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Summary: A sci-fi/fantasy classic
Review: Anne McCaffery has written a lot of stories in this series but these, the original three, stand fort as a an astounding display of a frightening talent. How McCaffery can invent and describe a world in such explicit detail, as well as plot-lines that so enthrall that one is lost while reading, I will never know. Her 'Pern' is an incredible world, populated by the descendants of long-ago, Earth-originating, space farers stranded upon a Terra-like planet populated only by strange animals. Their bizarre history is only revealed in full in the third book, as the true interest of the stories is the planet's fight against 'thread,' a deadly spore that rains upon the planet from time to time. The characters are fully developed and the plot twists enthralling. While it is more entertainment than psychologicaly insightful, it is an experience you can't help but walk away from shaken. I love these three books, regardless of the hit-or-miss value of her other stories. This, along with a few choice others, belongs next to Asimov's Foundation Trilogy in sci-fi history.
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Summary: One of the best series in Sci-Fi!
Review: Beautifuly crafted stories with multi dimensional characters. A chapter in, you believe in Pern. You want a dragon (or at least a fire lizard) of your own. And you're rooting for the characters.
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Summary: There is no better book
Review: Ever since I first picked up this book, Anne McCaffrey has been my favorite author. The Pern series is the most incredible I have ever read, from the majestic, yet empathetic dragons to the likable and unique characters who ride them. I cannot begin to calculate the number of times I have read and re-read the Pern series, especially these first three books. Anne McCaffrey pulls off wonders with her writing -- no other author could have concocted or done justice to Pern and its people as she does. Lessa especially is such an intricate, complicated, and wonderful character that I would have loved this book if she were the only detailed character, and I look to her as my first role-model. Not only am I in love with F'lar, Masterharper Robinton, and Jaxom, but they make this series more than just my favorite, but one that really affects my life as well. I have read every book about Pern that I could, and I will never tire of this world and its dragons. Anybody who likes science fiction or fantasy will love it, as will anybody who likes to read at all.
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Summary: There is no better book
Review: I started the dragonmen series as an experiment into sci_fi and found the greatest treat i could ever hoped for. Brilliantly written and amazingly imaginative. Hope everyone tries this . you'll love it!
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Summary: Asolute Drivel
Review: In The Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey creates a stunning and richly detailed world. It's clear on reading these stories that they are very dear to McCaffrey's heart. Her blend of science, music and human drama are supported by a wholly believable mythology which bridges the gap between our earth and Pern. Unfortunately, this edition was hastily thrown together without any regard for the author's hard work. On seemingly every page there are typographical errors so severe that McCaffrey's spell is broken. Character names constantly shift spelling. Words are misspelled, mixed up and changed to the point that the prose completely falls apart. At times geographic locations on Pern are switched with character names...this is a work of Science Fiction/Fantasy but when the place where you live starts talking all believability goes out the window. The sloppy editing of the edition was so bad I ended up buying individual copies of Dragonflight, Dragonquest and The White Dragon. I noticed none of the errors I saw in the three-in-one volume. I highly recommend reading Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon, but save yourself the confusion and disappointment of this three-in-one edition. Buy each separately.
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Summary: Dragonriders of Pern
Review: My introduction to Anne McCaffrey was the second book of this trilogy and I absolutely loved it. I read the third book, The White Dragon, and it became one of my favorite books ever. Then I read the first book of the trilogy and I couldn't finish it because I found it to be a very boring read. Since then I have read the trilogy through a couple times and have come to appreciate the first book more and more but still find it to be the least interesting of the three. The second and third book more than make up for the first and if I were just rating them I would have given this trilogy 5 stars.
My advice is read this trilogy and if you are having trouble getting through the first book skip it! The second one does not rely on a thorough understanding of the first.
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Summary: The Start of It All
Review: The Dragonriders of Pern is an omnibus edition of the first three novels in the Pern series, including Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon. In Dragonflight, Lessa had been the lawful heir of Ruatha Hold, but Fax has conquered this hold and four others and now Lessa is posing as a kitchen drudge. Benden Weyr has come to the High Reaches looking for candidates to impress a Queen in the next hatching. After visiting Lord Fax's Hold, Crom, and the various guild halls, they travel to the other five held by the high reaches, finally coming to Ruatha. There Lessa provides Fax with a vile experience and uses the Dragonriders to cause his downfall. Nonetheless, much to her surprise, they select Lessa to be Presented to the queen egg at the next hatching. In Dragonquest, Lessa and F'lar are the Weyrleaders of Benden Weyr. However, the Red Star is passing, thread is falling again and the two young weyrleaders are having problems with the Oldtimers. F'nor, the brother of F'lar, has learned bits and pieces about the Red Star and is obsessed by the quest to find out more about it. In The White Dragon, Jaxom, the son of Fax and Lady Gemma, has become Lord Holder of Ruatha after Lessa abdicated her claim. His guardian, Lytol, is a former dragonrider who has lost his dragon, so Jaxom has heard a lot about dragons and welcomes the opportunity to witness a hatching. When one of the hatchlings is undersized and cannot break out of the egg on its own, Jaxom helps a little and finds himself with a small white dragon. Seeing this, the Lord Holders have a hissy fit. This series introduces the dragons of Pern, which have gone on to become a staple of the SF publishing industry. None of the sequels, however, quite matches these three novels and the subsequent Harper Hall trilogy. Highly recommended to McCaffrey fans and anyone who enjoys exotic societies, intelligent animals, and political intrigue.
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Summary: Wow! What a book!
Review: This threesome is wonderful! I read the books in this series 4 or 5 times a year! (not counting all the others I can get my hands on of Anne McCaffrey's) I can't believe all the books she has written- the woman thinks constantly! I have loved everyone of her books that I have read- I live on Anne McCaffrey's books! I am constantly in search of new ones- I wish I was rich enough to buy all the books she has and will ever write! At night as I go to bed, pieces of diolouge spiral through my head and discuss stopping thread and Impressing dragons and discovering Aivas and brainships and discovering that psycic powers ARE real. . .and then I go to sleep. When I wake up that same thing happens over again- even during my school classes! All I can say is- Thank you Anne McCaffrey!
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Summary: Sorry
Review: To all of you that "talked" me into reading this:
There can only be a few reasons that SO many people have loved this book. They are as follows:
a.) You read this (or are reading this) when
you were 10(and that's okay, because everyone has to
start somewhere, but you need to GO ON if you
GREW UP).
b.) You have never read a decent sf/fantasy series or any
other semi-readable novel.
c.) You do not understand the time/space continuum.
Now, that said, I cannot write to save my life. But, I can and do appreciate or dislike a book or series that disappoints and/or moves me, and this did neither. It just bored me to death.
I found myself skimming as much as I could just to get to the end.
As I said before, I am sorry to all of you who did like this series. I had been looking forward to reading more of Anne McCaffery in the future, but I think that at this point, I will go on to something that I can appreciate. And to those of you that haven't committed to starting this series, hopefully, you will not waste you time on this drivel as I did.
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