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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
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Subject: Re: McCaffrey's Pern series
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Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 07:04:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 29 07:04:28 1986
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In article <647@decwrl.DEC.COM> boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) writes:
>> 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.

Well, I think it's obvious she *intend(ed/s)* to write another.  I suspect
she's having a hard time actually doing it.  Further sequels would be
hard to write and even harder to do well.  If one does come out, I will
hope for the best but expect the worst.

Frank Adams                           ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
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