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From: warren@pluto.UUCP (Warren Burstein)
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Subject: Re: more sexual stuff
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Date: Sun, 19-Jan-86 19:35:31 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 19 19:35:31 1986
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Summary: sex on Pern

> Hmmm... I'll have to read [the Dragon Riders of Pern] books again.  
> I didn't at all catch the
> implication that when dragons mated, the 'riders did also.  Was I
> exceedingly obtuse both times I read the books, or did others also
> not make this connection/assumption?
>  - Joel ({allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster)

There doesn't seem to be any mention of the sexual habits of green and
blue riders in either of the trilogies, but there is a gay couple in
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern -  blue Rogeth's K'lon and green Granth's
A'murry.  Sh'gall, the Fort Weyrleader disproves: "Fully male and
hold-bred, Sh'gall had never developed any compassion or understanding
of the green and blue riders and their associations. (p71)

I don't know if all green riders were homosexual or bisexual.  Maybe
there was some way to keep a green dragon from going into heat.  I
imagine any brown or blue rider who wanted to avoid the problem could
manage to keep his dragon on the ground or out of town when a green
flew.

What I find more interesting is in Dragondrums where Menolly and Sebell
find themselves caught up in their fire lizards's mating.  They were
among the first to have fire lizards so theirs may have been the first
to mature.  I guess Pern was never the same.

I don't know if Anne McCaffrey really considered all this when she
created Pern.  If anyone has heard any comments of hers on this topic,
I'd like to hear them.

While mentioning Moreta, has anyone in this group commented on the
fact that the Ballad of Moreta's Ride that is sung in Dragonsinger
(p119) has Moreta, dying of the disease, flying @i(between) with
Orlith, while in the book Moreta and Leri's Holth are lost
@i(between)?