WG051
Appearance
Whispering Gallery Issue 051 / WG051
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Date and Pages
[edit | edit source]- May 1996, 40 A4 Pages (including Covers)
Editor
[edit | edit source]Front Cover
[edit | edit source]- Standard cover green on white, with borders
Back Cover
[edit | edit source]- Plain white
Articles
[edit | edit source]- Editorial - Valerie Bierman
- The Sinclair Connection - including information regarding Rosslyn Chapel - Joy Madden
- Among Friends, excerpts from autobiography describing birth of Game of Kings and photos of Dunnett's portrait or Alastair, of himself, and of family - Alastair Dunnett
- In Search of Francis Crawford, a Borders Tour - unattributed
- Bookshelf recommendations - Jo Kirkham, Valerie Bierman and Mike Brain
- In Steps of Niccolo, A walk around the Shore at Leith - unattributed
- Follow the Steps of N and L through the Old Town - unattributed
- Discovering Bruges - Maria de Berdt
Illustrations and Photos
[edit | edit source]- Drawing of Philippa - Jean Clissold
- Photographs of Bruges - credited Ann McMillan
Ephemera
[edit | edit source]- The Royal Armouries Museum, The Waterfront, Leeds - unattributed
- An Apology - correction to last paragraph of article in WG050 by Pauline Brace - Valerie Bierman
- To Lie With Lions, excerpt of review - Judy Cooke
- Music from France, recommended CDs - Joss O'Kelly, MK050 includes Music from Italy and from various countries as well
- Been there, Done That, First Iceland Visit - Heather Falvey
- Mastermind Quiz on Lymond Books, 1984 - unattributed
Letters
[edit | edit source]Australia
[edit | edit source]- Margaret McKay - could Kathi be Nicholas's twin given how much they share? Brief responses to WG050 letters and articles
Scotland
[edit | edit source]- Ann McMillan - prefers HN to LC because more believable, weighty, psychological; FFJ a better villain than Gabriel
England
[edit | edit source]- Jenny Coles - suggests some works related to Montrose as requested in WG049; recommends many other historical novels
- Felicity Dunn - thanks Maureen Allen for timeline; would young Henry really be all that worse than young Nicholas or Lymond? and other responses to prior letters]]
- Dorothy Whitaker - enjoyed Chivers's audio of NR read by Steven Pacey--but it turned to Flemish side 22! Chivers aplogized and replaced
- Kate Hannam - wants all previous issues WG and MK, having started with WG049; if the LC about love, the HN about obsession--both, fate versus free will
- Isobel Fisher - physical similarities between Kathi and Sybilla indicating ancestry; at end of TLWL many clues, no answers
- Pamela George - believe in inherent goodness Nicholas so suspending judgement on Scottish Plan; Gelis is a betrayer; Clemence a breath of fresh air, Anna too
- Sandra Hall - responses to excellent WG050 essay by Pauline Brace, and several letters
- Jo Kirkham - could FFJ be ancestor Leonard Bailey? enjoyed TLWL
- Ros Williams - list of Nicholas's faults, doesn't want him to be Lymond's ancestor
- Rose Tomson - thinks Marian pregnant at end NR and when left Bruges in SOTH; grateful to know other involved readers
- Betty Cooper - winded by first read of TLWL; on second, Nicholas not as unredeemable as suggested; Gelis cold and calculatingn; Kathi is Nicholas's soul-mate
- Angela Wickham - hooked by TLWL but reservations about Nicholas/Gelis games
- Janet Kebbell - people seem appalled at Scottish Plan revealed in TLWL, but isn't it like Lymond's attitude to exercising power in Russia in RC?
- Jen Downing - Jodi and Henry; is Henry believable? Could Bel be Alice Shaw? What is important about Coldingham?
France
[edit | edit source]- Paula Charpentier - astrological lore on those born like Lymond in the Year of the Dog
Canada
[edit | edit source]- Joanne Schmeier - introduces self as longtime LC reader; why prefers it to HN; loved The Thrylle of Victory spoof
- Sharel Miller]- details some history books that bear on Dunnett novels; loved TLWL and has questions but avoiding spoilers
- Only in MK051: Phyl Good - glad to have read HN before LC, thinks Nicholas redeemable, is a Gelisite; what is Eloise's story?
USA
[edit | edit source]- Nancy Silberstein - the attraction in fiction of Character Torture; Nicholas's sufferings less powerful because no one forces him to face the guilt he feels, unlike Margaret Erskine and Richard Crawford for Lymond
- Branton Lachman - any meaning to Nicholas's one or two dimples? Sees precognition in WG049 article by Nancy Corkill on TLWL
- Jennifer D. Gile - summary of many theories etc. re: Nicholas on Dunnetwork, which is supplanting MK and WG as forum; Steven Pacey annoying in interview though good on tapes
- Nancy L. Smith - began reading Dunnett in early 80s; depressed by end TLWL at Nicholas's isolation, glad WG050 made clear the tie-ins of HN to LC; Gelis is warped
- Nancy Wyman - TLWL
- Sandra K. Sorensen - responses to others' letters about TLWL
Forthcoming Events
[edit | edit source]- Oxford Day June 1996
Advertisements
[edit | edit source]- To Lie With Lions Paperback, Michael Joseph, and postcard offer