Pern Portfolio

Pern Portfolio is a Pern anthology of fiction, articles, filks and art. Anne McCaffrey wrote the forward. While it is labled v. 1 n.1, it is the only issue. It was published in June 1978 and contains 118 pages.
The publisher writes in an ad in the Mos' Eastly program book that it "is the ONLY authorized McCaffrey fiction zine."
In March 1978, Jacqueline Lichtenberg told fans she had seen "the official letter of permission myself." "Speaking of Dragonfen, we now have an official Pern Portfolio (I saw the official letter of permission myself.)" -- from Darkover Newsletter #11 
==Editorial==
From A.E. Zeek: 
==Forward==
The forward by Anne McCaffrey is mostly about how her ideas for dragons and Pern originated. 
There is one small blurb about the fanzine at the end: "My gratitude to Anne Zeek and Jean Stevenson for wanting to expend such effort, organization, and energy in creating PERN PORTFOLIO: and my thanks to you who are reading it. Enjoy!"
 
== Content==
Jean L. Stevenson wrote music for 9 filk songs for woodwind and guitar. All of the lyrics are from Anne's books The songs are: Gathersong, Question Song, Menolly's Running Song, Menolly's Song for Petiron, The Hatching, 400 Turns "Between", Eastern Sea-Hold Song, Lullabye and Good-night and The Alarm Chorus.
The art is by Barbi Johnson, Bill Feret, Amy Harlib, Mei-Moi Lee, Patricia Munson, Stella Nemeth, J.T. Sibley, Virginia Lee Smith, Colleen Winters, and A.E. Zeek.
* Preface: Let There Be... Bill Feret (3)
* Dedication (7)
* Editorials (8)
* Forward by Anne McCaffrey (11)
* For Love of Dragons, Joseph Mclellan (14)
* On Dragons by Beborah Burros (18)
* On the Sixth Day by Cynthia Levine (28)
* The Dragon Rider's Creed (30)
* "First Alarm" by Jean L. Stevenson (about the man who wrote "The Alarm Chorus") (article) (31)
* Suite for Dragons by Jean L. Stevenson (39)
* Dragon Song by A.E. Zeek (48)
* Pern Art Portfolio by Amy Falkowitz (49)
* The Candidate by A.E. Zeek (57)
* Desperate Flight by A.E. Zeek (about a different Moreta and her flight, Canth's Choice" about a female impressing a bronze dragon) (58)
* Weyrwoman by Frances Zawacky (79)
* Canth's Choice by D.A. Lewis (80)
* Some Observations On Mycorrhiza Stellarubris: A Preliminary Report by J.T. Sibley (regarding the life cycle of Thread and how an infestation spreads) (article) (94)
* Hrruban and Terran Formality by Stella Nemeth (has an accompanying drawing of Todd (with tail) and a Hrruban) (article) (102)
* Dialog for a Distant Planet by A.E. Zeek (104)
* The Letter by A.E. Zeek (105)
* bibliography (106)
==Art==
The cover is of the white dragon, "Ruth", done in 4 colors. The back is a black and white drawing of a mating flight. There are two large drawings that fold out. They are larger than the rest of the pages and fold back in on themselves.
==Galleries==
===Inside the Finished Issue===
Image:pernportdragon.jpg|"A Lady and Her Dragon" by Bill Feret, illo featuring Anne McCaffrey 
Image:pernportart1.jpg|two-page illo by Amy Falkowitz
Image:pernportart2.jpg| "The Hatching: Ramoth and Lessa" by Cindy Sims Millan
Image:pernport1.jpg|Virginia Lee Smith
Image:pernport2.jpg|music
Image:pernport3.jpg|Barbi Johnson, "Menolly"
Image:pernport4.jpg|Bill Feret
Image:pernport5.jpg|Bill Feret, two-page illo
Image:pernport6.jpg|Amy Falkowitz
Image:pernport7.jpg|"Helva" by Cindy Sims Millan
Image:pernport8.jpg|title page, "Desperate Flight"
Image:pernport9.jpg|Mei-Moi Lee
Image:pernport10.jpg|Bill Feret
Image:pernport11.jpg|Colleen Winters
Image:pernport12.jpg|J.T. Sibley
Image:pernport13.jpg|Barbi Johnson, "Todd and Hrruna"
 
===The Proof===
There are several issues of the proof available. They differ from the original with the cover and the order of contents.
Image:pernorig.jpg|front cover of proof
Image:pernportproof.jpg|inside of proof
Image:pernportinsideorig.jpg|inside of original
===One of Its Beginnings===
Image:timewarp2back.jpg|The back cover of Time Warp #2, "Grooming the Steed" by Amy Falkowitz -- from the editor of "Time Warp": "Oh yes. My bacover. THAT, my dears, is the illo that spawned a fanzine of its own. Seems Amy Falkowitz believed me when I said I liked dragons and wanted an illo of one. I saw this, and wrote back, "Why not do me a whole portfolio of dragon illos?" So she did. THEN I said... anywho, the end result was PERN PORTFOLIO, a McCaffrey zine."
==Reactions and Reviews==
===1978===
==References==
Category:Filk Music
Category:Non-fiction Zines
Category:Dragonriders of Pern Zines
Category:1978 Zines