Subject: Welcome to alt.fan.pern (Semi-monthly posting) (Part 2 of 2)
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Contents of Part 1:

(Dates indicate last time the file corresponding to that section was modified)

1.  Introductory Material (25 Mar 96)
    1a.  About this newsgroup 
    1b.  Introduction to Pern 
    1c.  Appropriate subject matter 
    1d.  Spoiler ettiquette 
    1e.  Other newsgroups of interest 
    1f.  Common abbreviations 
    1g.  Fan Fiction 
    1h.  Anne McCaffrey on the net
    1i.  Just who is this Quirk joker anyway?
2.  Pern in Print (10 Apr 96)
    2a.  Book List (McCaffrey-written) 
    2b.  Suggested reading order 
    2c.  Chronological order of books/stories 
    2d.  Pern books on tape 
    2e.  Other Pern materials 
    2f.  Obtaining hard-to-find books

CONTENTS OF PART 2:
3.  Frequently Asked Questions about Pern (25 Mar 96)
    3a.  Pronunciation of various words/names 
    3b.  Rider behavior during Mating flights 
    3c.  Queen dragons and firestone 
    3d.  Where to dragons/firelizards deficate? 
    3e.  Who/What does Aramina hear in The Renegades of Pern? 
    3f.  What's this I hear about a Pern movie? 
    3g.  Is Rukbat (Pern's sun) a real star?
4.  On-line Simulations of Pern (12 Apr 96)
    4a.  Accessing Pern-type MU*s 
    4b.  (Insert your favorite MU* here) is down!!! 
    4c.  List of Pern-type MU*s
5.  "Real Life" Fan Organization and related info (5 Feb 96) 
6.  Non-Pern McCaffrey materials (22 Mar 96)
    6a.  Booklist 
    6b.  Booktapes

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                   3. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT PERN
                                       
   From time to time, the same questions come up as new people discover
   this newsgroup and pose the questions that have cropped up during
   their reading of the series.
   
   [I expect this section to grow considerably as time passes.
   Suggestions - and more importantly, documented answers - are welcome.
   -Quirk]
   
3a. Pronunciation of various words/names.

   [ This pronunciation guide is based on the audiotape of Anne McCaffrey
   reading an abridged version of _All the Weyrs of Pern_ and the
   editor's hearing/pronunciation prejudices. ]
   
   First off, let's get the big one out of the way: ;-)

     weyr    -   WEER       [This is hinted at in_Dragonflight_where it
                             is implied that 'Weyr' rhymes with 'adhere'.]

   Others of mild interest
   

     wher    -   (A cross between 'where' and 'whir')
     Piemur  -   PIE-mur    [Yes, first syllable is pronounced like that
                             filled pastry thing.]
     Sebell  -   SEE-bell
     Groghe  -   GROW-gee   [hard (e.g. Golf) g's in both cases.]
     F'lar   -   FLAHR      [No glottal stop that I could detect.]
     Ruth    -   ROOTH      [Y'know...like the 20's baseball player? ;-) ]
     Menolly -   MEN-oh-lee

   [There are, of course, more names on that tape, I'll add more names on
   request.]
   
3b. Rider behavior during Mating Flights.

   The behavior of the riders of mating dragons (and to a lesser extent
   firelizard 'owners') has generated considerable controversy in this
   newsgroup in the past. During one particularly vehement flamewar
   sparked by the topic, someone queried the Dragonlady, Anne McCaffrey,
   herself:
   

---[begin included text]---
From: slf@netcom.com (Sharon Fisher)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 92 18:26:59 GMT

Presumably this will settle the issue?

---
Date:  23-Sep-92 02:07 PDT
From:  Anne McCaffrey
Subj:  Pern question

Well, now, it's like this...when the dragons mate, their riders are so
consumed with their dragons' passions, that there's really only one way to
vent it:  enjoying the sexual act themselves.  The double whammy is
something incredible.  Since most green riders are male, and most blue,
brown and bronze riders are also male, the obvious need not be stated.
However, it is permissible within the Weyrs for the less-enthusiastic
about this pairing having an alternate of the opposite sex available.  The
green rider will also have someone of his preference available so that the
double charge is not lost...if you don't mind me being a tad bawdy.
Actually, many of the Candidates are weyrbred and accustomed to such
demands and think little of it.  It's the main bone of contention between
the hidebound Halls and Holds and the the Weyrs for the Halls and HOlds
don't really `like' such innovations.  Still, the rider is always
compelled by concern for his dragon and THAT consideration makes the
difference in such a sexual situation.  And it is ALSO an incredible
experience, one to be treasured.
And yes, there could be more female riders of green dragons to relieve
that dilemma but after the early Plagues, women were needed more as
mothers to increase the population (something men still haven't been able
to do on their own ) and flying constantly between is how to abort on
Pern.  (Queen dragons are not always as horny as the greens and as they
are low-level Thread fighters, their pregnant riders could generally
manage without constantly going *between* in the performance of their
duties.)  Anyway, I thought homos deserved a place in the elite social
structure on Pern.
---
Does that answer the question completely?  Or do you need  diagrams?
---[end included text]---

   Some people feel that Ms. McCaffrey wimped out in this declaration,
   but still, this is the best answer we have.
   
3c. Firestone and Queen Dragons

   It is stated about 1/3rd through _Dragonflight_ that Queen dragons do
   not chew firestone because it would render them sterile. (To support
   this contention, the example of the overly amorous green dragons and
   their lack of egg-laying activity was brought up.) This idea is
   reinforced throughout the later books - Except for _Dragonsdawn_ where
   it is implied that queen dragons had been designed by Kitti Ping Yung
   to be incapable of chewing stone. This could also lead one to conclude
   that green dragons had been engineered to be infertile.
   
   A popular theory (although certainly not the majority opinion) is that
   the 'firestone -> sterility' theory had formed over the turns to
   explain green infertility. Since no goldrider in her right mind would
   risk her queen to test this theory, it is self-consistent.
   
3d. Where do dragons/firelizards defecate?

   In a mostly joking response to this question at a convention in the
   distant past, Ms. McCaffrey stated that 'Dragons go *between*.' (i.e.
   take care of bodily functions while transiting *between*.) Although
   this has been perpetuated throughout fandom and has even found its way
   into the _Dragonlovers Guide to Pern_, it is still regarded by many as
   just a joke, since it blatantly violates the laws of Conservation of
   Mass/Energy -- as does the practice of dragons suiciding *between* if
   taken at face value. (Of course, much in the Pern universe doesn't
   hold up to scientific scrutiny. ;-)
   
3e. Who/What does Aramina 'hear' in _The Renegades of Pern_?

   Toward the end of _Renegades_ Aramina tells Lessa that asside from
   dragons and firelizards, she also hears something else; a 'sad'
   presence. This question is addressed in _The Dolphins of Pern_.
   
3f. What's this I hear about a Pern Movie?

   According to reports on Usenet and an interview held on Compuserve in
   November '94, Ms. McCaffrey has sold the movie rights to a Canadian
   producer to make a filmed version of _Dragonflight_ to be released
   through one of the major studios. She reportedly maintains complete
   creative control over the final product (i.e. script approval, etc.).
   Use of computer-generated effects along the same lines as those
   employed in _Jurassic Park_ is planned.
   
   Reported changes thusfar have Fax renamed to Raxol and have him living
   past the duel at Ruatha.
   
   There was also a project for an animated movie in the late 70s/early
   80s that fell through for various reasons. Apperantly one clip of
   trial footage was circulated at the time and has subsequently
   disappeared *between*...
   
   [September '95 update: Rumors are that Ms. McCaffrey is rather
   displeased with the scripts that have been thusfar submitted to her
   and may pull the plug on the project unless a more 'faithful'
   screenplay appears.]
   
3g. Is Rukbat (Pern's sun) a real star?

   In the introduction to the _Dragonriders of Pern_ books, Pern's Sun is
   identified as 'Rukbat'; a star in the constellation Saggitarius. Rick
   Hewett (rick@chocky.demon.co.uk) did a little research and came up
   with the following:

---
>From Sky Catalogue 2000.0 Vol. 1 (ed: Alan Hirshfeld & Roger W. Sinnot
>Pub: Cambridge University Press $ Sky Publishing Corporation
>ISBN 0-521-28913-0 pbk, 0-521-24710-1 hbd)
>
>Rukbat (alpha Sagittarius) HD 181869  SAO 229659
>
> R.A. 19 23 53.0
> Dec -40 36 58
>
> Visual magnitude         3.97
> Colour index (B-V)      -0.10  Somewhat on the blue side ...
> Absolute magnitude (Mv) -0.2
> Spectral class           B8 V  (Yes I do mean bee eight)
> distance in parsecs      36    (maximum estimated)
---

   To which, Peter Stewart (stewart@nutcake.bae.bellcore.com) adds the
   following commentary:

---
>And this, of course, is evidence of Yet Another McCaffrey Scientific
>Inaccuracy :)
>
>It is virtually impossible for a viable life-bearing world to evolve about
>a class B star. Such stars generally use up their supply of hydrogen very
>fast, usually within a billion years or so. If Earth could be used as a
>model of a typical world with carbon-based life, it would take far longer than
>that just to reach the point of single-celled organisms.
---

   Ted Ollier (tedo@kiowa.natinst.com) added:

---
>Not to nit-pick, but B-types only last about 300 million years. :)
>And they also put out a hellacious amount of UV radiation, so any
>single-celled organisms that manage to last that long probably live
>underground. *Far* underground. :)
---

   
     _________________________________________________________________

                        4. ON-LINE SIMULATIONS OF PERN
                                       
   Some people have gone to the extent of attempting to duplicate Pern
   with a multi-user program designed to allow people to assume the roles
   of dragonriders, harpers, holders, etc. While the most frequently
   discussed is PernMUSH (See the "'What is PernMUSH?' Mimi-FAQ'" for
   more details), it is by no means the only one.
   
   Just about all of the on-line Pern simulations are based on
   derivatives of a program called 'TinyMUD'. These programs (TinyMUSH,
   TinyMUSE, etc.) are collectively referred to as MU*s.
   
4a. Accessing Pern-type MU*s

   The quick way of doing it is to use the 'telnet' program to connect to
   the appropriate machine specifying the port listed - e.g. 'telnet '
   for most Unix systems. If the name doesn't work, try the numeric
   address. For more info, look at the rec.games.mud.* newsgroups.
   (rec.games.mud.tiny, rec.games.mud.misc and rec.games.mud.annoucne
   primarily.)
   
   Note: MU*s require access to the Internet. BBS systems with only
   email/Usenet cannot take part; at the very minimum, you must be able
   to use 'telnet'. Also, last I heard, America On-Line's proported
   "Internet access" does not include telnet access at this time. I have
   no information (nor do I especially wish to receive any) about the
   availability of telnet connections from any other online services.
   Readers who are curious about such things would be best served asking
   their specific tech-support people.
   
4b. (Insert your favorite MU* here) is down!!!

   Due to various factors (Murphy's Law, preventative maintanance, etc.),
   either the network link or the host machine may be non-functional from
   time to time.
   
   Because of propagation delays involved in Usenet posts, the odds are
   that any network/machine difficulty you encounter will probably be
   corrected by the time most people read your message. Unless the MU* in
   question has been unreachable for at least 24 hours, don't bother
   asking about it on Usenet.
   
4c. List of Pern-type MU*s

   [NOTE: This information is accurate so far as the author is aware. If
   there is a change, it won't be reflected here unless I'm informed of
   it; messages to alt.fan.pern or rec.games.mud.announce ought to be
   sufficient for these purposes. -Quirk]
   
     * Pern-themed MUSHs:
          + PernMUSH jhereg.mit.edu or 18.209.0.31) port 4201
            (Unofficial home page: http://www.loach.org/~pern/pern/)
            [Temporary site. May move again in the not-too-distant
            future.]
          + SouConMUSH (valencia.enmu.edu or 198.59.108.174) port 4201
            
     [These two are set during the start of the 10th pass and are
     considered to run in roughly parallel timelines.]
     
          + DragonDawnMUSH (cashew.enmu.edu or 198.59.108.170) port 2222
            
     [Set during the start of the second pass.]
     
          + ShardsMUSH (carver.cs.pvamu.edu or 129.207.30.2) port 7777
            (Home page: http://www.io.com/~fantasy/shards/index.html)
            
     [Set prior to the 7th pass.]
     
          + Belior Rising (brazil-nut.enmu.edu or 198.59.108.172) port
            4301
            (Home page: http://www.teleport.com/~voyager/br)
            
     [Set prior to the 10th pass in a 'damaged AIVAS' timeline.]
     
          + Jurassic Weyr MUSH (adamwest.ins.cwru.edu or 129.22.8.52)
            port 6250
            
     [Registration only - reported to be roughly parallel with SouCon and
     PernMUSH.]
     
          + DawnSisters (ayla.idyllmtn.com or 206.16.238.1) port 9944
            (Home page: http://www.idyllmtn.com/mush/dawnsisters/")
            
     [Registration only - set post-9th pass/ATWOP timeline.]
     
          + Desert Wings (fermi.carman.rhno.columbia.edu or
            128.59.241.11) port 4201
            
     [Set prior to the 11th pass; no-AIVAS timeline.]
     
          + DragonDreams (really.friend.ly.net or 205.216.98.5) port 8888
            
     [Set 4-500 turns post-AtWoP.]
     
          + Threadfall (mars.galstar.com or 204.251.80.4) port 7777
            
     [Reportedly set 3 turns prior to the 10th Pass; No-AIVAS timeline]
     
          + Honalee Weyr MUSH (jpd.ch.man.ac.uk or 130.88.12.119) port
            5555
            
     [Set during of the first long interval (near the 5th Pass) in/around
     a west continent (non-canon) Weyr.]
     
          + Ierne Island (mserv1.wizvax.net or 199.181.141.2) port 6000
            (home page: http://mserv1.wizvax.net:4250/ierne)
            
     [Registration-only, post-ATWOP/Dolphins, no-thread timeline]
     
          + DragonTrek MUSH (piglet.cc.utexas.edu or 128.83.108.3) port
            2801
            
     [Set during the 1st Long Interval (between 4th and 5th Passes); Ista
     Island.]
     
          + Otaku WeyrHold (Tinymush.otaku.org or 206.138.238.10) port
            6250
            
     [Set on the southern continent at the start of the 10th pass (no
     AIVAS timeline).]
     
     * MUSH with Pern areas:
        
          + TinyTIM (yay.tim.org or 155.37.1.251) port 5440
            (Home page: http://yay.tim.org/TIMhome.html)
          + High Pass Weyr on Living Fiction MUSH (purple.cow.net or
            204.96.52.10) port 8888
            (Home page http://lemmings.com:80/~highpass/)
            
     [Pre-10th pass 'Major events' Weyr in a 'non-functional AIVAS'
     timeline.]
        
            
     * Pern-themed MOOs
          + Harper's Tale manowar.astroarch.com or 204.157.166.82) port
            7007
            (Home page: http://www.astroarch.com/HT/)
            
     [Set about 20 turns prior to the 10th pass; no-AIVAS timeline.]
     
          + DragonsFireMOO (moo.eskimo.com or 204.122.16.31) port 7777
            
     [Set before the 11th pass.]
     
   
     _________________________________________________________________

   
     _________________________________________________________________
   
              5. "REAL LIFE" FAN ORGANIZATION AND RELATED INFO
                                       
   Randall Stukey (lensman@crl.com) has a small-scale ftp site for
   pern-related materials set up at:
   
   ftp://ftp.crl.com/users/le/lensman/
   
   Current contents are primarily related to (off-line) Pern fandom, but
   he has expressed willingness to broaden the scope.
   
   Submissions need to be arranged with Randall - there are currently no
   provisions for direct uploading. He also asks that there be no
   violations of copyright in materials submitted. Also, due to space
   constraints, large binary files (e.g. .GIFs) are not likely to be made
   available.
   
   He has also created a WWW page devoted to Pern fandom:
   
   http://www.crl.com/~lensman/pernfan.html
   
   In addtion, he maintains a WWW page covering general SF (not just
   Pern) fandom at:
   
   http://www.greyware.com/sfrt3/sflinks.htm
   
   ===
   Chris Croughton (chris@keris.demon.co.uk) maintains a mailserver which
   contains, among other things, a list of Fandom Weyrs.
   
   ---[Start note from Chris]---
   

                     MAILSERVER @ KERIS.DEMON.CO.UK

                            ABOUT THE SYSTEM

I have provided a number of files on this system for general
distribution.  For each of them I have had permission to distribute the
file; however, if you wish to distribute them further I would advise you
to seek explicit permission, unless stated otherwise in the file.

Please note that this system is running over a dial-up telephone line,
not a continuous connection.  This has two consequences:

(a)     There may be a delay between the time I receive the message and
        the time the system sends the requested files.  This could in
        extreme cases be several days, if the host system is down or
        very busy, or if I'm away and the system crashes.

(b)     I get the telephone bills!  This may make it necessary for me to
        restrict the transmission of large amounts of data.  In
        particular, large files (over 50 Kb) will sometimes be placed in
        a separate queue to be sent at weekends when the rates are lower
        - a line in the log message saying "File has been placed in
        queue" will indicate this.  Don't worry that the file hasn't
        arrived until a week or so has gone by.

Being my own private system, there will probably be times when it does
not work properly.  Please be patient with this, and if you have
problems send mail to postmaster@keris.demon.co.uk, as I may not be
aware of the problem.

If you can't get through to this system at all, please try one of my
other email addresses:

    chriscr@cix.compulink.co.uk
    100014.3217@compuserve.com

or on CompuServe, ID 100014,3217.



                       HOW TO USE THE MAILSERVER

The mailserver takes a message (ignoring the subject line, and the other
headers) and reads the body of the message as lines.  Each line must
start with a command word (a 'word' is any text surrounded by spaces or
tabs - multiple spaces or tabs are treated as a single space), or be
blank (no non-space characters on the line).

Commands supported by the mailserver:

HELP        gives the list of currently supported commands

DIR name    replies with a list of the available files, and descriptions

GET name    these three will reply with the file as a separate message
DOWN name   - they all do the same thing...
SEND name

END         use before your signature so my software doesn't get
            confused

REPLY address   sets a different address to reply to from the one in the
                message.  This is provided for people who receive EMAIL
                on a different machine from that on which they send it.
                If this facility is abused (i.e. I get complaints from
                people who receive files they didn't request) it will be
                withdrawn.

INDEX, LIST and LS do the same as DIR.

The name (for both DIR and GET) will be matched on the first characters
given, so doing DIR FILK would give you all the files starting with
FILK, for instance.

The mailserver will respond with a log message telling you what has
happened, and the output from the DIR and HELP commands etc.

Note that only one copy of any file will be sent in a session, so if you
request (say) FILK.PERN and PERN.FILK only one copy of each file will be
sent, even though the files appear under both names.  The message
"Duplicate file - not sent" will appear in the log file for each file
requested that has already been sent.

At the moment there is no binary mode (UUENCODED ZIP files, for
instance) supported - that will be in version 1.0, which I'll be
developing RSN...

(Note - version 1.0 has been threatened for a long time - currently it's
at version 0.20).

   ---[End note from Chris]---
   
   ===
   
   
   
     _________________________________________________________________

                        6. NON-PERN MCCAFFREY BOOKLIST
                                       
   As discussion of Ms. McCaffrey's other works occasionally crops up,
   the following non-Pern bibliography is provided for the curious and
   devoted McCaffrey fan:
   
6a. Booklist

   [Thanks to Chris G. Abbott (Chris@ruatha.demon.co.uk) for compiling
   the list and ISBNs where available. US Publisher data gathered during
   bookstore trips -Quirk.]
   
   _To Ride Pegasus_
          1973, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-33603-8
          1974, Sphere, ISBN 0-7221-5967-6
          
   _Pegasus In Flight_
          1990, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-36897-5
          1991, Corgi, ISBN 0-552-13728-6
          
   _The Rowan_
          1990, Ace, ISBN 0-441-73576-2
          1990, Corgi, ISBN 0-552-13763-4
          
   _Damia_
          1992, Ace, ISBN 0-441-13556-0
          1992, Corgi, ISBN 0-552-13764-2
          
   _Damia's Children_
          1993, Ace, ISBN 0-441-00007-X
          1992, Corgi, ISBN 0-552-13912-2
          
   _Lyon's Pride_
          1995, Ace, ISBN 0-441-00141-6
          [UK data?]
          
   _The Ship Who Sang_
          1970, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-33431-0
          1971, Corgi, ISBN 0-552-10163-X
          
   _Partner Ship_ (Co-Author: Margaret Ball)
          1992, Baen, ISBN 0-671-72109-7
          
   _The Ship Who Searched_ (Co-Author: Mercedes Lackey)
          1992, Baen, ISBN 0-671-72129-1
          
   _The Ship Who Won_
          1994, Baen, ISBN 0-671-87657-0
          
   _The City Who Fought_
          1994, Baen, ISBN 0-671-87599-X
          
   _Dinosaur Planet_
          1978, Del Rey, ISBN 1-345-31995-8
          1978, Orbit, ISBN 1-85723-090-6
          
   _Dinosaur Planet Survivors_ (UK title: _Survivors (Dinosaur Planet
          II)_
          1984, Del Rey, ISBN 1-345-27246-3
          1984, Orbit, ISBN 1-85723-089-2
          
   _The Planet Pirates_ (Trade P-back)
          1993, Baen, ISBN 0-671-72187-9
          [Consisting of:]
          
   _Sassinak_ (Co-Author: Elizabeth Moon)
          1990, Baen, ISBN 0-671-39936-X
          1990, Orbit, ISBN 1-85723-092-2
          
   _The Death of Sleep_ (Co-Author: Jody Lynn Nye)
          1990, Baen, ISBN 0-671-69884-2
          1990, Orbit, ISBN 1-85723-005-1
          
   _Generation Warriors_ (Co-Author: Elizabeth Moon)
          1991, Baen, ISBN 0-671-72041-4
          1991, Orbit, ISBN 1-85723-033-7
          
   _Decision at Doona_
          1969, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-24416-8
          1970, Corgi, ISBN 0-552-08661-4
          
   _Crisis on Doona_ (Co-Author: Jody Lynn Nye)
          1992, Ace, ISBN 0-441-23194-2
          
   _Treaty at Doona_ (Co-Author: Jody Lynn Nye)
          1994, Ace, ISBN 0-441-00089-4
          
   (UK title: _Treaty Planet_)
          1994, Orbit, ISBN 1-85723-184-8
          
   _The Crystal Singer_
          1982, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-32786-1
          1982, Corgi, ISBN 0-552-12097-9
          
   _Killashandra_
          1986, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-31600-2
          1985, Corgi, ISBN 0-552-12556-3
          
   _Crystal Line_
          1992, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-38491-1
          
   _Powers That Be_ (all _Powers..._ books co-written by Elizabeth Ann
          Scarborough)
          1993, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-37889-1
          1993, Corgi, ISBN 0-552-14098-8
          
   _Power Lines_
          1994, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-38780-5
          
   _Power Play_ (hardcover)
          1995, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-38826-7
          
   _Freedom's Landing_ (hardcover)
          1995, Ace/Putnam, ISBN 0-399-14062-X
          
          [Non-connected (to my knowledge) individual novels]
          
   _Restoree_
          1967, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-35187-8
          1967, Corgi, ISBN 0-552-08344-5
          
   _The Coeleura_
          1983, TOR, ISBN 0-812-50297-3
          
   _An Exchange of gifts_
          ISBN 1-880448-48-3 (Wildside Press) or 0-431-45520-7 (ROC)
          [I have no additional information on this book except that it
          appears to have been an Alternate Selection from the Science
          Fiction Book Club at one time.]
          
   _The Lady_
          1987, Ballantine, ISBN 0-345-35674-8
          [Alternate title: _The Carradine Touch_ or something along
          those lines.] Non-Science Fiction, Horse Book.
          
          [Short Fiction collections]
          
   _Get off the Unicorn_
          1977, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-27464-4
          1979, Corgi, ISBN 0-552-10965-7
          Fourteen Wonderful Stories, including the "The Smallest
          Dragonboy", but the other 13 are non-Pern.
          
   _Alchemy & Academe_
          1980, Del Rey, ISBN 0-345-34419-7
          A Collection of Original Stories Concerning Themselves with
          Transmutations, Mental and Elemental, Alchemical and Academic.
          Selected By Anne McCaffrey
          
   _The Girl Who Heard Dragons_
          1994, TOR, ISBN 0-812-51099-2
          (non-Pern short ficiton except for title story.)
          
          Other Anne McCaffrey books found in a list in a US publication
          
   _Mark of Merlin_ (Not Sci-Fi)
          Dell, 1971
          
   _Ring of Fear_ (Horse/Romance)
          Ace, 1977 (original copyright from Dell, 1971)
          
   _Kilternan Legacy_ (Not Sci-Fi)
          (Above three reported as printed in the US as a single
          paperback volume entitled _Three Women_: TOR, 1990, ISBN
          0-812-50587-5
          Clothbound/Trade-paperback editions from Underwood-Miller
          [1990] entitled _Three Gothic Novels_ exist: ISBN 0-88733-065-7
          (cloth)/ 0-88733-126-2 (t-p'back)
          
   _Out of this World Cookbook_
          Original edition: Ballentine, 1973, ISBN 0-345-23413-8
          Current release: Wildside Press, 1991, ISBN 1-990448-13-0
          (Obviously, a cookbook. Edited by McCaffrey with contributions
          from assorted SF writers.)
          
   _Stitch in Snow_ (Not Sci-Fi)
          TOR, 1984, ISBN 0-812-93753-9
          
   _The Year of the Lucy_ (Not Sci-Fi)
          TOR, 1986, ISBN 0-812-58565-8
          
   [Any of you who can provide missing data are more than welcome to send
   it to me for inclusion in the list. -Quirk]
   
6b. Booktapes

   Audio adaptation data courtessy of MIRRIM@delphi.com. Any confusion
   may be blamed on the bookstore whose database she searched, or the
   editor of this doccument. Publisher code in brackets; contact data
   follows listing.
   
   _Crisis on Doona_ and _Treaty Planet_/_Treaty on Doona_
          (Combo - Abridged) 0-7871-0239-3 [1]
          
   _Crystal Singer_
          (No additional data) 1-55800-346-0 [1]
          (Abridged) 0-7871-0024-2 [1]
          (Signed copy?) 0681839333
          
   _Killashandra_
          (No additional data) 1-55800-350-9 [1]
          (Abridged - Performer: Adrienne Barbeau) 0-7871-0398-5 [1]
          
   _Crystal Line_
          (No additional data) 1-55800-732-6 [1]
          (Abridged) 0-7871-0074-9 [1]
          
   _To Ride Pegasus_ and _Pegasus in Flight_
          (combo - no additional data) 1-55800-474-2 [1]
          
   _The Rowan_
          (No additional data) 0930435680
          
   _Damia_
          (No additional data) 0930435885
          
   _Damia's Children_
          (No additional data) 1-56100-494-4 [2]
          
   _Lyon's Pride_
          (Unabridged?) 1-56100-550-9 [2]
          (Abridged) 1-56100-358-1 [2]
          
   _Partnership_ series
          (No additional data) 1-55800-923-X [1]
          
   _The Ship Who Won_
          (Abridged - Performer: Constance Towers) 0-7871-0237-7 [1]
          
   _Planet Pirate_ Series
          (No additional data) 0-7871-0398-5 [1]
          
   _The Powers That Be_
          (No additional data) 1-55800-855-1 [1]
          
   Science Fiction boxed set
          (Abridged - Performer: Adrienne Barbeau) 0-7871-0186-9 [1]
          Above includes _Crystal Singer_
          
   A Dragonlovers Treasury of the Fantastic
          (Abridged - Performers: John Cygan & Glynnis Talken)
          1-57042-136-6 [3]
          Above includes "Weyr Search"
          
   Publishers:
   
    1. Dove Audio
       301 N. Canon Drive
       Beverly Hills, Ca. 90210
       1-800-328-DOVE
       
    2. Brilliance Corp.
       1810-B Industrial Drive
       P.O.Box 887
       Grand Haven, Michigan 49417
       1-800-222-3225
       
    3. Time Warner Audio
       9229 Sunset Blvd.
       Los Angeles, CA 90069
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Capt. Gym Z. Quirk     (Known to some as Taki Kogoma)     quirk@unm.edu
     Just an article detector on the Information Supercollider.
                KC2:  Boursy++++ Grubor(?) Fomin+
