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glencook-fans-digest     Monday, February 18 2002     Volume 01 : Number 166




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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:24:21 +0100 (MET)
From: "Naecla" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (glencook-fans) Re: glencook-fans-digest V1 #165

Hi everyone,

I'm french and I have discovered 2 months ago The Black Compagny. Personn=
aly, it's the best story of fantasy noire I've ever read !

Unfortunetaly, only the book of the north and the south are translated.
I couldn't wait for the french version so I have bought the english one. =
I don't mind, I understand quite well.

Nevertheless, I have a few questions about points which bother me:
Since Lady has recovered her power back, why doesn't she pronounce the tr=
ue name of her sister =3F either for howler =3F
Correct me if I'm wrong, but she ought to know the name of the Taken no =3F=


I think they were not enough prudent as they travelled trough the glitter=
ing plain, Narayan, howler and catcher had too much freedom. Kina made Lad=
y and Croacker forgotten the living saint but .. er I'm not convinced for =
the others one.
Especially when Catcher succeed at the end with her trap. Except if we co=
nsider that Swan was really efficient ...
I gonna read it again, I must have missed details.
Or it's for the suspens =3F hmmm if you have answers I'm eager to know th=
em !


I have another questions, but I have no time left to write them.

I hope I've made me understandable :)

*begin his fifth reading of the black compagny in french and the second o=
ne in english*

Un petit mot en francais pour la fin :)
Merci pour vos reponses qui je suis sur m'aideront a mieux comprendre.
A bientot !


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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 13:14:33 -0400
From: Richard Chilton <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Re: glencook-fans-digest V1 #165

Spoilers below.






















Naecla wrote:

> Nevertheless, I have a few questions about points which bother me:
> Since Lady has recovered her power back, why doesn't she pronounce the
> true name of her sister ? either for howler ?
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but she ought to know the name of the Taken no ?
>

From what she's said about her sister (or Soulcatcher said about the
Lady - forget which) a web of sorcery protected each again the other.
If either tried to harm the other magically the harmer would get smacked
hard - which is why Lady needs a pawn (Croaker) to shoot arrows at her
sister rather than smashing her magically.
As for the Howler...
He might come in useful some day and Lady isn't the sort to throw away a
potential pawn.  That's why she didn't act against any of the Taken
until it became clear that they were no longer useful.
Take the Stormbringer / Shifter battle.  Lady watches, doing nothing, as
the two battle it out.  When Shifter wins she realizes that he was using
her a cat's paw to get close to Stormbringer as opposed to being her
loyal servant, and with Stormbringer gone Shifter won't need her any
more.  At least he won't need her walking around free - but if he
tortures her enough she might teach him a few of the secrets she knows.
So Shifter is now a direct threat to her and has to go - even though it
means they may lose the next battle.

Another reason she might not want the Taken wiped out - they are the
only ones who remember what she remembers.  Who else can remember the
days of the Dominator and the world she grew up in?  They are a link to
her past, her contemporaries.  With a lot of fiction concerning long
lived enemies (vampires, immortals, things like that) the authors point
out that after long enough everything becomes a love / hate
relationship.  What good is a victory if your rivals can't see it, can't
know that you've won?  I don't think Lady would tell anyone
Soulcatcher's name (even if she could) because that would mean that
someone other than the Lady could kill her.

Just my opinions,
Richard

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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:44:04 -0600
From: Steve Harris <[e-mail]>
Subject: (glencook-fans) Re: True Names

Naecla,

On the True Name thing:

"Since Lady has recovered her power back, why doesn't she pronounce the
true name of her sister ? either for howler ?"

I think one has to be a wizard to get any use out of someone's True
Name; and Lady has had her wizarding burnt out of her by the White Rose.

But she could tell it to One-Eye or Goblin, no?  Why doesn't she?  I
really don't know.  There is reference made to all kinds of people who
would really like to get their hands on what's in Lady's head, but
apparently she never shares any of this with the wizards who are
supposed to be on the same side as she--and they don't even bug her for
it.

Steve

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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 21:33:01 -0600
From: "Tim and Alison Stalley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (glencook-fans) Sad News

I went into the local book store the other day and found out the manager had
passed away.  http://www.startribune.com/stories/466/895052.html  I had
taken the day off to bring my youngest son to the heart clinic.  He passed
and I had stopped by to check out the used Glen Cook books.  I scored a mint
1st edition copy of Starfishers and another copy of Sung in Blood.  I was
excited to show off my score to Scott and saw the news.  If you never met
Scott he was always one to want to know how your family was and what you
were reading.  He always had recommendations and could answer any questions
you had no matter how obscure.  He had the ability to find the book that you
had read 20 years ago and only could provide a vague idea about the
characters and the plot.  Science fiction has lost a great man and I will
truly miss him.

Tim Stalley


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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 06:46:00 -0800
From: Bagel <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans) Re: True Names

Steve Harris wrote:

> "Since Lady has recovered her power back, why doesn't she pronounce the
> true name of her sister ? either for howler ?"
>
> .
>
> She could tell it to One-Eye or Goblin, no?  Why doesn't she?  I
> really don't know.  There is reference made to all kinds of people who
> would really like to get their hands on what's in Lady's head, but
> apparently she never shares any of this with the wizards who are
> supposed to be on the same side as she--and they don't even bug her for
> it.
>
> Steve
>

 Somewhere in Soldiers Live there is a reference to this. Someone already
mentioned it, about how maybe she would have a use for it. But also note
that  the BC "drafts" Howler so it proved rather well that they did not take
his powers.

 I'll try to look it up and post in a day or 3.

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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:25:25 -0700
From: "Amy Weathers" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (glencook-fans)  glen cook on ebay

I know people are looking for hard to find Glen Cook fairly often so thought
I let ya all know that there are currently some good finds lurking on ebay.

There is a bid on all the BC books up to Water Sleeps (this includes The
Silver Spike)  Some are even hardback.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1513184090

The complete Darkwar Triology

The hardback book club addition of  the first three BC books. Two different
bids. (I might just have to bid on this one.)

Heirs of Babylon

Lots of different Garett Files books.

Hope this info helps someone out.

Amy








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