Jean M. Auel's novels, following Ayla's journey, started as a six chapter short story in 1976. Each chapter ended up being the outline for one book in the series.
The sixth and last book, The Land of Painted Caves, was published in March of 2011. There is no book seven and there never was a plan for one.
We've pretty much got something for everyone here and hope you decide to join us! Take a look at our main discussion areas:
The AuelPage was the original website, way back in ancient times (as far as the internet is concerned). I'm trying to work through archived files of still interesting, fun content, so keep an eye out!
In this area, you'll find a small collection about Ayla's Herbs from the first four books, Book Translations, EC Book Quizzes and Margaret's Corner of Ayla's World.
When you're looking for something new to read, we've got a whole section filled with ideas. Alt-Auel Reading has a list of 163 books, organized by time period. We've got a quiz about Authors Using Pen Names, some books Jean has recommended in interviews or haswritten reviews and forwards about, and few items of Jean's Non-EC Work. If that doesn't do it for you, try the forums in the AuelBoard's Alternative Reading Options section.
This amazing community started in June 1996 at Geocities.com with one page and a guestbook. Just like the movie, Field of Dreams, I built it, and they came. And they're still coming! The site grew as more and more people asked questions, looking for a "Jean Auel" fix during the wait for The Shelters of Stone and The Land of Painted Caves. We changed servers and discussion forums several times the first handful of years or so before landing here at ECfans.com.
If you're new here, welcome! You've just found the most friendly, generous, helpful, wonderful people I've ever known - all drawn together by the magic of Jean Auel's work, from all over this crazy world of ours. Through this site, I've found amazing friends - many who have been with me since the beginning. I hope you find the same.
I'm in the process of combing through almost 25 years of web content to try and 'modernize' the parts that are still fun and useful, so be sure and check back from time to time. - Diane
On researching the waay back old information on my computer about the AuelPage beginnings, I just discovered Eric Pettifor's archaeology project called Cooking Clan of the Cave Bear Style! is still online!!! If you've never read it, it's a must read at http://eric.pettifor.org/cooking
Eric had a discussion forum for archaeology that ended up being taken over by Jean Auel fans. Because of that, he contacted me back in 1997 maybe? - asking if I'd like to adopt it. That was our start in the discussion forum arena, still going strong all these years later - after a few incarnations!
On the original AuelPage, back in 1996, I posted a brief biography about Jean I had put together partially using an online biography of Jean written in Dutch. I translated what I could using a How to teach yourself Dutch book from my local library. Talk about a challenge! A lifetime of English and a smattering of Spanish wasn't all that helpful.
In 2019, Amazon Marketplace sellers received a notice about their Shelters of Stone book listings saying:
"This product has been identified as a Rhino male enhancement supplement. Rhino male enhancement supplements are prohibited for listing or sale by Amazon policy."
Talking about banning books - here's an interesting blog post on the topic, entitled This post has been flagged for controversy. DO NOT READ.
Possibly prompted by research for The Valley of the Horses, Jean and her husband Ray donated three wolf pups to the Portland Zoo. Jean's husband, Ray, joined a local canoe club in Oregon for a while at the beginner level while Jean was working on The Mammoth Hunters ~ perhaps helping Jean with research?
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