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From: api053@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Garion)
Subject: Re: Hello out there?
Organization: Coventry University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:39:36 GMT

In article <carlos.724602804@morgan> carlos@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Miguel Borges) writes:
>jfarrell@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (James Farrell) writes:
>>Hello, does anyone read this group? I only started getting this group
>>today. I REQUESTED it from my postmaster. Here it is, but here noone
>>else is. What's up?
>
>What's this newsgroup about anyway?  What/who is eddings?
>

David Eddings is a very talented fantasy author.  The things that I admire 
most about his style of writing are the ways in which he gets you to know the
characters and his unbeatable sense humour.  He has now written a few series
of books, which can all be highly recommended.  Check them out from virtually
any bookstore or library.
Recently there have been deeprooted debates about the offspring of the Dryads,
whether or not different series' are set in the same worlds and the power of
the orb.  For some reason there haven't been many articles appearing in the 
last couple of days, but soon enough someone will have a brainwave or question
to bring to the group.....I hope it's soon....I'm going home tomorrow.

PS Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all!

-+* Steve *+-
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________________ Steven J D Graver - api053@uk.ac.coventry.cck _________________
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God!
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From: crosby@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Matthew Crosby)
Subject: Re: Garion/Ce'Nedra <--> Durnik/Polgara
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 13:26:47 GMT

In article <102577@netnews.upenn.edu> lwl@be.seas.upenn.edu (Lydia Leong) writes:
>In article <BzFvL5.6JC@news.ucs.mun.ca> jfarrell@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (James Farrell) writes:
>>Now what about Garion and Ce'Nedra. How come this union was allowed to
>>take place (other than simply _PROPHESY_). Will Ce'Nedra grow old and
>>die while Garion becomes another "Eternal Man"?
>
>Ce'Nedra is a dryad, and is not going to grow old. Remember that X'belle,
>X'leda, and the other dryads are _incredibly_ old; they are alive as long
>as their trees are. Therefore, there's no real worry.
>
>We know that this is definitely the case, since at the end of _Seeress_,
>Garion and Silk discuss the former's future descendants, and Garion comes
>to the realization that since he and Ce'Nedra are likely to live an
>awfully long time, he may be having a rather large number of daughters.
>

Yes, she lives a long time, but her age is definately finite.  Remember:  In 
_King of the Murgos_ the Dryad queen (Xena?) said she would be dieing soon. 
So, the problem just gets put off--but it still comes around.   And then there 
is the problem of the royal heir.  Geran is going to be sitting around a long 
bloody time, and since he is probably not sorcerous, will probably die before 
Garion.

This problem has been debated endlessly in this group, with no real
result.  It is my opinion that Eddings just doesn't want to deal with this,
so he ignores it, and it remains one of those things that really aren't meant
to be answered.  Immortality has always presented problems like this to authors,
and the only one I can think of who has ever tackled them was Tolkien.

-- 
-Matt
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the net!!!!
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From: jfarrell@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (James Farrell)
Subject: Re: Garion/Ce'Nedra <--> Durnik/Polgara
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:02:23 GMT

In article <102577@netnews.upenn.edu> lwl@be.seas.upenn.edu (Lydia Leong) writes:
>In article <BzFvL5.6JC@news.ucs.mun.ca> jfarrell@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (James Farrell) writes:
>>Now what about Garion and Ce'Nedra. How come this union was allowed to
>>take place (other than simply _PROPHESY_). Will Ce'Nedra grow old and
>>die while Garion becomes another "Eternal Man"?
>
>Ce'Nedra is a dryad, and is not going to grow old. Remember that X'belle,
>X'leda, and the other dryads are _incredibly_ old; they are alive as long
>as their trees are. Therefore, there's no real worry.
>
>We know that this is definitely the case, since at the end of _Seeress_,
>Garion and Silk discuss the former's future descendants, and Garion comes
>to the realization that since he and Ce'Nedra are likely to live an
>awfully long time, he may be having a rather large number of daughters.

Er, I never thought about that. Thanks for putting my mind at rest. I
thought Eddings had made a little boo boo. (GASP!!!)

Jim
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From: kenneths@tropicana.ai.mit.edu (Kenneth J. Schneider)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: Garion/Ce'Nedra <--> Durnik/Polgara
Date: 19 Dec 1992 18:24:57 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Distribution: world
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don't forget about the "family" medallion Ce'Nedra wears. its power wasn't really
defined in the books (to my knowledge) and it seemed that it became more powerful
to her as she learned how to use it.  perhaps it would give her an even longer
life.

ken

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From: jfarrell@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (James Farrell)
Subject: Hello out there?
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 04:25:00 GMT

Hello, does anyone read this group? I only started getting this group
today. I REQUESTED it from my postmaster. Here it is, but here noone
else is. What's up?

Jim Farrell

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From: damiene@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Eccles)
Subject: Re: are they in the same world??
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 05:37:32 GMT

mtanen@seas.gwu.edu (Michael J. Tanenhaus) writes:


>carld@ms.uky.edu (Carl Lafferty) writes:
>: I hope this has not been hashed before but I was wondering if anyone 
>: could tell me definately whether eddings books of Belgarion and
>: their lot are in the same universe as Sparhawk and his bunch?? 
>: 
>: There are just too many similarities in writing styles to make a 
>: guess based on what I can tell.  My first guess is to say no but it could
>: be something that aldur and his brothers lived on one side of the world
>: and Aphrael and the other gods of various races, lived on the other side 
>: and never have the two met (yet).
>: 
>: Any comments are appreciated.
>: 
>: Carl.
>: carld@ms.uky.edu


>I am kinda of the theory that they ARE in the same world.  It is like Raymond Feists setup where worlds are interrelated, but more then that...I see it more as that the peoples of different contients just do not know the other exists....I also wonder how Eddings himself sees it...
>: 

One really boring rainy afternoon, I got all my E'Belgariad'
books together and played with the maps.
If the world of Belgarion is the same size as our world, then
the maps of the Mallorean and the Belgariad cover ~2/3 of the
globe.......
There just ain't room for the newer books....

Eccles

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From: jfarrell@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (James Farrell)
Subject: Garion/Ce'Nedra <--> Durnik/Polgara
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 05:07:52 GMT

(apologies if this has already been covered)

OK, Whan Aldur was talking to Polgara about restoring Durnik, he said
"Marriage must be a joining of equals, my daughter. How could this good,
brave man be husband to thee, so long as _thy_ power remains"

In other words, they had to be on the same footing.

Now what about Garion and Ce'Nedra. How come this union was allowed to
take place (other than simply _PROPHESY_). Will Ce'Nedra grow old and
die while Garion becomes another "Eternal Man"?

This has been bothering me for a while. I would apperciate the comments
of others.

Jim Farrell
 
 
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* These are my opinions, so BUGGER OFF!!!                          * 
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From: lwl@be.seas.upenn.edu (Lydia Leong)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: Garion/Ce'Nedra <--> Durnik/Polgara
Date: 18 Dec 92 08:24:46 GMT
Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow

In article <BzFvL5.6JC@news.ucs.mun.ca> jfarrell@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (James Farrell) writes:
>Now what about Garion and Ce'Nedra. How come this union was allowed to
>take place (other than simply _PROPHESY_). Will Ce'Nedra grow old and
>die while Garion becomes another "Eternal Man"?

Ce'Nedra is a dryad, and is not going to grow old. Remember that X'belle,
X'leda, and the other dryads are _incredibly_ old; they are alive as long
as their trees are. Therefore, there's no real worry.

We know that this is definitely the case, since at the end of _Seeress_,
Garion and Silk discuss the former's future descendants, and Garion comes
to the realization that since he and Ce'Nedra are likely to live an
awfully long time, he may be having a rather large number of daughters.

/~\______________________________________________________________________/~\
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|~| lwl@eniac.seas.upenn.edu _| offended, I deeply apologize.  -- Brahms |~|
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From: annie@whoville.manassas.ibm.com ()
Subject: Re: Hello out there?
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 18:52:25 GMT
Reply-To: kehleyr@vnet.ibm.com
Organization: IBM, Federal Systems Company

In article <BzEy3H.M8v@news.ucs.mun.ca>, jfarrell@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (James Farrell) writes:
|> In article <carlos.724602804@morgan> carlos@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Miguel Borges) writes:
|> >
|> >What's this newsgroup about anyway?  What/who is eddings?
|> 
|> Hello fellow MUN person,
|> alt.fan.eddings is a newsgroup (DUH!) that concerns itself with
|> discussions about the author David Eddings. He writes fantasy material.
|> (ie. Magic, swords, etc.) I had to request to get this from the
|> postmaster, and it turns out that noone is discussing the stuff that
|> they're supposed to be discussing. I thought that there would be at
|> least a FEW people talking about his new book, but I guess not!
|> 

We WERE discussing it a while ago.  Guess we finished :-)

Usually there's more traffic than this, even without talking about
the new book, though. Wierd - maybe everyone is at mom's - sans computer.

-- 
Brenda J. Molina                                     kehleyr@vnet.ibm.com
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"What must I do to convince you people?"		 "Die."
From: mark@physchem.ox.ac.uk (Mark)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: Belgarion
Keywords: Eddings
Date: 14 Dec 92 12:20:05 GMT
Organization: Physical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ
Originator: mark@joule.pcl


In article <85107@ut-emx.uucp>, aodn307@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Joshua Henry Geurink) writes:
> In article <99667@netnews.upenn.edu> lwl@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Lydia Leong) writes:
> >In article <ZwDZuB4w165w@cibbs.UUCP> cupcake@cibbs.UUCP writes:
> >>003129z@ace.acadiau.ca (DAVID NATHANIEL ZINCK) writes:
> >>Also, when Polgara and the others were made disciples, they
> >>stopped aging...Garion ages, Polgara, Belgarath, Durnik probably doesn't after
> >>he was made a disciple, Beldin, Belkira and Beltira don't.
> >
> >This is incorrect. Belgarath, at least, was a disciple from early 
> >adulthood on, and he certainly has the appearance of an old man.
> >Polgara, I believe, looks middle-aged (I always pictured her as 
> >appearing to be in her late thirties, and the cover art seems to
> >support this notion. Nobody in the books ever comments that she
> >looks young. If she'd stopped aging when she discovered her powers,
> >she'd probably look to be 20-ish). 
> 
> Sorry.  You forgot one important fact -- the same reason Belgarath looks
> EXACTLY like (prepare to see his name murdered again) Chuktick (that 
> guy who had the orb and Errand in the Belgariad) is the same reason
> he looks old.  Belgarath has taken on the face of Aldur. 
> 
> I think it's safe to say people stop aging when they want to - subconsciously.
> It just becomes "I like what I look like" that keeps them perpetually
> young.
> 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> King Rat                       | "You got the power (Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)"
> Josh Geurink, C.V.E.           | "You got the might (No way!)"
> _C_ertified _V_ampire _E_xpert | "Get ready for battle (Give me your money!)"
> aodn307@bongo.cc.utexas.edu    | "Defeat the Black Knight!"
> `:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'`:'

It was in fact Zedar (formaly Belzedar) who looked like Belgarath, not Chuktick

kevin@uk.ac.ox.physchem
-- 
Mark 
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From: ghesmiz@brahms.udel.edu (Michael Macchione)
Subject: Re: Garion/Ce'Nedra <--> Durnik/Polgara
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:06:05 GMT

>OK, Whan Aldur was talking to Polgara about restoring Durnik, he said
>"Marriage must be a joining of equals, my daughter. How could this good,
>brave man be husband to thee, so long as _thy_ power remains"
>
>In other words, they had to be on the same footing.
>
>Now what about Garion and Ce'Nedra. How come this union was allowed to
>take place (other than simply _PROPHESY_). Will Ce'Nedra grow old and
>die while Garion becomes another "Eternal Man"?
>
>This has been bothering me for a while. I would apperciate the comments
>of others.
>
>Jim Farrell

Ce'Nedra may not have the Will and the Word, but she certainly isn't
powerless.  She is a Dryad, with her longevity and sympathy with trees,
and she is also related to the ruling family of Tolnedra, granting her
status as royalty.  Durnik, on the other hand, was still a lowly
blacksmith with no real claim to marry such a formidable person as
Polgara. 

Also remember, we're dealing with a more Medieval (read that as sexist ;)
society so that the common sentiment is that the man should have more
power than the woman.  (Garion had more "power" than Ce'Nedra, while
Durnik had less.)


Just my 2 cents worth.


Mike Macchione
From: p9b3@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Dan Fleet)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: Hello out there?
Date: 17 Dec 92 22:35:41 GMT
Organization: University of New Brunswick

In article <1992Dec17.185225.54240@watson.ibm.com> kehleyr@vnet.ibm.com writes:
>
>Usually there's more traffic than this, even without talking about
>the new book, though. Wierd - maybe everyone is at mom's - sans computer.

 Most of us are trying to get through final exams without killing ourselves.
Then, of course, we all go home for Christmas...to re-read our Eddings
Books (all 15 or so of them...), so we have fresh inconsistancies and
questions to talk about!.

;-)

Merry Christmas fellow Eddings lovers across this world!
>
>-- 
>Brenda J. Molina                                     kehleyr@vnet.ibm.com
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>"What must I do to convince you people?"		 "Die."

Dan Fleet is p9b3@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca      University of New Brunswick 
Amiga 4000/040                                  Fredericton, NB, CANADA
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From: damiene@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Eccles)
Subject: Re: Belgarion
Keywords: Eddings
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:37:03 GMT

aodn307@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Joshua Henry Geurink) writes:

>In article <ZwDZuB4w165w@cibbs.UUCP> cupcake@cibbs.UUCP writes:
>>003129z@ace.acadiau.ca (DAVID NATHANIEL ZINCK) writes:

>I guess this means all the grolims are immortal, too.  Well, why not?
>Some of the grolims were quite powerful... others not.
Don't forget - immortal, not invunerable :)

Eccles
From: hawleylm@apple.com (Lorin Hawley)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
Subject: Re: okay, something new.
Date: 11 Dec 92 19:29:17 GMT
Followup-To: alt.fan.tom-robbins
Organization: Apple Computer

In article <1992Dec11.141039.6617@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>,
tobridg@scivax.lerc.nasa.gov (Dr. James Bridges) wrote:
> 
> I suppose "Another Roadside Attraction" was put in the AntiChrist section...
> 

... and Still Life With Woodpecker was in Modern Art...


Lorin Hawley
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From: moranc@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: RE: Isle of Aliteracy
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:52:00 GMT


Godel, Esher, Bach is some of the most legally induced fun my brain has ever
had.  When I wasn't having fun playing with the book, I was pondering the mind
that thought it up.  Mr. Hofstader must be a wonderfully crazy genius. Have you
read any of his other books?  

--thanks for the groovy dialogue
    cindy
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From: XNFI000 <XNFI@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: RE: i'm curious
Organization: McGill University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 01:00:36 GMT


In article <1992Dec10.214325.1@woods.ulowell.edu> moranc@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
>If you were to be banished to an ilsand of aliteracy (this is people who
>do know how to read--but don't) and apathy, and you had to choose 5 books
>and 3 pieces of music, what would they be? you show me yours and i'll
>show you mine.
>.

I reveal myself to you:
        5 books:
                   The Lord of the Rings
                   Dune
                   Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
                   The Selfish Gene
                   The Catcher in the Rye

        3 pieces of music:
                          Echoes - Pink Floyd
                          Siblelius' violin concerto
                          Depuis l'automne - Harmonium, Quebec

Of course this selection is very variable, and changes with last night's
dreams, my overall frame of mind, and the colour of my breakfast.
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From: grendel@camelot.bradley.edu (Alyosha Bourgea)
Subject: Re: Dykes, a person's name
Organization: Bradley University
Distribution: usa
Date: 13 Dec 92 03:47:43 GMT

In <1992Dec10.210746.6539@bradley.bradley.edu> stone@bradley.bradley.edu (Steve Stone) writes:

>A previous message mentioned that Texas A&M has
>_Even Cowgirls Get the Blues_ in the Dykes collection.

>Checking the Texas A&M catalog, I noticed that there
>was a Dykes Collection and a famous Texas conservationist
>whose last name was Dykes, so I think it was put in the
>Dykes Collection after the conservationist, and because
>_ECGtB_ talks about the whooping cranes, not because
>the book talks about the interesting goings-on at the
>Rubber Rose Ranch after dark in the bunkhouse.

That's got to be one of the better coincidences I've run across in
quite a while!  :)

--
Yosha Bourgea                   "Sometimes I sits and thinks
grendel@camelot.bradley.edu     and sometimes I just sits."
Behead Yourself                            --Pooh

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From: ileicht@jarthur.claremont.edu (Spiff)
Subject: Re: The Peaceful Isle
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 20:33:47 GMT

This is actually an intresting thread. Its somethign I would have to
spend a while and think about, but this is what first comes to mind.

Books

1. Another Rhoadside Attraction - Tom Robbins 
I think this is the TR book I could read the most times.

2. The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov
Psychohistory, Psionics, and the hidden forces which could control
our lives --- oh my!

3. The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Blook Curdling Tales of Horror
   and the Macabre- H.P Lovecraft
Just to keep me on my toes, besides the writing is so eloquent...

4. The Complete Works of Shakespearre
What can I say? Shakespearre's great -- and that ought to take a while
to read.. :)

5. The Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs
Just in case my world ever started to get a little to normal.

Music

1. Enigma
2. NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
3. The Cool World Soundtrack

I suppose of I could add one more it would be some form of really classic
blues rock.
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From: s0522457@let.rug.nl (L.E. Plat)
Subject: Re: The Peaceful Isle
Organization: Faculteit der Letteren, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:18:24 GMT

>The five books

Only five? Oh dear. Here cometh, in no particular order (or at least
none that should bother you):
1. The Razor's Edge / William Somerset Maugham
2. Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance / Robert M. Pirsig
3. Portrait of a Lady / Henry James
4. The Cat who Walks Through Walls / Robert A. Heinlein
5. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues / hmmm - smartass remark needed. 

>The Music
1. Pirates / Rickie Lee Jones 
2. Astral Weeks / Van Morrison
3. Black Eyed Man / Cowboy Junkies
(and, if could sneak in an EP:)
4. Girl at her volcano / Rickie Lee Jones


Bert Plat
bplat@rugrcx.rug.nl -or- s0522457@let.rug.nl
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From: moranc@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: Re: okay, something new
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:34:58 GMT

 No, still life with woodpecker is in the tobacco section.

cindy
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Subject: Isle of Aliteracy (was Re: i'm curious)
From: gvacano@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 14 Dec 92 16:41:35 EST
Followup-To: alt.fan.tom-robbins
Organization: Wesleyan University

In article <petersen-121292025543@aragorn5.acns.nwu.edu>, petersen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Jim Petersen) writes:
> In article <1992Dec10.214325.1@woods.ulowell.edu>, moranc@woods.ulowell.edu
> wrote:
>> 
>> If you were to be banished to an ilsand of aliteracy (this is people who
>> do know how to read--but don't) and apathy, and you had to choose 5 books
>> and 3 pieces of music, what would they be? you show me yours and i'll 
>> show you mine.    
> 
> Good conversation starter! A step above the usual USENET fare.

Indeed! :-)

> Anyone else? I hope this gets a number of responses, I'd like to see what
> people have to say.

Okay. This is more or less off the top of my head, so if I were to give this a
LOT of thought, a few of my choices would, no doubt, be different.

Books:

	Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstader
	Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
	Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence by Robert Pirsig
	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
	Genes IV by Benjamin Lewin

Music:

	Brandenburg Concertos by Bach (DG version w/ Pinchas Zukerman)
	Electric Dreams by John McLaughlin and the One Truth Band
	Absolutely Free by Frank Zappa and the Mothers

	I would NOT bring any Grateful Dead because 1) the Dead stink (IMHO)
and 2) they would already HAVE Grateful Dead "music" on an island of aliteracy.

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From: evans@sun.lclark.edu (Jeremiah Evans)
Subject: The Peaceful Isle
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 17:54:34 GMT

The five books
1.Invisible Man-Ralph Ellison
2.The Temple of my Familiar-Alice Walker
3.Dune-Frank Herbert
4.Another Roadside Attraction-Tom Robbins
5.Cats Cradle-Kurt Vonnegut jr.

The Music
1.The Grateful Dead->Cornell 1977
2.The Beatles->either Revlover or Abbey Road
3.Phish->A Picture of Nectar

Jeremiah

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