Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 16 2016, 02:05 PM
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 3 2016, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 98
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 28 2013, 09:11 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,836
Re: "Accurate" portrayal of riding gear
Search for images from Robin Wood's work in People of Pern and visit her website (www.robinwood.com) for newer pictures. I personally feel she has the best clothing references.
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Forum: All the Rest
Mar 20 2013, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 56,997
Re: If you had to be a character...
I'm going to go by series for those that I have an interest in:
Pern:
I'd love to have Jancis' life; she is highly intelligent, creative, and has an impact on Pern, without having the painful...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 14 2013, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,384
Re: Between times and places
Good ol' Marcus Brody sure can tell when those German fellas are in over their heads! Even if he did get lost in his own museum once.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 10 2013, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 50
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 2 2013, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 7,863
Re: Help Me!!! Please!!!
I love the various dragon details (necklace, belt-buckle, sleeves) on the storyteller. ^.^ The Dragonlady, indeed.
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Dec 20 2012, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 38,834
Re: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis
Because unless you are familiar with Narnia already, The Magician's Nephew makes very little sense. It really requires the audience to understand the concepts/character/places being discussed to be...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 27 2012, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 18,049
Re: Pern -- the grand plan?
It would make sense to keep a selection of efficient predator embryos in reserve in case they became needed to help manage prey populations in the future. They couldn't be sure how the native...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 16 2012, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,701
Re: Dragon "Beaks"
Seeing as the only references you listed to 'beak' are during hatching scenes, I would say it is describing an egg tooth as well. If someone can find 'beak' used in another context, I'd be interested...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 8 2012, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 11,099
Re: How can Mirrim be a weyr leader?
If you were Talina and there was this perfectly trained greenrider willing to take on headwoman/weyrwoman duties, wouldn't you take advantage of that resource? Especially if it helps keep the peace...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Aug 6 2012, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,352
Re: Healer Hall
It may also be that there are not a lot of healers around who have much experience with the particular types of injuries Menolly suffered, and so Oldive was the best suited to the examination and...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 15 2012, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 137
Views: 47,288
Re: 9th Pass Pern clothing
Does Pern even have silk? I wouldn't think silkworms would be a particularly important import, and they are very high maintenance. This may be addressed earlier in the thread - I haven't read it...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 11 2012, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,224
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 7 2012, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 14,419
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 4 2012, 12:47 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 9,996
Re: Pern measurements
The only source that I am aware of for the term 'dragonlength' is the DLG, which I do not currently have access to.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 31 2012, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,532
Re: Harper Hall Trilogy Question
I think the structure is not conducive to the attention span, though the material is certianly safe enough for his age. The books are simply not written in a way that a three-year-old is likely to...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 31 2012, 10:49 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 14,374
Re: ATWOP/DOP oddities
Regarding the trip to the past, I always assumed the young dragons and their new riders were ferried as passengers on adult dragons, in the same fashion that the support staff would have been. So I'd...
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
May 29 2012, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,424
Re: Valdemar campanon question
Discipline is a form of punishment when you are speaking of taking corrective action: "she was disciplined" means that she was punished but is specific to the nature of the punishment (correction and...
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
May 22 2012, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,424
Re: Valdemar campanon question
There aren't many examples of a Companion fighting prior to Choosing a Herald, so that would be harder to guess at. Given that all Companions except for the Grove Born are reincarnated Heralds, they...
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
May 21 2012, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,424
Re: Valdemar campanon question
This is addressed in at least one of the short-story compliations, I think, and on Misty's website. Companions are fully aware of their past, including their name as a human. They will either pick a...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 21 2012, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 10,049
Re: Quick Notes
That makes sense only fpr certain situations. If something is being taught to a large number of people (as in, every healer to be trained), it is not going to be lost. You lose things when a small...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 17 2012, 12:30 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 10,049
Re: Quick Notes
It isn't listed as instinctive, at least not on the Google Books scan. It's 'half-forgotten', which means Brekke was probably trained at some point, or else witnessed someone else performing...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 4 2012, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,007
Re: Could you fly a pterosaur?
The less implausible the possibility of a flying creature that humans can ride, maybe, but one of the important points in that blog post is the fact that pterosaurs themselves have very little body...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 2 2012, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 38,403
Re: What is the tithe rate?
Which are actually considered excessive and valued above tithe goods, according to the weyrleader gathering after F'nor's fight in DQ. So tithes are going to be fairly standard objects, perhaps on...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 1 2012, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 38,403
Re: What is the tithe rate?
Anyway, back to the tithe portion of the discussion:
So I can see weyrs readily receiving goats, cattle, sheep, werries, and even pigs as the meat portion of their tithes; most weyrs probably also...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 1 2012, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 38,403
Re: What is the tithe rate?
I agree, it's a fairly logical ratio of gold:bronze but not necessarily of the total population. Twenty viable queens and, say, 120-140 bronzes (who knows how many 'well over a hundred' should be),...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 30 2012, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 38,403
Re: What is the tithe rate?
It's generally accepted that you get better quality meat from free-range animals than from strictly penned animals, so probably a combination.
And I believe they are generally characterized as...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 30 2012, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 38,403
Re: What is the tithe rate?
I would assume that domesticated wherries have been wing-clipped to keep them from flying away, or they have become so heavy compared to their wild counterparts (from steady feeding) that their wings...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 30 2012, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 71
Views: 38,403
Re: What is the tithe rate?
Regarding wherries, from the appendix in Moreta:
So I'd say your sizing is good for those. :)
I've always felt that brownriders shouldn't be that uncommon as wingseconds, though perhaps...
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Forum: Science of Pern
Apr 30 2012, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,514
Re: Dragon Locomotion
Just because people haven't commented doesn't mean we aren't here. In my case, about all I would have said is 'hey, that's neat, I could see that working', but I have insufficient understanding of...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Apr 28 2012, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,144
Re: Second Pass MUSH - now open!
New ad:
Xanadu Town, while not exactly idyllic, has until now been a shining example of how riders and non-riders can live together peaceably. But the youngest goldrider's inability to control her...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 20 2012, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 38,403
Re: What is the tithe rate?
Keep in mind that not all holds will tithe cattle, or at least not just cattle, for their meat - they may offer sheep, goats, donkeys, pigs, horses, or poultry as a primary or secondary meat product...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 16 2012, 10:26 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 9,996
Re: Pern measurements
IIRC, the DLG lists a dragonlength as the average length of a green dragon. So the measure would depend on the time period and the conversion of length (meters vs feet vs something else entirely).
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 26 2012, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 17,079
Re: Hold, Hall & Weyr Symbols
Oldrider, you'll want to take a look at Almaron's map here (http://amcalmaron.deviantart.com/art/Pern-Map-Current-Stage-216164719). The discussion thread for this map, if you have...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 9 2012, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,712
Re: The Poplulation of Main Holds
I think it's mentioned in either Dragonsong or Dragonsinger that the Holds are closed up so securely during Threadfall for the psychological health of the residents, not for their physical protection...
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Jan 4 2012, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 18,614
Re: So...I wrote a book.
I just finished this on my way in to work today, and I must say I was totally enthralled through most of the book! I was pleasantly surprised by how well you worked in a number of story twists - if...
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Dec 28 2011, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 18,614
Re: So...I wrote a book.
Congratulations, Anareth!
You might try using Calibre (a free ebook conversion software) to convert the properly formatted PDF to an appropriate uploadable format to fix the justification issues...
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Forum: All the Rest
Dec 22 2011, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 50,988
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Forum: All the Rest
Dec 22 2011, 09:30 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 50,988
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Forum: Science of Pern
Dec 6 2011, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,225
Re: Eggs layed days apart, hatch together
In Dragonsdawn all of the viable eggs hatched over the course of about a day, though they had been engineered days or even weeks apart. This suggests that there are definite outside influnces on...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 17 2011, 09:27 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 21,671
Re: Sky Dragons
That's an odd title. Wonder who picked it, and what under the sun they were thinking.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 16 2011, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 40,726
Re: Real World Harper Songs
There is actually a really interesting article from circa 1920 that I found via Google Books about ways to help teach history using music. The author focuses on using a number of songs which, while...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 14 2011, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,261
Re: Pernese Calendar
Gathers are described in Dragonsinger as occuring (at least during a Pass) pretty much whenever a restday falls on a Thread-free day. How large these are depends on how many merchants are in the...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 8 2011, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,394
Re: Petiron
Most of what I took away from MHoP had to do with understanding the political situation in the time immediately prior to Dragonflight - a stronger grasp of what was happening throughout Pern during...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 8 2011, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 141
Views: 81,737
Re: Dragongirl
As a side note: There are not cat men in the Freedom series. The species name is Catteni, but they are in no way cat-like. They are very human-like with most differences being in coloration and...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Nov 4 2011, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 37,853
Re: After The Fall
I'm with Kath - there are other authors who can write phenomenal stories that are very much Pern.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 11 2011, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 6,602
Re: Writing and Records-Keeping
All it takes is losing the art of papermaking, and suddenly, a press is so much wood and metal that is far more valuable elsewhere. Anne makes it very clear that there is no paper between the Sixth...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 7 2011, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 6,602
Re: Writing and Records-Keeping
I believe this has to do with the lack of paper. A printing press is only really useful when you have paper to print on, and from what I gather, the ability to make paper was lost pretty early on -...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 7 2011, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 6,602
Re: Writing and Records-Keeping
In DF, there are mentions to both wax-covered somethings, which I am assuming are stone tablets, used for lessons and local messages, and hide used to store records and other data that needs to be...
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