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Summary: Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
Review: Although I have had the chance to tell her this personally, I must reiterate my fascination with her ability to slip real world issues into a tale without making the reader feel preached to. Although some issues become obsolete, they usually arise again just in another form and I find myself wanting to re-read Ms. MacCaffrey's work to remember how I felt in the past. This book tackles the subject of a virulent disease wiping out humanity and the struggle to stabilize and halt its devistating effects. There are so many issues at present that can take the place of that disease in our real world which makes this book re-readable anytime you feel a bit hopeless. By the end, I feel more hopeful for our future because there will always be a Moreta in real life, maybe not on a dragon rider but fighting hard for a cure.
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Summary: One of the better ones
Review: I found Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern a nice change from the other Dragonrider novels. Moreta is not stunningly beautiful like Lessa, and she's not a Benden Weyrwoman. She's from Fort, and she doesn't like her weyrmate, she respects him, but does not consider him a possible soulmate. And the fact that Leri was a competent Weyrwoman and feisty even in what seem to be the last few years of her life, is a delightfuly different situation. Lessa and F'lar (much as I love them) seemed annoyingly perfect, and Moreta is very different. I liked the minor characters here too, Oklina was enjoyable, and MasterHealer Capiam was quite interesting as well, B'lerion and Desdra were amusing, as were the different stages of harpering-very funny. I think one of my favorite characters in this particular book was K'lon, because we so rarely see any of the less important riders, seeing bits of the story through a bluerider's eyes is very refreshing. The only thing I didn't like was the rather predictable romace between Moreta and Alessan, frankly, that annoyed me. Though the fact that Moreta had the bad taste to fall in love with a Lord Holder was another nice change from Anne McCaffrey's typical Weyrwoman. And the book had me in tears at the end, it was so sad!
I strongly suggest you read it, Pern fan or not. Though obviously, a member of the latter category wont enjoy it nearly as much as a member of the former. ^_^
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Summary: The Lady, the Lord Holder, and the Plague
Review: Moreta is the rider of the dominant queen dragon of Pern. As such she is the planets first lady. It is the custom for the rider of the queen to be mated to the rider of the male dragon who mates with the queen during her last mating flight. Moreta is not happy with this mating. At a gather (large party) she meets a Lord Holder she can really love. Being both a spunky and a caring Dragonlady, Moreta expends herself selflessly battling a deadly plague that is killing both animals and humans. It is this double battle, the battle to choose her own mate, against custom, and the battle to stop the plaque, that forms the suspense of this marvelous novel.
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Summary: One of the best pern books yet!
Review: Moreta is Weyrwoman at Fort Weyr with Sh'gall as Weyrleader. Moreta loves Orlith, her dragon queen, and would do anything for her, but she does wish that someone else had flown her during her mating flight. Sh'gall is a very able weyrleader in the air when fighting thread, but he does not do as well with people. Moreta is sure that they will go together to the Ruatha Gather, after all it is Lord Alessan's first gather as a Lord Holder and everyone will be there. However, Sh'gall decides to go to the Telgar Gather and to see the strange cat that was captured in the ocean and put on display there. Desdra, Moreta's anxious housekeeper insists that Moreta cannot go without Sh'gall and that it is a terrible slight to her mistress, but Moreta wouldn't miss a good gather for the world!Moreta has a wonderful time at the gather with Lord Alessan. They are both avid racers and enjoy watching the runnerbeasts compete. When one of the runnerbeasts suddenly collapses, no one is sure what is wrong with the beast, but the fun of the gather continues. Moreta lingers at Ruatha Hold, but is finally forced to leave. She is awoken in the early morning hours by a frantic Sh'gall claiming that Masterhealer Capiam has diagnosed a plague that the wild cat brought over with it from the Southern Continent. All of Pern is in a panic as news of the unknown illness spreads. All too soon there is no hold or weyr that is untouched by the unknown ailment. But Moreta is a healer and she is determined to help in whatever way she can. She continues to urge the dragonriders to take care and helps unite multiple weyrs to fly thread together, as well as help care for the sick and wounded. When Masterhealer Capiam finds a cure, Moreta is thrilled and ready to do whatever is necessary to give the vaccination to everyone on Pern before a second wave of the mutated virus spreads more death. She cannot understand why some weyrleaders simply refuse to see the truth and will not help take the medicine to the far-reaching holds. Moreta cannot bear to see people die unnecessarily so she secretly arranges for dragonriders from all the Weyrs to help. When part of her plan falls through, Moreta has no choice but to go and help deliver the vaccination herself. But she cannot rider her beloved Orlith because she is guarding her clutch. When she borrows her mentor's queen Holth, the tragedy begins... I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would. I first heard of Moreta's Ride in Dragonsinger when Menolly leads the ballad with her fire lizards. I knew that this book was going to have a bittersweet ending, but I love the Pern series so I thought that I would give it a try. I thought that Moreta was a great character - strong, but not overpowering. She tried to make the best of her situation and found joy and love in unlikely places. I thoroughly enjoyed the romance between Moreta and Alessan, but I felt so sorry for Alessan for having to deal with so much tragedy and so many bitter disappointments when he was so young. I also enjoyed seeing the inner workings of a Weyr and becoming familiar with a Weyr other than Benden (much as I love it, of course). I thought that all of the secondary characters were wonderful, too. It was interesting to see how quickly knowledge was lost from when the first settlers arrived on Pern to the time of Moreta. I believe that the sickness was something like pneumonia or some other viral disease that few people die of on Earth, but they simply did not know how to combat any unfamiliar disease on Pern. The plot was very interesting and had a nice, smooth flow as always. Another wonderful addition to the Pern series!
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Summary: Wonderful, but a tear-jerker
Review: One of my favorites in the Dragonrider of Pern Series (I love them all, though). The heart and courage of Moreta and Orlith are inspiring. It's interesting to see the devastation that a common ailment today could cause on an unaccustomed population and what it drives people - and dragons - to do.
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Summary: Anne McCaffrey's best? Quite possibly!
Review: Or maybe "Dragonflight"? It's really close, either way. This is a beautiful book! Interesting, tragic, epic, romantic, beautiful, it's a nice breather from the escapades of F'lar and Lessa and really adds depth to the whole series. It's like an historical novel, in a sense. Moreta is an awesome heroine. Wow--a McCaffrey heroine who's blonde and is neither drippy nor evil! In just one novel, McCaffrey brings a lot of characters to life. Alessan, Moreta, Capiam, Leri, K'lon, (especially) B'lerion, and the dragons themselves are very real, without being retreads of old characters as McCaffrey has a tendency toward. A plague ravages Pern...an interesting and unusual gimmick for a sci-fi. At it's heart I think this book is a sweet, poignant, tragic love story on several levels: between Moreta and Lord Alessan, between a Weyrwoman and her dragon, between readers and a fascinating and beautiful world and its denizens. Recommended highly!!
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Summary: Moreta, the legend brought to life! (by stardustraven)
Review: She has already been mentioned in 'Dragonflight' and Menolly conducts in 'Dragonsinger' the ballad of her ride. Obviously she'd tickled her readers imaginations and Anne McCaffrey found the inpiration to write Moreta's story. She does bring this Pernese legend poignantly and convincingly to life. In my opinion 'Moreta' ranks with the 'Dragonriders'- and the 'Harper Hall' trilogies as the best volumes of the Pern series.
Set in a Pern of the past (some eight hundred years before Lessa's impression) just when threadfall is about to end, a disease wrecks planet wide havoc. Frantically the Pernese struggle to control the Plague and their reactions and various loyalties which develop are in depth explored by the author.
Moreta, Weyrwoman of Fort (hailing originally from Keroon Hold) is an admirable woman. Popular with many of the Pernese. Strong, eminently capable, adventurous, intelligent and living with a real zest for life, she immediately stole my heart. Her loving bond with her queen Orlith is touching but never soppy, as with the other dragons they receive interesting portrayals like Holth. The author offers us more intimate glimpses in normal Weyr life than in the other novels and also focuses more on less exalted characters. Fascinating for me were the descriptions of dragon surgery which were performed by Moreta. Anne McCaffrey knows her world intimately and thereby we even get to see now how to heal dragons, because Moreta is a dedicated and talented dragon surgeon. Amongst the supporting characters special mention should go to Masterhealer Capiam. A man who's all too aware of the knowledge which has been lost through the ages, but struggles with dedication to find the cure for the disease. Or B'lerion who so unexpectedly finds his love in Oklina of Ruatha. The Moreta/Alessan romance was a bit too predictable for my taste. But one of the strengths of Moreta for me certainly were, besides the heroine, the many interesting female characters: Moreta's tutor the great Leri (thank you Anne for creating such an fascinating old lady) , caustic Desdra, loyal Nerilka and Oklina who finds a future in the Weyr.
All in all, Anne McCaffrey brought the legendary Moreta very much to life!
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Summary: One of the best pern books yet!
Review: This novel is a novel of earlier pern. For those of you out there who had heard of Moreta, and wanted to know more, this book is for you! Unfortuneately, it doesn't include the words to the ballad about her, but this is still a great book! This book is a very good story about one of pern's most famous heroines: Moreta. The book combines lots of action, love, and excitement to create one of the best pern books yet available. The ending is sad, but it also explains why there was a ballad written about it in the first place. In short, a wonderful addition to the pern series, fans are sure to love it.
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Summary: A novel that takes you back to a earlier Pern!
Review: Though I think this is not as good as Anne's previous novels but it's not by much! THis novel takes you back in time to an earlier Pern to tell you the story of one of Pern's great heroine, Moreta. She is mentioned in Dragonflight as a weyrwoman from Ruatha and could speak to all dragons. But in this book she is from Keroon and she could only speak to 3 dragons- her queen dragon Orlith, and the two queens Holth and Tamianth. This is in fact a tragic and romantic story about Fort Weyr's weyrwoman. She is brave and daring. She was not as fortunate as Lessa for her weyrmate, Fort's weyrleader, Sh'gall does not love her the way F'lar loves Lessa. At that time Pern is attacked by a deadly plague, which is the flu, as well as thread. Moreta does her best in organize her weyr to fight against the sickness. She also heals injured dragons along the way. This book introduces a new set of characters, including the Masterhealer Campiam, Masterharper Tirone, lord holder Alessan, Oklina, Leri, Sh'gall and more wyerleaders craftsman and of course dragons. Moreta developes a relationship with Alessan and helps with vaccinating human and runnerbeasts alike. This is a touching, romantic story with a somewhat sad ending to this great tale of Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern.
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