Re: Conlangs in History

Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> <nod>  Purely Pern question, though--I'd wondered about F'lar's name.
> Where'd you find 'em?  Were they in the later books (_Masterharper of
> Pern_, etc.)?
Yes.  Masterharper of Pern follows Robinton's life, and he met Faloner
(F'lon, father was S'loner, mother unnamed, but presumably starting with
Fa-) when he was a boy, and then later heard about F'lon's sons
Fallarnan (mother Larna) and Famanoran (mother Manora), who later became
F'lar and F'nor.

> I think possibly because you can see the sf basis--a lot of the story's
> background emphasis *is* on recovering technology, especially in
> _Dragonquest_.
True.  Of course, until the rediscovery of AIVAS, that recovered
technology was mostly below our level.

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