Charles DeLint & Others/Carnivorous Wizards

[mystril at yahoo.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Schlobin at a... wrote:
> I just finished DeLint's spiritwalks book -- wonderful...
> But my favorite will always be Moonheart....he is fantastic..
> run do not walk, if you haven't read him
> 
> Susan

I second (or is it third, fourth, or fifth?) the Charles de Lint 
recommendation -- my favorite novel is Someplace to be Flying because 
I adore the Crow Girls. My favorite short story collection is Dreams 
Underfoot, although my favorite stories are in Moonlight and Vines. 

I also very strongly recommend Neil Gaiman. Again. Whenever I start 
to feel sad about something I pull out Good Omens and a few moments 
later, I start giggling like a loon. Or maybe a L.O.O.N. who found a 
particularly funny error. 

I'm trying to decide whether I want to delve into Ray Bradbury, 
anyone have any recommendations on a good book to start with? I keep 
picking up Dandelion Wine, but then I put it back down. 

Right now, I'm reading some total fluff mysteries, which I can't 
recommend in good conscience. But I've also been rereading The 
Crystal Cave (Mary Stewart), which bring me to my next question...

Does anyone know where the idea that wizards can't eat meat comes 
from? Is it just the independent idea of several writers?

In TCC, Merlin can't eat meat after he prophecies, but I think he can 
later. In Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule, the magically 
talented characters have all sorts of strange rules about what they 
can and can't eat. I seem to think I've encountered the "wizards 
can't eat meat" someplace else too, but I don't remember where. 

-mystril