Forum: Café Archives
Mar 1 2015, 03:16 PM
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Views: 5,259
Re: R.I.P T'khar Spock
A very sad day, indeed. Leonard Nimoy was a great inspiration to me with his portrail of Spock. And he was a wonderful actor with roles in many diverse movies and TV.
Of course there was the...
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Forum: The Library Café
Jan 22 2015, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 5,962
Views: 1,313,657
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Jan 20 2015, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,800
Re: TS&FL coming back - Where is AO3?
Thanks Spock & Ginny!
I'll get the next set of chapters posted soon.
& thanks for the referrence to Paul Harvey--he was such an awesome storyteller! It brings back so many memories:D
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Forum: Science of Pern
Jan 14 2015, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 21,784
Re: Thread, substance and other data
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If that is the case, then it is possible that fire lizards have the enzyme, also. But that dragons do not have the enzyme due to a side effect of the bioengineering.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 6 2015, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 247
Views: 64,056
Re: A little Pernese humor
Ah, I had to reread this for all the good memories.
And I was surprised that neither I nor anyone else had previously pointed out the irony of how BB sites dedicated to Pern are having our...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 6 2015, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 247
Views: 64,056
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Jan 5 2015, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,800
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Forum: Café Archives
Jan 5 2015, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 9,415
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Forum: Café Archives
Dec 29 2014, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 9,415
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Forum: Café Archives
Dec 29 2014, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 9,415
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Forum: The Library Café
Dec 24 2014, 03:10 AM
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Replies: 3,652
Views: 705,669
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Forum: The Library Café
Dec 23 2014, 05:17 AM
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Replies: 3,652
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Forum: The Library Café
Dec 23 2014, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 3,652
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Forum: Café Archives
Dec 23 2014, 04:18 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,148
Re: Pernese Stories
Heh! Like I said, not a fan of soaps. Some of those things have been around longer than I've been alive. It'd take another lifetime just to revamp them for Pern & briing them up to date.
However,...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Dec 22 2014, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,800
Re: TS&FL coming back - Where is AO3?
Heh!
Yeah, you can all thank (or blame :evil: ) Alpe for getting me back out here.
At least I was able to remember my PW for here. Still looking for the PW to NKT though.
So, yes, it's...
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Forum: Café Archives
Dec 22 2014, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,413
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Forum: Café Archives
Dec 22 2014, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,148
Re: Pernese Stories
I am NOT a fan of soaps (that would be my mom), but they do have some good titles that could easily be Pernified:
"As the Wherry Turns"
"The Guiding Glow"
"The Edge of Between"
"The...
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Forum: Café Archives
Dec 22 2014, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 60,470
Re: Good Bye, Anne
Beautiful pictures of the grave. Thanks, Kat.
Wow. It's only been 3yrs since she died. Seems like 5 or more:(
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Forum: Café Archives
Dec 22 2014, 07:31 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 9,415
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Oct 12 2013, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,368
Re: List of Pern's Volcanoes?
From what I recall from TWD, it certainly sounds like it should be west of Cove, since Piemur said that he had started out from Southern. Right now, I'm in Japan and not where I can look at the atlas...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 30 2013, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,368
Re: List of Pern's Volcanoes?
Piemur also mention seeing a volcano being born as he was traveling from Southern to the Cove. IIRC, in TWD, he pointed out the general location on the map found in the shuttle that was dug up at...
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Forum: Café Archives
Jun 7 2011, 02:42 PM
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Replies: 12
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Re: Zac's Gone
Love the tribute Granath. :good:
I did not know that Tim Choate had passed away as well. :( Zathras was one of my favourite characters on B5.[/QUOTE]Indeed! Mine, too.
RIP, Zach. Please pass...
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Forum: Café Archives
Jun 7 2011, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 14
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Re: Good Bye, Marshall
What Draco said!! :(
When Peter Graves died last year, I looked for any sign that he and James ever worked on the same project together but couldn't find one. Odd that when the CBS News reported...
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Forum: Café Archives
May 18 2011, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 10,121
Re: Turn on the news (death of Osama Bin Laden)
A local station affiliated with the Fox network did during their report. Their broadcast went viral on Youtube, but it was only seen by perhaps a few tens of thousands of people when it aired.
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Forum: Café Archives
May 2 2011, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 10,121
Re: Turn on the news
Great news indeed, although this means that only one of the heads of the hydra has been cut off.
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 21 2011, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 48,416
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 21 2011, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 48,416
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 21 2011, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 48,416
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jun 10 2010, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 49,533
Re: Dragon eggs and hatchling size
There was a study of bird body size (mass) vs egg size (mass) across hundreds of species that seemed to show a definite trend. This link only covers pages 750-765 of JSTOR...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
May 12 2010, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 15,661
Re: Can a HAD 'turn it off'?
Actually, in Renegades, Aramina did shut out the dragons' voices when the stress of trying to escape Thella got too great. A part of her psyche blamed the danger coming from Thella on her ability to...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Apr 7 2010, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 18,228
Re: Time travel
There wouldn't be an infinite number of Lessas jumping back 400Turns and in fact, there was only one period where she existed three times: The un-Impressed Lessa as a child, the accidental first...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 24 2010, 11:11 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,530
Re: Odd reading order
With all the Anne-sistancies (& even if one assumes the Todd-isms are attempts to fix some of those) in the series--it might very well be better to read them as standalone stories. They certainly are...
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Forum: Book Collector's Meeting Room
Mar 11 2010, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,742
Re: Wagnerian cover?
Yes. "Ruth" and "Jaxom" obviously are discussing green mating flights just before flying off to see Corona:rofl:
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 10 2010, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,548
Re: Who's Painting is This?
I've always been ketch reading, just not always responding;)
Whelan certainly knows dragons:evil: All his paintings for Anne pulls the reader into the stories like no other cover artist has done...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 9 2010, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,548
Re: Who's Painting is This?
I remember seeing the picture back then, that's why I recognized it was your work, but I forgot that you said you did from scratch:O & you're welcome--awesome job there!!
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 9 2010, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,548
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 9 2010, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,548
Re: Who's Painting is This?
spoiler list:Aside from the shape of Ruth's head and end of his tail changed to fit Anne's descriptions of the Enhanced Pernese natives, all the other dragons & their perches are gone, horizon is...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 8 2010, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,548
Re: Who's Painting is This?
That does indeed looks like Bronzie's ("Spaceman Spiff" here) redux of Whelan's AtWoP. I recently been to his Deviant Artists page & didn't see it there, but it might be in his photobucket account??
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Mar 1 2010, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 203
Views: 60,914
Re: thread: tasty snack or flaming nuiscence?
Here's another point to consider for responding to Tamara....Looking at your idea, there'd have to be some way of the whers to insure the entire clump fell into such a pouch. It's got merit to...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Feb 24 2010, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 9,148
Re: Pernese in the Old West
Novik did change something to the history of the Americas.
There was an oblique mention of Washington, and while nothing specific--the passage is about the same time where a Sioux rider & his...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 10 2010, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,573
Re: Names for each series?
There's also going to be Todd's Dragongirl to be coming out soon.
Chronologically, there's a bit of overlap in a number of chapters in several books that Todd did in the Third Pass. I'm given to...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jan 10 2010, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,321
Re: Brekke telepathic? [split topic]
I would be inclined to think it's likely to exist, if simply never touched upon or explored. When one considers how close Anne was with Marion Zimmer Bradley--they both wrote stories with strong...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 15 2009, 01:05 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,119
Re: Dragon mental abilities
The trauma from her adventures caused Aramina to actively block her telepathic abilities. Her own talent was perhaps on par with Lessa, if not exceeding the Weyrwoman's--but without the necessary...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Sep 14 2009, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,119
Re: Dragon mental abilities
He was able to hear Corana, but only during the heights of passion. Other times, Ruth said he couldn't (or, more likely he wouldn't?) hear her.
And Ruth did call for her when Jaxom was strongly...
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Forum: Science of Pern
Aug 11 2009, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 53,255
Re: Agenothree (HNO3, nitric acid)
Nitric acid (http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Nitric_acid) was known in the 8th Century. The earliest known method for production was written down by Jabir ibn Hayyan...
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Forum: Dragonriders of Pern
Jul 1 2009, 08:10 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 29,942
Re: Discussion about Various Book Covers
100% what you said! Especially that last bit. Personally, I feel that Whelan is closer to Anne's dragons than any published artist on the covers. Descriptive-wise, I think yours are closer than...
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Forum: Science of Pern
May 26 2009, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 17,015
Re: Energy in post 9th Pass Pern [split]
Costs are merely related to the effort to manufacture them.
Even in our era, as P'ter points out, the costs are actually sufficient to put off many folk from commiting to the expense of converting...
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Forum: Café Archives
May 14 2009, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,118
Re: Is it True
I affraid the Heisenberg uncertainty principle applies to the filming of Pern at this moment:erm:
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Forum: Café Archives
May 14 2009, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 10,684
Re: Math problem
Wait! You can't scream yet! We haven't applied the electric paddles to your chest!
**ZZZZZAAAAPPPP!!**
NOW, you can scream!:evil:
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Forum: Science of Pern
May 14 2009, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 17,015
Re: Energy in post 9th Pass Pern [split]
They would also have the plans for hydroelectric generators to copy from the dam mentioned in the early chapters of AtWoP. They would certainly be more efficient than the c.e. generators (batteries)...
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