FAQ 1 of 2
Cptn. Silkfur McFluffy
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*SPECIAL NOTE*
Full credit for this document belongs to Melissa Tabbifli who did the
work of putting it together.
Corrections: Last update: 10 September, 1995
Thanks to Scott (saverte) for the new MOTQ contact.
Thanks to Jerry Cullingford for the third WWW page.
HUGE thanks to Captain Fluffy (tpa...@metronet.com) for
taking over the FAQ from Tabbifli.
Contents: 1. Order To Read?
2. How Can I Reach Her Or Other Fans?
3. She's Got Songs, Are They Recorded?
4. Does She Really Believe This?
5. Why No MU*s Or FanFic?
6. Proper Behaviour On alt.books.m-lackey
7. Anything Else?
A list of the Works of Mercedes Lackey can be found as FAQ (2 of 2).
1. In what order do I read her books? (For a complete list, see FAQ-Books)
Most people suggest reading the books chronologically, except for the
Velgarth novels, which is suggested to be read in published order.
The FAQ book list has them in chronological order by series, which
just happens to be the published order for all except the Velgarth and
the Diana Tregarde novels.
The Tregarde novels - publishing order
Burning Water
Children of the Night
Jinx High
The Velgarth novels - publishing order
Heralds of Valdemar
The Last Herald Mage
Vows & Honor
By the Sword
The Mage Winds
The Mage Storms Mage Storms and Mage Wars are being
The Mage Wars written and published simultaneously.
2. Can I reach Mercedes Lackey anywhere? How about other fans?
* Email - She has an address. As per her request, that address will
not be published on the net.. If you have it, please don't
post it. It's only polite.
*Postal - Send mail to her at any of the following addresses. Please
mark CLEARLY that it is for her C/O one of the addresses.
Baen Books DAW Books TOR Books
P.O. Box 1403 375 Hudson Street 49 West 24 Street
Riverdale, NY 10471 New York, NY 10014 New York, NY 10010
Queen's Own Firebird Music High Flight
PO Box 132 P.O. Box 14785 P.O. Box 8309
Shiloh, NJ 08353 Portland, OR 97214 Tulsa, OK 74101-8309
She has requested that no fan stories be mailed to her, please.
Other fans can be reached via the following methods:
Online Services - Please see the service for more information.
* Modems of the Queen - GEnie (supervised by M. Lackey and L. Dixon)
contact: trys...@genie.com (Trystane)
* Arrows Online - America OnLine
contact: anne...@aol.com (Anne)
Internet Services
* alt.books.m-lackey - UseNet newsgroup
* mercede...@herald.co.uk - Listserv list
Subscribe: list...@herald.co.uk
Help: m...@herald.co.uk (Melanie Harper)
World Wide Web Pages
http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/ism/lackey/lackey.html
http://www.best.com/~hart/lackey/
http://www.portal.com/~jerry/lackey/lackey_reviews.html
Postal Service
* Queen's Own monthly newsletter - For information, send mail to:
Queen's Own
PO Box 132
Shiloh, NJ, 08353
3. Does she have any of the music out so I can listen to it?
Yes. Firebird Arts and Music carries a full range of Mercedes Lackey
songs, Larry Dixon and Jody Lee artwork, and a whole lot of other
things. To get their most recent catalog, send mail to:
Firebird Arts and Music
P.O. Box 14785
Portland, OR 97214-9998
To call:
1-800-752-0494 (USA only)
(503) 239-9941 (Oregon and International)
(503) 232-2706 (FAX)
4. Does she really believe in all that stuff she writes about?
Maybe. She might be a member of an alternative religion; she hasn't
said for sure. However, she sums it up best in the Author's Note at
the back of Sacred Ground (1994 edition):
"I am not a guru, shaman, Grand High Pooh-Bah, Guardian, Mistress of
the Martian Arts, or any incarnation of the same. I have no lock on
Immortal Wisdom, and in my experience, anyone who claims to, has his
eye on your money (granted, I do too, but only insofar as entertaining
you enough to buy my next book). To confuse me with what I write is
as fallacious as confusing a truck driver with his Peterbilt."
5. Why won't she let us have a MUSH or write fanfic?
Russell Galen is Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixson's agent. He has
made the following statements in a general post to alt.books.m-lackey,
dated in October 1994.
Any use of works by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixson in fan fiction
or a role playing game is strictly prohibited. The reasons are as
follows:
A. It is copyright infringement. Any unauthorized use of intellectual
property, whether or not for profit, is copyright infringement.
B. The authors are against it. Knowing that strangers are making
use of one's world, one's characters, one's creations, is usually a
very unpleasant feeling, one of violation and intrusion.
C. There's been a great deal of discussion here as to whether a MUSH or
MUD would help or hurt the salability of commercial game rights. The fact
is, we don't know. It might have no effect, or a ruinous effect. There is
ample evidence for both from other media, and I don't know the answer.
Given that uncertainty, we have to err on the side of caution and
protection.
D. All of us on this side have discussed this and are resolved to take no
chances with these valuable copyrights, and will vigorously pursue all
legal means at our disposal. Also, any action we might take
would not be limited to individuals but to the universities and other
organizations that permit their equipment and lines to be used for this
illegal purpose.
E. Yes, we're greedy and narrow-minded in defense of our clients'
ability to make a living. This is Mercedes Lackey's job. Anything that
threatens her ability to make a living is no less an evil than any
other situation in which an innocent party is forced, by the actions
of strangers, to fight for her livelihood.
So, please, folks - Just Say No to Lackey-MUDS. If you want to write
Fanfic, please send mail to the Queen's Own or HighFlight addresses
above, and request a release form. Don't go doing something that
you're going to wind up regretting, later.
6. Proper Behaviour On alt.books.m-lackey
As you may have observed, a.b.m-l is a free for all. Everyone is
encouraged to participate or lurk, which ever you prefer or have time
for. There are only a few general rules or traditions on this group:
a. Our newsgroup is proud to say that we have been successful at
maintaining a Flame Free zone on usenet. Dissagreements will arise, but
as mature people, we prefer to settle our differences intellegently.
b. SPOILER WARNINGS. There are two reasons why the use of spoiler
warnings is encouraged. 1) Because not everyone can afford to buy their
books in hardback. 2) Because ML's books are published in the U.S.
first, members of a.b.m-l who live in other parts of the world like the
United Kingdom, Canada and Australia to name a few, do not have easy
access to them, and often have to wait a year or more to get them in their
own countries.
So, in the interest of our members who do not have easy access to all of
Misty's books or can not afford to buy the hard copy version, it is group
tradition that we insert SPOILER warnings when making reference to books
still in hardback or less than a year old.
c. Spam, whether advertisement or hate, are not appreciated on
alt.books.m-lackey. Advertisements which have some relavance to the
group, ie. net bookstores/music, is an unresolved issue and subject to
the mood of the group. Anyone spamming alt.books.m-lackey should expect
to recieve letters of dissaproval to their account and a copy of the
errant text sent to their system administrator.
d. It is the sentiment of the majority of the group that unecessary
text/empty lines be deleted when responding to a post. Excess text
reduces the clarity of whose saying what as well as being unnecessary.
Please just include the text that you are specifically responding to or
that portion that most clearly represents it. Most Usenet browsers have
delete text functions.
Other than these, just about anything goes. Please remember, at the
other end of any post is a human being.
7. Anything Else That You Can Think Of?
Think something else should be here? Send mail to tpa...@metronet.com
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