Editing Dragonriders of Pern (section)

==Other works==
===Gamebooks and companion books===
* ''[[The Atlas of Pern]]'' (1984) by [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]]. {{ISBN|0-345-31432-8}} {{ISBN|0-345-31434-4}} – authorized "Pernography" including annotated maps; illustrated descriptions of Weyrs, Holds, and Halls; chronologies; and more.
* ''[[Dragonharper (gamebook)|Dragonharper]]'' (1987), [[gamebook]] by [[Jody Lynn Nye]]
* ''Dragonfire'' (1988), gamebook by Jody Lynn Nye
* ''People of Pern'' (1988) by [[Robin Wood (artist)|Robin Wood]] and Anne McCaffrey. {{ISBN|0-89865-635-4}} – portraits and other illustrations
* ''The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern'' (Ballantine, 1989) by [[Jody Lynn Nye]] with Anne McCaffrey. {{ISBN|0-345-35424-9}}. Second edition 1997, {{ISBN|0-345-41274-5}} – Pern geography, society, flora, fauna, etc., including information not in the previously published fiction.

===Graphic novel===
In 1991, ''Dragonflight'', the first Pern book published, was released as a set of three graphic novels by [[Eclipse Comics|Eclipse Books]] of [[Forestville, California]]. The story was adapted across all three graphic novels by [[Brynne Stephens]]. The first two graphic novels were illustrated by Lela Dowling and Fred Von Tobel, the third by Lela Dowling and [[Cynthia Martin]].<ref>
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===Music of Pern===
There are two CDs of music relating to the Teaching Ballads and the works of Masterharper Robinton and Menolly.

''The Masterharper of Pern'' was made in 1998 by Anglo-Alaskan duo Tania Opland and Mike Freeman in collaboration with Anne McCaffrey at her request, and features the music of Robinton. The project began as an idea to include written music in the book of the same name, printed on the inner faces of the cover. By the time the composers had written and auditioned the early drafts at the author's table it was clear that making the songs a reality to their creator's satisfaction was finally possible. The CD project was completed some eighteen months later (1998) and released to the approval of the author and fans of the series worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |date=1999 |url=http://crescentblues.com/2_1issue/mccaffrey.shtml |title=Anne McCaffrey: Year of the Dragons |work=Crescent Blues |access-date=14 February 2016}}</ref>

The second CD pertaining mainly to the work another Pernese harper, Menolly, was completed in December 2008.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 December 2008 |url=http://pernhome.com/aim/2008/12/sunsets-gold-from-tania-opland-mike-freeman/ |title=Sunset's Gold from Opland and Freeman |work=The Worlds of Anne McCaffrey |access-date=14 February 2016}}</ref> Entitled ''Sunset's Gold'', this features Opland and Freeman with other musicians, and comprises twelve tracks of music recorded from 2006 to 2008. The CD includes the ballad "Four Hundred Turns" written by Anne McCaffrey shortly after she completed ''Dragonflight''. It was placed in a desk drawer where it lay forgotten for almost forty years until the author rediscovered it just as the CD project was underway. It had never been seen or published before.

Songbooks are also available containing the music from the first CD, with a similar book for the second in the works.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opland-freeman.com/harperhall/dots.htm |title=Opland-Freeman/Harperhall web page |access-date=15 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130025809/http://opland-freeman.com/harperhall/dots.htm |archive-date=30 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Television and film adaptations===
Prior to 1995, the motion picture and ancillary rights to the literary property were optioned by various entities, including [[Robert Mandell (film producer)|Robert Mandell]] (for a cartoon series adaptation that was eventually redeveloped into ''[[Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://observationdeck.io9.com/the-dragonriders-of-pern-the-best-series-we-may-never-1590768190/all |title=The Dragonriders of Pern. The Best Series We May Never See Filmed |publisher=Observationdeck.io9.com |date=2014-06-13 |access-date=2014-06-16 |archive-date=20 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620040223/http://observationdeck.io9.com/the-dragonriders-of-pern-the-best-series-we-may-never-1590768190/all |url-status=dead}}</ref>) and Kerry Skogland.

In 1996, McCaffrey sold the motion picture rights to an Irish company, Zyntopo Teoranta, who entered into a co-production agreement with [[Alliance Atlantis]], covering development including advanced 3-D animation and compositing effects for television budgets. Distribution pre-sale efforts failed, and Zyntopo Teoranta entered into an agreement with [[Ronald D. Moore]] as showrunner to present the project to [[Warner Brothers Network]].

In 2002, [[Warner Brothers Network]] and writer [[Ronald D. Moore]] had completed sets and casting for a pilot episode, and were within a few days of filming. Moore had sent the pilot episode to Warners for final approval. It was returned with so many changes to the basic structure of Pern - making it more like ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy: The Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' - that it no longer much resembled the world created by Anne McCaffrey. As a fan of the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series, Moore refused to continue. Filming was canceled, and rights ownership remained with Zyntopo Teoranta's assign, Kua Media Corporation (Canada).<ref>{{cite web |date=5 April 2001 |url=http://crashdown.com/news/2001/04/ron-moores-pern-a-no-go/ |title=Ron Moore's "Pern" a No-Go |work=Sci Fi Wire |access-date=4 November 2009}}</ref>

In May 2006, rights to the entire ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series were optioned by Copperheart Entertainment.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=25 May 2006 |title='Pern' booked for big-screen flight |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=10025754961 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503134738/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002575496 |archive-date=3 May 2008 |access-date=3 January 2008}}</ref> In April 2011, Copperheart signed [[David Hayter]] as screenwriter and [[Don Murphy]] as executive producer for a film version of ''Dragonflight''; the production was expected to begin in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last=McCaffrey |first=Anne |date=12 April 2011 |url=http://pernhome.com/aim/?p=131 |title=The Dragonriders of Pern to be adapted for the big screen |access-date=7 July 2011}}<br />• {{cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=12 April 2011 |url=https://collider.com/david-hayter-dragonflight-dragonriders-of-pern/85654/ |title=David Hayter to Adapt Dragonriders of Pern Series |work=Collider |access-date=7 July 2011}}</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808236/ Dragonriders of Pern {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

In July 2014, Warner Bros. optioned all 22 volumes of the series for a feature live-action film.<ref>{{cite news|title=Warner Bros' New Franchise Play: 'Dragonriders of Pern' Book Series|url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/warner-bros-new-franchise-play-dragonriders-of-pern-book-series-811781/|access-date=30 July 2014|publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=29 July 2014}}</ref> Later in November, Warner Bros. hired author-screenwriter Sarah Cornwell to adapt the first installment of the series.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 November 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title='Dragonriders of Pern' Movie Lands a Writer|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dragonriders-pern-movie-lands-a-750512}}</ref>

===Games===
There have been several games released based on the ''Pern'' series:
* In 1983, [[Mayfair Games]] created a board game ''Dragonriders of Pern'' featuring cards with Pern characters and locations. This game is now rare and valuable to Pern collectors.
* In 1984, [[Gallimard]] published ''Dragonriders of Pern: The Book Game'', a game in which two players use illustrated books to resolve aerial engagement against the "threads".
* In 1983, [[Epyx]] released the video game ''[[Dragonriders of Pern (video game)|Dragonriders of Pern]]'' for the [[Atari 8-bit computers]] and [[Commodore 64]] in which the player could battle Thread and engage in diplomacy on Pern.
* In 2001, a video game ''[[Dragonriders: Chronicles of Pern]]'' was created by [[Ubisoft]] for the PC and [[Dreamcast]] under license from Zyntopo Teoranta, the Irish corporation which owns the motion picture, gaming and ancillary rights. This game follows a dragonrider as he searches for young women to be candidates for impressing a new gold dragon, and battles the "bad guys" on an adventure across Pern.

McCaffrey threatened legal action against unauthorized text-based, online, [[role-playing game]] communities based on the Pern world. She approved of strict rules for the communities that cleared some of these [[Multi-user dungeon|MUD]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=White |first1=Mel |editor-last1=Williams |editor-first1=J. Patrick |editor-last2=Smith |editor-first2=Jonas Heide |chapter=Law and Disorder in Cyberspace: How Systems of Justice Developed in Online Text-Based Virtual Communities |title=The Players' Realm: Studies on the Culture of Video Games and Gaming |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-7864-2832-8 |publisher=McFarland |page=[https://archive.org/details/playersrealmstud0000unse/page/85/mode/1up?q=pern 85]}}</ref> In the 1990s,<ref name="mudconnect">{{cite web |url=http://www.mudconnect.com/mud-bin/adv_search.cgi?Mode=MUD&mud=PernMUSH |website=mudconnect.com |title=PernMUSH |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922004617/http://www.mudconnect.com/mud-bin/adv_search.cgi?Mode=MUD&mud=PernMUSH |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |access-date=September 14, 2019}}</ref> ''PernMUSH'' was one such community.<ref name="carton">{{cite book |last=Carton |first=Sean |author-link=Sean Carton |title=Internet Virtual Worlds Quick Tour |publisher=Ventana Press |year=1995 |isbn=1-56604-222-4 |pages=158–159 |quote=If you've ever wondered what it would be like to leap on the back of a dragon and take to the skies of Pern, or just have a hankerin' to engage in some complex and satisfying role play, then PernMUSH may be for you. PernMUSH is a virtual world based on Anne McCaffrey's ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series where characters play the parts of dragonriders—brave souls who fly on the backs of dragons, the dominant life form of the planet Pern.}}</ref> The community's rules discouraged straying [[out of character]] from the Pern world.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lastowka |first1=F. Gregory |last2=Hunter |first2=Dan |title=The Laws of the Virtual Worlds |journal=California Law Review |volume=92 |issue=1 |page=19<!--1–73--> |date=2004 |doi=10.2307/3481444 |issn=0008-1221 |jstor=3481444}}</ref>