Nov 18, 1998 12:11 pm
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Ugh. I should be in bed. Anyway... Hopefully this list has been quiet because there's nothing to talk about - not because no one has time to talk. Because I...
Bryan J Erickson
albion.cairn@...
Nov 18, 1998 7:51 am
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Re: Deryni magic and Christianity intermixing. I read the first 3 Deryni books in ... wow, 84! I liked them, but not enough to keep buying the books. I...
MLevigne@...
Nov 8, 1998 1:24 am
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Peter C. Jones
petercj@...
Nov 7, 1998 4:21 pm
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So, anybody else been watching Brimstone? I don't watch Millennium because it just annoys me, but I've watched two episodes of Brimstone thus far & it has...
Cathe Hoerth
ocelot@...
Nov 7, 1998 6:40 am
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I can't remember who posted this question (sorry!), but the Webpage that looks at Tolkien's creation from a Catholic perspective and considers the idea of ...
CasbahCarl@...
Nov 6, 1998 2:41 pm
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I've started reading a one of the books in Kurtz's Deryni series. It appears to take place in an alternate Earth, an alternate England or U.K., to be more ...
CasbahCarl@...
Nov 6, 1998 2:32 pm
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"The theme in all of [Charles] Williams' work is order versus disintegration. In every one of his novels the evil that appears entails an attempt on someon's...
CasbahCarl@...
Nov 6, 1998 2:29 pm
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I've put together a few pages on the list and uploaded them to http://users.aol.com/casbahcarl/Christian/SF.html The CIA link seems to be dead right now. I...
Chuck ( Cas)
casbahcarl@...
Oct 30, 1998 3:45 pm
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... As it turns out, I think only I (as moderator) can access the page URL I sent. So here's the code, in case anyone wants it: <form method=GET...
CasbahCarl@...
Oct 29, 1998 8:26 pm
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When you want to reply to the list, make sure that christsf-l@egroups.com is in the address field. The default setting right now is to send your message as a...
CasbahCarl@...
Oct 29, 1998 2:26 pm
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I'm working on checking out the system under the new server. If experience= any problems, please email me at casbahcarl@.... On the list's front page...
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