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- From: pyuaq@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr G S Sutherland)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.pern
- Subject: Re: Questions of Internal Consistency
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 20:34:50 -0000
- Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
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- In article <C17tux.MBG@newcastle.ac.uk> Mark.OLeary@newcastle.ac.uk (M.D. O'Leary) writes:
-
- + However, think about this: Lessa's fixation on revenge makes her
- + 'distasteful' to Ramoth's young mind, so L fails to impress. She returns to
- + Ruatha, sets the hold to rights, and then is driven on to use her 'push'
- + ability to dominate the Lord Holders, who traditionally resist a female with
- + power... Of course, the weyrs dont get summoned, and Pern gets largely
- + devastated by thread...
-
- Erm Raphe, without Lessa to go back in time to the end of the Eighth Pass,
- the Weyrs would have stayed put. If this was the case, then their descendents
- would have been in the other Weyrs of Pern at the time of the Ninth Pass.
- Thus, we would not have Pern being devastated by Thread.
-
- However, saying that, with they other Weyrs in place, Fax would have been
- unable to rise to power as he did. Thus Lessa would have not been an orphan
- in hiding, but one of the Ladies of her Hold. In fact, she would possibly
- never have Impressed...
-
- +> Third, fire lizards are supposed to be capable of living for thou-
- +> sands of years, right? Well, how come--Oh, guess I'd better mark
- +> this as a spoiler for those who haven't read ALL THE WEYRS OF PERN
- +> yet.
- +
- + No: just as long as their owner when impressed. No comment is made as to
- + lifespan of wild FLs, Their 'group mind' retains memory for thousands of
- + years, but that is extra-corporeal intellect, not long lifespanned
- + individuals... But, then again, we hear of nothing that preys on adult FLs..
- + Maybe they just get careless eventually, and mis-visualise a between jump.
- + That way, having a 'share' in a human mind (by impression) would explain how
- + they manage to continue for so long...
-
- There are references in both the Dragon Lover's Guide, and also in DragonsDawn
- that state that Fire Lizards have no `built in obsolecence' or aging. This
- suggests that they do not get old. Indeed Anne states that one pair could
- ultimatly repopulate Pern should the need arise from their own clutches.
-
- I assume that Thread and Wherries are the prime cause of Fire Lizard deaths.
- I don't remember of hearing of any dying Between anywhere in the books.
-
- + -Raphe, J'man Herder.
-
- -Dante, J'man Seacrafter.
-