From: dunk@carson.u.washington.edu (John Dunkelburg)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pern
Subject: Can you access PernMUSH from a telnet system?
Summary: Can a person get into the PernMUSH from a telnet system?
Keywords: PernMush
Date: 11 Nov 92 21:22:00 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

I am currently operating from a telnet system, and I tried to
get into the PernMUSH but the system wouldn't even acknowledge
that such an address existed.   Is PernMUSH inaccessible from
a telnet network, or am I simply out of luck?

   And as far as casting for a Dragonriders movie, why not just
animate the whole thing?   That way, you could just DRAW the
characters like you envision them (and if all else fails, you
can just use the mind theatre.   In other words, just use your
imagination.).   Of course, the problem here, as with any other
solution, is money.   Who will finance such a project?   Then, 
who will produce it, how will it be done (using actors and models,
actors and animation, or just straight animation?), and who will
do it?   Answer those, and you've got yourself a movie.

BTW, the idea of Kim Basinger as Kylara is a great idea!   I have
some problems with Maistroantonio (is this the right spelling?) as
Lessa, but it seems that no other known actress would fit the part.
Rickman as Fax, though is NOT a good idea, though.   I saw Fax as
being larger and heavier than Rickman, and much less manic than
Rickman.   Now, Rickman as Meron I could see very easily.   That
actor that played the villain in _Cape Fear_, Robert de Niro, he
I could see as Fax.   Maybe Anthony Perkins as T'ron, or maybe
as the Oldtimer Weyrleader at High Reaches.   As far as Anne
McCaffrey making an appearance, how about as Manora?

   Hey, here's an interesting thought.   What if Sassinak (another
McCaffrey character from a different book set at roughly the same
time [I think]) the Zaid Dayan appeared in orbit around Pern?  In
one of the books in the Sassinak series, I came across what I think
could be a possible reference to _Dragonsdawn_.  A character mentions
a past colony that misused a homing capsule.   Could be Pern,
because in _DD_ a disgruntled and insane colonist launches Pern's
only homing capsule, in hopes of getting help from Earth
in fighting Thread.   Maybe Mrs. McCaffrey could answer this one.
Anyways, could you imagine Lessa and Sassinak meeting for the
first time?   I mean, their life stories do have some big
similarities.   Both started out well, but while children fell
to the bottom of the social stratum by no fault of their own.
Both managed to gain a new start through unusual circumstances,
and became a large part of their respective cultures.   Both
women are accustomed to wielding power, though Sassinak is a bit
more, how shall we say, amorous.

   Anyways, let me know what you think of this.   See ya!

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