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| Original Title: | Dragonflight |
| ISBN: | 0345484266 (ISBN13: 9780345484260) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dragonriders of Pern #1, Pern #1, Pern (Chronological Order) #16 , more |
| Characters: | Lessa, F'lar |
| Setting: | Pern |
Anne McCaffrey
Paperback | Pages: 299 pages Rating: 4.1 | 120401 Users | 3129 Reviews
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HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright.
But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa’s world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world. . . .
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| Title | : | Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern #1) |
| Author | : | Anne McCaffrey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 299 pages |
| Published | : | July 26th 2005 by Del Rey (first published 1968) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Dragons. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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Ratings: 4.1 From 120401 Users | 3129 ReviewsComment On Based On Books Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern #1)
I understand that this book (and series) has a lot of haters. Their complaints are valid, but I still regard this as one of the best sci-fi fantasies I've ever read. I started reading this series really young, and got so caught up in the whole "OMG DRAGONS" part of it that I didn't even realize until later that this book had sci-fi elements, namely, that we are on a different freaking planet here. It's a mishmash of several genres that worked surprisingly well.From the other reviews of the bookWell that was some madcap dragon adventure fun but came complete with a massive doses of blast from the past sexism! DELIGHTFUL. :/
The Dragonriders of Pern series really caught my imagination back in my preteen/early-teen years, when I picked up a library copy of The Renegades of Pern that my mom had put down. I next read All the Weyrs of Pern (thrilling at the brilliant cover art by Michael Whelan) and then started from the beginning, whipping through Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon, Moreta, Nerilka's Story and the Harper Hall Trilogy.I recently had the urge to revisit those carefree years of meaningless
This whole review is a "Spoiler" so don't read it. On the other hand, nothing interesting happens in the book anyway, so might as well save yourself the trouble of reading the actual book. People of Pern: What's that in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a Plane? Is it SUPERMAN? Ugh, no.. It's those goddamned Dragonmen, trying to filch our resources. Dragon People We are Dragonmen! We will protect you from the evil threads!Evil Threads: People of Pern: Sod off, there's no such thing.Lessa: Aha! The
2 stars + 1 bonus star for dragons.This classic fantasy was interesting. I had made assumptions that since this series was still beloved it would read like a modern tale. Maybe in 1968 this did feel modern with a strong heroine proving herself in a patriarchal world. However, to me it seemed shockingly old fashioned, I expect that from Jane Austen but not from the 60s. I should have known better since I have seen every episode of Mad Men :) Parts of it read like a movie from the 40s where women
This is the April pick for the Sword and Laser book club. I found it as an ebook through my local library's holdings and zipped through it this weekend. This is clearly a book I probably would have connected with more if I'd first read it as a youngling, before I was old and jaded about dragons and romance. I can see how this book set many things for the dragon-and-rider subgenre, alongside dragonrider-dragonrider romance. The story is interesting, especially the somewhat complicated social
Around 2.5 stars. This book's prologue is terrible. It's an opening narration supposed to serve (as they usually do) as an introduction to the story. However, it feels like an unnecessary info dump, placed there because apparently readers are too stupid to figure stuff out on their own and need to be spoon fed all the important facts.From then on things weren't that bad. The story is easy to read and I found the mix of Sci Fi/Fantasy really interesting. But the plot has holes and coincidences
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