Subject: [FFML] Re: [spamfic, I guess] [not telling ^_^] God's Toychest entry...
From: "Nathan Baxter" <npbaxter@meer.net>
Date: 8/5/2001, 5:26 AM
To: "Christopher Angel" <c_j_angel@hotmail.com>, <ffml@anifics.com>

Damn, that was quick.  Makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over. :)

I try.

Well, _I'd_ freeze dead on the spot... Yeesh. Ramoth's what, the size of
a
727?

See, that depends.  If you trust Dragonriders of Pern (the videogame)
screenshots, they average about the size of a mid-sized mining dump-truck.
If you trust the book covers, they average about the size of a semi+1
trailer.   I couldn't really get what McCaffrey thought intended.

The book Mr. Randall mentioned is called The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern,
and the introduction mentions that at least the preliminary sketches for the
illustrations were done in the presence of The Great Lady Herself.

The plane that Ramoth is actually compared to is an L 1011, which I'm not
familiar with, so my estimate may be a bit off.

^_^ It's wild to look at- she's not quite as long as it is, even with the
tail, but she's got nearly half again the wingspan...

A gasp filled the cavern that was the hatching grounds as people saw the
freshly hatched dragonet.  The creature cried out piteously, and bowled
the
pair of girls aside - the crack and angle of one of the girls' legs
indicating a bad break - and began to crawl around the grounds, looking
frantically for a person to Impress.

*blink* I don't remember hatchlings as being that strong... Most of the
damage was, IIRC, from their claws.

Re-read Dragonflight.  Impressing dragonets are about the size of
velociraptors, and can do some nasty things.

Leaving aside the nitpicky point that actual velociraptors were itty-bitty
and you probably mean Utahraptor, yeah, but you don't break a leg from
falling over on level ground, and something
not-that-much-bigger-than-a-human isn't going to be strong enough to just
crunch bone casually.

Tripping and using her as a scratching post/support would be more likely.

Krith. Ah.

Well, it fits. Chris minus -s plus -th.

Well, if you notice, all the dragons had "-th" names.


*nod*

The next thing that occurred was almost more shocking than what came
before.

*Sheesh,* the dragonet grumbled mentally - so everyone could 'hear' -
and
turned his head to glare at the watchers, his eyes whiring blue and red.
*Haven't you people seen a silver dragon before?*

*SHATTER*

*chortle*  We try.

Now if I can only finish ARST part 3....

Blech. We've all been there, my friend.

Blessed be.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Nathan Baxter, Grand High Emperor of the Lobsters.
Author, Bubblegum^5, El Hazard: The Continuing World
(Now, if you've heard of both of these, THEN I'll be
impressed.)
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