Letter from Kelly
Hi,
I had a great idea for another book. Maybe you could do a book where Lessa or Jaxom jumps between time back to Earth when the stories of dragons do not exist yet and they would start those legends. And if they don’t, the legends of dragons would not be there to inspire the first colonists to make fire-lizards bigger so they could flame Threads more effectively.
What do you think?
kelly
Kelly,
Thank you for the suggestion but I can’t use it. For one thing, there are all sorts of ethical issues involved in taking someone’s story idea and expanding on it.
For another thing, it’s not a story I’d want to tell, although I’ve heard it suggested many times, sometimes as a joke (it wasn’t Uter Pendragon, it was Uter Perndragon).
Besides, I’m not worried about running out of stories. Off the top of my head, I’ve got another six more novels in the Third Pass that I want to tell soon. I’ve also been asked by Mum to consider writing about the Nathi Wars, which would be more military-sf type books than standard Pern fare.
Cheers,
Todd