![]() In response, a race of genetically engineered, telepathic dragons were uplifted from native animals. A deadly space rain called 'Thread' falls from the sky every two hundred years, devouring what it touches. Pern was colonized by Earth people who then lost touch with the home planet. Due to pressure from Anne McCaffrey and her heirs, most fannish expression in this fandom involves the creation of original characters using the setting. Like many science fiction authors of her time, McCaffrey was uncomfortable with fanworks, and the battle over fanwork has shaped fannish practices. The lure of dragons which cause mindless sex, canonical implied slash, and powerful female characters with archetypal roles help to explain this series' enduring lure to some fans. Having an organized existence since the late 1960s, Pern fandom is contemporaneous with many older First Fandoms, including Star Trek and remains active. Fandom is widely derisive of these new novels as being 'non-canonical' and full of unrealistic Mary Sue characters. The Pern series continues to this day, with new novels being published by her son, Todd McCaffrey. The two novellas were collected for publication as one novel, Dragonflight. Anne McCaffrey is the first woman to win either award, breaking a science fiction glass ceiling. ![]() 'Weyr Search' won the Hugo for Best Novella, and 'Dragonflight' the Nebula in the same category. A second novella, 'Dragonflight', was published in the December issue that same year. The series began as a novella called 'Weyr Search' published in the October 1967 issue of Analog, a professionally published science fiction magazine of considerable prestige, edited by John W. ![]() 5 McCaffrey's Fanwork Rules: Their Legacyĭragonriders of Pern is a book series by Anne McCaffrey set in a lost colony on the planet Pern.4.6 Print Fanzines/Letterzines/Clubzines.3.1.1 Dragons, Sexuality, and Gender: Fan Comments.
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