Readme file for Sailor Moon: Shades of Light and Darkness http://sld.home.ml.org Author: David Kogan - dnk@cmu.edu Editors: Odango - odango@usa.net Albert Lee Vest - alvest@mindspring.com Jim Rodlin - s_phaeton@hotmail.com Samah Sohrab - smsohrab@ucdavis.edu This is a Sailor Moon fanfic titled "Shades of Light and Darkness." If your plans on this fine day do not include reading a Sailor Moon fanfic, you may wish to stop now. This fanfic should keep you busy until the next millenium, or, if you are a fast reader, until tomorrow. This fanfic is large. But try it, you might end up thinking it to be worth the time spent. "Shades of Light and Darkness" is broken up into two volumes, one in three parts and one in four. Sailor Moon: Shades of Light and Darkness Volume I: The Chosen Part 1: Questions Part 2: Clash * Part 3: Choice * Volume II: Perchance to Dream Part 1: Lure Part 2: Turmoil Part 3: Hope Part 4: Cost * *s mark logical end points to the storyline - you can stop reading at these points without suffering cliffhanger syndrome. If you got these in the original files, then your files will look like this: sld_read.txt this file sld_1_1.txt Volume I, Part 1 sld_1_2.txt Volume I, Part 2 sld_1_3.txt Volume I, Part 3 sld_1_1.txt Volume II, Part 1 sld_1_2.txt Volume II, Part 2 sld_1_3.txt Volume II, Part 3 sld_1_4.txt Volume II, Part 4 All files can be found on sld.home.ml.org. If you have trouble, e-mail me at dnk@cmu.edu A brief explanation of symbols in the story, where xxx is something being said: telepathic communication _xxx_ emphasis /xxx/ strong thoughts/memories I started writing this fic about a year ago (spring 1996), and I posted the first three parts during that summer, under a separate title, The Chosen. If you have read The Chosen, then consider Perchance to Dream a continuation. The original has been edited since the last release, but no major plot changes have been made. This story takes place after the Alan and Ann attack. It takes the storyline over at that point, the story never rejoins the original, and none of the future of Sailor Moon happens. (No outer scouts, nothing that the original speaks of takes place). This fanfic is based on the NA version of Sailor Moon, and I have done my best to keep all the facts relating to that version correct. Over the year, several people have assisted me in writing this behemoth, and I'd like to give them credit. Besides, if I say their names now, I'm sure I can blame them for any complaints. :-) In no particular order: Odango (odango@usa.net), who is a wimp and does not want her name revealed =) edited all of volume two. All 1+ MB. Yes, she's suicidal, that's what I think, too. She also never got off my back as far as actually finishing volume two was concerned, so you may blame her if you do not like Perchance to Dream. If it were not for her, it would not exist. Albert Lee Vest (alvest@mindspring.com) not only edited Choice, making that part readable, but he has given me ideas, encouragement, etc. He is also at least partially responsible for the title of the whole thing. Blame him. Jim Rodlin (s_phaeton@hotmail.com) gave me a few ideas for Choice, which I implemented in this, final, version of the fic. He also gave the idea for the stanzas at the beginnings of the continuation, and he wrote at least some of them. At this point, I do not remember which ones. Samah Sohrab (smsohrab@ucdavis.edu) edited Questions, way back last fall, so you can blame him for any typos in that. Even though I did edit it again this spring, it's still his fault. :) He also proofread everything else in july when he read over the fanfic and sent me dozens of my mistakes. <feels better now that much potential blame has been shifted to others> This is the final version of this fic - if it is edited again, it will not be by me. Look for Kenneth Krekeler or Albert Vest on sld.home.ml.org for continuations/paralells to this series. Disclaimers: Anything that belongs to anyone else belongs to them. Anything that belongs to me belongs to me. Anything I wrote was written by me. But not necessarily in that order. (Apologies to Douglas Adams.) David dnk@cmu.edu Visit the SLD web site at http://sld.home.ml.org Comments, questions, and feedback are welcome always.