Forum: The Library Café
Mar 29 2018, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 5,728
Views: 988,072
Re: What is happening
Zelandeth, I am jealous!
I haven't been in here much in a while but I wanted to tell everyone that I finally got another National Park job! I didn't get one the last two years after having done...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Jan 18 2018, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 9,262
Re: Weyr Search (working title!)
Okay, I think I am going to leave it as is. Also, I'm going to keep the title. Can a host please change this thread title to leave out the part in parentheses?
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 18 2018, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,737
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Forum: The Library Café
Jan 18 2018, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 5,728
Views: 988,072
Re: What is happening
Applying for National Park jobs again - it's been two years since my last one, I've had some work in state parks but hoping to get back in. I just got my first availability check and basic interview...
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Forum: The Library Café
Dec 19 2017, 01:53 AM
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Replies: 5,728
Views: 988,072
Re: What is happening
I am applying for National Park jobs for next summer. (Here's hoping there will still be National Parks by then...)
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Forum: The Library Café
Dec 13 2017, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 5,728
Views: 988,072
Re: What is happening
So my current job is staffing the visitor center at a state park a little over an hour from home; there's housing onsite, so I don't have to commute. Anyway, it is extremely slow at this time of year...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Dec 13 2017, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 9,262
Re: Weyr Search (working title!)
I may add a bit more if I can figure it out, about settling in at Benden Weyr, but I also like ending on that last line with R'gul walking away...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Dec 13 2017, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 9,262
Re: Weyr Search (working title!)
Kylara tossed and turned in the unfamiliar bed. It was warm, there were plenty of furs, but the rushes smelled strange. That wouldn't have been so bad, but it was the noise that kept her from...
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Forum: The Library Café
Oct 26 2017, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 5,728
Views: 988,072
Re: What is happening
Hey, everyone, I've been awol for a while - I got a fall/winter job at a Missouri state park, and it's going well, but my internet time is limited to when I can get to the library or the few times I...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 16 2017, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 20,556
Re: Jora
In my version, it was R'gul!
http://forums.srellim.org/showthread.php?t=8933
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Forum: The Library Café
Jun 14 2017, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 5,728
Views: 988,072
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Forum: The Library Café
May 2 2017, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 5,728
Views: 988,072
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 20 2017, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 17,502
Re: Domick and Menolly
Performing in public at a Fort Hold weekly-market type of gather is a lot different than performing in public at a major event like the wedding at Telgar. If only because at Fort, half the crowd is...
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Forum: The Library Café
Feb 12 2017, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 5,728
Views: 988,072
Re: What is happening
Here is a link to the actual post - I had to scroll down a bit on your page to find it! Although the Africa photos were really neat too!
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Forum: The Library Café
Feb 12 2017, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,859
Re: For all bookworms
What a great poem!
One thing is strange - apparently all your apostrophes have been replaced with ’
So it looks like I’ve, I’m
This is the same thing I saw in your story!
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Forum: The Library Café
Feb 12 2017, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,983
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 12 2017, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,051
Re: The Cases of Curious Convergence
I got the email and was better able to tell what was happening.
Do you not see those characters mixed in with the text? Is it just me? If you do see them, I would go through and remove them.
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 5 2017, 01:26 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,051
Re: The Cases of Curious Convergence
I am having an extremely difficult time reading this because it appears to have replaced every single quotation mark/apostrophe with this: â€
So this is what I see as I am reading:
I am unable...
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Forum: The Library Café
Jan 29 2017, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 7,864
Re: The Future of Fan-fic
I wrote the one where Menolly Impresses Ruth - it's called Dragonsong: An Alternate Tune. Here and at Ao3.
I would vote for Dragondays, a viable sequel to Dragonsdawn.
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Forum: The Library Café
Aug 26 2016, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 5,728
Views: 988,072
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Forum: The Library Café
Aug 20 2016, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 5,728
Views: 988,072
Re: What is happening
I've been working at Montauk State Park in Missouri this summer, and haven't had much chance to get on the internet. I recently posted a lot of pictures on my blog, though!
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 25 2016, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 20,773
Re: F'lar and Lessa: Why?
Eriflor - I know that, but she doesn't at the time in that scene, so that is her reaction - he mentions the Red Star in the mornings as a threat, and she associates that with the warnings, so is...
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Forum: Talent: Pegasus, Tower & Hive, and Barque Cats
Jun 1 2016, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,073
Re: Subsistence in Linears
Her older brother was the only legal one - if their mother had given birth to the next one in an official facility it would have led to her being sterilized, so she kept it secret in order to keep...
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Forum: Talent: Pegasus, Tower & Hive, and Barque Cats
May 12 2016, 12:16 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 80,169
Re: Similar series
I wouldn't have thought of those books as a comparison to the Pegasus/Tower books, but I do recommend them as one of my favorite series! It's excellent historical fiction, revealing magic behind the...
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Forum: Freedom
May 12 2016, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 15,570
Re: Most memorable quotes
I don't like that one as much, but that's definitely a great moment! (After the triumph of defeating the Eosi, it was kind of a letdown to be reduced to bargaining in the bazaar by getting the...
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Forum: Petaybee and Acorna
May 12 2016, 12:12 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 41,700
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Forum: All the Rest
May 12 2016, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,227
Re: Flock of Geese
I agree - those were always so intriguing. It seemed Anne had a lot more figured out about that setting than made it into the story.
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Mar 29 2016, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 8,597
Re: University Essay
I think it's all the apostrophes, and maybe quotes...
Can you see them in this section:
They also have “Tir†the god of war, whose worship has spread to the other races, and gods for...
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Mar 25 2016, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 8,597
Re: University Essay
I started reading and find it interesting but I had to stop because I really couldn't get past all of the ’ ’ ’ sprinkled throughout...
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Forum: All the Rest
Feb 29 2016, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 4,000
A Proper Santa Claus - and Toy Story 3
I recently rewatched Toy Story 3 and was annoyed by it all over again. I hate that Andy has to completely clear out his room and anything he can't fit in the car must be trashed or hidden in the...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 21 2016, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 18,390
Re: Printer Hall
They didn't "lose" the printing press, they never had it. They had printers, and then those lost power or broke down or had no computers to print from. In DE/RSR the computers blow up before they...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Dec 27 2015, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 17,353
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Nov 26 2015, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 15,906
Re: Dragonchoice 3 - coming soon (ish)
I had to reread the first two, and I had completely forgotten all that happens at the end of Dragonchoice 2, so I was a wreck when I started 3, and then OH SHIT!!!
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 27 2015, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,896
Re: The Pern Colony
If you think Nerilka's runnerbeast is bad, check out the dinosaurs hauling the trader wagons on the Renegades of Pern cover...
I read some fanfic recently, one of them covered the early days of...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 11 2015, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,597
Re: Comfort Books?
Is there ANY canon example you can give of Master Robinton being ACTUALLY drunk and not just shamming to get someone else drunk or talking or whatever? (Being poisoned in AtWoP does not count.)
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 9 2015, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,116
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 9 2015, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,644
Re: Timing it
I thought F'nor and Lessa jumped ten turns back and then flew to the Southern Continent.
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Sep 27 2015, 07:23 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 15,906
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 11 2015, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,759
A big What-If
I was browsing Pern fanfic at AO3 and found an amazing story that tells what happens after Moreta's Ride - a ride that has a different ending than the one we all know. I'm sharing it here partly so I...
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Forum: The Library Café
Aug 28 2015, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 5,728
Views: 988,072
Re: What is happening
We always put aluminum foil around the lid before putting it back on the pumpkin, so it doesn't dry out or roast.
Fun thing to do with your pumpkin afterward, if you're not planning to try and...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 28 2015, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 22,623
Re: Tubberman's Big Cats
Anareth - I agree with all of that, except one bit - "Rescue Run" is about Stev Kimmer, not Ted Tubberman. Doesn't Tubberman get killed by his cats in Dragonsdawn?
Maybe it's required to bring...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 12 2015, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,786
Re: Domick, Petiron, Music on Pern
I want and do not want to see the scene where Domick gets to hear a full orchestral recording of, say, Beethoven Symphony 5 or 9. Want because I would love to see him experience that overwhelming...
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Aug 6 2015, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,448
Re: Two New Todd McCaffrey Shorts
There is a new anthology called Women in Practical Armor that has a story by Todd in it!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1054836899/women-in-practical-armor
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 5 2015, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,786
Re: Domick, Petiron, Music on Pern
Menolly says in Dragonsinger that Half-Circle Seahold only had three pieces of "occasional music", which I take to be more complex instrumental solos. I'm sure most backwater holds would be similarly...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 5 2015, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,500
Re: What affects which colors are laid?
I find it more reasonable to think that firestone never had anything to do with it in the first place. It was a false conclusion, where they looked at the fact that greens chew firestone and don't...
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Forum: Talent: Pegasus, Tower & Hive, and Barque Cats
Aug 5 2015, 04:57 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,322
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Forum: Talent: Pegasus, Tower & Hive, and Barque Cats
Jul 30 2015, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,322
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Forum: All the Rest
Jul 30 2015, 03:39 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,652
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Forum: All the Rest
Jul 26 2015, 02:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 5,652
Re: Finder's Keepers (aka Finder's Keeper)
It seems it could be contemporary with the other stories that "To Ride Pegasus" started as. Maybe once the Talents become established, he could come forward with the truth about his success as an...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 8 2015, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 13,920
Re: What If: Jaxom Warns the Colonists
I was thinking... AIVAS and Jaxom already have plenty of secrets and illicit time-traveling. Why couldn't Jaxom have the colonists leave a file in the main computer bank, to be triggered at a certain...
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