I skimmed the novels quickly before sitting down to write this. Menolly was actually there when Mirrim Impressed. I forget WHY she was at Benden Weyr, but Piemur was with her. This was during Dragondrums, so Menolly would have been a journeyman, I think.
I know there's another female green rider in a later novel, but I never read it. And there are plenty in Dragonseye. There were also a lot more female harpers, healers, and whatever else. I think it's reflective of when McCaffrey wrote the novels. Her heroines from the 60s and 70s tended to be more virginal (or emphatically monogamous, at any rate) and happy with their more traditional roles in Pernese society. Her heroines from the 80s and 90s had lots of good sex, and were just generally more assertive. (Moreta was probably my favorite. *g*)
Anyway. I'm SO glad that you enjoyed this story! Thank so much for commenting!
I actually don't know much about Pern fandom on-line. I got an account at the Meeting of Minds forum last month, since I had questions and couldn't find answers in the books. I know there are dozens of RPGs floating around.
I know, and I can't remember why she was there, either. This was the same Hatching that Jaxom Impressed Ruth, so Mirrim's Impression's in Dragondrums and Dragonflight, too.
I actually don't know much about Pern fandom on-line.
Fort Weyr has been around since the early 80s (at least), before the computer was such a big piece of our lives. When it started, we had to snail mail our stories to the editor who then put them together in a 'zine and mailed them to all the members. We still get a print copy of the 'zine, although now people send the editor their stories via email or whatever.
Fort Weyr also has a campout every summer, some of which I've attended, but not recently. My character is a Harper.
This was the same Hatching that Jaxom Impressed Ruth, so Mirrim's Impression's in Dragondrums and Dragonflight, too.
No, Jaxom Impressed Ruth a couple of years earlier - though I think Menolly was there for that too. Oh, yes. Jaxom Impressed Ruth and they tried to get Brekke re-Impressed at the same Hatching. And yes, Menolly was there. Mirrim Impressed Path when F'lesssan Impressed Golanth. It's confusing. So many of the books overlap. *g*
I was twelve when I first got into Pern, and I was even't aware of fandom, on-line or otherwise. I used to write self-insert stories where I Impressed a golden dragon. :P They were pretty cheesy.
That's so awesome that Fort Weyr is still active. It sounds like fun.
Mirrim's and F'lessan's Impressions are in Dragondrums and also a short story (entitled, I believe, "Impression") in Dragonlover's Guide to Pern (probably the most worthwhile thing about that book, actually). Menolly was there, I believe, because she and Sebell were considered important enough Harpers by then to be invited (Piemur was there because he happened to be with Menolly and Sebell at the time).
Jaxom's Impression is in Dragonsinger and Dragonquest; Menolly was there because that was when she first got picked up when she was out holdless in Threadfall and got picked up and taken to Benden Weyr and Robinton discovered her at the Hatching feast.
I know there's another female green rider in a later novel, but I never read it. I believe you're thinking of Tai, green Zaranth's rider, from Skies of Pern. She's pretty cool. And there is definite indication in Skies that female green riders have become reasonably common.
I think it's reflective of when McCaffrey wrote the novels. Her heroines from the 60s and 70s tended to be more virginal (or emphatically monogamous, at any rate) and happy with their more traditional roles in Pernese society. Her heroines from the 80s and 90s had lots of good sex, and were just generally more assertive. (Moreta was probably my favorite. *g*) Heh, I never really thought of that, but it does make sense. That makes me a /little/ less annoyed with the virgin/whore dichotomy, which I tend to notice a lot because I'm most interested in the earlier novels.
I never read Skies of Pern. I looked at the back cover when it first came out and thought it sounded silly (plus All the Weyrs of Pern seemed a fitting end to the series) so I never picked it up. Is it any good?
I read the novels in the wrong order. *g* I started with Dragonsdawn, then read Moreta, then Dragonflight and the rest of the 9th Pass books. As a result, when I was new to the fandom, I was drawn more to heroines like Sorka, Sallah, and Moreta. The feudalism in DF and the rest really threw me. Now I really wish I'd read the books in order of publication. I think I'd have appreciated them more.
Heh, actually I read the novels all out of order too. I started with the first two Harper Hall books, and then I think I found a copy of The White Dragon, and then maybe Dragonsdawn, and then ... I don't even remember, it was all over the map. Mostly because I get a most of my books from a used bookstore, so I just picked up whatever I could find. Dragonflight was one of the last ones I found, which was rather bizarre, with some interesting moments of "oh, so that's what they were referring to". But I've always liked fantasy better than sci-fi, so even if the feudalism stuff was unexpected, I liked it better than all the technological stuff later on.
I like Skies of Pern a lot. Although Tai is a bit more in line with the earlier heroines.
I know there's another female green rider in a later novel, but I never read it. And there are plenty in Dragonseye. There were also a lot more female harpers, healers, and whatever else. I think it's reflective of when McCaffrey wrote the novels. Her heroines from the 60s and 70s tended to be more virginal (or emphatically monogamous, at any rate) and happy with their more traditional roles in Pernese society. Her heroines from the 80s and 90s had lots of good sex, and were just generally more assertive. (Moreta was probably my favorite. *g*)
Anyway. I'm SO glad that you enjoyed this story! Thank so much for commenting!
I actually don't know much about Pern fandom on-line. I got an account at the Meeting of Minds forum last month, since I had questions and couldn't find answers in the books. I know there are dozens of RPGs floating around.
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I know, and I can't remember why she was there, either. This was the same Hatching that Jaxom Impressed Ruth, so Mirrim's Impression's in Dragondrums and Dragonflight, too.
I actually don't know much about Pern fandom on-line.
Fort Weyr has been around since the early 80s (at least), before the computer was such a big piece of our lives. When it started, we had to snail mail our stories to the editor who then put them together in a 'zine and mailed them to all the members. We still get a print copy of the 'zine, although now people send the editor their stories via email or whatever.
Fort Weyr also has a campout every summer, some of which I've attended, but not recently. My character is a Harper.
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No, Jaxom Impressed Ruth a couple of years earlier - though I think Menolly was there for that too. Oh, yes. Jaxom Impressed Ruth and they tried to get Brekke re-Impressed at the same Hatching. And yes, Menolly was there. Mirrim Impressed Path when F'lesssan Impressed Golanth. It's confusing. So many of the books overlap. *g*
I was twelve when I first got into Pern, and I was even't aware of fandom, on-line or otherwise. I used to write self-insert stories where I Impressed a golden dragon. :P They were pretty cheesy.
That's so awesome that Fort Weyr is still active. It sounds like fun.
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Jaxom's Impression is in Dragonsinger and Dragonquest; Menolly was there because that was when she first got picked up when she was out holdless in Threadfall and got picked up and taken to Benden Weyr and Robinton discovered her at the Hatching feast.
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I think it's reflective of when McCaffrey wrote the novels. Her heroines from the 60s and 70s tended to be more virginal (or emphatically monogamous, at any rate) and happy with their more traditional roles in Pernese society. Her heroines from the 80s and 90s had lots of good sex, and were just generally more assertive. (Moreta was probably my favorite. *g*) Heh, I never really thought of that, but it does make sense. That makes me a /little/ less annoyed with the virgin/whore dichotomy, which I tend to notice a lot because I'm most interested in the earlier novels.
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I read the novels in the wrong order. *g* I started with Dragonsdawn, then read Moreta, then Dragonflight and the rest of the 9th Pass books. As a result, when I was new to the fandom, I was drawn more to heroines like Sorka, Sallah, and Moreta. The feudalism in DF and the rest really threw me. Now I really wish I'd read the books in order of publication. I think I'd have appreciated them more.
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I like Skies of Pern a lot. Although Tai is a bit more in line with the earlier heroines.
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