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From: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
Subject: Re: Belgariad pics, jpegs
Date: 22 Jan 93 13:02:15 GMT
Organization: Australian National University
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jhpace@eos.ncsu.edu (Jerrold H. Pace) writes:


>I just got the _Pawn of Prophecy_ cover art from Timo Kokkonen.  Great quality,
>and color!!  One noticing fact - it's slightly crooked.  Still, great job 
>getting it to the newsgroup.  

>I would love to see the rest of the cover arts here - Belgariad, Mall., and
>the Sparkhawk books as well.

Could be interesting...here in Australia (as well as other places too I think)
Penguin is the official publisher for all his books and not Delray so we get
different cover art on the books (can be got around though >;).  Same thing
happened with the Dragonlance books here, we got Penguin stuff and not the
original TSR books.

Darren.
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 10:56:31 EST
From: <MCGLONE@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
Subject: Tom interviews Debra Winger in Esquire

I was browsing the newsstand over the weekend, and saw the new
Esquire with Debra Winger on the cover.  Yes - it is Tom Robbins
who interviewed her.  The interview was fairly interesting -
As expected, it was more about Debra than Robbins-esque.  But
it didn't stop me from buying the issue. . .

The notes said that he is currently working on a new novel as well as
the movie.  Does anyone know just how much involvement he has with the
movie?
From: snelson@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Stephen Nelson)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
Subject: Re: The Corpse
Summary: What doth mean "Legs"?
Keywords: Skinny Legs, Questions, interpretation
Date: 22 Jan 93 22:08:54 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

How does everyone interpret the ending to "Skinny Legs and All"?  Is Robbins
advocating total solipsism?  If so, why the rest of the book?

What on earth is the meaning of "This is the room of the wolfmother wallpaper"?

Does Pallas, the androgynous donkey-god in the end, actually have some basis in
fact?  In Religious Studies, they claimed that the name "Palestine" was
actually a corruption of "P'lishtim," or Philistine.  Anyone have a take on 
that?

Anyone listening ever SEEN or MET Tom Robbins?



Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
From: grendel@camelot.bradley.edu (Alyosha Bourgea)
Subject: Re: Jitterbug Perfume?????
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 23 Jan 93 01:55:57 GMT

In <1jk3a4INN1a5@menudo.uh.edu> ST1RI@jetson.uh.edu (Reindl, Dawn O.) writes:

>I'm still curious to know if anyone has ever actually mixed up a batch of
>the jasmine-citrus-beet-pollen perfume after which this book is named???
>I'd like to try, if not!

Go for it.


|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^|
|  Alyosha Declan McManus Bourgea  |  "An idea is not responsible for  |
|  aka Warren Pyecraft, esquire    |   the person who thinks it."      |
|  aka grendel@camelot.bradley.edu |                  --?              |
|  Peace to the Death              | (anybody know who said this?????) |
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Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
From: moranc@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: The Corpse
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:44:47 GMT

As this group attempts to get beyond, "Robbins is groovy" and "what else
should I read?" I would like to discuss with people how they would react in
some Robbins' situations.  For example, what would you do if you stumbled 
across the corpse of Jesus?  Could you live forever if you wanted to and
had the right amount of sex, bathing etc.? Are douches a plot to make women
feel unhappy about their cunts? (sorry mom)  I am sure you all have a bunch
of questions too.  By the way, I could never never decide which book is my
favorite, and I hope I never have to.  My favorite is usually the one that I 
recently read or re-read.  
Happy thinking,
cindy
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
From: ian@jarthur.claremont.edu (Spiff)
Subject: Re: The Corpse
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:29:52 GMT

Another Rhoadside Attraction was the first TR book I ever read. I 
enjoyed the begginning a lot because of the strange characters and
situations that he created. I also found numberous little pearls
of wisdom (mainly antidisestablishmentarianistic (oh.. big word)
stuff) but it pressed all the right buttons.

I really gained a lot of respect for TR though when they discovered
the corpse of jesus christ. Suddenly I was in the middle of the
arguement with them. It was amazing because each time I would
read what one of the characters would say, I would think ---
EXACTLY... but then think.. but on the other hand what about...
(I always argue both sides of an issue in my head to death)...
and then I would read exactly what I was just thinking as the words
of the person arguing with that one.  I thoguht it was really
cool how he managed to (at least in my opinion) argue both sides
of a truly complex hypothetical issue...

If I found te corpse, I would most likely want to expose it to
the world.. (even though as one of the peopel in the book pointed
out they would just work the dogma around the new inconvenience)

Sorry if I'm being very vague on the names but it was the first TR
book I read andd I read it quite a few years ago..


Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
From: knighton@world.std.com (Gwen Knighton)
Subject: Re: The Corpse
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:13:25 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.104447.1@woods.ulowell.edu> moranc@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
>As this group attempts to get beyond, "Robbins is groovy" and "what else
>should I read?" I would like to discuss with people how they would react in
>some Robbins' situations.  
>For example, what would you do if you stumbled 
>across the corpse of Jesus?  
Uh, hold my nose?

>Could you live forever if you wanted to and
>had the right amount of sex, bathing etc.? 
Absolutely, yes.

>Are douches a plot to make women
>feel unhappy about their cunts? 
Probably, but then I haven't felt bad about mine in a long time, so what
do I know?

I *do* have some questions, now that you mention it, Cindy...

Do pantyhose really give you crotch rot?

How many people started eating beets religiously after reading
_Jitterbug_Perfume_?

Is that stupid Camel Cartoon Character an affront to the true nature of
love and the universe?


gwen
(born a beat-eater)
From: an0q+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andrea Elizabeth Neill)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
Subject: Re: new stuff
Date: 21 Jan 93 20:18:58 GMT
	<8813@news.duke.edu>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

>	I read "Sombrero Fallout" by Richard Brautigan and it seemed generically


Brautigan's poetry is some of the best!  Only he could write:

"At three am a fart
smells like
a cross between an artichoke
and fish heads.

I must get up and write this down."     Or something to that effect!

sidney
From: Cannam@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de (Chris Cannam)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
Subject: Re: how to make love stay
Date: 26 Jan 93 18:12:23
Organization: Konrad Zuse Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Berlin
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In-reply-to: dixon@katk.Helsinki.FI's message of Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:21:21 GMT


In article <dixon.1@katk.Helsinki.FI> dixon@katk.Helsinki.FI (DIXON
MARY BETH) writes:

   can someone please tell me what the passage is in one of tom robbins books 
   that starts out how to make love stay.


Well if you happen to have plain-TeX (not LaTeX) there, here's a TeX'd
version.  If not, you could just weed out the words.


---- begin

\hsize=4.5in
\vsize=8in
\voffset=0.5in
\hoffset=1.025in
\footline={}
\font\rm=cmr12
\rm

\vbox{\vskip 2.7in}
\hbox{Who knows how to make love stay?}
\vskip 0.5em
\vskip 0.5em

\hskip -1pc 1. Tell love you are going to Junior's Deli on Flatbush
Avenue in Brooklyn to pick up a cheesecake, and if love stays, it can
have half.  It will stay.  \vskip 0.5em

\hskip -1pc 2. Tell love you want a memento of it and obtain a lock of
its hair.  Burn the hair in a dime-store incense burner with yin/yang
symbols on three sides. Face southwest. Talk fast over the burning
hair in a convincingly exotic language. Remove the ashes of the burnt
hair and use them to paint a moustache on your face. Find love. Tell
it you are someone else. It will stay.  \vskip 0.5em

\hskip -1pc 3. Wake love up in the middle of the night. Tell it the
world is on fire.  Dash to the bedroom window and pee out of it.
Casually return to bed and assure love that everything is going to be
all right. Fall asleep.  Love will be there in the morning.  \vskip
0.5em \vskip 0.5em

\hbox to 4.5in{\hfill Tom Robbins, ``Still Life With Woodpecker''}
\vfill
\eject\end

---- end



You're welcome.

							Chris

--
           on sighting mathematicians it should unhook the algebra from their
             minds and replace it with poetry;  on sighting poets it should
               unhook poetry from their minds and replace it with algebra

Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
From: dixon@katk.Helsinki.FI (DIXON MARY BETH)
Subject: how to make love stay
Keywords: love
Organization: University of Helsinki, Computing Centre
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:21:21 GMT

can someone please tell me what the passage is in one of tom robbins books 
that starts out how to make love stay.  i do not recall the name of the book 
that it is, but suspect that it is the one with the camel cig package on 
it...any way, i'm living abroad from all of my books and miss that passage, 
so could someone PLEASE put it in here for me.  many thanks-mb
From: catkinso@digi.lonestar.org (Carla Atkinson)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
Subject: Re: Jitterbug Perfume?????
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:24:17 GMT
Organization: DSC Communications, Plano Tx.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

I'd say mix up a batch or two!  Even if someone else has tried it!
After all, you can't sniff it over the net...

Carla  
I smell for myself, not DSC.
From: Cannam@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de (Chris Cannam)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
Subject: Re: how to make love stay
Date: 27 Jan 93 12:26:16
Organization: Konrad Zuse Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Berlin
Distribution: alt
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In-reply-to: Cannam@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de's message of 26 Jan 93 18:12:23


In article <CANNAM.93Jan26181223@borodin.sc.ZIB-Berlin.de>
Cannam@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de (Chris Cannam) writes:

   In article <dixon.1@katk.Helsinki.FI> dixon@katk.Helsinki.FI (DIXON
   MARY BETH) writes:

      can someone please tell me what the passage is in one of tom robbins books 
      that starts out how to make love stay.

   Well if you happen to have plain-TeX (not LaTeX) there, here's a TeX'd
   version.  If not, you could just weed out the words.

Alternatively you could just wait for me to decide to post again and
weed out the words for you.  Here:

---- begin


   Who knows how to make love stay?

   1.  Tell love you are going to Junior's Deli on Flatbush Avenue
   in Brooklyn to pick up a cheesecake, and if love stays, it can have
   half.  It will stay.

   2.  Tell love you want a memento of it and obtain a lock of its
   hair.  Burn the hair in a dime-store incense burner with yin/yang
   symbols on three sides.  Face southwest.  Talk fast over the
   burning hair in a convincingly exotic language.  Remove the ashes
   of the burnt hair and use them to paint a moustache on your face.
   Find love.  Tell it you are someone else.  It will stay.

   3.  Wake love up in the middle of the night.  Tell it the world is
   on fire.  Dash to the bedroom window and pee out of it.  Casually
   return to bed and assure love that everything is going to be all
   right.  Fall asleep.  Love will be there in the morning.

                         Tom Robbins, ``Still Life With Woodpecker''


---- end

--
           on sighting mathematicians it should unhook the algebra from their
             minds and replace it with poetry;  on sighting poets it should
               unhook poetry from their minds and replace it with algebra
From: Cannam@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de (Chris Cannam)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.tom-robbins
Subject: Small question with a metafictional front end
Date: 27 Jan 93 12:35:57
Organization: Konrad Zuse Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Berlin
Distribution: alt
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I read some Tom Robbins books shortly after reading some things by
John Fowles (English novelist), and although there are pretty major
differences in style (Fowles is more calculating, more `cleverly'
twisted and less emotional), there are some obvious connections that
might follow on a bit from the conversation about metafiction that
appeared here a while back.  Both of them appear in their own books
(TR in Cowgirls, Fowles -- in a more omnipotent and mysterious form --
in `The French Lieutenant's Woman'); both feature appearances of their
own books in their stories, generally incidentally.  John Fowles has
`The Magus' being read by a character in `The Ebony Tower'; the
question is:

   in which TR book does a character read a TR book?

I'm sure it happens somewhere.

Following on another old thread, that of favourite other authors and
musicians, my authors of preference would probably be William Gibson,
Dostoyevsky and Dorothy Dunnett, and musical thingummijigs would be
the Sisters of Mercy, New Model Army, Mahler (on a good day), and
Nielsen's 5th symphony.  The problem is, it seems a bit odd to me that
someone should have William Gibson, the Sisters and Tom Robbins in
their preferred list.  It's a bit like the idea of having a TR
newsgroup -- an intrusion of technology.  Any comments on that?

							Chris

--
           on sighting mathematicians it should unhook the algebra from their
             minds and replace it with poetry;  on sighting poets it should
               unhook poetry from their minds and replace it with algebra
From: dagobert@infopls.chi.il.us (Amul Kumar)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.asprin
Subject: Re: ridiculous
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:33:52 CST
Organization: INFOPLUS support, Wheeling, IL

> But the confusion is still not cleared up!!!  Is it Robert ASPRIN or ROBERT
> ASPIRIN??!!  And who the hell is he anyway??  And why should we read his book

Dear Joel,

        The esteemed writer you are refering to is indeed Mr. Robert Lynn 
Asprin.  We have, quite frankly, never noticed the similiarity between 
the name and the medicine before, and while we appreciate your pointing 
it out, the subject has long since lost all possible amusement to be 
gained from it.
        We would, in fact, prefer to talk about the many works of the 
honorable R.L.Asprin, whose witty satire and real-life life-like 
characters make any book an enjoyable experience.
        My personal knowledge of his writing style stems from two 
sources, either one of which I invite you to write ad nauseum about:  The 
_Theives'_World_series, and the _Myth_ series.
     
        If you wish for a specific topic about these two to converse 
upon, I would greatly appreciate any information about the latest _Myth_ 
book, or whether the Thieves' World series (which he edits, not writes) 
are worth finishing (I believe my last foray into that series was Storm 
Season).

                Thanking you
                (even if you are f*ckin' nuts!)
                        Dagobert (the Sane)


--
dagobert@infopls.chi.il.us (Amul Kumar)
Infoplus BBS, +1 708 537 0247, v32bis. Home of Infoplus.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.asprin
From: an1252@anon.penet.fi (Gabriel Stevens)
Subject: Re: ADVIL RULES!!!
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: alt.fan.asprin
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:39:42 GMT

In article <93020.131533U30633@uicvm.uic.edu> you write:
>Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 13:15:33 CST
>From: <U30633@uicvm.uic.edu>
>Subject: Re: ADVIL RULES!!!
>In article <1jjlo7INN9r1@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, leela@wpi.WPI.EDU (Leela Keshavan)
>says:
>>
>>In article <1993Jan20.083324.27417@fuug.fi> an1252@anon.penet.fi (Gabriel
>>Stevens) writes:
>>>When will you people learn that asprin sucks.  Advil rules.  9 out of
>>>10 doctors prefer it.  I thought everyone knew that!  Well new one on
>>>me.  TTFN.
>>
>>Um.. you left out a smiley face, so I'm not sure ifyou are kidding.  This
>>newsgroup exists for fans of Robert Aspirin.. the writer...
>>
>So why is the group named ASPRIN and not ASPIRIN?  Could it be that ASPRIN
>is the writer's name and ASPIRIN is the medication?
>
>Please clear up the confusion asap.
>
>We-of-the-Aspirin-as-medication-and-not-writers
>>
>>
Yeah what he said!
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:13:22 CST
From: Actor <U30633@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.asprin
Subject: Re: Spelling?
 <1k06uaINNsau@gap.caltech.edu>

I liked the PUSTULE books....

JS
Newsgroups: alt.fan.asprin
From: sgupta@coral.cs.unm.edu (Sarang Gupta)
Subject: Re: ridiculous
Organization: Computer Science Department, University of New Mexico
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 06:19:18 GMT

In article <93022.160541U30633@uicvm.uic.edu> Actor <U30633@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>But the confusion is still not cleared up!!!  Is it Robert ASPRIN or ROBERT
>ASPIRIN??!! And who the hell is he anyway??  And why should we read his books?
ASPRIN ; he is a best-selling humor/fantasy author ; because you can (using the
non-specific you)

My favorite series was the Myth-series.. any takers for a discussion on this?
I'll start it off with a trivia question: What was the name of the dimension
that Tanda (aka Tananda) destroyed once while bill-collecting?

Sarang Gupta
(sgupta@unmvax.cs.unm.edu)
[Help me -- I need a .sig file!]
From: aesba1ii@dct.ac.uk
Newsgroups: alt.fan.asprin
Subject: ridiculous
Date: 22 Jan 93 11:14:21 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology


  sigh..this is getting ridiculous...

   look forget about tablets and get back to talking about his books....

  preferably the phule ones as they're the only ones i've read...

  schleppel
Newsgroups: alt.fan.asprin
From: sgupta@coral.cs.unm.edu (Sarang Gupta)
Subject: Re: ridiculous
Organization: Computer Science Department, University of New Mexico
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:27:52 GMT

In article <DyF3XB4w165w@infopls.chi.il.us> dagobert@infopls.chi.il.us (Amul Kumar) writes:
>> I'll start it off with a trivia question: What was the name of the dimension
>> that Tanda (aka Tananda) destroyed once while bill-collecting?
>
>Dear Sarang,
>
>        While I can't recall the dimension Tanda wreaked havoc upon, I do 
>remember the episode surrounding that tale.  However, I forget whether 
>this was before or after Aahz and Skeeve set up the company (indeed, I 
>forgot the company's name).  Might you enlighten me, as I have lost my 
>copies?

Well, I was hoping someone would take a guess at it (maybe its just me, but
its kind of hard to forget that name!).. If no one gets it in a while, I will
post it... The dimension was destroyed before Skeeve setup and became President
of M.Y.T.H. Inc (you forgot that name?!), but Chumley told Skeeve about it
AFTER the company was set up.

Sarang Gupta
From: leonid@cco.caltech.edu (Leonid Malozemov)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.asprin
Subject: Re: Spelling?
Date: 25 Jan 1993 08:02:59 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandman.caltech.edu


I liked the Phule books just as much as the Myth books, but maybe that's just 
because I've read the Phule books more recently.  

I don't have any problem identifying with Phule, but maybe thats because stage
management (what I do for a living) is a lot like what Phule does...although I
seem to recall that Skeeve does a lot of managing things in high-stress low-
resource situations, too, now that I think about it... hmm...
From: leonid@cco.caltech.edu (Leonid Malozemov)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.asprin
Subject: Re: Spelling?
Date: 25 Jan 1993 08:04:26 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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Newsgroups: alt.fan.asprin
From: ladyk@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Catarina Ang)
Subject: Re: Spelling?
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:23:19 GMT

	Well, yes Mr Johnson you probably are a poor misguided fool That
or a rich misguided fool You keep good company here. 
	I prefer the Phule books. I havent read them recently so I
couldn't elucidate on exactly why. They were more interesting though.
Most of the time, Skeeve seems to be dwelling on his own ineptness. It
got a bit dull. Phule on the other hand, had his problems, and then went
out and solved them.
	Plus, the Phule books have a myriad of other different
characters, with a fair amount of depth to them. The Phule books
reminded me a bit of Pratchett.
	Just my thoughts. I think they're worth a bit more than a penny.
A bid, anybody?

	Amitie's

-----
	Lady K
 A ripple of laughter drifts to your ears ... and is cut off abruptly as
the door to the Ivory Tower slams shut.
  ladyk@yoyo.cc.monash.au.edu
-----
From: dagobert@infopls.chi.il.us (Amul Kumar)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.asprin
Subject: Re: ridiculous
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:40:36 CST
Organization: INFOPLUS support, Wheeling, IL

> I'll start it off with a trivia question: What was the name of the dimension
> that Tanda (aka Tananda) destroyed once while bill-collecting?

Dear Sarang,

        While I can't recall the dimension Tanda wreaked havoc upon, I do 
remember the episode surrounding that tale.  However, I forget whether 
this was before or after Aahz and Skeeve set up the company (indeed, I 
forgot the company's name).  Might you enlighten me, as I have lost my 
copies?

                You're nuts!
                        Dagobert (the Sane)

--
dagobert@infopls.chi.il.us (Amul Kumar)
Infoplus BBS, +1 708 537 0247, v32bis. Home of Infoplus.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.asprin
From: an1252@anon.penet.fi (Gabriel Stevens)
Subject: Re: ADVIL RULES!!!
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: alt.fan.asprin
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:42:47 GMT

In article <1jjlo7INN9r1@bigboote.WPI.EDU> you write:
>From: leela@wpi.WPI.EDU (Leela Keshavan)
>Subject: Re: ADVIL RULES!!!
>Date: 20 Jan 1993 13:57:27 GMT
>In article <1993Jan20.083324.27417@fuug.fi> an1252@anon.penet.fi (Gabriel Stevens) writes:
>>When will you people learn that asprin sucks.  Advil rules.  9 out of
>>10 doctors prefer it.  I thought everyone knew that!  Well new one on
>>me.  TTFN.
>
>Um.. you left out a smiley face, so I'm not sure ifyou are kidding.  This
>newsgroup exists for fans of Robert Aspirin.. the writer... 
>
>
>Besides, Advil is a brand name. The medication is known as Ibuprofen.
>:-)
>
Who cares what's in it!  I like the product, Advil! :-)

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