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- Monthly question from the Editor on various Dunnett-related topics.
- WG086 through Present Issue
- 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?
