Good morning, and welcome to the moominvalley mailing list! I was so excited to take a look this morning and discover that there are already FOUR of us! Yay!...
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Joan d' Arrghh
bizarro@xxxx.xxxx
Apr 13, 1999 12:03 am
wondered when anyone would post anything... ignore the name above... just a joke, though partly for anonymity... I call myself Rye, pronounced "ree-uh". I...
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Anna-Carin Betzen
acbe@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Apr 13, 1999 11:22 am
My name is Anna-Carin Betzen, 26, married, and I live in Jakobsberg outside Stockholm, Sweden. Yes, that's in Europe - next to Finland, the country of Tove...
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Joan d' Arrghh
bizarro@xxxx.xxxx
Apr 13, 1999 2:24 pm
... Jansson ... I missed these resonances, not having read most of the Moominbooks recently. I think that I will read SCULPTOR'S DAUGHTER again at some point....
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Linda Shippert
loo@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 13, 1999 8:44 pm
... Its so good to hear this sort of information! I haven't read Sculptor's Daugher, but have been meaning to for a long time. Now I know to wait until right...
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Linda Shippert
loo@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 13, 1999 8:49 pm
... I found the Groke SO scary when I was little! Which seems odd to me now. I find the Hattifatteners extremely, well, FUN, I guess, and I just feel so much...
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wendyodium@xxxxx.xxxx...
wendyodium@xxxxx.xxxx...
Apr 14, 1999 11:42 am
Hello there! I thought I should introduce myself. Obviously, my name is Wendy, I'm 29 and live in CT, USA. My introduction to Moomin came on a flight to...
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Joan d' Arrghh
bizarro@xxxx.xxxx
Apr 14, 1999 1:45 pm
... know to wait ... you could try the website at <http://www.abebooks.com>. there you can register to have a notice sent to you if a particular book comes...
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Olsons
aolson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 14, 1999 11:59 pm
My name is Annie and have just learned about this group from an email friend of mine who lives in Finland. I have been pestering her for quite a while to send...
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Linda Shippert
loo@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 15, 1999 12:49 am
Hi, Annie! ... This is the order that *I* believe they go in. Tales of Moominvalley can kind of go any place! The Little Trolls and the Big Flood (not...
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Anna-Carin Betzen
acbe@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Apr 15, 1999 8:38 am
... When I visited http://www.io.com/~fazia/Moomin.html I saw a link to Amazon's Moomin books. It seems that they have a service that searches used book stores...
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Joan d' Arrghh
bizarro@xxxx.xxxx
Apr 16, 1999 3:34 am
... no to condemn people you include amazon links on their pages but *please* do not support Amazon if you happen to care for the continuing survival of indy...
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Linda Shippert
loo@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 17, 1999 3:47 am
From: ONElist Tech Support <admin@onelist.com> Hello, The ONElist system will be down for scheduled maintenance Saturday evening, April 17, 1999. We will be...
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Linda Shippert
loo@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 19, 1999 7:59 pm
Details are skimpy at best at this point, but check out : http://www.nintendojo.com/gbcdojo/ And read the news for April 18th! Sunsoft is going to be creating...
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Linda Shippert
loo@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 19, 1999 8:17 pm
I found out a little bit more information about this. Looks like those of us in the U.S. might need a European trading partner : ...
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Olsons
aolson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 21, 1999 1:54 am
Does anyone know which book "Stinky" is in? Also I think it was Linda who helped me with the order of Moomin book but I found more and wondered where they fit...
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Anna-Carin Betzen
acbe@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Apr 21, 1999 11:34 am
The Swedish title of "The Exploits of Moominpappa" is "Muminpappas memoarer", so I'm sure that it's the same book as "Moominpappa's Memoirs" (it's just a...
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Linda Shippert
loo@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 22, 1999 3:39 pm
... That name doesn't ring a bell for me - what was that character like? ... Its hard to pinpoint exactly where this one falls in the chronology; the best I...
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Olsons
aolson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 23, 1999 3:31 am
Thanks Anna-Carin for the book info. I was going to ask if they were the same book but I thought maybe that would be a dumb question. :) I also am interested...
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Anna-Carin Betzen
acbe@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Apr 23, 1999 11:45 am
... What size are your characters, and how much space can you use for the scene? If they're rather small and you have a few square feet of space to spare, you...
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Olsons
aolson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 23, 1999 2:58 pm
Thanks Linda for more info on the order of the books. Stinky is a mean looking creature that is covered with fluffy black fur/hair and has little horns? on his...
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Linda Shippert
loo@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 23, 1999 4:14 pm
Hmmmm...he doesn't look at ALL familiar to me. I do not think that he is from any of the books that I have read, I'm actually quite sure he isn't, because he...
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Joan d' Arrghh
bizarro@xxxx.xxxx
Apr 24, 1999 3:11 pm
... Fillyjonk who >Believed in Disasters," or "Who Will Comfort Toffle?" I have the last one which shows a tall, furred and *large*- horned creature with kid...
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Olsons
aolson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Apr 26, 1999 1:50 am
Anna-Carin - I would love to see a scan of your creation. It sounds wonderful. I have 4 tiny plastic figures about 1" high and another set of different...
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Olsons
aolson@...
Apr 26, 1999 4:36 pm
Thanks to Schildts publishers, I now know where Stinky comes from. I had written to ask a couple of questions and included the Stinky question. Here's a...
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Joan d' Arrghh
bizarro@xxxx.xxxx
Apr 27, 1999 11:05 pm
in answer to some of Annie's questions...no I have no scan of the cover of WHO WILL COMFORT TOFFLE? having looked at that site... best Moomins site I have...
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Joan d' Arrghh
bizarro@xxxx.xxxx
Apr 27, 1999 11:05 pm
a few punk bands have made use of drawings from the Moomin books. one, an ad for whose records I saw today in a 'zine (badly reproduced drawing featuring the...
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Olsons
aolson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
May 3, 1999 4:01 pm
This one is more for anyone who lives or has lived in Finland. I don't know if anyone else can answer. Can you tell me who Suumpi (Soompi?) is? I don't...
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Linda Shippert
loo@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
May 11, 1999 7:44 pm
I just wanted to let you all know that my moomin character guide has now moved to http://staff.washington.edu/loo/moomin.html The "redirect" messages are...
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Linda Shippert
loo@x.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 9, 1999 9:14 pm
Hi there! I wanted to welcome all the new members that just joined in the past couple weeks! We're now thirteen members strong. Traffic so far has been ...
