... I found a text copy of the interview on indigo.ca (<http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/item.asp?Catalog=books&Item=978074757411>) and from that it is clear she...
... OK about the name, because she doesn't say that he has no name, but that no-one knows it because he himself has forgotten it. That's quite different from...
In a message dated 9/26/04 9:32:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Paul, Where are you? Christine --- New Jersey " The impossible just takes a little longer." ~...
ChessQu654@...
Oct 2, 2004 5:34 am
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Dear Joshua, Thank you for the transcript and text quotation. This pedant thinks she was a bit loose with her terminology! Having forgotten a name does not...
Beth Russell
russells@...
Oct 2, 2004 4:43 pm
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I finally reached the end of this novel. Lois McMaster Bujold is a nice person and a wonderful warm human being. I really, really, wanted to enjoy this book....
I just spent a delightful weekend at Arcana where Tim Powers was Guest of Honor. He won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and was Guest of Honor at the 1995...
I found the book a mild disappointment, having read it for the MFA award this year. I really liked Curse of Chalion and felt this book was weaker. Though I...
... sort of ... rules -- ... She ... deals with ... is no ... I wasn't looking for a warrior queen/princess either. But when I was told this was a "chick"...
I liked *Paladin of Souls* better even than *Curse of Chalion* and I liked that first one very much indeed. I thought the plotline was subtle, nuanced, and...
dianejoy@...
Oct 5, 2004 3:47 pm
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A friend tells me that he's checked into the ownership of the various Tolkien intellectual property rights, and it's even more complicated than I thought. ...
Is there a good reason why John Garth in _Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth_ uses "Qenya" instead of "Quenya"? Wendell Wagner [Non-text...
... That's what Tolkien called the language in its earlier stages. As it has significant differences from Quenya as later developed, it's useful to ...
... in the Chronicles of Narnia, no less. From a language-usage article on non-sexual use of "dirty" terms: <http://www.iht.com/articles/542291.htm> David...
... From: WendellWag@... [mailto:WendellWag@...] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:50 AM To: mythsoc@yahoogroups.com Subject: [mythsoc] More about...
Too many movie lines here; but I rather liked the first entry at http://www.livejournal.com/users/pegkerr/313215.html Diamond Proudbrook [Non-text portions of...
What an idiot I am. I just went here due to David's link, had a brain malfunction, and posted the link right back to the List. Sorry Diamond Proudbrook...
I am trying to find the exact words/where/when/cite of a remark C.S. Lewis made, something on the order of 'One of the blessings of my life as a teacher is...
Mike Foster
mafoster@...
Oct 9, 2004 3:32 pm
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I need some help also. Having a senior day-or-two and can't remember title or author of a story about a town with every amenity, but it was maintained by the...
Beth Russell
russells@...
Oct 9, 2004 3:42 pm
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In a message dated 10/9/2004 11:43:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... "The Ones That Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin. Wendell Wagner [Non-text...
Thanks Wendell! Beth ... From: WendellWag@... [mailto:WendellWag@...] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 9:50 AM To: mythsoc@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:...
Beth Russell
russells@...
Oct 9, 2004 7:02 pm
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"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is in LeGuin's collection >The Wind's Twelve Quarters<. I don't know if it's still in print or not. I'm not sure I ...
jamcconney@...
Oct 10, 2004 12:44 am
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... tear or ... I don't think the ones who walk away are evading an issue. They're refusing either to accept an intolerable moral situation or to make other ...
I don't think the ones who walk away are evading an issue. They're refusing either to accept an intolerable moral situation or to make other people's moral...
jamcconney@...
Oct 10, 2004 4:21 am
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In my previous post, the first paragraph is David's and the rest is my reply. Somehow I and the computer conspired to run them together. Oops. Anne [Non-text...
jamcconney@...
Oct 10, 2004 4:25 am
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For some time now, I've been remembering that Pauline Baynes did a map of Middle Earth. According to this site, <http://www.tolkiencollector.com/calendar.htm> ...
I don't know about a poster, but the Pauline Baynes map was available as a jigsaw puzzle. I recently mounted mine in a poster frame and it looks very nice....