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| McCaffrey Quest Information about the annual McCaffrey Quest Trivia Challenge. MQ2009 will be held in early Nov and will cover the original Pern trilogy and Freedom books. |
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Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Maryland, USA
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern!
Now Reading: Dissolution by CJ Sansom
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Our Grand Prize Winner this year, with a perfect score
is MoM member Kath! She has selected the signed Dragonsdawn as her prize.Our 1st Runner-Up is new MoM-member Allana, with a score of 145/146! She has selected the black crystal as her prize. We have a tie for 2nd Runner-Up between Dahlia_Gold (our first ever contestant from India!) and Kestral, with scores of 144/146. Dahlia would like the 1st edition hardbound Dragonlover's Guide to Pern, while Kestral has selected the People of Pern. We have a tie for 4th Runner-Up as well between MoM members Spaceman Spiff and Jax, with scores of 142/146. Spiff has selected the Dragonriders of Pern boardgame, while Jax wants the Dragonflight Poster #1. Please join me in congratulating this year's winners! PS We'll let each of you know when your prizes get mailed, which should be next week in most cases.
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Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest. |
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Heptite Guildmaster
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Four Corners
Fan of: Lars Dahl
Now Reading: Kris Longknife
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Congrats to all
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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
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Crafter
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wolverhampton
Gender: M
Fan of: Favorite?
Now Reading: The Pride of the Parthenon
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Congratulations!
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"Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on, I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Congratulations.
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Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Gender: M
Fan of: Pern!
Now Reading: Mercedes Lackey - Elemental masters
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Congratulations! to ALL (not just the winners) for a great Quest.
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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. |
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Journeyman Harper Roedin
Wing Second
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Great Britain
Gender: M
Fan of: the Dragonriders of Pern!
Now Reading: The Elder Gods - Eddings
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Congrats to all! Especially Kath!
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Dragonrider
![]() ![]() Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Delft
Gender: F
Fan of: Most of them :)
Now Reading: Don't You Have Time To Think- RP Feynman
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congratulations!
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"Should a rocket explode upon starting, it is called a "hard start." " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic
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Master Artist
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Location: California
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang
Now Reading: Anne Perry-EVERYTHING !
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CONGRATULATIONS KATH WINNER OF 2006 McCAFFREY QUEST
You did fantastic with a perfect score... WAY TO GO !!!
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"To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" ![]() ![]() ![]() The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle |
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Master Artist
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Location: California
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang
Now Reading: Anne Perry-EVERYTHING !
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE RUNNER'S UP
You all did so marvelously well,
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"To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" ![]() ![]() ![]() The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle |
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Senior Member
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Location: Cork Ireland
Gender: F
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Wow, amazing scores guys. Many congratulations.
I am totally amazed at the near encyclopadiac knowledge some of you have of Anne's works. It is just fantastic. Way to go. |
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Senior Member
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Location: Toronto, Canada
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern of course!!
Now Reading: The Portrait of Dorian Gray
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Yeah to everyone!!!!
And of course a special Woo Woo to the Winners!!! |
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Starsmith
![]() ![]() Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Heidelberg
Fan of: Moreta |
![]() Congratulations to everyone who took part - it was great fun, wasn't it? As for me, well I do research for a living. If I know there's a correct answer out there somewhere, I'm not going to stop until I track it down. Even if it meant many, many, many hours of and , not a lot of ...and a little bit of when I ended up reading the same chapter seven times trying to track down a single sentence that I kept missing... boy, was I wishing for some of Chim's e-texts at times!Anyway, please join me in a huge round of applause for Cheryl and the MQ2006 team: Hip Hip Hooray! |
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Crafter
![]() Craftmaster Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wolverhampton
Gender: M
Fan of: Favorite?
Now Reading: The Pride of the Parthenon
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Hip Hip Hooray!
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"Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on, I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) |
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Greenrider 'Lana
![]() ![]() Candidate Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Iowa City, IA United States
Gender: F
Fan of: Crystal, Pern, Dino P.
Now Reading: The Death of Artemio Cruz, Fuentes
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EVERYONE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB!!!!! |
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The Contrary
Planetary Brain
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Northern Indiana
Gender: F
Now Reading: ST: VOY: Unworthy
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Congrats everyone!
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Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul! They are its actions, but they are not its essence. Akhenaton? (c. B.C. 1375) Egyptian King and Monotheist |
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Master Artist
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Location: California
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang
Now Reading: Anne Perry-EVERYTHING !
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THANK YOU..
.. TO ALL THE MoM STAFF... CHERYL .. HANS .. ANNELI .. BECKY ..and PAM For all of you very hard work to bring us such a wonderfull McCaffrey Quest...Now you all can rest of for a few months before you need to start thinking about next years Quest
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"To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" ![]() ![]() ![]() The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle |
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Crafter
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Location: Wolverhampton
Gender: M
Fan of: Favorite?
Now Reading: The Pride of the Parthenon
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Wot her-up-there sed
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"Truth is stranger than fiction: fiction has to make sense." Leo Rosten. "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." C. S. Lewis To err is human: to purr is cat" "I find television very educational. Whenever somebody switches it on, I go in the other room and read a book." (attributed to Groucho Marx) |
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Aspiring Dragon Anatomist
![]() Join Date: Mar 2005
Gender: M
Fan of: PERN!!!
Now Reading: Lord of the Rings
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Quote:
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Duct tape is like the Force - it has a light side, a Dark side and it binds the Universe together. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Wellywood, New Zealand
Gender: F
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Way to go Kath!
I'm proud of you!!!! (have some nice soothing eye drops!)
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Coffee: Chocolate: Men: Some things are just better rich
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Starsmith
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Location: Heidelberg
Fan of: Moreta |
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No e-books, but I did have one secret weapon up my sleeve: googling like this -> site:www.pern.nl #whatever I need to find# Thanks for the virtual eye-drops - I really did need them by the end of it. I can't remember if I was one of the people who voted that my brain was oozing out of my skull, but if I didn't I should have done! |
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Coelura
![]() Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Washington
Gender: F
Fan of: Fav character - Lunzie
Now Reading: Love reading Lanen's books too
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Congratulations Kath for coming up with the 'perfect' Quest!
Congratulations to the runners up too! And Congrats to everyone who participated, it was a really super Quest!
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Becky aka Coelura1
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Holder
![]() Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Gender: M
Fan of: Jaxom
Now Reading: Materials & Methods
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CoNgRaTs! ![]()
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Inactive
![]() ![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
Gender: F
Fan of: Cant Pick
Now Reading: The Ship Books
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Congratulations to everyone, you all did wonderfully.
Kath your amazing, I did most of it off the top of my head because I couldn't remember where things were in books so to have the determination to go through them all is wonderful. |
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Senior Member
![]() Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Paradise
Gender: F
Fan of: Dragonflight
Now Reading: Dragonsong
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CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE AND THANKS TO THE MoM STAFF!!! It was great fun. Can't wait til next year.
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" |
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Senior Member
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Gender: F
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Let me add my belated
Congrats! to all you winners (and also-rans) By the Questors a Great Quest was quested Though some by the questions were bested! It sure was a strain On many a brain And a whole lot of thought was invested! This was great fun. We must do it again some time! |
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Starsmith
![]() ![]() Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Heidelberg
Fan of: Moreta |
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Senior Member
Ssli
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Oregon
Gender: F
Fan of: Talents
Now Reading: Need more time!
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Sorry I am late but........ CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! What a smart group of people we have!!!!
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Ballybran Resident
![]() Caterer's Assistant Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Zoetermeer, Holland
Gender: F
Fan of: The Crystal Singer series
Now Reading: Twilight saga
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Re: MQ2006 Winner's List!
Congratulation!
to Kath and all the runner-ups.
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Also known as DreamCake
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Madam, HPD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Windy Lane
Gender: F
Fan of: Sassinak - give me Space!
Now Reading: Tales of Genji
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Congrats!
I'm hardly surprised that Kath got a perfect score!
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Madam of The Pern House of Delights |
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Weyrwoman
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: London
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern!
Now Reading: Here be Dragons: Tales of DragonCon
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Thanks to everyone who took part, hope you all enjoyed it
![]() And many congrats to Kath and the other winners, it was so fantastic to see the answers flowing like that
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Weyrwoman
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: London
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern!
Now Reading: Here be Dragons: Tales of DragonCon
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In case it's of interest more generally, the inscription on the Dragonsdawn (FE US Edition) that Kath has chosen for her prize reads:
"Congratulations, nice to win something - Anne McCaffrey" |
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Starsmith
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Location: Heidelberg
Fan of: Moreta |
OOOOH!!!
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Talent
Tower Prime
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Proud Mom!
Gender: F
Fan of: Afra Lyon
Now Reading: Kerner: Song In The Silence
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So, when will Kath receive her trivia winner badge?
Congrats to all winners! I did take a look, but chickened out at the end, look forward to seeing the correct answers to all questions. Maybe next year...
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Master Archivist
![]() Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Maryland, USA
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern!
Now Reading: Dissolution by CJ Sansom
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I made a lovely new badge up for Kath and one for the runners up. Unfortunately I can't upload it as our VPN to our web server isn't up. *sigh*
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Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest. |
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Weyrwoman
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Location: London
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern!
Now Reading: Here be Dragons: Tales of DragonCon
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Kath's Dragonsdawn is all parcelled up for the journey Between, but due to Threadfall (translation = a frantically busy day at work
) I couldn't find a willing dragon to deliver it today so its departure from the frozen North is on hold until tomorrow
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Master Archivist
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Location: Maryland, USA
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern!
Now Reading: Dissolution by CJ Sansom
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I got my four prizes to be distributed in the mail yesterday. Delivery estimates vary depending on where the package is going, but most should be just a week. Emails were sent to individually confirm expecting shipping times.
We'll appreciate hearing when prizes arrive safe and sound!
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Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest. |
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Starsmith
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Location: Heidelberg
Fan of: Moreta |
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I hope not! |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern
Now Reading: Various
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Well she is in Norway ![]() Congratulations to everyone who stayed the distance I just couldn't find the time in the end to complete it. Kath - does this mean you now have time for getting out another chapter of DragonDays soon :pretty please smilie:
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Weyrwoman
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Location: London
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern!
Now Reading: Here be Dragons: Tales of DragonCon
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Dragonsdawn went Between at lunchtime today
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Master Archivist
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Location: Maryland, USA
Gender: F
Fan of: Pern!
Now Reading: Dissolution by CJ Sansom
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It rained cats and dogs here most of the day. Cats and dogs cleverly disguised as water droplets, but nevertheless, definitely cats and dogs
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Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest. |
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