Forum: All the Rest
Mar 14 2013, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 48,550
Re: Worst Books
just to clarify an earlier post: the only books I couldn't get through were the Sassinak trio. Funnily enough the three Lunzie books and the two Dinosaur Planet books were fine...but I bought the...
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Forum: All the Rest
Mar 14 2013, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 58,027
Re: If you had to be a character...
For me, mere are my choices
Pern - Human: Menolly (as I sing and create my own tunes, though I need tolearn to write music and recognise pitch) or Sorka, or Torene.
Pern - non-human: A green...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 5 2013, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 27,007
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Forum: Crystal Singer and Brainships
Jan 27 2013, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 100,535
Re: Brains on TV!
Ship Who Searched for me, I'm on my third copy in paperback -my first I re-read till it fell apart, I gave my second to a dear friend, and my third is looking somewhat dog-eared now. Of course with...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 27 2013, 10:11 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,617
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 23 2013, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 27,007
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 22 2013, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 50
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 22 2013, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,617
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 20 2013, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,617
What happened to Kylara after she became witless?
As I recall, after the Prideth/Wirenth fight, Kylara was decsribed as being "witless" (Haven't got the books to hand, so this is from memory.) After that, we hear nothing, so I was just wondering...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 20 2013, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 50
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 8 2012, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 10,592
Re: Food -- Bacon on PERN?
I don't immediately have my copy of "Dragonsdawn" or the DLG on me. However, I do recall from "Drsagonsdawn" that turkeys did not survive, (I think the eggs just didn't hatch) but I don't recall...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 4 2012, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 23,264
Re: Did Lessa need to go back?
Would the Weyrs all be there? I'm looking at Dragonflight, on page 322 when Lessa has woken up after arriving in the past.
"Come? Come where my dear?" Mardra asked, confused. "You've been going on...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 4 2012, 02:08 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 23,264
Re: Did Lessa need to go back?
As I recall, in "The Master Harper Of Pern", there was, then the beginning of one of the problems the dragonriders face, the belief that Thread would never come again. However, IIRC, when F'lon died,...
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Forum: All the Rest
Aug 22 2012, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 19,537
Re: Restoree: Sequel?
Anareth, I believe calling a Catteni a "Cat" was just a contraction - a disparaging one - of "Catteni". In "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", Bajorans often referred to a Cardassian as a "Cardie." It...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 12 2012, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 247
Views: 66,208
Re: A little Pernese humor
And one more, which didn't happen to me, but to a friend of mine...
When you have to look twice at the sign identifying Prince Regent train station becase the first time you look, you read "High...
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Forum: All the Rest
Jul 5 2012, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 48,550
Re: Worst Books
Tamara, IMHO, try reading "The Ship Who Searched." I found that hugely enjoyable despite Tia being a child prodigy. She needs to be as, if you read the book, you'll find out. A friend of mine loves...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 5 2012, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 22,550
Re: Sky Dragons
The book only came out here in the UK yesterday (IT'S very EARLY am here ATM) and boy, was getting hold of it bloody difficult! NONE of the 3 bookstores we had locally had it so it was a mad dash...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 24 2012, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 50,591
Re: Dragon eggs and hatchling size
Someone mentioned earlier that the eggs were soft and flaccid in DF, and in 'The Littlest Dragonboy' "striations" (which I believe are stretch marks?) on the eggs are mentioned. Perhaps as the little...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 24 2012, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 350
Views: 161,238
Re: Well. they are making the movie.
Has there been any more news about this at all? I unerstand that with Anne herself dying last year (R.I.P Dragonlady, you will be missed) this may have ground to a halt/crawl, but just wondering. A...
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Forum: Café Archives
Jun 24 2012, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,588
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 16 2012, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 137
Views: 48,557
Re: 9th Pass Pern clothing
I think it would deoend on what the dragon would accept being put on it, and remember, it would either have to be easy to remove quickly, or something that would not be dangerous in flight or would...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 12 2012, 08:57 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,463
Re: "In what book did I read about..."
3,000+ books? I know I got a lot of books and keep having to give them away (buy not my MCcaffrey books!) but 3'000+? I don't think even I have that much. Just one tall bookcase. Then again...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 12 2012, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,463
Re: "In what book did I read about..."
I couldn't tell you which book, but he did, because I clearly recall, as a student, my friend and I spotting a Pern book we'd not read yet (though as I said I can't recall it's title.) My friend had...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 11 2012, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,463
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 11 2012, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,463
"In what book did I read about..."
Hi,
I have a question, and rather than post my question, get it answered and there goes the thread, I thought people could use this to post their questions on what book did a certain event happen...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 7 2012, 05:30 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,931
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 4 2012, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 12,847
Re: Odds of autism on Pern?
Sorry I'm resurrecting such an old topic, especially as it went off-topic, but I noticed a couple of points I feel I had to reply to.
1) All families will contain members who carry at least one,...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 4 2012, 06:33 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,931
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 2 2012, 05:58 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 10,281
Re: Pern measurements
When did the dragonlength come in as a measurement, and was it always the length of the average green? Because if so, over time, as the dragons grew, it would change. A dragonlength in, say, the 6th...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 30 2012, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,931
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 30 2012, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,931
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 29 2012, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 207
Views: 69,826
Re: If You Were to Impress...
Went with Gold, if we stick to original gender discrimination, I see myself as someone who can/will lead if there is a need, so prolly mainly a junior queenrider (at least until/unless I am in a...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 21 2012, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,804
Re: Green Dragon Eggs are Green, Sam I Am.
And maybe in some cases it IS a guess, after all nobody seems to be certain. I can't remember which book ofhand but am sure someone says they wager there are a certain amount of bronzes in a clutch....
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 20 2012, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 22,550
Re: Sky Dragons
Head knobs are mentioned in the Dragonlover's Guide, p.37-39:
"Dragon's noses are more pointed than those of fire dragonets and their head knobs are fully developed."
Is that any help?
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 20 2012, 10:26 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,804
Re: Green Dragon Eggs are Green, Sam I Am.
I was reading the story "The Smallest Dragonboy" in the short story collection "Get off the Unicorn" and found this on page 278:
"The egg was marked bya large yellowish splotch in the shape of a...
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Forum: Science of Pern
May 20 2012, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,717
Re: Dragon Locomotion
I don't know if this is relevant, or wheter it's already been discarded due to no wings, or because it's something obvious to everybody here that it dosn't work for dragons, but if i recall rightly,...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 17 2012, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,804
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 17 2012, 04:22 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 21,226
Re: The logic of klah:
Ok, my half-mark's worth.
1) Perhaps in it's shrub form, klah can be grown on windowsills or in a well lit room, in pts, sort of like a houseplant, but edible. Especially if the bark-shedding idea...
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Forum: All the Rest
May 6 2012, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 91
Views: 48,550
Re: Worst Books
I liked most of Anne's books. I couldn't cope with "Restoree" at first but came back to it six months after my first attempt and got through it fine (in fact it ranks amongst my top five books.) The...
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Forum: Crystal Singer and Brainships
May 6 2012, 05:20 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 22,302
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Forum: Café Archives
May 6 2012, 05:07 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,588
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 6 2012, 04:57 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,234
Re: Could you fly a pterosaur?
If I recall correctly, the skybax is based or suppoesd to be a quetzacoatlus. Something else, it seems that James Gurney got right! First ovinutrix vs oviraptor, and now that a Quetzacoatlus could...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 2 2012, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 247
Views: 66,208
Re: A little Pernese humor
And a few more, these ones my own..
When you're shattered and you tell your friend "Don't wake me for anything less than an incipient Fall."
When said friend, although s/he has never read the...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 30 2012, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 247
Views: 66,208
Re: A little Pernese humor
None of these are mine, a lot found on other sites:
You call your parents Weyrleader and Weyrwoman (or Lord and Lady Holder) and refer to your suiblings as drudges.
You've laid (or taken) Bitran...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 30 2012, 04:28 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,487
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 30 2012, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 39,061
Re: What is the tithe rate?
You put in better words than I could that wherry might cover more than one soecies. Plus you idea of wing-clipped wherries also works. Do you think wherries are permitted to graze, or are fed (corn...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 30 2012, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 39,061
Re: What is the tithe rate?
If I recall rightly, in several of the books wherries are mentioned as flying - didn't Piemur get a slash from a wherry's talons while getting Farli from the sand when she hatched? Also in...
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Forum: Café Archives
Apr 30 2012, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,503
Re: Just a hello fom a new member
I had had a lot of issues in my life, and had been reading all of the Anne and Todd Co-written books (plus his own books though I found one of them comfusing.) I began re-readng some of Anne's dragon...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 30 2012, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 39,061
Re: What is the tithe rate?
Yeah, true that, and as the dragons of Pern should have increased, so should have the Holds, which makes sense that the tithe would be a set proportion - 10% or 20%. That way, as the Hold prospered,...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 30 2012, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 39,061
Re: What is the tithe rate?
I don't believe I mentioned breeding...except in reference to the holders keeping runts and sports for passing Riders...something that, considering dragonriders lost their status during the second...
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