I had NO idea what that meant. I'm glad to find out. Guess I need to do some homework. When I read Dorothy Dunnett's Game of Kings I looked up and made notes on most every obscure reference. It took forever but helped me understand what I was reading. Maybe I need to do the same for these books. I never finished Queen's Play, the second of the Dorothy Dunnett books and have all the rest. I plan to get back to them someday but having them come with footnotes would certainly be helpful. Maybe DG can do it in her 'spare time'. HAHAHAHAHAHA! -- LJG Discussion board

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Date Posted: 21:11:24 10/08/07 Mon
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CathyS
Subject: I had NO idea what that meant. I'm glad to find out. Guess I need to do some homework. When I read Dorothy Dunnett's Game of Kings I looked up and made notes on most every obscure reference. It took forever but helped me understand what I was reading. Maybe I need to do the same for these books. I never finished Queen's Play, the second of the Dorothy Dunnett books and have all the rest. I plan to get back to them someday but having them come with footnotes would certainly be helpful. Maybe DG can do it in her 'spare time'. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
In reply to: tlk2vicki 's message, " QOTD for Monday, October 8 " on 19:18:43 10/07/07 Sun

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There is a Dorothy Dunnett Companion compiled by Elspeth Morrison. The Companion references most of the quotes in the Lymond Chronicles and the House of Niccolo books, as well as info on historical characters such as Mary Queen of Scots. (NT) -- JulieP, 10:13:13 10/09/07 Tue
- Yup Julie . . . Got them. But . . . there was much that either wasn't in the companions (or I just couldn't find it there.) Anyway, I spent an inordinate amount of time looking up stuff and writing my own 'footnotes' on the page. A bit compulsive? Yeah, I guess. LOL Am I the only one who looks up words in DG's books, as well? Sometimes I'm not sure exactly what a word means and if I don't get it from the context . . . out comes the dictionary or my computer! Those, I put on a sticky note in the front of the book cuz I don't write in DG's books. *G* Anyway, my point (I knew I had one, somewhere) was that it would be much easier if the footnotes were on the page - or - in the back of the book in page order. I guess I'm hard to please. (running away now . . . ) (NT) -- CathyS, 14:16:49 10/10/07 Wed

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