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Всадники Перна. МатериалыThe Dragonlovers guide to pern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AcknowledgmentsMy sincere thanks and appreciation to all the following people for their many contributions: Marilyn and Harry Alm of Ista Weyr, New Orleans, for their kind help and awe-inspiring mathematics; to Dr. Jack Cohen; to Ed at the Adler Planetarium; Derval Diamond for inspiration; Robin Wood and her lovely portraiture; Sarah “Sis” Brooks for wonderful meals and information on weaving and wholistic healing; Jay Katz, who helped to make the guide possible; Todd Hamilton and Jim Clouse for extraordinary artwork; Lila and Cassandra for walking on the computer keys; Barbara Young, editrix; Chris Power for responding to an emergency cry for spinning wheel data; Terri Beckett and my mother for supportiveness; Julia Ecklar for setting Anne's words to music so beautifully; Todd and Gigi Johnson; and Anne McCaffrey (of course!), for whose patience, kindness, and encouragement I am forever grateful. IntroductionIn the fall of 1987, Bill Fawcett, Todd Hamilton, Todd Johnson, and I spent ten days in Ann McCaffrey's living room in Dragonhold in Ireland , asking questions - an, in Todd Hamilton's case, making sketches under her direction. There was so much to learn. Pern is richly textured and convincingly three-dimensional. While I was finishing up the last touches on this guide to Pern, I was temped to add to it. There was so much more I could have included. In the end, I decided to leave it as it is. I can't say enough in the space of one book about the heroic men and women who unite against the common menace of Thread; or dragons, the gentle giant of Pern; or fire lizards, the Pernese answers to kittens. Anne McCaffey's wonderful books, the same ones that drew me to her word, will have to fill you in further on thee things I could only touch on. This is a companion volume to her work, intended to help you visualize the setting and background for her chronicles. Todd an Jim louse have contributed over a hundred pieces of art, and Todd Johnson, Anne's son and pilot, has included a well-researched, definitive article on the Fighting Wings. Just what kind of a place is Pern? It is a world where you can make of a dragon an intelligent, endlessly sympathetic friend who will share your every thought and hope, and on whose back you can really fly. It is a place where technology has lot its toehold and pollution never existed. To be sure, it suffers a terrifying menace in Thread, but between incursions, Pern is still a word for explorers. he frontiers haven't yet all been crossed. An the coffee there tastes as good it smells. It's almost too good to be true. Jody Lynn Nye ContensIntroductionI. OverviewII. Fit for Human HabitationThe EEC Exploration Colonial Landing, the Ships and Commanders Native Flora, Native Fauna Dragonets Imported Flora The First Imported Fauna Adaptations Stakeholds III. The Red StarThread! Defense Appearance and Behavior of Thread IV. From Dragonets to DragonsUntapped Potential Mentasynth Five Toes from Three Dragons The First Hatching The First Weyrs Between Mating Watch-whers Ruth V. WeyrlingsThe Impression — A Short Story The Care and Feeding of a Young Dragon VI. Training and Fighting Dragons by Todd JohnsonWeyrling Training The Fighting Wings Wing and Flights Threadfighting Tactics Shoulder Knots VII. Threadfall ChartsVIII. Fort, the First HoldThe Move North Fort Hold Holdcrafts Harpercraft Healercraft Fort Weyr IX.Benden, the Second WeyrBenden Weyr Benden Hold Benden Wine X. Holds, Crafthalls, and WeyrsIntroduction Hold Structure Craft Structure Means of Exchange High Reaches Hold High Reaches Weyr Balen Hold Tillek Hold Fishercrafthall Nabol Hold Ruatha Hold Southern Boll Hold Weavercrafthall Crom Hold Minecrafthall Greenfields Hold Telgar Hold Smithcrafthall Starcraft Telgar Weyr South Telgar Hold Ista Hold Ista Weyr Igen Hold Tannercrafthall Igen Weyr Big Bay (Igen Sea Hold) Katz Field Hold Keroon Hold Beastcrafthall Lemos Hold Woodcrafthall Bitra Hold Greystones Hold Nerat Hold Farmcrafthall Half Circle Sea Hold Southern Hold Southern Weyr Cove Hold The Ancient Timers' Plateau (Landing) XI. Pronunciation Guide to Names on PernSources | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World of Pern © is copyright Anne McCaffrey 1967, 2001. The Dragonriders of Pern ® is a registered trademark. |
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