Talk:Darkover

message: "the warmest parts of the world snow-free for only a few weeks out of the year."
I don't recall that being clear, and I think it would cause trouble for plants if it was so.  Midgley 04:54, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My copy of Rediscovery (1994, first Daw paperback printing) notes on p. 119 that the plants have evolved thick 'pods' to encase the flowers and fruits, which pull back during more clement weather - this is vegetation from the Aldaran region, which is in the Hellers and colder than the Dalereuth plains (which, at this time of year, as noted earlier in the story, aren't likely to see snow on the ground for 'some time' [p. 96]). So this may be partly erroneous, but isn't necessarily a detriment to agricultural efforts in the less hospitable climates, thanks to evolutionary developments. I'm not sure how it should be edited to clarify this point. 24.152.208.42 (talk) 16:48, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Yes, I have thought for quite a few years that British Columbia was comparable, with its relatively mild climate by the ocean rising into mountains. Of course you can say much the same about Northern Italy and some other places. Wastrel Way (talk) 20:11, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it quite as cold as that? 

message: Is this or one of the other Wikipedia pages on Darkover the place to point out MZB's use of Cthulhu Mythos names as developed by Robert W. Chambers in The King in Yellow?  The beginnings of the Mythos lie, of course, with Ambrose Bierce; but it seems clear to me that references to the "Lake of Hali", the city of "Carcosa", and the personal names "Hastur", "Alar" (a city in Bierce but a persnal name in MZB), "Camilla", and "Cassilda" are taken from the Lovecraft and Chambers stream of the Mythos.  There is a good paragraph on the derivation of "Carcosa" in the Wikipedia article on that name, which is fine as far as it goes; but shouldn't the main reference be in one of the Darkover pages? Originalylem (talk) 20:16, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This is very interesting, of course, and has probably puzzled many a reader of fantastic fiction when they were introduced to Darkover, and vice versa. It is the sort of information that belongs in the article Darkover series, in my view, because it is meta-info about the books, and not about the fictional world of Darkover itself. If we had sources... Wastrel Way (talk) 17:36, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cthulhu Mythos derivation of Darkover location names 

message: I added a section called "Various Customs and Music" and at this point I'm burned out on creating an encyclopedic image of Darkover. Wastrel Way (talk) 02:12, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving forward 

message: Thanks for the critical evaluation.
*This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2020)
Indeed it does. Many of the "facts" are not referenced. I have tried to add book and chapter whenever I could, but some of the "facts" are simply part of the "universe" and could be referenced from many places in the series. I hope that someone will help.
*This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience. (August 2020)
Probably true, but one of the things that appeals to readers of the Darkover books is the amount of intricate detail. It could probably be toned down a bit. Maybe I got carried away :-)
*This book-related article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. (August 2020)
Frankly, that was the intent, since I didn't know about that issue when I was expanding the article. I made a distinction between "Darkover" the planet and "Darkover" the series, which I thought was sufficient. The verb tenses need to be changed to past historical and there must be other changes made to make it clear that this is all fiction. Again, I hope that someone else takes on the task, because I'm not up to it. Cheers. Wastrel Way (talk) 03:06, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  The issues with the article