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Pros & Cons
Pros
There is a rather long prologue that explains how fugitives from earth long ago came to the planet they call pern and *-landed. It also explains all about “thread” – the main problem that has been plaguing the inhabitants of pern.
Cons
Each story is formulaic and predictable with no real action. I read all genre's and this was just horrible with sci-fi being my favorite. Some book sellers advertise the original hardcopy (showing the original dust cover on the amazon web page) but sh... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Anne mccaferey created a wonderful universe with pern
This leads to problems with the holders and craftsmen of the present not to mention the younger dragonriders
While that is an exciting premise the real strength of these stories lies in the humanity of the characters as they struggle wi... Read More
I followed it with the three volume set of the harper hall of pern
Shipping
In the process of this exploration they find the remains of the ships in which their ancestors originally came to pern
Packaging/appearance
I have read and reread this series of book multiple time since i was introduced to this author in the mid1980s
Competitiveness
But do begin its a wonderful world
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- This product had a total of 4,105 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 16 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Loved these books the first time the second time and however many times ive read these
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For the uninitiated this 3 in 1 volume maybe a good start
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The characters are mostly nice or at least relatable – except for those few who just aren’t – despite lessa having a quick temper and a few of the others being easily alarmed
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Before reading these books i was mildly puzzled why the author would consider them science fiction rather than fantasy
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To me dragons sort of equal fantasy
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There is more technical stuff like how a sort of harmonic convergence of the other planets in the system has kept this other red planet out of range for a long time in recent years breaking what had been a regular cycle of thread falls
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Many of the residents of pern came to believe that the scourge of thread had ended forever
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