Pendragon
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| Name: | Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space |
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| Creator: | D.J. MacHale |
| Date(s): | 2002 - Present |
| Medium: | Books & Literature |
| Country of Origin: | United States |
| External Links: | Wikipedia
Pendragon on djmachalebooks.com |
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Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space is a young adult sci-fi fantasy series by D.J. MacHale, consisting of 10 books published from 2002 to 2009.
Canon
The series follows Bobby Pendragon, an American teenager who travels to different worlds (or "territories") to save them from an evil force known as Saint Dane. Bobby writes about his adventures in a series of journals that he sends home to friends, Mark and Courtney. The books also detail Mark and Courtney's reactions to his journals and eventual involvement in the story. Each territory Bobby travels to has its own Traveler who assists him in learning about the world and stopping Saint Dane's plans.
There are 10 books in the main Pendragon series: The Merchant of Death (2002), The Lost City of Faar (2003), The Never War (2003), The Reality Bug (2004), Black Water (2004), The Rivers of Zadaa (2005), The Quillan Games (2006), The Pilgrims of Rayne (2007), Raven Rise (2008), and The Soldiers of Halla (2009). A graphic novel of the first book The Merchant of Death was released in 2009 (adapted by Carla Speed McNeil[1]). A prequel trilogy has been written by two other authors to expand upon Travelers from other territories before the events of the series. Carla Jablonksi wrote the first book[2], and Walter Sorrells wrote the other two.[3] The Guide to the Territories of Halla, a companion book that compiles details about the first five territories Bobby visits, was published in 2005. Despite demand from fans, and some attempts on the part of D.J. MacHale, there is no live-action or animated adaptation of the series.
Fandom
Pendragon was most popular when it was being published, particularly in 2008 and 2009 when it spent 76 weeks total on the New York Times' bestselling children's series list, reaching #1 multiple times[4].
The earliest days of the fandom was on the official forums, which were hosted on D.J. MacHale's website at the time, thependragonadventure.com. The forums welcomed discussion and analysis, along with fanart, fanfiction, and roleplay. The forums were created in January of 2003[5], and were active until for around seven years. In January of 2010, MacHale shut down the forums, allegedly because of hackers[6]. A first person account of the incident, however, states that the forums were shut down because of inappropriate roleplay. Though the forums were very popular and active in the time they were up, most of the content posted on them was lost with the deletion. MacHale made a blog post stating to contact him in order to try and recover any fanfics that were lost, but the extent to which any fics were recovered is unknown. He made another post in 2011 for fans to post their stories in the comment section.
While centralized on the official forums when they were around, the fandom was spread out to many other places across the internet. The most popular was HallaNet, a network consisting of HallaStar (forums), HallaCast (podcast), HallaWiki (collaborative wiki), and briefly HallaStore (merch store). The forums were the first part of HallaNet to be made, created in November of 2006 by a user known as VL (or Veego_Laberge) and originally called "VL's Pen Forum."[7] HallaStar gained around 200 members and 10 thousand posts in the time it was up.
Since the final book was published in 2009, the numbers of the fandom have dwindled and Pendragon has become relatively obscure.
Pairings
Popular pairings include Bobby/Loor, Mark/Courtney, Bobby/Spader, and Bobby/Saint Dane. BobbyDane is the most popular pairing on AO3.
Fanworks
Fanfiction
Fate or a Fool's Errand by birdybirdnerd, a Final Fantasy XII AU. (December 8 2021 - Present)
Fanart
Podcasts
HallaCast, hosted by VL and Fralf. Only the final 10 episodes of the podcast are available. (March 30 2008 - October 30 2008)
Raven Rising, hosted by Anna (defying.expectations) and Jonathan. Only 2 episodes of the podcast are available. (April 5 2009 - August 20 2009)
Other works
Through Time and Space, a zine organized by Monty (pendragonthegreat). Created for Pendragon's 20th anniversary (September 1 2022)
Friends by Choice; The Rest was Fate by animegirl07, a Mark/Courtney essay for ship_manifesto (August 27 2007)
Fan Communities
r/Pendragon on Reddit
-Pendragon- Discord server
Pendragon on Livejournal (inactive)
HobeyHo on DeviantArt (inactive)
HallNet (largely offline)
Fannish Links
- Pendragon - D.J. MacHale on AO3
- Pendragon on FFN
- Halla Haven, a Pendragon fansite by pendragonthegreat
References
- ^ D.J. MacHale’s official website. Archived link. Accessed on 16 February 2021.
- ^ An archived version of the now defunct promotional website circa 2008 that lists Carla Jablonksi. Accessed 16 February 2021.
- ^ News update from Walter Sorrells. Archived link. Accessed 16 February 2021.
- ^ New York Times Best Selling Children's series, July 5 2009.
- ^ thependragonadventure.com, "Welcome!" posted by DJ on January 24, 2003. Archived link.
- ^ D.J.'s announcement of the forums being discontinued. Archived link.
- ^ HallaStar Forums on HallaWiki