Why didn’t the matter/anti-matter explosions that caused the two Long Intervals render the Star Stones ineffective? I’m not an astrophysicist, but it would seem to me that any explosion powerful enough to shift the Red planet’s orbital plane would mess up the delicate calculations used to site the Stones, right?

Ever since I read “Dragonsdawn” many years ago, one question has repeatedly come to mind. No matter how desperate the colonists were following the horrific tragedies of First Fall and the volcanic eruptions, why wasn’t any thought put into infrastructure for the Northern Fort Complex? In other words, why didn’t Tarvi Telgar, Drake Bonneau and co. set up a hydroelectric system that would last much longer than the solar panels erected on the fire heights? I would think that if they could build the fort and surrounding buildings, SOME thought would have been spared for long-term survival?

Being a huge fan of your mom’s and knowing she is going to be at Dragon con is a huge thing for me. My only problem is that I can not find the information concerning what days she will be attending! I would like to meet the writer that has held my imagination transfixed since I was in middle school. If you know her appearance dates would you be willing to answer this e-mail? Georgia is a long drive from Michigan and I would not want to miss your mother.