http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/ This is a list for the Mythopoeic Society, an international literary and educational organization devoted to the study, discuss Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:04:56 GMT jef.murray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21054 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21054 Greetings! And welcome to my newsletter for February, 2010! Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be interested in keeping up with me! To Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:10:24 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21053 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21053 Dear Friends, I would like to recommend another article from Elendilion.pl It's "What do we know about the ancestors of J.R.R. Tolkien? (monograph)" by Tadeusz Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:39:53 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21052 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21052 Dear Friends, I have another news for you. Tadeusz A. Olszanski, a Polish scholar, has found a very interesting information about Arthur Tolkien's symbolic Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:08:08 GMT Richard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21051 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21051 I have written two short articles about the theory of (East) Prussian origin of the Tolkien family name. They were recently translated into English by my Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:28:07 GMT Joan.Marie.Verba@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21050 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21050 ... If the members of Myth Soc are interested in science fiction, fantasy, or horror, they might be interested in the Odyssey Writing Workshop. The 2010 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:15:47 GMT Edith Crowe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21049 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21049 Jeremy (and any other interested parties): call the number listed on http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/orderingres.shtml and ask about Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:13:50 GMT dale nelson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21048 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21048 And of course George MacDonald's brief answer to the question "What is a fairy-tale?" was "Read 'Undine'" (in "The Fantastic Imagination," I believe). Dale Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:58:19 GMT John Rateliff http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21047 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21047 ... Haven't read it, though now that this new edition is out I probably will, once I track down a copy. If you want a quick fix on whether or not you're likely Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:43:30 GMT Joan.Marie.Verba@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21046 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21046 Yes, it is OK to announce the works of Mythsoc members and Tolkien scholars on this list. (Mythprint used to carry a regular feature called "member news." I Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:10:16 GMT WendellWag@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21045 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21045 Has anybody else here read the book? What did you think of it? Wendell Wagner In a message dated 1/31/2010 12:22:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:21:57 GMT scribbler@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21044 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21044 Well, Wendell, regarding this --- ... Jef said he liked it enough to be pleased to illustrate it. Given the hours that an artist has to spend on such a task Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:18:28 GMT WendellWag@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21043 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21043 I'm still waiting for an answer to the following question: In a message dated 1/31/2010 10:27:40 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, WendellWag@... writes: So does Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:13:05 GMT David Bratman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21042 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21042 Jef was open about declaring his interest in the book, and it's a work of historical and scholarly interest, not some neophyte pushing their own novel. I'd Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:36:17 GMT Carl F. Hostetter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21041 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21041 ... That's an unwarranted assumption. As illustrator, Jef most likely received a flat fee, and won't earn anything on sales of the book. Can we please now stop Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:27:37 GMT WendellWag@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21040 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mythsoc/message/21040 In a message dated 1/31/2010 9:01:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jef.murray@... writes: My announcement about the new edition was not so much intended