Dragonriders of Pern

I was thinking about RPGs and I've been on a binge of re-reading McCaffrey for the past couple of weeks, and I happened to recall the old PernMUSH system, precursor to PennMUSH. It would be more fun to do in SL, I think. Since Pern was a world with psychic powers, I think this could be a great way to use the biofeedback input I keep talking about. Longer description here .

Anyone else interested?

neko

Holy threads of Pern!! I was just thinking of this the other day, seriously! I was wondering how it could be done. That is very odd.

I'm not sure whether I like or dislike this idea - having not read the books involved - but be sure to forward this thread to Robin Sojourner (AKA Robin Wood).

http://www.robinwood.com/

Thanks, Jeffrey, I'll mention it to her the next time I see her, as we're friends both IRL and in SL. Yes, I have her book.

neko

By Faranth's Egg this sounds like a GREAT idea...I've often pondered (when dreaming about maybe owning a sim in the far off future) about creating a Pernese themed one.

This would be tons more awesome!

I think I own every dragonrider book she ever wrote including that big coffee table one LOL!

A while back I imed neko in game just to say that I'd started a group for lovers of Pern, called, interestingly enough "Dragonriders of Pern." If anyone is interested in joining, let me know. I'll be glad to send you an invite. It would be a fast way of letting other Pern fans know if you were up to an interesting Pernese project or what have you. Any Pern-related spam would be more than welcome. LOL

Sounds good to me..... 'cept the threat of thread

I once dreamed of makeing the world of Pern into a game. I emailed McCaffery, or rather her son, that deals with the technical comming with the series.

The reply was a simple No, you cant do it. ;.;

I was sad .

It may have been because the rights had already been sold. There was a (authorized, I presume) "Dragonriders of Pern" game for the C64, way back when. (Early '80s, I guess.) It was fairly simple, as I recall. Nothing like what would be possible today.

However, I'm given to understand that leaving the word "Pern" out of it and slightly modifying a few other details would avoid the problems of copyright infringement here, and avoid problems with licensing for the McCaffreys if they *are* able to consider offers in the future. I'm not interested in taking money out of their pockets, I just wanna be a Harper and have a fire lizard and look up to see dragons in the sky.

neko

Yeah, bad things happen when you use the name Pern, yestheydo..

I'm actually worried the idea about Pern *anything* being created. Anyone who knows anything about McCaffrey knows that she sends her lawyers after anyone who creates any fanworks of any kind. *shudders*

Sounds very intriguing