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From: owner-glencook-fans-digest@lists.xmission.com (glencook-fans-digest)
To: glencook-fans-digest@lists.xmission.com
Subject: glencook-fans-digest V1 #38
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glencook-fans-digest Tuesday, September 26 2000 Volume 01 : Number 038
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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:58:44 -0400
From: Glenn Hoetker <ghoetker@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) questions about books just given to me
From an earlier discussion on the list, I'd say that reaction to the Darkwa=
r
Trilogy is mixed among those who generally like GC's work. Personally, I
love it. More fantastic than, say, the books of the North in BC, but mostl=
y
because the heroine works intimately with the supernatural.
Happy reading.
Glenn
on 9/21/00 9:37 PM, Amy Weathers at raistlin@zianet.com wrote:
> Not only do I have a list of Glen Cook books with the used bookstores in =
my
> home town, but I also make my Dad look for them for me when he travels.
> Most of the time he doesn=92t find any books by Glen Cook, however this tim=
e
> he brought me two.
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> The first is: _The Heirs of Babylon_ 1972 Published by Signet Science
> Fiction. I=92ve never even heard of this one, nor am I even sure if this=
is
> the right Glen Cook (I don=92t guess there are too many Glen Cook writers
> though!) Any comments on this one? It has a nuclear mushroom cloud on =
the
> cover so I=92m taking a wild guess that its not going to be a fantasy novel=
,
> maybe its SF? It LOOKS stand alone, but with Cook you never know.
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> The second one is: _Darkwar Trilogy-1 Doomstaker_ 1985 Published by ??. =
I=92
> ve seen a few references to this series, but this is the first one I=92ve
> seen. It has a crazy looking Elfish person on the cover which does lend=
me
> to believe that this is a more fantasy type novel, any quick comments on
> this one too?
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> Thanks,
>=20
> Amy
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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 20:28:34 -0600
From: Matthew Roche <rocheml@cerebusnm.com>
Subject: RE: (glencook-fans) questions about books just given to me
Amy:
Both of these books are definitely *our* Glen Cook. _The Heirs of
Babylon_ was an early work (his first?) but is still an excellent read. The
Darkwar Trilogy is certainly different, but is also excellent.
If you go to the excellent Glen Cook Fan Page at
http://www.xmission.com/~shpshftr/GC/ you can find a (relatively) complete
bibliography of what Glen Cook has written. I used this as my primary source
when tracking down his rare out-of-print books myself.
Matthew
- -----Original Message-----
From: Amy Weathers [mailto:raistlin@zianet.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 7:37 PM
To: glencook-fans@lists.xmission.com
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) questions about books just given to me
Not only do I have a list of Glen Cook books with the used bookstores in my
home town, but I also make my Dad look for them for me when he travels.
Most of the time he doesn't find any books by Glen Cook, however this time
he brought me two.
The first is: _The Heirs of Babylon_ 1972 Published by Signet Science
Fiction. I've never even heard of this one, nor am I even sure if this is
the right Glen Cook (I don't guess there are too many Glen Cook writers
though!) Any comments on this one? It has a nuclear mushroom cloud on the
cover so I'm taking a wild guess that its not going to be a fantasy novel,
maybe its SF? It LOOKS stand alone, but with Cook you never know.
The second one is: _Darkwar Trilogy-1 Doomstaker_ 1985 Published by ??. I'
ve seen a few references to this series, but this is the first one I've
seen. It has a crazy looking Elfish person on the cover which does lend me
to believe that this is a more fantasy type novel, any quick comments on
this one too?
Thanks,
Amy
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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:20:13 -0500
From: "David George" <dsgeorge@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) questions about books just given to me
Yes, it is the right Glen Cook. That is, unless I miss my guess, Glen's
First Novel. As opposed to the earlier work published under a pseudonym. I
had it laying around for a few years before I went back and read it. It is
definitely GC and I enjoyed it much. Not by comparison to later works (he
gets better) but to see how far back the elements of the GC style and theme
go. It is "standalone."
As for the Darkwar series, don't be mislead by the covers, which are among
the worst from a "match to storyline" standpoint. The characters don't
really look like elves, but hey, Elves Sell. It is SF more than fantasy and
it is quite good, in my opinion. An opinion, in this case, not shared by
everyone on this list. You may or may not want to wait until the other two
books are in your hands. The Darkwar "trilogy" is actually one big book
chopped into three small books because Trilogies Also Sell. Especially with
Elves.
I read them as they were published and they came out pretty quickly, maybe
one every 3-6 months. I think they all went to the publisher in one big
book. It's been awhile, so forgive my memory lapses if I got that wrong.
DG
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Weathers <raistlin@zianet.com>
To: <glencook-fans@lists.xmission.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) questions about books just given to me
> Not only do I have a list of Glen Cook books with the used bookstores in
my
> home town, but I also make my Dad look for them for me when he travels.
> Most of the time he doesn't find any books by Glen Cook, however this time
> he brought me two.
>
> The first is: _The Heirs of Babylon_ 1972 Published by Signet Science
> Fiction. I've never even heard of this one, nor am I even sure if this
is
> the right Glen Cook (I don't guess there are too many Glen Cook writers
> though!) Any comments on this one? It has a nuclear mushroom cloud on
the
> cover so I'm taking a wild guess that its not going to be a fantasy novel,
> maybe its SF? It LOOKS stand alone, but with Cook you never know.
>
> The second one is: _Darkwar Trilogy-1 Doomstaker_ 1985 Published by ??.
I'
> ve seen a few references to this series, but this is the first one I've
> seen. It has a crazy looking Elfish person on the cover which does lend
me
> to believe that this is a more fantasy type novel, any quick comments on
> this one too?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amy
>
>
>
>
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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:01:30 -0700
From: Lee Childs <childsl@earthlink.net>
Subject: (glencook-fans) Toadkiller Dog
Not much was said about Toadkiller Dog's name and it's origin.
THE WHITE ROSE page 73
"Everything he did made me uncomfortable. Even his damned dog made me
uncomfortable, and it did nothing but sleep."
"[Croaker said,] 'Toadkiller Dog. What kind of name is that?'"
"[Tracker said,] 'Oh, it's an old joke. From when we were both a lot
younger. He took a shine to it. Insists on it now.'"
C.L. Yona wrote:
> So, after finishing SL I started to reread the series again and became
> reacquainted with Toadkiller Dog. maybe this has been asked before, and
> maybe I missed it, but do we ever learn the origin of Toadkiller Dog's
> name? The one time someone asks about it the response is just that
> "It's an old joke" or something like that.
>
> yer dog
>
> Poor little maroon. So trusting. So naive.
>
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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 08:30:57 -0600
From: Eric Herrmann <shpshftr@xmission.com>
Subject: (glencook-fans) October Book Club
Just a reminder that our first Book Club will start Monday, October 9th.
The book to discuss will be "The Dragon Never Sleeps".
That gives you two weeks to buy, borrow, or steal a copy and read it.
See, <http://www.xmission.com/~shpshftr/GC/GC-Links4.html>
Or if you already own it to read it again.
- --
Eric Herrmann
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