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The Mystery of Grace

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:22:33 GMT

Seems like it's been a long time since we had any activity around here. So, without further ado I'll just drop in a few words about de Lint's new adult novel "The Mystery of Grace". First thing I want to mention is that I'm only about halfway through it. I saw the package from amazon on my stoop when I got home from work last night and went all happy inside. This new work is a departure from the Newford location that de Lint has been using for the last 15 years or so. It is set in the southwestern United States and centers on a female mechanic. One of the things I find myself doing while I read is to try to identify characters in this book with Charles' Newford crew. "Oh this is the Jilly character" or "That's the Bones character". While this is general silliness, as de Lint characters are never so cardboard cutout-y, what I do find is that, like the analogues that can be drawn from one mythology to another across cultures, there are familiar voices here. So even if you are upset about de Lint leaving Newford, you find yourself comfortable in the new town and willing to open up to new friends. I'm not sure which characters will continue into future writings, or if there will be any more novels or short stories in this setting, but I am pleased with the change in location and with the story that has all of the hallmarks of a de Lint novel that we love: The magical in the everyday, the waking up to a deeper more expansive world view, the longing for love and the value of friendship and trust.

I will probably add some more notes here once I have finished. But wanted to drop these few lines to encourage you to go get the book. It may not be Newford, but it is definitely de Lint.

Peace,
Windhawk

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books

rosy — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:44:57 GMT

where is the best place to get his books? found a few at the library, now I've found 6 at different book stores but I want to get them.ok a few at a time.any help please

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Ravens in the Library

lavenderfae ~ Wynne — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:27:29 GMT

A very limited edition trade paperback book is being published, and it includes a contribution by none other than Charles deLint.

More info here:
http://community.livejournal.com/saveours00j/17164.html

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OT: General topic tribe

Sentient — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:54:55 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/undergroundpub

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Complete List!

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:35:41 GMT

Where is the best place to find a full list of His Works!
I would like to see what ones that i haven't read and be able to collect all!
Thanking you.......bard

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Old Man Crow

jenlee — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:08:33 GMT

I ordered this chapbook off the net and was completly glad I did. Its not a long read but a very worth wild one. I finished it in one day but was left feeling as if my heart and soul had black , feathered wings.Theres alot of native myth and symbol , that brings the mind alive with awe. If you get the chance to read this story of Mr. Delint's, I highly recommend it.

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what deep lessons have you found reading DeLint novels?

tasara — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:41:34 GMT

Ok, I think my favorite book is "Into the Green". It taught me a deep lesson that I even try to bring to the classes that I teach in shamanic journey. I don't want to blow the plot but anyone who has read it will know what I mean when I say, "There is no shame or blame in the spirit world, only repercussions. Not matter what you do, no matter how terrible, they love you."

What are deep lessons that you learned from his books?

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Hello, all... I'm new to this Tribe

Airmids Pool — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:51:01 GMT

Some of you already know me from other Tribes, and I told myself that I was not going to join any other Tribes due to lack of time and wanting to stay in touch with those I'm already involved in. BUT, Hawk turned me on to Charles de Lint, and, I can't seem to get enough of his writing! I am still reading Moonheart, and, man o man, I'm on the edge of my chair, seat of my pants, etc., etc., etc.!!! What a writer. How can it be that I haven't discovered such and illustrious author until now??? No worries. I have him in my sights now, and that's all that matters. Man, I can often figure where a book or movie, etc. is going, not so with de Lint! I love this guy!

Anyway, just wanted to drop in and say howdy to everybody. I look forward to many other wonderful books and fellowship here.

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Just finished Jack of Kinrowan... (one kinda sorta not really spoiler)

crimsonslumber — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:37:03 GMT

It was very fun! Not quite as intense as I usually get from reading de Lint, but very pleased all the time. I'm surprised that I actually guessed correctly on the ending! I don't normally do that.. So that's I think why it wasn't quite as intense toward the end. Usually it's one of those times where you're like "What the HELL is going to happen next?!" but this one for me was "Ooh, I bet they're gonna..." but it was still a really fun ride. I'm glad I finally finished it! I took a few months break from reading cuz I couldn't find my eBook charger, but I found it during the packing and I'm back in the full swing of it. Some place to be flying is next!

Has anyone else read this?

I have to say that though I feel a bit enlightened by a certain part of this book, it also saddens me quite a bit. It talks about how humans would much sooner believe in evil than they would in good, and that's why Seelie is dwindling while unseelie is growing and thriving... and that the unseelie feeds on our fears, negative energy, etc... then talks about how (in the book) because of this the seelie hide on Samhain from the unseelie because they're just too powerful for them to fight off.

I've been thinking about this for several days now, and a couple days ago we headed to Target to get some plastic bins, and I said "Ooh! let's check out the halloween stuff!!!", halloween being my favorite holiday. I went through the isles, hearing plastic skeletons singing stupid songs and the occasional really loud scream from various battery-operated toys. It occurred to me that we really are feeding the energy of very negative things, and that usually, very happy and positive people, things, and events are considered not normal or unrealistic. I'm very sad to admit that Halloween is very close to plunging from the top of my list of favorite holidays. :\

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The tower and the bear

Hawk — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:52:13 GMT

the tower & Bear

There is a wooden tower
in the woods,
upon the hill,
above the lake, forgotten;
walls greyed like old barnwood,
wizard-hat roof,
closed around in autumn
by crowds of goldenrod and maple.
Refuse litters
the first floor:
rusting stovepipes,
rusting stove,
broken chair,
forgotten raincoat
hanging from a peg
beside the rickety
ladder stairs.

Up those stairs,
dust lies thick as neglected dreams
there,
in that forgotten tower;
up again,
one more floor,
into the wizard's hat now,
where a mountain range of
shin-high bat guano
strides across the water-stained wood,
skitter-skree of bats
in the crown of the raftered hat above,
but you can see,
through the trees,
a glimpse of water,
you can understand
how the tower came to be,
if not why it was forgotten.

The road that once
wound up the hill
is so overgrown now
you need imagination
to mark its turns,
but I don't ever follow that road;
I cut through the woods,
up the hill,
above the lake;
I step over fallen snags,
work my way through the new growth,
over the humped bones
of granite behemoths
more forgotten than any wooden tower;
for a time
I follow the swath Jim and Paul cut,
removing dying trees
for firewood,
then I slip into the deeper woods,
through the sudden surprises
of small sunned meadows,
past the dry paper football
of a hornet's nest
hanging from
an impossibly thin twig,
down into a gully,
scramble up again
and then I see it,
first the wizard's hat,
shingles black,
then the tower.

I sit
where the moss makes no differentiation
between limestone and granite
and fallen snag,
where the goldenrod rustles
and the birch and maple murmur,
and I listen to their gossip,
all the gossip
—because even
the silent stone underfoot
and the motionless Queen Anne's lace
has a voice;
the only sound I make
is the faint skritch of pen on paper,
waking the tower
in my sketchbook,
ghostlike, at first,
lines so faint, they mean nothing,
but connecting, one to the other,
gathering volume and shape,
until there are two towers
in the wood,
upon the hill,
above the lake:
one an echo,
the other forgotten.

And that would be enough:
the tower, the gossip,
the insect hum,
the sunlight an Impressionist's dream
as it patterns the hilltop,
yellow on green,
violet on green,
green on green on brown,
the maples red,
the tower brown and grey,
as though it had grown,
moss-like from the forest floor,
rather than raised by human hand.
My heart is so full,
it would be enough.

But the forest allows me
one more gift:
a rustle in the berry bushes
down in the gully.
The bear seems as
surprised as I am
- delicate for all his bulk;
coat, a midnight black;
nose lifted as he senses me
sensing him;
eyes the dark of the shadows
that collect at the bottom
of the lake.

He stands so close,
not ten feet from me,
I could count the hairs on his muzzle,
were I so inclined,
but at that moment
my gaze encompasses everything:
no one detail,
but all details at once.
My pulse drums,
first with fear,
then with awe,
then with a gratefulness
that words cannot express.

I hold my breath
and know that,
although I am only a guest here,
for one brief moment,
I may call this home;
I have been given,
for one brief moment
which lasts a lifetime,
a glimpse into the Otherworld
from which all our spirits
once came.

Then my host turns,
broad black back
slipping away among the trees
like water running downhill,
retreating
like a faerie glamour,
and he is gone.
But the wonder remains,
lodged inside my spirit,
and know I will never forget
the tower,
the bear,
the gift I was allowed,
there in the woods,
upon the hill,
above the lake.

Ottawa,
November 12, 1992

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Ok who is going to meet up tomorrow at Charlies

Hawk — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:41:43 GMT

lets get this down so nobody is left out, we want to get to Hugos early the show starts at 7 so maybe 4 or so does that work? Any suggestions? I am so stoked to get to see everyone and i will be bringing Maddy along as well so you can all meet her as well.

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Check out his webs ite

Hawk — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:38:22 GMT

I know this may sound silly but you should all really check out his web site. I gives all his tour dates and whatnot, and one hell of a lot of info on him, fun pics, check out some of the people he jams with, there is a great one of him playing with Alan Lee. He also talk a lot about what he believes in or at least what he thinks he believes in very cool stuff.

www.charlesdelint.com

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DeLint in Portland Friday!

lacrima — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:13:12 GMT

Hi, I'm new to this tribe but a longtime fan of Charles DeLint. Coincidentally, I saw in the local Willamette Week newspaper that he will be appearing at Powell's Bookstore this Friday evening at the Cedar Hills Crossing store.

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the day with de lint

Hawk — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:59:36 GMT

Ok folks today was great, i got the opportunity to meet my favorite Author and his wife and give him the Weirden. well first off I showed up early as is my usual way of doing things and I was nervous as all get out. then When they opened the Reading room I was informed that He was very , very late, stillin Portland as a matter of fact and might just end up doing a small signing. Needless to say I was crushed, having the writting class taken away and now this I was about to call the whole thing an utter loss, then I simply told myself I was going to stay at the book shop till he showed up late or not. Quite a few people took off, so I figured maybe if everyone leaves I can just hacve a nice afternoon with him. Anyway I went back to wait sat in the first row and slowly the room started to fill up again. Then all of a sudden he was there standing in front of me setting his things down and himself and he just started talking to us like he had known us for years. He read some of the Lost Grrl, and took questions, I couldnt even think of a damn thing to say. Then I loosened up a bit and got involved with the discussion. When he left the stage to do the book signing I said I had something for him and he was a bit surprised and said "Oh really, what is it?" at this point I took out the Weirden. Last night I did the whole thing up, making each pice and all so it was a working system. He first took out the board, which I had blown up to 20x20 and he was very impressed with the triskell and all yet he couldnt quite place why I had made this for him, then I took out the little leather bag with all the pieces in it and gave it to him he took them out and he said," This is the Weirden!" I told him how I had been toying with it for some time and wanted to finish it for this trip he was making. He called over his wife and they looked at it for some time. He also took a look at some of my character designs of some of his characters and really liked Raven a lot, and the crowgirls as well. I am very excited to see him and maryann play on Monday night and again next weekend as he and Charles Vess are at a convention not too far from where I live. it was a magical day to say the least. If anyone gets the chance to see him by all means go do it. Check out his website and see if the book signing tour is coming anywhere near you, then go.

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The weirden

Hawk — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:13:33 GMT

Ok folks wish me luck I am trying to complete a project I have been tinkering with for many years. The completion of deLints Weirden, it is a divination system he created in the book Moonheart. Any who, I am hoping to have it done by the fifteenth when I go to his class and give it to him as a sort of thank you. Granted it wont be in bone just vast amounts of small drawings and one hopefully beautiful casting board wich Iam making today. If you havent heard of this check itout on his web site
www.charlesdelint.com
then look up weirden I think he has an explantion of it there.

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Book Crossing

Nathan — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:36:04 GMT

www.bookcrossing.com

Ok, has anyone ever heard of this? Here is how they describe it.

“At BookCrossing, you can register any book you have on the site, and then set the book free to travel the world and find new readers.

Leave it on a park bench, at a coffee shop, at a hotel on vacation. Share it with a friend or tuck it onto a bookshelf at the gym -- anywhere it might find a new reader! What happens next is up to fate, and we never know where our books might travel next. Track the book's journey around the world as it is passed on from person to person.”

It seems waaaay cool to me and I’m betting some of you will agree. It’s the same concept as the Where’s George deal on one dollar bills.

Anyway, I am going to sign up and start with the two books I got off amazon (after I get home and read them of course). What some groups are doing is sending books to each other just to log contacts (or passing them around a room full of people). I don’t think that would be that way to go personally but this sounds like a cool way for people to get to read DeLint’s books and have some fun.

So, who’ll join me?

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Little (Grrl) Lost

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:44:07 GMT

So I read Charles de Lint's new book "Little (Grrl) Lost" this weekend. Like "The Blue Girl" before it, it is a Young Adult book published by Viking. T.J. is a fourteen-year-old girl whose family has had to move from their farm out in Tyson to the northern suburbs of Newford. She discovers a punky Little named Elizabeth who has decided to run away from home. Home being inside the walls of T.J.'s new home. Anything else you want to know you will have to read for yourself.

One of the thing I like best about de Lint's work is his portrayal of the various beings collectively known as faerie. Somehow his descriptions of their temperaments and trickiness seem authentic to me in a way that other authors' works don't. The book does takes place in Newford, but these are all new characters to get to know.

I had thought about giving a full-on book review but I don't think it's necessary. If you like de Lint's work, you'll like this book. If you've never read him, you'll like this book. I was completely absorbed for the day-and-a-half it took me to read it (I had to eat and sleep and stuff). Go check it out.

Peace,
Windhawk

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Thanks mermaid

Hawk — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:36:30 GMT

OK I am the luckiest bastard in town, I will be spending the afternoon, September 16 with none other than DeLint, in a writting class he doing here in Seattle, sweeeetness. then the next day will see him and his wife play at Elliot Bay books. Can I just say, HELL YEAH!!!

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Story Game

Sentient — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:47:37 GMT

Here is how it works. Somebody gets the story started with some simple scenario. A character and a location. The next person takes the story and adds something. We all contribute until we have a full length short story.

The story begins with a young girl named Joy in a high rise apartment overlooking the slums between Downtown and the asian market district. Its a full moon at night, and she is studying for her classes as she is looking outside.

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Widdershins...!

BauboDurga — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:28:33 GMT

I just got this book today, I cannot WAIT! No teasers! I usually wait until the paperback, because hardcovers kill my arthritic hands lol. This one was a hard wait!

I probably won't be around Tribe for a day or two because I will be camped in the lazyboy with snacks and a reading lamp. I tend not to read deLint's books as much as fall into them, you know? I need one of them computer chairs with the potty built in that Sylver has, but in an armchair model heh heh, because it's hard to pull your drawers back up with a book in one hand.

Love you all muchly!
~Baubo~

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I'm here...now turn me on!!

RhianneWen — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:31:16 GMT

Hmm...maybe that wasn't a good way to put that *shrugs her shoulders and gives an evil grin*

Ok...I'm new here...and Mermi said I had to join....so I didn't see a list of must reads...can anyone help out a newbie??

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Frank MacEowen Anyone?

ry~an of the woods {elfstar~} — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:36:43 GMT

hi all . . . has anyone here enjoyed the books of Frank MacEowen, "The Mist-Filled Path", "Spiral of Memory and Belonging" and "Meditations on the Celtic Spirit Wheel" (I'm not sure about that last title, but it's something like that . . .)
Frank is a wonderful, poetic shaman and teacher in the Celtic tradition. If you haven't picked these up, I recommend that you do soon! Walk the hills with this wonderful teacher . . . you will not be sorry ;)

an excerpt from "The Mist-Filled Path":

The Spirt and Practice of Hillwalking

The Celtic people have always been a people of voyages, and hillwalking if a natural outgrowth of this voyaging spirit. It is, in some sense, a way to step into the flow of voyaging and participate in the dynamism of ancestral memory. Hillwalking is a practice and custom rooted in the celebration of movement: the movement of the tides, the movement of the ancestors, and the movement of our own feet across the sacred landscape. Hillwalking is, in effect, a way of assuming our place among the cycles of movement of stars, ocean waves, and rain clouds. Hillwalking, in this light, becomes a sourcing exercise, and experience of recalibrating our spirits to the mystery that is all around us, a meditation of movement.

There are, of course, as many ways to approach hillwalking as there are people. I have been on some hillwalks that were storytelling events. Our hillwalking was like stepping into the "Dindsenchas," the Irish "place stories," where every hill, cave, well, and stream has a name and an ancient genealogy. I often learn a great deal when I am a guest at someone's home and we go hillwalking. Every person has a story, and every person has his or her own way of seeing things that offers me a lesson about his or her love for the land. At other times hillwalking has become a healing event. As we walk my companion reveals a heavy heart, and the spirit of the land herself beckons for a purification of these 'burdensome thoughts," as Kierkegaard has put it.

Sometimes when someone comes to me with a problem, I will get the sense that hillwalking is what is needed. The lack of movement around an issue receives an almost sacrosanct momentum when the troubled person gives voice to his or her trouble while we are hillwalking. Some of the best healing that can occur, I think, takes place out on the land, walking. And sometimes, as will be demonstrated in the last chapter, hillwalking can become a conduit for divination within the natural world.

Anyone up for a Hillwalk?

;-)

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Book club question

mystytrails — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:08 GMT

Ok so I joined a book club and I have a question to put to one and all, what would be a good De Lint book to reccomend?

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Notable de Lint Quotes

Eileen — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:30:12 GMT

I'm hoping y'all are in to this idea. I have been so encouraged by de Lint's writing, that I copy some passages in to a notebook- so 100 years ago, I know, but there's something to the act of writing I think. What are some of the things you would write down to remember? Here are a couple of mine...
...from Wild Wood- ..."muddy marshland and birdsong and the chorusing frogs holding parliament down by shore."
...."the only limitations we have are the ones we make for ourselves."
...from Tapping the Dream Tree..."There was a time, long ago, when speaking was a ceremony."
.. "live large and walk in Beauty."
Just some of my faves so far and I wish I had done this earlier as I would have a treasure trove of deLintisms. :) I look forward to reading your posts on this one.

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DeLint Costumes!!!

FireInTheHead — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:50:10 GMT

So, i know hawk's got a rockin' corvid costume in the works. Anyone else planing on, or hoping to create a costume based on a DeLint Character? What would be some good costume candidates??
I like the image of Walker, the deer man in Widdershins
The Fox guy from that one book
Margaret the Magpie lady
Cody and the various other canine cousins
who else????

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Web Design?

Sentient — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:57:12 GMT

Im looking for somebody who might be willing to donate their web design skills to a worthy cause. Its a social networking site, and media site that will include DIY skill sharing, mutual-aid, sustainable living, and the creation of co-ops. Small cash reward is possible, as well as access to community resources once they are established. Just wanted to put the word out, and figured that this tribe would have some progressive minded people in it.

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Where to begin?

Nathan — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:59:54 GMT

Since all the cool kids were doing it, I thought I'd try DeLint out. Much like asking what is the best beer, I ask what is the best book to start with?

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"Deliria"

Otter — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:53:27 GMT

Has anyone ever played or heard of a RPG called "Deliria"?

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new books coming out...

jenlee — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:18:01 GMT

Charles Delint has annouced inhis latest newsletter that he has two new books coming out. Mary Ann(his wife) , has advanced copies on sale on E-bay. The titles are "Little Grrl Lost" & "Promises to Keep". Keep your eyes out and opened at your local bookstores. The bids are up to $ 124 on the adavanced copies so far and there still six days left to go!!!!!!

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What are you reading now??

FaeryAngel — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:36:35 GMT

Sooooo, what's everyone reading? I have just begun the Harp of the Grey Rosee 1985 of the Cerin Songweaver Series....it's wonderful good. How many of de Lint's books have people in this tribe read. Has ANYONE read every story?

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Medicine Road

jenlee — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:48:11 GMT

I just finished this, soaking in the bathtub. I like reading while I relax in the tub. Let me tell this book was wonderful and so true Delint form. I ordered my autograph copy off of Subteranean Press's website. Go check out the great editions that they have to offer. I highly recommed Medicine Road, but they have other copies of his chapbooks as well. Love, Light & LUck!

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Hey lets get things movin?

Hawk — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:55:58 GMT

So do we ahve any newbies, any new reads out there, any kind of wierd stepping sideways experiences.
Lats hear them!!
I took a step of my deck and fell on my ass. wasn't that great, and I didn't see any manitou but let me tell you it was an experience. OUCH!!!

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Manitou vs Fey ?

FireInTheHead — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:12:52 GMT

I've just finally finished reading "FOrests of the Heart" which took me several months to get through. It seems like thats usually the case with deLint Reading, it takes me like 3 months to get through the first half and then i finish the second half in a couple of days. Anyway..I've been thinking about his theme of the native american spirits (manitou) and the antagonism with the European spirits (fey.) This set-up doesn't really resonate with me for various reasons. It makes great stories, but it doesn't seem to me that the spirits from continents would necessarilly posess the traits of the humans from those far away places and cultures. It seems to me that European Fay and Native american Manitou are basically the same thing, just from different places and that they would have more in common than not. Though, i suppose the same thing could be said about humans from different areas of the world and look what we get ourselves into. I think basically it comes down to the notion that spirit entities aren't as bound by the divisions of "here" and "there" and space/time in general and so would be just as able to pop throuhg the otherworld from Albequerqi to Mozambique as much as walking from tree to tree. And if that were the case, why fight over whose land it is they're currently on? It seems the concept of "my land/your land" is one that is not in harmony with the natural cycles and therefore, not in harmony with the denizens of the natural spirit world.
Anyway, just some random thoughts i've been juggling around. What do you think?

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web site check it out

Hawk — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:06:37 GMT

Howdy folks, been working on a site to get some artwork out there, and wanted you all to see its humble beginings.
greatscotproductions.homestead.com/index.html
Check it out tell me what you think, it is in its very begining stages so alot has to be added and taken away.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

mystytrails — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:06:31 GMT

I wish you a happy, fun filled, wishes granted non yucky year!!!

Myst *.*

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I'm reading "Waifs and Strays" now, what is everybody else reading?

Leanna — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:46:56 GMT

I'm about 1/3 of the way through, I like the variety : D.

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Does anyone know....

mystytrails — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:34:39 GMT

Mr. DeLints books in order?

I've read a fair few, but I don't think I've really scratched the surface.

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I know this is off topic...

jenlee — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:30:47 GMT

but I wanted to share with you guys my new tattoo. I had to have magic stars. Whatca think?

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deLint Halloween ideas

Hawk — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:33:42 GMT

Hello all, I have been out for awhile but I thought this might be fun. I am attempting to make a corbae outfit for Halloween this year. Just wondering if anyone else may try some newford type costumes. Does anyone have a giant flying pig?

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Weirdin anyone?

Hawk — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:09:51 GMT

has anyone read Moonheart and taken a look at this divintion system. I love the images what are your thoughts.

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Faery Chess anyone?

Otter — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:32:26 GMT

Third one down
http://www.unicorngarden.com/games.htm

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Where is everybody.

Hawk — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:38:02 GMT

Did everyone move and forget to send their forwarding address.

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So what is going on in Newford?

Hawk — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:33:42 GMT

Hello all, haven't been in town for awhile how are things at Fitzhenry park? Any jemin out there or realy pissed off gentry. There has to be a few corbae waiting to start a little rucus. What have people been reading? How are the new folks enjoying de Lint? Does anyone have any news about him showing up anywhere that the lucky amongst us may see?
Hawk

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Where our favorite bard shall be....

jenlee — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:34:29 GMT

I thought I would drop in and let ya'll know where our fav author shall be making some apprearances in the up-coming year. He has graced us with his wonderful stories and now he bless us with his musicial talents. Every Thursday night when Mr. Delint and his charming wife MAryAnn are in town they play at PAtty's Pub on 1186 Bank St in Ottawa. I have been planning on trying to go see them for years. Also in Nov 2 - 5 he will be at the World Fantasy Convention in Austin ,Tx. April 6-8 2007 he shall be at Minicon 42 in Bloomington Mn. As well Sept 21-23 2007 he will be at Foolscap in Bellevue, Wa. I just thought you guys might be intrested in meeting him. He is a very nice guy and makes himself very availble to his fans. You should really try to to get the chance to hear him play . It is AWESOME!

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Onion Girl

Hawk — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:43:40 GMT

Well, now that we are reading this book.
What do you think?

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I am SOOO glad to find you guys!

jenlee — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:00:13 GMT

I just fininsihed Moonlight & Vines today on my lunch break. I find myself stopping everytime I hear crow caw and thinking , "Could that be....?" Meet Mr. Delint in Atlanta for the Widdershins book tour. He and Mary Ann are a wonderful couple and they breathe magic into the air. I feel very luckiy to have finally had the chance to shake his hand and see the impish sparkle in his eyes.

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A Newbie

Zoe — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:23:18 GMT

Ok after scanning your posts I ordered a Charles Delint book! I got Wild Wood and I am gonna put loads on my xmas list!!!!
Thanks to you all for putting me in the direction of a writer such as him!!
Zoe

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What De Lint book would you recomend to someone new to his works?

FireInTheHead — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 03:21:41 GMT

I always reccomend The Onion Girl. Partly because that's the first one i read and i've had a wonderful ride with the restof his books having that as a basis. I also think TOG gives a good first look into Newford , the nature of the Otherworld, and the interrelation of manitou and Fae and their interactions with the human world. it kind of covers all my favorite parts of Delint's writing. it's got superb character development and a heartbreaking, exhilirating, extatic journey that the main character, Jilly, undergoes.
what do you reccomend?

peace
FitH

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Charles deLint Charles Vess

Eileen — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:28:56 GMT

Hey, Y'all,
Did you get the new Faerie Magazine yet? It is awesome! They did a story on Charles Vess and featured his work- it's great! The Faerieworlds Festival was covered and pictures from PixieVision are included. I'm over the moon with this one!

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Check out this site

Hawk — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 03:40:36 GMT

Hello, all. I just ran into an artist the other day, who is opening a show in New York, and thought you might just like to see her work. She is a sculptor and does some amazing work, the reason i post it here is because of the nature of her work. the site is followblackrabbit.com
I am sure you will like it.
Hawk

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Ok...ok...I got Dreams Underfoot!

Mermaid-laughing — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:23:51 GMT

So far I've only read the first story because as soon as I was finished I HAD to read it to Jim (We were driving to Idyllwild for a nature fix so instead of music I read to him!). So now I know Jilly a bit and after reading all your discussions so far I cant wait to meet the Raven girl and the Manitou...
I loved, loved, loved the first story and now ...Im looking everywhere for balloon men...i want to hear their laughter!
After I read it to Jim I could see him contemplating and asked what he was thinking and he said "I've seen the parrot flock in Santa Ana." I said "Me too...and the ones in Pasadena and Santa Monica...your magic's not flying around out there somewhere right?" He just smiled and held his chest....

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Onion Girl...

Mermaid-laughing — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:42:43 GMT

I started it...done with first section. I'm glad I started with Dreams because these characters feel like old friends now but I see what FITH was talkin about...the writing just seems so much better! Now my only dilemma...be here or be reading?!!!

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Sweet Cover art Thanks Fire.

Hawk — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:33:20 GMT

Fire has picked up some great cover art for us, This doesn't strictly relate to deLint but perhaps we can share some of those covers. that you thought were just atrocious in every way. I feel it is kind of the way it works with most fantasy novels, that the art is just way out there and doesn't quite fit the story at all.

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Does DeLint know about this tribe?

Sentient — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:00:15 GMT

If not, maybe somebody should write him a letter.

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Bay Area people?

Sentient — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:18:18 GMT

Just out of curiosity, how many people are from the bay area in this tribe?

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Hmmm...

Mermaid-laughing — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:52:02 GMT

or should I be reading the Newford books in THIS order (question and quote of DeLint's site)...? Sylver...?

Order of Newford Books

Where do I start reading the Newford stories?
"The books have all been written in such a way that you should be able to pick up any one and get a full and complete story. However, characters do reoccur, off center stage as it were, and their stories do follow a sequence. The best place to start is the collection Dreams Underfoot. From there they go pretty much in this order:
The Dreaming Place
A Whisper To A Scream (originally credited to "Samuel M. Key")
I'll Be Watching You (originally credited to "Samuel M. Key")
Memory And Dream
The Ivory And The Horn
Trader
Someplace To Be Flying
Moonlight And Vines
Forests Of The Heart
The Onion Girl
Seven Wild Sisters (also available in Tapping the Dream Tree)
Tapping the Dream Tree
Spirits in the Wires
Medicine Road
The Blue Girl
Widdershins
The Dreaming Place and The Blue Girl are YA novels. A Whisper To A Scream and I'll Be Watching You are, respectively, a horror novel and a thriller; they're darker fare than the other Newford books and aren't really that integral to the underlying, ongoing backstory that takes place off center stage in so many of the books and stories. "

Help! *swims in confused circles*

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Oh wow...I'm overwhelmed!

Mermaid-laughing — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:37:11 GMT

Here's the list off of Charles' website...I have alot of reading to do.
I just finished Dreams Underfoot. Onion Girl next right? Actually Im hitting the used book store today to see if I find anything. Right now can't afford anything unused...in the meantime I'm starting on Faery Reel...Tales from the Twilight Realm...the one Hawk's been talkin about. Zoe had it and I hadnt read it yet...it's a compilation and has a DeLint story too...The Boys of Goose Hill. Let me know if you know it...

Widdershins (2006)
Triskell Tales 2 (2006)
Make A Joyful Noise (2006)
The Hour Before Dawn (2005)
Quicksilver & Shadow (2005)
The Blue Girl (2004)
Medicine Road (2004)
Refinerytown (2003)
Spirits in the Wires (2003)
A Handful of Coppers (2003)
A Circle of Cats (2003)
Tapping the Dream Tree (2002)
Waifs and Strays (2002)
Seven Wild Sisters (2002)
The Onion Girl (2001)
The Road to Lisdoonvarna (2001)
Triskell Tales (2000)
Forests of the Heart (2000)
The Buffalo Man (1999)
The Newford Stories (1999)
Moonlight and Vines (1999)
Someplace to be Flying (1998)
Trader (1997)
Jack of Kinrowan (1997)
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
Memory & Dream (1994)
The Wild Wood (1994)
Into the Green (1993)
The Wishing Well (1993)
Dreams Underfoot (1993)
I'll Be Watching You (1992)
From a Whisper to a Scream (1992)
Merlin Dreams in the Mondream Wood (1992)
Spiritwalk (1992)
Mr. Truepenny's Book Emporium and Gallery (1992)
Paperjack (1991)
Our Lady of the Harbour (1991)
Hedgework and Guessery (1991)
Death Leaves an Echo (1991)
Ghosts of Wind and Shadow (1991)
Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair (1991)
The Little Country (1991)
The Dreaming Place (1990)
Angel of Darkness (1990)
Ghostwood (1990)
Drink Down the Moon (1990)
The Fair in Emain Macha (1990)
Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon: The Hidden City (1990)
Westlin Wind (1989)
Berlin (1989)
Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon: The Valley of Thunder (1989)
Svaha (1989)
Wolf Moon (1988)
Greenmantle (1988)
Jack the Giant-Killer (1987)
Ascian in Rose (1987)
Yarrow: An Autumn Tale (1986)
Mulengro: A Romany Tale (1985)
The Harp of the Grey Rose (1985)
Moonheart: A Romance (1984)
The Riddle of the Wren (1984)
De Grijze Roos (1983)

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what doors have opened for you?

FireInTheHead — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:22:06 GMT

For me, De Lint has really helped me bring my nebulous ideas of Fae in the modern world into a more coherent idea, inparticular, the realm of the Otherworld. I love how he describes this realm as being accessible to everyone and by spirits of every culture. I also really love the idea set forth by his native american spirit characters (do his european fae think this too?) of there being a sort of overarching principle of The Grace, which is the source of all gods, goddesses, man, animal, and spirits of every sort. Our actions can add to or detract from it depending on their nature. I take it as a name for the Unity of all that IS and have adopted this principle into my everyday life. It really fits my cosmology well.
i could go on, but this was the first thing to come to mind :)
how has De Lint affected you ?

bright roads
FitH

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Seattle Fea Tribe!!!

Otter — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:43:12 GMT

f you live in or around the Seattle area, please come gather at our new home within a home.
http://tribes.tribe.net/seafae?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5Bbeb00b55-9976-41a7-9f1c-40710733e1f3%5D

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da site

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:40:10 GMT

http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/

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So whatcha readin'?

FireInTheHead — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:12:47 GMT

my wife and i most recently finished reading Widdershins, which is an abosulte masterpiece. DeLint has really perfected his style of switching between story arcs without ever having to feel like "oh i can't wait to get back to the main characters." as is I found to be the case in a couple of his books like Moonheart and Greenmantle (both of which i still LOVED)
what are you reading?

Bright Roads FitH

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Suggestion...

Mermaid-laughing — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:58:37 GMT

If you've run out of DeLint and haven't read Holly Black...run don't walk to get Tithe. She must be a DeLint fan!
You guys will love her...oh...she's in the young adult section.
(Zoe just informed me Holly doesnt have any mention of DeLint on her website...hmmm)

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L.A. Fae... new tribe!

crimsonslumber — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:22:16 GMT

Thought you all should know that I made a new tribe... please join if you feel so inclined. :)

Blessings,
Lyra

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tribes.tribe.net/lafae

It's for all fae in the Los Angeles area - be it faery, pixie, elf, dragon, goblin, 'kin and friends - to get together, play, scheme, romp, frolic, and just plain get into mischief! If it suits your fancy, that is. :) This is a spin-off of my other two Fae tribes, PDX and Eugene Fae. :D

"Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite,
All are on their rounds tonight;
In the wan moon's silver ray,
Thrives their helter-skelter play."
-Joel Benton

Here is a great place for posting about fae festivals, events, gatherings, or just to let people know you're having a tea party in the park. Also, you can't go wrong with good conversation!

Just remember: There's a difference between being mischievous and flat out mean. Don't get TOO unseelie on us, now. ^_~*

Costumes greatly encouraged!

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Perhaps, there is a book we could read as a group, then discuss it minus the whole Oprah thing.

Hawk — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:56:50 GMT

What do you think? Het Merm did you find a book yet.

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