Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 19:32:44 GMT



On Wed, 26 Feb 1997 02:58:08 GMT, mam@world.std.com (Mark A Mandel)
wrote:

>Mary Creasey (creasey@worldnet.att.net) wrote:
>: "Wind's Four Quarters", which is a sung prayer to the Shina'in Goddess 
>: of Mercedes Lackey's "Vows & Honor" stories (the Tarma and Kethry tales,
>: which are my personal favorites). The incident (without the lyrics) is
>: in the story, "Sword-Sworn", in _Sword & Sorceress #3 (which SHOULD have 
>: been the first chapter of _Oathbound).
>
>: Also, "Soldier, Ask Not", the Friendly hymn from the Dorsai stories of
>: Gordon Dickson.
>
>I notice that none of these are religious songs *to the author*. That is, 
>Dickson isn't a Friendly, I don't suppose Lackey worships the Shina'in 
>Goddess, and so on. 

Didn't "Circles" by Gwen Zak once get nominated for a Pegasus?

Mark Bernstein
mxb@arbortext.com

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