From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #80 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Monday, January 25 1999 Volume 03 : Number 080 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Books [petit_chou@juno.com] Re: Scieszka [petit_chou@juno.com] Kids Books [petit_chou@juno.com] Arthur's Burial Site [petit_chou@juno.com] Re: Arthur's Burial Site [kpfruhead@aol.com (KPFruhead)] Robbie Burns [Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca>] re: please wish me luck [Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca>] Re: Kids Books ["KatieWow" ] Re: favorite books (was a lot of stuff) ["Zainab" ] Re: Robbie Burns ["KatieWow" ] Re: Arthur's Burial Site ["KatieWow" ] Re: Criminals at Large... [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James)] Re: top five books [ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry)] Re: Arthur's Burial Site [elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James)] Re: Arthur's Burial Site [petit_chou@juno.com] Re: Kids Books [bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors)] Re: DC show info ["^kat^" ] Re: Favorite books (was a lot of stuff) [nicole.twn.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org] Re: favorite books (was a lot of stuff) ["^kat^" ] Re: Arthur's Burial Site [nicole.twn.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (Nicole the Wo] Re: Kids Books ["KatieWow" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:35:54 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Books Okay, great. As if I don't have enough to read (I have several bookshelves devoted to books I haven't read yet), you guys just keep making such great suggestions! I now have a new folder on my e-mail account called "Reading Rec's" which contains everyone's recommendations. Blast! Darn you all! Heather Moore ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:36:01 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Re: Scieszka Geoffrey said: >...Neil Gaiman's BRIEF LIVES, my favorite of the books... Okay, gotta get a word in about his book "The Day I Traded My Dad for Two Goldfish." Wonderfully twisted, and contains the lines, "I'm gonna tell everyone that you are secretly fat." It gets no better. Except for the book "The Night The Scary Beasties Popped Out of My Head" which may or may not be by Gaiman, I can't remember, but which is equally interesting. Heather Moore ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:36:10 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Kids Books Okay, here ya go. Books I always rec to customers at B&N, as well as one's I love to the point that they are falling apart: *Ferdinand The Bull (good call Queen Lisa) *Math Curse, Stinky Cheese Man, Squids Will Be Squids, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Book That Jack Wrote, etc etc (as in, all Scieszka's stuff) *The King Who Rained by Fred Gwynne (that's right, Herman Munster. There are three books and they are terribly funny for all ages. I think the title's right...) *Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis (really cool book about adopting a kid) *Tuesday by David Weisner (all of you would get the biggest kick out of this book, trust me) *Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak *Pierre by Maurice Sendak (an extremely cool little tale about the boy who wouldn't obey his parents) *Nappy Hair (rad illustrations, funny story, can't remember the author) *The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster (excellently witty for all ages - -- like a good Fruvous song, reveals more and more the more you read/listen) *The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Spear (I really dug witch stuff when I was younger, and this is a rad historical novel for kids) *From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L.Koniger (or something like that - cool tale of kids who sneak into the museum with the intention of living there) *Ruby by Michael Emberly (I can't endorse this enough. It's so cool.) *Fat Men From Space and The Hobokken Chicken and anything else by Daniel Pinkwater (cracks me up to this day) *Danny The Champion of the World (or any other freaking Roald Dahl dammit! He is a god!) *The Minpins by Roald Dahl (published posthumously; a really weird, interesting picture book) *Eric Carle books (The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Mixed Up Chameleon...) *The Happy Hocky Family by Lane Smith (what can I say, he rules) *Any and all Shel Silverstein books *Bunnicula and Howliday Inn by...oh, shoot, forgot his name. Cool books nonetheless. Oh my lord, I could *so* go on, but I guess I'll stop. You guys should've never started this. I'm starting to miss my job a lot! : ) Heather Moore ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:36:10 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Arthur's Burial Site Matt wrote: >Anyway, as far as Arthurian legend goes, where exactly was >Arthur buried? >Anyone who can tell me that gets a gold star. 8-) Well, Matt, as Ben Stein always says, I will do my best. According to my Arthurian Book of Days (pardon me as I do my best to paraphrase), Arthur was wounded in battle at Camlann (which means "Crooked Bank") in a fight against Mordred. His men lay him on cool grass, away from the battle field, and he instructed Sir Bedivere to cast his sword into the nearby lake. Bedivere tried twice to do it and could not, but the King persisted, until at last, he "flung the great sword out into the water. And lo! a hand and an arm, clothed in samite, rose from the water, and caught the sword, and brandished it thrice, and then withdrew it beneath the surface. When he heard this Arthur gave a long sigh, and stretched himself out on the earth as if he would die." [1] Sir Lucan returned, and he and Bedivere carried the King to the lake's edge and lay him there. Upon the water came a ship with a black sail bearing three women: Morgain Le Fay, the Queen of the Outer Isles, and the Queen of Norgalles. Arthur pacified Bedivere with these words, 'Fear not, Bedivere, these women are come to bear me to Avalon, where I shall be healed of my wounds. Return to Camelot, salvage what you can, keep alive the old ways...Remember me to Sir Lancelot, and to the Queen. They were ever faithful to my name." He spoke no more and allowed himself to be lifted onto the ship and then carried out of sight. [2] Presumably, this is where he dies. Later, it is mentioned that King Arthur awoke from his long sleep "in which were many fevered dreams" to see that he was in a lush, verdant landscape. Though the season should've been winter, the air was "balmy and soft" and the sun and moon shone in the sky together, along with many stars. He realized that he was in Avalon, The Region of the Summer Stars, where "the great ones of the world await a call to arms." [3] HIC JACET ARTHURUS QUONDAM REXQUE FUTURUS (Here lies Arthur, The Once and Future King) [4] Just now, in a fit of inspiration, I grabbed my copy of The Book of Merlin by T.H. White. According to him, one theory is that Arthur perished on Mordred's sword and, when attended by the a surgeon of Salerno, was found that he could never be whole again, and then "he [the surgeon] said IN MANUS boldly on the place where he lay...and spake no more." The people who follow this idea believe that Arthur was buried at Glastonbury, under the stone with the above epitaph, and was then exhumed by Henry II as a counter-blast to Welsh Nationalism (or Edward I, or Edward III -- it depends who you ask). Another idea is that he was carried away on the boat by the three women (like the tale from the Arthurian Book of Days) to the Vale of Affalach to heal him of his wounds. The Italians have "an idea about Arturo Magno who was translated to Mount Etna, where he can still be seen occasionally." The Irish believe he rides around a rath, with sword upraised, and the Scots believe he's in Edinburgh where he presides from Arthur's Seat. Milton seems to believe that he is living underground ("Arturumque etiam sub terris bella moventem" -- And Arthur too, stirring up wars beneath the earth.) [5] So I don't know if that truly answers your question, but it would appear that (according to my books) there isn't really a "burial site" per se (at least that anyone agrees upon). Anyone else? Heather "A for Effort?" Moore [1] 30th October [2] 31st October [3] 30th December [4] epitaph traditionally given to Arthur, in token of his return. [5] pp. 134-136 of White's book. ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jan 1999 21:56:13 GMT From: kpfruhead@aol.com (KPFruhead) Subject: Re: Arthur's Burial Site >And lo! a hand and an arm, clothed in samite, rose from the water, and >caught the sword, and brandished it thrice, and then withdrew it beneath "The lady of the lake, her arm clad in the purist shimmering samite, held aloft excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifing by devine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry excalibur. *That* is why I am your king!" Oops!!!! Sorry, wrong thread :) Ken, the not quite as obsessed as Sir... uh... well, nobody really ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jan 1999 21:14:43 GMT From: Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca> Subject: Robbie Burns Just wanted to wish everyone a very happy Robbie Burns day really quick before I run out of the house. Have to get down to the pub before they pipe in the haggis!! Canadian university + Scottish tradtion = Monday night at the pub :) Veronica (man, my knees will be cold in my kilt tonight!) - -- *************************************************************************** "Never look at the trombones, | Veronica Gruneberg it only encourages them." | Dept. of Biology - Richard Strauss | Queen's University | Kingston, Ontario ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jan 1999 21:12:37 GMT From: Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca> Subject: re: please wish me luck Oh, please, please, please don't mention the GRE!!! I have to write that, as well as the MCAT over the summer... Oh well, on the plus side, I didn't have to write SATs. No such thing in the Canadian school system. Or at least the Ontario school system, anyway. Either way, good enough for me! :) :) Veronica - -- *************************************************************************** "Never look at the trombones, | Veronica Gruneberg it only encourages them." | Dept. of Biology - Richard Strauss | Queen's University | Kingston, Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 16:52:22 -0500 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Kids Books >*Pierre by Maurice Sendak (an extremely cool little tale about the boy >who wouldn't obey his parents) and a fantastic song often played on kids' corner, a children's radio show on that mecca of the airwaves, WXPN. forgive me for not being able to remember the name of the wonderful musician who sings it. ~~kate - -- **************************************************************************** Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu **************************************************************************** nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight - --bruce cockburn, "lovers in a dangerous time" and so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. - --douglas adams, "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" we're splitting into two camps--mike, i'm with you. - --jian ghomeshi, bottom line, 1/1 *************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:28:24 GMT From: "Zainab" Subject: Re: favorite books (was a lot of stuff) Trace sez: >Speaking of Margaret Atwood, I really enjoyed The Robber Bride. An >interesting psychological study into the lives and co-dependencies of >women. I agree that she write good psychologies. _Lady Oracle_ is also wonderful. Zainab ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 16:58:02 -0500 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Robbie Burns in honor of robert burns day, a few lines from that paragon of scottish-american representative entertainment, "so i married an axe murderer"-- "i have to ask--do you actually like haggis?" "no--it's for my dad. i find it repellent in every way. in fact, i think most scottish cuisine was based on a dare." ~~kate - -- **************************************************************************** Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu **************************************************************************** nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight - --bruce cockburn, "lovers in a dangerous time" and so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. - --douglas adams, "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" we're splitting into two camps--mike, i'm with you. - --jian ghomeshi, bottom line, 1/1 *************************************************************************** Gruneberg Veronica J <6vjg@qlink.queensu.ca> wrote in message <78ims3$374$2@knot.queensu.ca>... >Just wanted to wish everyone a very happy Robbie Burns day really quick >before I run out of the house. Have to get down to the pub before they pipe >in the haggis!! > >Canadian university + Scottish tradtion = Monday night at the pub > >:) Veronica (man, my knees will be cold in my kilt tonight!) > >-- >*************************************************************************** > "Never look at the trombones, | Veronica Gruneberg > it only encourages them." | Dept. of Biology > - Richard Strauss | Queen's University > | Kingston, Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 16:59:50 -0500 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Arthur's Burial Site has anyone ever seen the cartoon of king arthur sitting at the dinner table in front of a bowl of soup with a hand coming out of it holding a spoon? it's riotous. i'll see if i can find it and get to the scanner :). ~~kate - -- **************************************************************************** Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu **************************************************************************** nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight - --bruce cockburn, "lovers in a dangerous time" and so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. - --douglas adams, "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" we're splitting into two camps--mike, i'm with you. - --jian ghomeshi, bottom line, 1/1 *************************************************************************** petit_chou@juno.com wrote in message <19990125.132228.-84139579.7.petit_chou@juno.com>... >Matt wrote: >>Anyway, as far as Arthurian legend goes, where exactly was >>Arthur buried? >>Anyone who can tell me that gets a gold star. 8-) > >Well, Matt, as Ben Stein always says, I will do my best. According to my >Arthurian Book of Days (pardon me as I do my best to paraphrase), Arthur >was wounded in battle at Camlann (which means "Crooked Bank") in a fight >against Mordred. His men lay him on cool grass, away from the battle >field, and he instructed Sir Bedivere to cast his sword into the nearby >lake. Bedivere tried twice to do it and could not, but the King >persisted, until at last, he "flung the great sword out into the water. >And lo! a hand and an arm, clothed in samite, rose from the water, and >caught the sword, and brandished it thrice, and then withdrew it beneath >the surface. When he heard this Arthur gave a long sigh, and stretched >himself out on the earth as if he would die." [1] Sir Lucan returned, >and he and Bedivere carried the King to the lake's edge and lay him >there. Upon the water came a ship with a black sail bearing three women: >Morgain Le Fay, the Queen of the Outer Isles, and the Queen of Norgalles. > Arthur pacified Bedivere with these words, 'Fear not, Bedivere, these >women are come to bear me to Avalon, where I shall be healed of my >wounds. Return to Camelot, salvage what you can, keep alive the old >ways...Remember me to Sir Lancelot, and to the Queen. They were ever >faithful to my name." He spoke no more and allowed himself to be lifted >onto the ship and then carried out of sight. [2] Presumably, this is >where he dies. Later, it is mentioned that King Arthur awoke from his >long sleep "in which were many fevered dreams" to see that he was in a >lush, verdant landscape. Though the season should've been winter, the >air was "balmy and soft" and the sun and moon shone in the sky together, >along with many stars. He realized that he was in Avalon, The Region of >the Summer Stars, where "the great ones of the world await a call to >arms." [3] > >HIC JACET ARTHURUS QUONDAM REXQUE FUTURUS >(Here lies Arthur, The Once and Future King) [4] > >Just now, in a fit of inspiration, I grabbed my copy of The Book of >Merlin by T.H. White. According to him, one theory is that Arthur >perished on Mordred's sword and, when attended by the a surgeon of >Salerno, was found that he could never be whole again, and then "he [the >surgeon] said IN MANUS boldly on the place where he lay...and spake no >more." The people who follow this idea believe that Arthur was buried at >Glastonbury, under the stone with the above epitaph, and was then exhumed >by Henry II as a counter-blast to Welsh Nationalism (or Edward I, or >Edward III -- it depends who you ask). Another idea is that he was >carried away on the boat by the three women (like the tale from the >Arthurian Book of Days) to the Vale of Affalach to heal him of his >wounds. The Italians have "an idea about Arturo Magno who was translated >to Mount Etna, where he can still be seen occasionally." The Irish >believe he rides around a rath, with sword upraised, and the Scots >believe he's in Edinburgh where he presides from Arthur's Seat. Milton >seems to believe that he is living underground ("Arturumque etiam sub >terris bella moventem" -- And Arthur too, stirring up wars beneath the >earth.) [5] > >So I don't know if that truly answers your question, but it would appear >that (according to my books) there isn't really a "burial site" per se >(at least that anyone agrees upon). Anyone else? > >Heather "A for Effort?" Moore > >[1] 30th October >[2] 31st October >[3] 30th December >[4] epitaph traditionally given to Arthur, in token of his return. >[5] pp. 134-136 of White's book. >___________________________________________________________________ >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/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jan 1999 22:42:19 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: Criminals at Large... Richard Butterworth (r.j.butterworth@mdx.NONASTYSPAM.ac.uk) wrote: : A voice from down a hole (Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the : ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with : nothing in it to sit down on or eat: it was a Leah hole and that means : comfort) "lhunting@skidmore.edu" wrote: Does that mean Leah has a big, round, green dress with a single golden button in the middle? ;) - -Matt - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:57:33 GMT From: ross_hendry@bigfoot.com (Ross Hendry) Subject: Re: top five books Top five books? That'll be THHGTTG! Oh, someone's already made that joke? Damn! Right, if we count HHG as one book (cos you can get it collected (Cheat!)) then that's definetely one. What else... _Starship Troopers_ by Robert Heinlein, which I read before the film came out and changed the entire story. Mind you, the book wouldn't work as a film. _Akira_ by Katsuhiro Otomo, a graphic novel but you'll find it in book shops! Ha! Cheating again. Though I guess you'd have to limit this one to the first four volumes cos the last two are pretty pish. _The Wind In The Willows_ by Kenneth Graeme, a book which for unknown reasons has a very special place in my heart. I have many versions of it on tape, I've seen tv and movie adaptions and I've only read the book through once! I just love the story. One to go... _Sprout Mask Replica_ by Robert Rankin. Hey, it's ol' Rankin, he can't go wrong! Just my tuppence worth. Ross It's the Galaxies Greatest Comic, Now check out it's web site! http://freespace.virgin.net/g.hendry/ ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jan 1999 22:38:13 GMT From: elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) Subject: Re: Arthur's Burial Site petit_chou@juno.com wrote: : Matt wrote: : >Anyway, as far as Arthurian legend goes, where exactly was : >Arthur buried? : >Anyone who can tell me that gets a gold star. 8-) : Well, Matt, as Ben Stein always says, I will do my best. According to my : Arthurian Book of Days (pardon me as I do my best to paraphrase), Arthur [various Authurian legend snipped...] So, I guess it really depends on whether you believe the Authur tales to be based in fact and real life or whether you believe it is just a legend? I have heard about Glastonbury as a possible spot as well as Tintagel in Cornwall. I think I heard about the Edinburgh thing as well. I didn't know the Irish and the Italians had their own theory about that. More than likely he has floated off into legend methinks. - -Matt - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt James Voice: (301) 231-9898 x. 121 TYC Associates email: mjames@tyc.com Rockville, MD alternate: mattj@charm.net http://www.tyc.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:17:36 GMT From: petit_chou@juno.com Subject: Re: Arthur's Burial Site Matt wrote: >So, I guess it really depends on whether you believe the Authur >tales to be based in fact and real life or whether you believe >it is just a legend? AWWWW! C'mon! Why'd you even ask the question, then, huh? Yeesh! And I did all that lovely research for you! Heather Moore (I am just waiting to hear what ladywench has to say on this subject) ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jan 1999 23:02:43 GMT From: bbwminors@aol.com (BBWMinors) Subject: Re: Kids Books Petit-Chou suggested: *From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L.Koniger (or something like that - cool tale of kids who sneak into the museum with the intention of living there) -- That's a great one! Having grown up in NYC a block away from the Met I really appreciated it, though my fave by her is "Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth" which I JUST found for Dana. <<*Bunnicula and Howliday Inn by...oh, shoot, forgot his name. Cool books nonetheless.>> James Howe ... my daughter's teacher read them the whole series last year and it became oneo f her all-time faves as well. He also has a great series called "Pinky and Rex." Oh, re: Shel Silverstein, who has read "Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book"? A "kids book" for adults and hysterical!!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:35:10 -0500 From: "^kat^" Subject: Re: DC show info FruWench wrote ... >Anyone remember the guy who opened for Fruvous at Ripley's in Cinncinatti this >past summer? *shiver* yee-hah! white lightning!! *chuckle* i dare say that openers don't get much worse than that. i maintain that he was just there to make fruvous look *that* much better... ^kat^ "corn, corn, corn on the chicken..." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:40:35 GMT From: nicole.twn.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (Nicole the Wonder Nerd) Subject: Re: Favorite books (was a lot of stuff) >I've never read him yet *ducks*. I tried to read the Hobbit last summer and >just could not get into it....perhaps on a later date I'll try again. Yah, J.R.R. Tolkien is wonderful stuff once you get into it. My thought on LotR and The Hobbit is that you just have to wade through the first couple hundred pages (and, in the case of LotR, mentally filtering out the details about who said what 1000 years ago, etc.) until the story gets going and takes over. Keep going, it *is* worth it. :) - --nicole twn *** "If you decided to sell your happiness, for how much would you sell it?"--Moxy Fruvous Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn Reply-to address is INCORRECT! Think of it as an intelligence test. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:30:44 -0500 From: "^kat^" Subject: Re: favorite books (was a lot of stuff) >And on the trashy side, give me a good humorous mystery with >cats (Lilian Jackson Braun) or a haunting uneasy one with >mysterious spaces (Tony Hillerman) to fall asleep with(or stay awake >all night with, alternately.) *cheers* yay! i must admit, i fall short on my "quality reading material," since most of what i read anymore is required for class (& i don't have much time to delve into much else). but i do love lillian jackson braun's _The Cat Who..._ series--have since third grade--and highly recommend the books to anyone who wants pure amusement, good writing, & a few plot twists all rolled into one dainty novel. [besides, the protagonist has 2 siamese cats... *grin*] on that note... anyone familiar with anne mccaffrey's _dragonriders of pern_ series? that's my absolute *favorite* series of novels. reading _dragonflight_ in seventh grade was one of the best things to come out of my middle school experience. i met anne mccaffrey herself on one of her last US book-signing tours, which was really amazing. again, nothing earth-shattering, just some excellent sci-fi/fantasy reading. eek! must go & be productive, albeit briefly, before musical rehearsal calls... ^kat^ "and you ain't seen nothing yet, and you're right next to me" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:50:33 GMT From: nicole.twn.is@ana.ng.at.tmbg.org (Nicole the Wonder Nerd) Subject: Re: Arthur's Burial Site On 25 Jan 1999 22:38:13 GMT, elrond@fellspt.charm.net (Matt James) wrote: >I have heard about Glastonbury as a possible spot as well as >Tintagel in Cornwall. Tintagel? Wasn't that where he was born? I hadn't heard the rumor that he was buried there. - --nicole the "if I went around saying I was emperor because some watery tart threw me a sword, they'd put me away!" wonder nerd who has a really cool black & white picture of Tintagel on her wall *** "If you decided to sell your happiness, for how much would you sell it?"--Moxy Fruvous Visit Nicolopolis! http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~carlsonn Reply-to address is INCORRECT! Think of it as an intelligence test. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 19:52:38 -0500 From: "KatieWow" Subject: Re: Kids Books have you all lost grip of your senses?!?!?! nary a mention of paul zindel! (though i suppose he is more of a 'preteen' [god, i hate that term] author, his books are fantastic. i highly recommend "a begonia for ms. applebaum" or "the pigman." they're fantastic.) ~~kate - -- **************************************************************************** Kate Leahy kleahy@loyola.edu **************************************************************************** nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight - --bruce cockburn, "lovers in a dangerous time" and so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. - --douglas adams, "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" we're splitting into two camps--mike, i'm with you. - --jian ghomeshi, bottom line, 1/1 *************************************************************************** BBWMinors wrote in message <19990125180243.27573.00002537@ng-ce1.aol.com>... >Petit-Chou suggested: > >*From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L.Koniger (or >something like that - cool tale of kids who sneak into the museum with >the intention of living there) -- That's a great one! Having grown up in NYC a >block away from the Met I really appreciated it, though my fave by her is >"Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth" which I JUST >found for Dana. > ><<*Bunnicula and Howliday Inn by...oh, shoot, forgot his name. Cool books >nonetheless.>> > >James Howe ... my daughter's teacher read them the whole series last year and >it became oneo f her all-time faves as well. He also has a great series called >"Pinky and Rex." > >Oh, re: Shel Silverstein, who has read "Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book"? A "kids book" >for adults and hysterical!!! > > ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V3 #80 *******************************************