DargonZine
Volume 2, Number 2 |
Distributed: 05/06/89
Circulation: 801 |
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These stories may not be reproduced or redistributed save in the case of
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Dafydd's Amber Glow
First, I would like to reassure those of you who might actually
look at the subscription numbers on the masthead: we did not loose over
70 readers since last issue - I cannot add. Sorry. The present
circulation number is correct.
Second, as I have a little more time and space, I would like to
explain the dates that appear next to each story in the Table of
Contents. When I took over the Dargon Project, I thought it would be a
good idea to try to give the stories some kind of common reference to
help the reader understand what was happening when. (This should become
very useful in a few months when some very interesting things will be
happening in Baranur, and you will all want to keep the stories as
straight as possible...) Of course, the best way to do this would be to
have all of the stories cross-reference each other - but that takes a
lot more time and coordination than we as a group of authors are capable
of supplying at this time. So, I decided that it would be a good idea to
date each story and to tell the readers what the date was. Hence the
date column in the TOC.
Now, to explain what the dates mean. In Baranur, there are 12 30
day months and a 5 day (or 6 in the case of leap years) spring festival
stuck in the middle. The month names and their Earth equivalents are as
follows:
Janis - January Vibril - February Mertz - March
Firil - April Naia - May Melrin - *Spring Festival
Yule - June Yuli - July Sy - August
Seber - September Ober - October Nober - November
Deber - December
Thus, for example, the three stories in this issue are occurring in
mid-to-late May, in Earth terms (more or less...).
Well, that's about it for this issue. Next time (with luck, no more
than a month or so away), we will continue Ms Henniquin's Trial by Fire
and begin a story by a new author to the project. Feel free to send me
mail if you have any questions, or mail the authors or myself with
comments about the stories.
And until next time I remain,
Dafydd, Editor DargonZine (b.c.k.a. White@BUVM.bitnet)
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