From:    Starman                                Area: Night Side
To:      Charles Nemo                           24 Mar 95 19:57:22
Subject: Re: All the good stuff...              Rec'd UpdReq 

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Howdy Charles!
 S> All the good stuff!  I used to subscribe to a BBS 
 S> with Vampnet on it, and 
 S> miss all the toothy chat... Vampirism, eh?  Read any of Lumley's 
 S> "Necroscope" series?  Chaos Magick?  Is this the 
 S> same as Discordianism?
 CN> 
 CN> Read all but the last one of the Necroscope series, and loved 'em all.
 CN> The covers for the Necroscope comics are as kewl as the covers on the
 CN> books, but the meat is in the storyline of course. 
The last one ties them all together.... I'll re-read the whole series
now before I comment on the last one - maybe I was just having a bad 
day when I finished it and that's why I was disappointed.... Poppy Z
Brite's "Lost Souls" is another good Vampire book.  Doesn't moralise
(unlike Lumley, or the movie "Near Dark" - or "Lost Boys" for that
matter). Poppy Z's books are a bit strong for some, but I love 'em.
Not Vamp, but Alan Duff's "Once Were Warriors" is a real intense read.
  
 CN>  Chaos magick is
 CN> not the same as Discordianism, although there is certainly some
 CN> overlap ("purists" from either camp would gag at that possibility! 
 CN> };-)  ).  Ever done any reading on chaos magick? 
Chaos Magick - is it a modern movement based on Chaos Theory mathematics?
Douglas Rushkoff's "Cyberia" touches on the neopagan/house music people
who seem to be heavily into Chaos maths... That would differentiate it
from Discordianism in it's purer form, maybe.  Discordians are a bit 
thin on the ground around here.  A lot of modemmers would qualify as
Anarcho-Libertarian (me included, I guess) but genuine worshippers of
Eris?  I have less problem accepting a female deity than a male one,
but haven't done anything about joining a group yet (except put out
subtle feelers).  But to answer your question, I am not sure exactly
what Chaos Magick is, so am unsure.  Nice chatting with you.
B*B Starman
... Inner Sense is the best Defence


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From:    Charles Nemo                           Area: Night Side
To:      Starman                                29 Mar 95 13:19:14
Subject: Re: All the good stuff...              UpdReq 

 S> Brite's "Lost Souls" is another good Vampire book.  Doesn't moralise
 S> (unlike Lumley, or the movie "Near Dark" - or "Lost Boys" for that
 S> matter). Poppy Z's books are a bit strong for some, but I love 'em.
 S> Not Vamp, but Alan Duff's "Once Were Warriors" is 
 S> a real intense read.
 Haven't read Brite's _Lost Soul's_ and will look for it.  I greatly enjoyed 
her _Love in Vein_ anthology.  Haven't heard of Duff's book and will look for 
that also.
  S> subtle feelers).  But to answer your question, I am not sure exactly
 S> what Chaos Magick is, so am unsure.  Nice chatting with you.
 The best short summary I've seen in Mark Chao's essay "Defining Chaos." It 
may be available in one of the file areas here, or if you can disclose a 
snail mail location "down under," I'd be pleased to send you a hard copy.  
There is supposed to be one FTPable on the Internet, but it's not available 
right now.


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