What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
The world building is superb and over the course of the 3 books and many subsequent books, the abilities of the dragons is well explained in a logical, non-supernatural manner. There are few riders left to cover a whole planet and thread is indeed com... Read More
Cons
This is by far the worst dragon fantasy type books that i have read to date. Mccaffrey's characters are single-note personalities.
Lessa is in a bad spot. There is literally no place for her to go. This is outdated & sadly there is nothing to learn here. Be cautious when using amazon marketplace affiliates.
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
Im 23rds done with the original trilogy and have enjoyed it
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
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
The typos are are one of the things that brings this book from a 5star to 4 for me
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Like buying it from the bookstore without walking past the front porch
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I have worn out 2 sets of the original individual paperbacks and one copy of the first combined volume which is what this book is
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These spores are called thread and destroy any organic material they come into contact with
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Instead i highly recommend getting this book and reading it
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As i said in the headline the printingtypographical errors are not as numerous as the previous single volume book had
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The prior release which shows the original cover art from the individual books did have quite a few rather glaring typos
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Some quirks of the writing style were irritating for example the earlier books not indicating passage of time without paying attention to context clues
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I always reread all her books from time to time but my copies are getting in bad shape from being reread so much over the years
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