Dragonriders of Pern

Dragonscliff: another reason for my blog name is the series 'The Dragonriders of Pern' by Anne McCaffrey. I was hooked from the first Pern book & have endeavoured to find each & every one of around 18 novels. This is a link to the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonriders_of_Pern Todd McCaffrey, Anne's son, now co-writes with Anne on some novels & sole authors others, playing within & expanding on the world of Pern with which he must have grown up. The series is ongoing with future novels in the pipeline. Also Anne McCaffrey's best-selling and long-running sci-fi/fantasy series "The Dragonriders of Pern" is getting the big-screen treatment via Canadian production company Copperheart Entertainment". This was announced in 2006, what has happened since then I don't know.

Anne McCaffery "lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill (because she had to dig out a hill on her farm to build it) in Wicklow County, Ireland." The name 'Dragonhold' sparked my imagination & I combined it with my 'fanship' for Cliff Richard. The weyrs of Pern are built on, around & inside cliffs to facilitate living with flying dragons. So 'Dragonscliff' became a name I could relate to on several levels.

dragons dreaming

Dragonscliff:-
The first part of my blog name is due to my fascination with fantasy dragons. Any dragons really, but especially fantasy. I have the books 'Dragonology: the complete book of dragons', 'Dragonology: tracking & taming of dragons' & 'Working with Dragons'. They are great books, vtongue-in-cheek, & vinteresting to browse through in idle moments. I read voraciously in the scifi & scifan genres & if dragon is part of the title I will read that over anything else. No doubt dragons will be featured in these blogs numerous times. About 10 years ago, I wrote a poem about dragons & other fantasy creatures in one of those idle moments.

DREAMING

Dreaming of dragons all flying our skies,

dreaming of horses with wings,

dreaming of griffins with emerald eyes,

dreaming of wonderous things.

Wishing for dragons with wisdom & pride,

wishing for unicorns white,

wishing for sphinxes to walk at my side,

wishing for wonderous sight.

Dreaming of dragons of magical minds,

dreaming of riding the sky,

dreaming of creatures ne'er seen in our times,

dreaming of wonderous flight.

Wishing for legends & myths to be real,

wishing for fantasy true,

wishing to know the touch & the feel,

wishing & wond'ring - do you?

15/12/09
Uniqueness.
I've decided to keep adding to this blog although the Web 2.0 course is finished. Having to find interesting (to me!) things to write about will keep me challenged, I hope. I'll look for items on dragons, scifi, scifan, movies, music, singing & singers, anything & anyone that interests me. This is all about me, no family, no kids, no grandkids. I am unique!