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Summary

Anne McCaffrey's fictional planet of Pern, featured in her Dragonriders of Pern series, has its own fan newsgroup at alt.fan.pern, which you can visit through your news reader. Conversation threads in this Usenet group cover topics such as the definition of sci-fi and fantasy and their differences, McCaffrey's place within these genres, Pern's place within these genres, multi-user programs simulating Pern, speculation about Pern movies, television series, and games, and other Pern and McCaffrey related things. Visitors to the newsgroup FAQ, http://kumo.swcp.com/~quirk/afp-index.shtml, can find specifics that may be helpful in understanding the discussion which occurs within the newsgroup. These FAQ also offer helpful hints about which novels to read in what order, McCaffrey's other works, warnings on the posting of fan fiction, a guide to pronunciation of common words used in the Pern books, links to other Pern and McCaffrey related websites, including the author's site, bibliographies, links to Pern MUs, and more.