![]() |
|
Jody Lynn Nye Author of the Dragonlover's Guide to Pern, co-author in the Planet Pirate , Doona, and Brainship series, and last but not least sci-fi/fantasy author in her own right (or is that write?) with over a dozen books published. |
![]() |
|
Thread Tools |
![]() |
#1 |
Heptite Guildmaster
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Four Corners
Fan of: Lars Dahl |
![]()
How did they come to exist? They're one of the more beloved creatures from a McCaffrey world and I'm sure people around here would like to know
![]()
__________________
You can take me down, you can show me your home. Not the place where you live, but the place where you belong. ~Toad the Wet Sprocket The Crystal Singer Continuum ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern! |
![]()
OOOOooo, GOOD question Pam.
How about it Jody?
__________________
Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: St. Louis
Gender: F
|
![]()
I third the query!
__________________
. Check out my Pern fiction!
![]() Mirrim's Vigil News from the Weyr Missing Link Dragonsong: An Alternate Tune Ghost in the Tunnels Changes at Riverbend Hold Pern Songs |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 |
I dropped. I stay.
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: On PERN...
Gender: F
|
![]()
hmm... i wonder
(how many toes does a fish have? how many wings on a (loo) cow? i wonder, yup, i wonder!) |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 |
SF & Fantasy Author
Muskie
Join Date: Jun 2005
Gender: F
|
![]()
Pam,
Sorry for the long delay...been writing. ![]() The globe frogs came about because we needed a critter who was the real power behind the power behind the thrones in The Ship Who Won. They had to be somewhat unobtrusive, yet present, since all fair mysteries foreshadow the solution. The clue was right under the humans' noses (in Carialle's case, nosecone) all the time: the long hands and fingers, which we were careful to describe in great detail. It didn't hurt that the frogs were cute, too. Their culture just grew up as the story unfolded. Like humans they have great small-motor control, so their technology can be nicely complex. Also, like humans, they like their politics, so those are byzantine, too. It's gratifying that the globe frogs have come to be so well liked. I'm fond of them myself. Somewhere in my myriad unfinished projects is the pattern for a fluffy one (stuffed, to American readers) that I was making for Anne out of green velvet. Heaven only knows, after at least one house move, where it has gone. Just about to leave for the World Science Fiction Convention, where I'll be getting together with Anne. Hope to see many of you in Atlanta for DragonCon. Jody |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#6 |
Weyrwoman
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Shropshire
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern!
Now Reading: Dragonflight
|
![]()
*emotes envy of Jody and Anne getting together in Glasgow when fate has ruled that I can't make it after all despite nearly a year's planning*
![]() BUT: *wishes them both a great time there* ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#7 |
Heptite Guildmaster
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Four Corners
Fan of: Lars Dahl |
![]()
Yay globe frogs!
![]() ![]()
__________________
You can take me down, you can show me your home. Not the place where you live, but the place where you belong. ~Toad the Wet Sprocket The Crystal Singer Continuum ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#8 |
Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern! |
![]()
Thanks indeed Jody. Any chance of a post on how wonderful the con was (despite a lot of people's jealousy)
![]()
__________________
Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 |
Aspiring Dragon Anatomist
![]() Join Date: Mar 2005
Gender: M
Fan of: PERN!!!
Now Reading: Lord of the Rings
|
![]()
Ah, this is probably the perfect place to post my picture of a globefrog, hopefully I can get some feedback from Jody on what to add or change
![]() http://photobucket.com/albums/y178/b...Globefrog4.jpg |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#10 |
Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern! |
![]()
Very nice pic, SS! (and I didn't mean the scarcely clad lady on top op the pic in the add, though I couldn't help noticing and admiring)
![]()
__________________
Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#11 |
Resident Poet
Eighth Hrruban Speaker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: northeast New South Wales
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern & Freedom
Now Reading: The Umbrella Club / David Brooks
|
![]()
Yep, the picture's not bad. I didn't see the half-nudded up lady, though, so I don't know what got Hans all hetted up.
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#12 |
Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern! |
![]() ![]() Or do you think they know who'se logging in and looking... ![]()
__________________
Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#13 |
Resident Poet
Eighth Hrruban Speaker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: northeast New South Wales
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern & Freedom
Now Reading: The Umbrella Club / David Brooks
|
![]()
Must be, Hans!
They must know I'm impecunious: all I ever see is the word "advertisement". Is this saying something, perhaps? ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Thread Tools | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
The Globe of Pern | StevenB | Exhibit Hall | 79 | Feb 4 2008 03:38 PM |
Latest Pern arrival from across the globe | Hans | Book Collector's Meeting Room | 8 | Jun 12 2006 07:20 AM |