Sariel's Fabulous Features
And some works in progress I hope to finish someday...

Major Events Timeline
Work is in progress.  So far it includes info from Dragonsdawn, Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon, the Harper Hall Trilogy, Moreta, Chronicles of Pern, and Masterharper of Pern.

Cast of Pern
Work is in progress.  This is a listing of all people, dragons, fire-lizards, dolphins, etc. in the Pern stories, organized in several ways.  So far I've posted Dragonseye/Red Star Rising, and some of the short stories.  It's very time-consuming to tabulate all the data, so additions may be slow.  Another site with the same info (but it's complete!) is Tess's Dragondex.  (Normally I wouldn't duplicate some else's efforts, but I know she has some minor errors, and I trust only my own data compilation.   Also, I hope to some day make a searchable database from this info--see below for more details.)

Character bases
Many of Anne's characters are based on or named for  real people.   Find out who they are here!

Nitpickers corrections to the Dragonrider's Guide to Pern
The various errors in this book stand out more and more to me over time--I'd like to point out what's wrong so that others won't be fooled.  Complete through the first edition.  The next bit will have to wait until I reread the newer books again...   More additions to the 1st ed. will be coming soon, thanks to Hartley Patterson; I just need some time to add them in!

Sariel's Pern Primer
As a BIG long-term project, I want to write my own guide to the series, based almost exclusively on the novels--collecting random info and quotes from the books, organizing & deciphering it, and presenting it with footnotes for all to read.   If you're interested, view my work in progress, and tell me what you think of the organizational structure, information layout, or whatever!   I value all input, as it can help me make a more usable guide. 
A complementary project to my primer is Elrhan's Pern Encyclopedia, which will contain almost all the same info, but be arranged in a different form.  We're working together on collecting notes for our respective projects, but because his chosen format is simpler, his notes get posted as they're written--so his site will be done much faster!  We've already finished notes on Dragonseye/Red Star Rising, so check it out!

Who's Who Searchable Database
This is a work in progress.  I'm still fussing with the database, so I haven't entered much into it yet!  It will eventually be a highly detailed database, with all known info about character's family, personal appearance, and more, and will be searchable, so you can easily find out about any character without scrolling through a long list, or you can find out everyone who lived in Fort in the 2nd Pass, or all blue-firelizard owners, and etc!

Nitpickers Guide to Pern
Another work in progress.  Right now I'm mostly thinking about how to organize it.  Then I'll move on to collecting data.  I'd welcome any messages from people detailing any errors/inconsistencies/other gripes about the books.   Other people's observations may well make up a major portion of this.

last modified: 7/21/00