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From: ccrdave@ucdavis.UUCP (Lord Kahless @ Imperial Propoganda)
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Subject: Re: McCaffrey's Pern series
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Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 00:09:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 24 00:09:42 1986
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> > From:	umcp-cs!israel	(Bruce Israel)
>  
> > When do you think the next Dragonriders book should be coming out?
> > M,DLoP is (c) as long ago as 1983, and she obviously wrote The White
> > Dragon with the intention of making a sequel in which they explore
> > the terran artifacts, i.e. the space ships and the Dawn Stars.
> 
> That isn't so obvious to me, or in other words, I disagree.
> To me, part of the interest in the society as it progressed
> throughout the series was their rediscovery of technology.
> Once they found the ship, it seems all downhill from there.
> I would just as soon *not* see any post-WHITE DRAGON novels.
> 
> 	!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian
> ARPA:	boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.DEC.COM

I beg to differ.  While being stuck rediscovering the electric light
bulb would be as boring as the rediscovery of the telegraph was,
that would not be the only thing a third trilogy could cover.

Consider the following unresolved issues:

Who takes over when F'lar, who we left around age 60, finally retires.
What is the process?  Imagine the mighty struggle, between the proud
F'lessan and the courageous and determined K'van.  Imagine the revelation
of new Dragonlore.

Which Weyr will be the leader, Benden, home of the (eventually)
late F'lar, or Fort, site of leadership for centuries.

What do the Lord Holders do when the thread fall stops, especially
as the grubs have been seeded over the North to protect during the
next Fall.  Speaking of which, what happened to whatzisface, that
Weyerling who got kicked out of Benden for fighting?

What territorial conflicts will develop over the Southern continent,
especially when the thread fall stops.

What caused the first men to flee the south?  A single volcano?  That
seems odd.  Why not just move to some place on the same continent
that has fewer volcanos?   If they were so bright, why did they build
on an active volcano to begin with?  Maybe there is something in those
ships that set off the volcanos, something we are better off not finding.

Who will take over as Master Harper?  Menolly?  It would break tradition,
but she seemes the most worthy musically.  Sebell?  No where near as
good a musician or a composer.  How does Menolly feel about this?

Answers to these and other important human questions will be answered
by somebody with enough imagination.

			{dual,lll-crg,ucbvax}!ucdavis!vega!ccrdave
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