OT: Anne McCaffrey's Pern

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Karen_AZ" :

]Pegasus is cool ]because it's a lead-in to the Rowan and "Ship Who" books, tech-wise.

YES. it took me forever to convince some people of that.

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I got the impression that she knew all along what the history of the planet was.

There is foreshadowing in the earlier books, and the universe seems remarkably consistant considering what she brought in over time. (The very last book (I think) ends at the beginning of the first book. The main unexplained difference is a slight maturing in her view of the political situation on the planent, IMO).

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Helen C" :

]Ok, you sci-fi reading beaders. Got a question for you. Read a series when ]I was a teenager. It was about Flux and Anchor. Ring any bells?

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My favorite SF book is Time Enough for Love by Heinlein. I've read it over and over. It is truly wonderful. Barbara Dream Master

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Whyever? The connection to the Rowan series is quite clear -- especially in "Pegasus in Flight," which turns out to be Reidinger's back-story. I'm not absolutely sure I follow the further connection to the Ship series -- maybe I need to go do some re-reading.

Celine

I've read it over and over. It is truly wonderful.<

Ooooooh. My fave is Stranger in a Strange Land. I love most of Heinlein's stuff, cut my teeth on the old Ace Doubles and "juvenile" stories like Rolling Stones. Over the years my politics would get my teeth on edge, but no matter how much he irritated me, he still told a good story. Mike is a huge fan, too, which won major points with me.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you. Obviously, I didn't research this very well. Figured it would be easier to ask you all.

Later,

Helen C

That was originally to be "Get Of the Unicorn" and the publisher accidently retitled it.

Dragons, telepathy, and a non-technological society are all staples of fantasy stories. It turns out later, of course, that both the dragons and the telepathy between dragons and riders result from genetic engineering before the technology was lost, and she drops the idea of Lessa having the ability to psychically influence other humans after the first book. But the first 4 or 5 books -- up until "The White Dragon" -- read like classic fantasy.

Celine

I started reading McCaffrey at the tender age of 14 and still regularly reread her novels - my particular favourites (apart from early Pern of course) are Restoree, Get Off the Unicorn and Ring of Fire. Her non-genre novels are great for any of you out there that haven't discovered them yet - Ring of Fire and Stitch in Snow are the best but Year of the Lucy is pretty good too, I'd avoid the Lady though I just couldn't get that one started no matter how many times I tried.

Re the SF or Fantasy debate, I was under the impression that when the books first started getting popular (waaaaay back in the mists of time) that Anne herself described them as 'Science Fantasy'? I always thought that was a great term for them.

Glad to see so many Pern fans here :)

Cat

been......forever! There were only, I think, two books out when I started.<

LOL you HAVE been away too long. I remember when White Dragon came out (I was a freshman in college). It's been a steady stream ever since then.

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