Anne McCaffrey project
Denise Nelson
My name is Denise and I've lurked on this list for a few months, but
I've never posted, but I've a question to ask.
I'm attending Clemson University and to fulfill one of my humanities
requirements I decided to take a science fiction literature class. One
of the projects we have to do is write a web site on a science fiction
author. Mostly we just list the books/stories, etc. that the author has
done, but the professor also wants us to "add something" to the online
knowledge available on this author or her works.
So my question is: Is there anything that you would like to see on a
website about Anne McCaffrey that is not currently available on the web?
Thanks for any suggestions!
:Denise Nelson
den...@clemson.edu
Francois Labarbarie
>website about Anne McCaffrey that is not currently available on the web?
If you could do a part about her environement, it would be great! I always
wondered where she lived, where her inspiration comes from (don't tell me
"Her brain" please!). In other words, I think you could discribe her story
from the time she left USA after her divorce, and talk about her home in
Irlande where she began to write, etc. Of course, it requires an inquiry,
and information from Anne herself. But at least you have an official reason
to do so, and above all, time! :)
Francois
Sariel
>website about Anne McCaffrey that is not currently available on the web?
Hi Denise!
The only thing I can think of at the moment comes from someone else's recent
question about geneologies. The problem is most aren't known for more than
two generations (parents to child). Maybe you could chart the family tree
of F'lessan (with him I know you can go back a few generations on both
sides, using MoP mostly). Others that are complex enough (at least three
generations known) to be worth charting are:
Sean & Sorka's kids (see Dragonsdawn and maybe 2nd weyr)
Kimmer/Fusaiyuki from "Rescue Run"
Alessan & Nerilka's kids (see Nerilka's Story, of course)
Jaxom & Sharra's kids (see Renegades and DFlight)
Oooo! Another idea, since you said McCaffrey and not specifically Pern:
find all the appearances and psuedonyms for John Greene. If you don't know
what I'm talking about, here's the scoop: Anne's good friend John was
murdered in France, and ever since she's included someone of that name (in
some form) in her books, starting with Renegades. Of course this can be a
time intesive search... I'm sure many people in this ng could give you
various examples to get you started (myself included) if you're interested.
I've not found any non-Pern McCaffrey sites, besides book lists, so you
could do just about anything on her other books. I'd like to do a site on
this, and have actually gotten started, but I spend much more time on my
Pern site.
If you do want to see the bit I've done, go to
http://home.revealed.net/kwm/mccaffrey.htm
Hope some of this helps!
______________________________________
Sariel
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Graham Bird
Denise Nelson <den...@clemson.edu> wrote in article
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> So my question is: Is there anything that you would like to see on a
> website about Anne McCaffrey that is not currently available on the web?
I agree with Sariel's comments.
Whilst there are plenty of web sites devoted to or including material
relating to PERN there appears to be very little information concerning any
of AM's other works. I am just ReReReRe reading the Rowan / Hive series and
suggest that this might make excellent material for your project. Masses of
characters, locations, plots and subs that would give you ample scope for a
new web site.
Regards
Graham
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'Stitch in Snow'
'Year of the Lucy'
(Personally I *don't like them all that much, but they're also Anne
McCaffrey)
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>Whilst there are plenty of web sites devoted to or including material
>relating to PERN there appears to be very little information concerning any
>of AM's other works. I am just ReReReRe reading the Rowan / Hive series and
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Brett
want to make sound files. You can get the official pronuciations for names and
just type them in.
-Brett
"Thou art so...odd." (Cyan -ff6j)
Dave Whiteman wrote:
> In the dim and distant past on Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:46:53 -0500
> it was rumoured that Denise Nelson spake thus:
>
> >Hello all!
> >
> >My name is Denise and I've lurked on this list for a few months, but
> >I've never posted, but I've a question to ask.
> >
> >I'm attending Clemson University and to fulfill one of my humanities
> >requirements I decided to take a science fiction literature class. One
> >of the projects we have to do is write a web site on a science fiction
> >author. Mostly we just list the books/stories, etc. that the author has
> >done, but the professor also wants us to "add something" to the online
> >knowledge available on this author or her works.
> >
> >So my question is: Is there anything that you would like to see on a
> >website about Anne McCaffrey that is not currently available on the web?
> >
> >Thanks for any suggestions!
> >:Denise Nelson
> >den...@clemson.edu
>
> One thing I have just thought of is a pronunciation guide to all the major
> characters - as spoken by the Dragon Lady herself. It would have to be
> done with real audio. There are book-tapes out there read by her. You
> could use these or email Annie and ask her to it. One way would be to get
> her to make an audio tape and post the tape rather than her preparing the
> real audio files.
>
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Aaron D. Bradford
to pronounce the names of the holds.
Aaron
Brett wrote in message <36A118BC...@usa.net>...
Sariel
>But that listing doesn't have all of the names in it, nor does list the way
>to pronounce the names of the holds.
It does have Crom, Nabol, and Telgar.
I'd like to know how to pronounce Asgenar. I usually pronounce it as a
dyslexic--Ass-en-ger cause I think it sounds nicer that way.
Was anyone else surprised by Groghe as Grow-gee? It sounds silly! I take
the last e as silent.
DJV1125
sites listed on Yahoo, Lycos, MsWeb, Excite, AltaVista, and Snap. I find the
sites sadly lacking in artistic representations of the Pern novels. I cannot
believe that with the extraordinary number of fantasy artists out here (I,
myself am a Celtic artist), there are no paintings or drawings other than the
book covers on any of the sites. I do think the thirteen or fourteen books on
Pern hold a wealth of possibilities for fantasy paintings.I only wish I had the
talent to put down some of my imaginings of the scenes. but my talent lies in
geometric graphics, not illustrative work. Just doing landscapes alone would
be worthwhile. The dragonlovers guide to Pern is really the only book to do
justice to some of the ideas. Online, the images seem to be culled from D&D and
Dragonlance.
Karena Kliefoth
>I have recently discovered this newsgroup, and have thoroughly explored the Web
>sites listed on Yahoo, Lycos, MsWeb, Excite, AltaVista, and Snap. I find the
>sites sadly lacking in artistic representations of the Pern novels. I cannot
>believe that with the extraordinary number of fantasy artists out here (I,
>myself am a Celtic artist), there are no paintings or drawings other than the
>book covers on any of the sites.
Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but after what happened to Dee
Dreslough I'm very wary of putting any of my Pern related art on the
web. If you want to see original Pern art, then joining one of the
offline fanzine clubs is probably the way to go.
-Karena
Sariel
Karena Kliefoth wrote in message <36a6abe0...@news.concentric.net>...
>On 19 Jan 1999 04:55:15 GMT, djv...@aol.com (DJV1125) wrote:
>
>>I have recently discovered this newsgroup, and have thoroughly explored
the Web
>>sites listed on Yahoo, Lycos, MsWeb, Excite, AltaVista, and Snap. I find
the
>>sites sadly lacking in artistic representations of the Pern novels. I
cannot
>>believe that with the extraordinary number of fantasy artists out here (I,
>>myself am a Celtic artist), there are no paintings or drawings other than
the
>>book covers on any of the sites.
Check out Harper's Window at www.geocities.com/~hannova
And the DelRey site ran a contest that generated a number of beautiful
pictures at www.randomhouse.com/delrey/pern/artcontest.html
Others exist as well, if you dig for them, but most center on characters
from fanfic.
Lord Groghe
mebbie thats just my wierd sick brain again...
Lord Groghe (gro-g! GRO-G!!! hehehe)
>Sariel wrote in message <780uo0$5...@enews2.newsguy.com
PBojorquez
>Yah I always pronounce it "GRO-G" kinda like that, and piemur "Pee-mur" but
>mebbie thats just my wierd sick brain again...
>Lord Groghe (gro-g! GRO-G!!! hehehe)
>
>
i always pronounce it lord grow
and pu<pa>mur<as in the space station>
-philly-
Titania
> Dreslough I'm very wary of putting any of my Pern related art on the
> web.
May I ask what happened to Dee Dreslough? Or should I use my
imagination?
Sarah
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Creativity cures the chaos in the heart.
Sariel
>> Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but after what happened to Dee
>> Dreslough I'm very wary of putting any of my Pern related art on the
>> web.
>
>May I ask what happened to Dee Dreslough? Or should I use my
>imagination?
She's got an explanation at her website at
http://www.dreslough.com/dee/important.htm
More details can be found in the dejanews archives. In another post
recently I included links to the most relevent details, but I can't remember
what the subject of that post was in Re: to at the moment...