Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 20 2017, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 18,165
Re: Domick and Menolly
Because Sebell's just kind of...there. I am not normally a fan of ships with huge age gaps but I always felt Anne kind of chickened out on Robinton and Menolly and just made up Sebell. There's...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 8 2017, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,206
Re: Dragon question
Well, if the dragon were hungry and it was a matter of minutes, probably they'd eat a few. I assume dragons' senses of smell are sensitive enough they'd know if the beasts had been dead too long to...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 17 2017, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 14,220
Re: What If: Jaxom Warns the Colonists
He just wouldn't come out. Even Ruth can't navigate somewhere that he has no true reference for. Change it that much, and at MOST, you might be able to use the stars and some geologic formations,...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 17 2017, 12:03 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 26,156
Re: Dragon size references
And not to put too fine a point on it, with that level of disparity, a bronze mating with a green (which happens, especially with the female-ridden greens) would be...uncomfortable. Not to mention...
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Forum: The Library Café
Feb 11 2017, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 7,983
Re: The Future of Fan-fic
Oh, yes, that's how ANY anthology of anything works-someone has to edit it. And editors make calls on what gets in and what doesn't. Since Misty edits them herself, one assumes she has the final...
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Forum: The Library Café
Feb 8 2017, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,022
Re: Webcomics - Do you read them?
Girl Genius. http://girlgeniusonline.com/ Always updates. Always. Even if it's a splash panel to explain everyone has the plague so they're late (that was..two weeks ago?)
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Forum: The Library Café
Feb 8 2017, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 7,983
Re: The Future of Fan-fic
It's not really "fan fic" but I do wish the estate would just allow anthologies (open or invitation-only, whatever) set on Pern by other people. Set the rules it can't be Ninth Pass or no new...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 13 2016, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 15,654
Re: Time travel
Actually there's no reason to think they'd be there. The presence of all those other people who disappeared, the continuation of Threadfall (including potential accidents and different resource...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 10 2016, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 15,654
Re: Time travel
Kylara's a sister of Larad of Telgar.
And there's an even more likely potential outcome of the Weyrs not coming forward--almost no one we know in the Ninth Pass is ever born. Having all the Weyrs...
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Forum: Craft Techniques and Processes
Aug 16 2016, 01:12 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 15,384
Re: Writing original fic, killing of characters
Never say 'darker,' say 'more sophisticated.
I just killed a canon character in a fan fic. The reviews (all variations on a theme of NOOOOO) that immediately flooded in were absolutely catnip. ...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 29 2016, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 21,241
Re: Jora
If she had true vertigo the stairs might be WORSE than flying.
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Jul 19 2016, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 30,765
Re: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis
That wasn't done for funsies. Both the book and the movie titles were changed for US release on the assumption "Philosopher" wasn't a good word to slap on the cover of what is, after all, a book...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 18 2016, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 21,241
Re: Jora
In Anne-canon Pern, all bronze riders (R'gul included) are heterosexual, no exceptions. R'gul is also one who in DF, in F'lar's opinion, picks beauty over brains. Though was he the one who Searched...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 13 2016, 07:04 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 21,241
Re: Jora
Except that's just retcon BS. R'gul and F'lar aren't the only people in the Weyr. Or at Benden Hold. Manora certainly isn't going to lie her head off for either of them. There is no way they...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 12 2016, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 21,241
Re: Jora
The problem with Jora being the catalyst for "queens don't fly" is that it doesn't really make sense. The attitude in Dragonflight is not that "Ramoth's our only queen, flying like a male dragon is...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 16 2016, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 20,303
Re: Clutch sizes
The wings include all colors--check Moreta, DE/RSR. And while during an interval, with long, slow training and gaps between clutches, you might get away with more or less keeping each age group...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 16 2016, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 19,005
Re: Printer Hall
It works, but it's not as versatile as cotton or linen and it's not actually any easier to grow. Not as strong as silk, either (but IIRC the silkworms didn't survive so the Pernese don't have it.) ...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 15 2016, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 19,005
Re: Printer Hall
My university diploma is a real sheepskin--it's parchment made from lamb skin. Vellum is just a type of hide parchment. We covered it in conservation in grad school and I actually wrote my final...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 11 2016, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 19,005
Re: Printer Hall
Humidity and vellum parchment don't go well together, either. Especially with primitive low-quality inks.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 20 2016, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,939
Re: Weyr Leader and Green Rider
I agree with pearldiver--if Path decided to rise when it wasn't convenient for T'gellan to be there, that's just the way it goes in the Weyr. As for the Weyrwoman, if T'gellan wins, great, if not,...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 15 2016, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 98
Views: 41,193
Re: Dragon eggs and hatchling size
Either she's quite short, it's photoshopped, or they're Shires (but I think it's mostly a small lady and the angle of the photo. I've seen a few pictures where horses look MUCH bigger than they...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 1 2016, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 41,193
Re: Dragon eggs and hatchling size
The length difference for Carenath from the horse is going to be based on the measurements from the withers back. Dragons are always described as being rather 'downhill'--they have huge hindquarters...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Jan 5 2016, 11:14 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 16,197
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Dec 19 2015, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 24,592
Re: A crazy idea...
They don't use saddles. Just the straps. In DE/RSR P'tero uses a pad when he's been clawed in the derriere by the cats. Otherwise they're depicted/describe as just straddling the dragon's neck...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Dec 17 2015, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 24,592
Re: A crazy idea...
It's not actually an expression I've really heard anyone use (deep-chested would generally mean broad across the chest.) Deeper barreled would I suppose be broader and rounder around the body.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Dec 15 2015, 11:45 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 24,592
Re: A crazy idea...
Thing is, you don't sit on a horse's neck (you'd hurt them; you sit behind the withers on the forward part of the horse's back-there's actually a pretty narrow range where you can go without...
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Forum: The Library Café
Dec 15 2015, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 5,797
Views: 1,018,224
Re: What is happening
Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod only two and a half days until I see The Force Awakens....
Not that I'm excited or anything.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Dec 13 2015, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 24,592
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Dec 7 2015, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 24,592
Re: A crazy idea...
I have to wonder at the original intent of the size, because for a modern riding horse, yes, 18hh is 6' at the withers and almost no one can just leap up. Or even mount from the ground (my horse is...
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Forum: The Library Café
Dec 2 2015, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 5,137
Re: Wedding Ideas
I think by the Ninth Pass the traditional wedding color was red, wasn't it?
You could do dragon-color-theme centerpieces--there's lots of Etsy vendors who do cute dragons things that might work. ...
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Forum: The Library Café
Dec 2 2015, 08:40 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,250
Re: AO3 in precarious position?
Honestly? FF.net did the smart thing overall, given any time you search ANYTHING on AO3 you have to wade through 90% porn (and bad porn at that.) Plus there's the ought-to-squick-any-decent-person...
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Forum: The Library Café
Nov 30 2015, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,250
Re: AO3 in precarious position?
How has fanfiction.net managed to avoid both the drama and the public money pleas? (Not that there's NEVER been drama but...)
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Nov 29 2015, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 16,197
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Nov 16 2015, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 16,197
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 9 2015, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 10,367
Re: New Covers for Harper Hall trilogy
Case in point: : http://francois.labarbarie.free.fr/c...ages/mdopi.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61BC6JBOSwL._SX485_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg Or how about that one? Really, this might not...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Oct 14 2015, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 16,197
Re: Dragonchoice 3 - coming soon (ish)
I have a four-digit user number for fanfiction.net that's in the low 3000s. I'm just sayin. They're up to six digits at least. (And I plan to surprise the bejesus out of some people with an...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 14 2015, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 10,367
Re: New Covers for Harper Hall trilogy
I direct you back to this thread: http://forums.srellim.org/showthread.php?t=1016
Example: http://francois.labarbarie.free.fr/covers/images/mdopi.jpg
Seriously. It could be so. Much. Worse.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 12 2015, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,768
Re: Timing it
Whatever. The general point stands. Every other time travel has not relied on perfect FIRST HAND knowledge of the destination. Suddenly requiring it doesn't work with previous Anne-canon. All you...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 12 2015, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 76,617
Re: New Pern Book's !
I hope Gigi's better at it than Todd. (What the fuss is? It's like reading really bad fan fic by a thirteen-year-old girl. Canon-following PBeM Weyrs would have rejected the plots for being too...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 12 2015, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 10,367
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 12 2015, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,194
Re: Leathercraft, boots and more.
Michigan's Heritage Park at Hilt's Landing (we're part of the Lakeshore Museum in Muskegon--well, we're in Whitehall, the main museum is in Muskegon.) I'm primary on the fur trade and cover the...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 12 2015, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,710
Re: Comfort Books?
No, I don't want to end up with them having to divert the flight because of an enraged irrational passenger (me.)
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 8 2015, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,710
Comfort Books?
So I am a nervous wreck on airplanes (as in reduced to tears at times.) So when I had to fly this week (and for reference, I have never had a checkpoint with a full-body scanner, they didn't have...
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Oct 8 2015, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,207
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 5 2015, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,194
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 4 2015, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,194
Re: Leathercraft, boots and more.
Nah, not any worse than the leather itself. I wear period footwear at work and your feet do get hot, but like most natural materials* it would take a while for it to actually burn and unless the...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 4 2015, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,768
Re: Timing it
Except it doesn't really work as an excuse--in Moreta, they leap to the FUTURE, in DF they jump through times none of them existed in. They don't need to see the people (if they needed to be THAT...
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Sep 29 2015, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,207
Yes, another book (well, novella.)
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Train-Cherbourg-Gentleman-Vampire-ebook/dp/B015SA1NOS/
Vampires, light steampunk, trains, and a mystery. The print version is up, too, at least on createspace.com and...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 29 2015, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,768
Re: Timing it
Pernese time travel is not TOO bad. (Though somewhere I have a half-finished story, inspired by another fic on the same theme, about what Capiam and Desdra were doing the day when they reached the...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 29 2015, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 26,989
Re: Another big, unanswered question
Well, no, if that's all there is, the ONLY rational, logical answer comes from evolutionary biology--grab every resource you can for yourself, acquire the most desirable mate possible, and make sure...
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