<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Hi, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The sketch looks like the artwork for "Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern" by Anne McCaffrey. See attached images. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Sincerely,</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Veronica Pitchford (she/her)<div>Assistant Director</div><div>Flat River Community Library </div><div>200 W Judd St</div><div>Greenville MI 48838</div><div>(616) 754-6359 ext 106</div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 10:59 AM Jean Fellows via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">My vote was one of the Dragonriders of Pern series</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 10:29 AM David Conklin via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is more proof for all you skeptics. <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.rarebookcellar.com/pages/books/32400/anne-mccaffrey/moreta-dragonlady-of-pern?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVKChri5oWubYlL9Z-XIdHHRffWKKvbuOLfbuHlv6wEYARXTNDFeP4xoCe-0QAvD_BwE" target="_blank">https://www.rarebookcellar.com/pages/books/32400/anne-mccaffrey/moreta-dragonlady-of-pern?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVKChri5oWubYlL9Z-XIdHHRffWKKvbuOLfbuHlv6wEYARXTNDFeP4xoCe-0QAvD_BwE</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please look to the left.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">=o)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">David Conklin
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Director<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(810) 230-3335 Office<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(810) 732-1161 Fax<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:dconklin@thegdl.org" target="_blank">dconklin@thegdl.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Genesee District Library Headquarters<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">4195 W. Pasadena Ave<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Conklin via Michlib-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 23, 2024 10:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dominic Doot <<a href="mailto:ddoot@novilibrary.org" target="_blank">ddoot@novilibrary.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] Help Identifying Book!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just to be clear it <u>is</u> the dragon on the left. It <u>
is</u> artwork by Michael Whelan (corrected from original reply) for the book <i>
<u>Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern</u></i>.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/moreta/" target="_blank">https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/moreta/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The patron drawing does not capture the small rider which is in the original artwork.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">=o)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">David Conklin
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Director<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Genesee District Library<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(810) 230-3335 Office<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(810) 732-1161 Fax<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:dconklin@thegdl.org" target="_blank">dconklin@thegdl.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Genesee District Library Headquarters<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">4195 W. Pasadena Ave<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Flint MI 48504<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Dominic Doot <<a href="mailto:ddoot@novilibrary.org" target="_blank">ddoot@novilibrary.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 23, 2024 10:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> David Conklin <<a href="mailto:dconklin@thegdl.org" target="_blank">dconklin@thegdl.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Erin Luetz <<a href="mailto:erin@fadl.org" target="_blank">erin@fadl.org</a>>; <a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">
michlib-l@mcls.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] Help Identifying Book!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree with David - looks like a Dragonriders of Pern cover.
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 9:58<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span>AM David Conklin via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/moreta/" target="_blank">https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/moreta/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Artwork by Mark Whalen<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dragon on the left<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Circa 1983<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Interesting story about artist having his hand in a cast.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Loved the Dragonriders series back in the day.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">=o)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">David Conklin
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Director</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Genesee District Library</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(810) 230-3335 Office</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(810) 732-1161 Fax</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:dconklin@thegdl.org" target="_blank">dconklin@thegdl.org</a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">4195 W. Pasadena Ave</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Erin Luetz via Michlib-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 23, 2024 9:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Help Identifying Book!</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, Collective Brain!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I need some help trying to identify a book for a patron. We know that it is either YA or Adult Fiction and have a sketch based on the patron's recollection of the cover (attached
below), but that's about it. The patron doesn't remember the author, title, or much about the content beyond that dragons played a heavy role in the plot. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If anyone has any ideas as to what it could be, I'd love to hear them! I thought perhaps it was something by Anne McCaffrey, but haven't found a match for the illustration provided.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your help,<u></u><u></u></p>
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