Editing Talking Point

==Overview and Issues==
* Monthly question from the Editor on various Dunnett-related topics.
* WG086 through Present Issue

==Abstract==
* Responses from Dorothy Dunnett readers to the question or topic posed by the Editor.

* [[WG086]] 'Which Child Died? Khaireddin or Kuzum?' See also WG087 for a response by Ros Williams
* [[WG087]] 'Humorous Dunnett Incidents.'
* [[WG088]] 'Is Margaret Lennox a greater villain than Leonard Bailey?'
* [[WG089]] 'Location, location, location.'
* [[WG090]] 'The Day I met Dorothy.'
* [[WG091]] 'The Correspondences, or Radio Free Lymond, enchanting or irritating?' No letters were received on topic.
* [[WG092]] 'The Definitive Six Children?'
* [[WG093]] 'Your Favorite Dunnett Book.'
* [[WG094]] 'A Dunnett Christmas Stocking--what Dunnett thing wanted for Christmas?'
* [[WG095]] 'My Dunnett Converts (or not!)'
* [[WG096]] 'The best and worst female characters in the Dunnett canon and why?'
* [[WG097]] 'Which Dunnett characters would you like to see visualized by an artist and why?'
* [[WG098]] ''The Game of Kings''
* [[WG099]] ''Queens' Play''
* [[WG100]] ''The Disorderly Knights''
* [[WG101]]  No Talking Point this Issue.
* [[WG102]] ''Pawn in Frankincense''
* [[WG103]] ''Ringed Castle''
* [[WG104]] 'What if JJ had been the hero of HON and Nicholas the hero of the Dolly stories?
* [[WG105]]  No Talking Point this Issue.
* [[WG106]]  ''Checkmate'' An Appreciation.
* [[WG107]] 'Rankin and Sybilla: a selfish couple!' Also, 'Dr Who - Which one was Lymond?'
* [[WG108]] 'The 10th anniversary of the publication of ''Gemini'', and the two Dunnett Gatherings in Edinburgh and Philadelphia.
* [[WG109]] 'Compare and Contrast: 'Female characters in JJ'; 'Compare and Contrast: HON vs TLC.'
* [[WG110]] 'Philippa and Kathi - are you a worshiper, friend or foe?'
* [[WG111]] 'Memories of the founding of the DDRA and the first AGM.'
* [[WG112]] 'The 50th Anniversary of the publication of The ''Game of Kings''.'
* [[WG113]] 'What are your favourite scenes?'
* [[WG114]] 'Archie, Jerott and Umar-their friendship with their protagonists in the LC and HON.'
* [[WG115]] 'Rankin: what he did throughout his life, what he failed to do and the consequences of both.'
* [[WG116]] 'Dorothy Dunnett's villains - your thoughts on Gabriel, Jordan de Riberac, Simon or Leonard Bailey.'
* [[WG117]] 'How Dorothy Dunnett embeds her stories in history.'
* [[WG118]] 'Which historical novelists rival Dorothy Dunnett?'
* [[WG119]] 'Kate, Guzel and Sybilla.'
* [[WG120]] 'What are your favourite quotations, allusions and poems used by the characters in the novels?'
* [[WG121]] 'What unexpected hobby or interest did you discover because of DD's novels?'
* [[WG122]] 'The DD Novel you find hard to love, and why.'
* [[WG123]] 'Music and the effect it has on Lymond and Nicholas.'
* [[WG124]] 'What is your favorite DD location, and why (with direct reference to the books!)?'
* [[WG125]] 'Henry and Jodi (and other family members)
* [[WG126]] 'The line, or lines, of text in the novels that always make you pause.'
* [[WG127]] 'Disguise in Dorothy Dunnett's work.'
* [[WG128]] 'Why does Gelis do what she does?
* [[WG129]] 'Favourite depictions of historical characters.' 
* [[WG130]] 'Characters sharing similar traits.'
* [[WG131]] 'Most treasured Dunnett associated memento.'
* [[WG132]] 'Leadership in the novels.'
* [[WG133]] 'In defense of Dunnett’s teenagers.'. Insightful response from Robyn Winder called 'Agnes Herries – Fantasy, Romance, Marriage and Money.'
* [[WG134]] 'Which Dunnett book would you take to the Desert Island, and why?'
* [[WG135]] 'The events in each book of HON that cut Nicholas to the quick and foment lasting change in him'
* [[WG136]] 'What history have you learned through reading Dorothy Dunnett?'
* [[WG137]] 'Dorothy Dunnett and Shakespeare.'
* [[WG138]] 'Lines from the books that make you catch your breath or flinch.'
* [[WG139]] 'When did you realize Philippa was ‘The One’?
* [[WG140]] 'How best to encourage others to read Dunnett? Success stories (and otherwise!)'
* [[WG141]] 'Richard and Lymon – how alike or unalike are they?'
* [[WG142]] 'Secrets, and who keeps them?'
* [[WG143]] 'Keeping it in the family – passing Dunnett on.'
* [[WG144]] 'We all know that Dunnett kept her readers guessing. What shocked and surprised you most, and why?'
* [[WG145]] 'The names Dorothy Dunnett gives her fictional characters.'
* [[WG146]] 'Why we should read the Johnson Johnson books.'
* [[WG147]] 'Your favourite child-related piece in Dorothy Dunnett’s novels.'
* [[WG148]] 'Which death of a fictitious adult character do you regret most, and how would it have changed the story if they had lived?
* [[WG149]] ‘Remind me of the Dunnett connection here?’
* [[WG150]] 'How has your reading of Dunnett’s writing taken you into the ‘real’ world, not away from it?'
* [[WG151]] 'The Dunnett prose that reads like poetry – your favourite examples from the novels.'
* [[WG152]] 'Who is your secret villain crush, male or female, and why?
* [[WG153]] 'What piece of music do you associate with a favourite scene or character?'
* [[WG154]] 'Which journey would you choose to accompany Dunnett's characters on, and why?'
* [[WG155]] 'How does Dunnett’s use of colour help readers see her characters in their mind’s eye?'
* [[WG156]] 'If you could go to any Dorothy Dunnett location post-Covid, which one would it be?'
* [[WG157]] 'Did you meet Dorothy Dunnett, or attend one of her talks? What are your memories?'
* [[WG158]] 'Which are your favourite passages and characters from the Johnson Johnson books'
* [[WG159]] 'Which relationships between Dunnett’s characters do you find most satisfying?'
* [[WG160]] 'Which character(s) would you most like to interview or interogate, and why?'
* [[WG161]] 'Think of your three favourite moments from ''Niccolò Rising'' - why do you love them?'
* [[WG162]]  At which formal function in the books would you like to join our characters, and why?
* [[WG163]] Think of your favourite moments from ''King Hereafter'' - and why do you love them?
* [[WG164]] What effect does interacting with other cultures have on Dunnett's characters?

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