What is Islands of Pern?
Islands of Pern (IoP) is a play by email, fantasy/fiction, writing club set in the world of Anne McCaffrey’s Pern. Members create characters that live in the world of Pern and write stories for these characters. When the stories are complete they send these stories to email mailing lists which then send the stories out to all the other members within the club. Members may also co-author stories with each other so that characters interact with one another to create the living, breathing world that is Anne McCaffrey’s Pern. The timeline is set late in the 9th Pass (IoP also assumes that the computer AIVAS was never discovered, therefore Thread continues to fall and Pern is still an agrarian and hierarchical society), and the location is on the mysterious Western Continent and a few of the surrounding islands. Islands of Pern is meant to give individuals who love Pern a chance to experience what it could be like to live there. The Club is also a very useful tool for individuals who are st
