On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 10:08:57AM -0400, Susan Beth wrote:
At 05:10 PM 9/25/2001 +1000, Kathryn Andersen wrote:
Not a terribly active group these days, but Pat Nussman founded "AWG" -- Avon Without Guilt. As in, yes, we *know* it's terribly common; we *know* that more discerning tastes move on from their first attraction to the Dark and Snarly One in favor of the more arcane delights of, oh, The Thane and Bruce; we *know* he has a less than stellar character. So what? We still love him, and we refuse to be guilty about it.
I do not know the answer. I disclaim -- I was merely quoting what the AWG representative, er, represented unto me...
So, who are they?
Well, the AWG quote is something I wrote, and I think what must have happened was that I was too careless in letting the spellcheck have its way. :-( That ought to have been, The Thaarn and Bruce. (Bruce being the lyst's most common name for the spider in Harvest of Kairos.)
I was just groping for a couple of totally unlikely BSOs to contrast with Avon. Sorry for the confusion.
And here I thought it was some obscure literary reference, like, er, something from Shakespeare or History (Thane being, of course, an Anglo-Saxony kind of Noble). This is almost a let-down...
Of course, we could then start wondering whether the author of Dawn of the Gods was unconciously thinking of Thanes when he decided on Thaarn...
Kathryn Andersen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Avon: Have you found what you want? Blake: No. Avon: That's because you're looking for the wrong things. Blake: What exactly does that mean? Avon: It's a common enough failing. (Blake's 7: Redemption [B1])