Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey Reviews

Sometime in our future, the people of Earth go forth and colonize other planets. One of these is the planet which came to be called Pern. Over the years the people of Pern created their own legends and mythologies, and the home planet of Earth, and the rest of their ancient past, was forgotten. The star ships they arrived on were ...

Dragonflight was published in 1969 as a single book but which now forms the first part of a series. The story centres around two people in particular. The first is a man named F’lar, a young and intelligent Wingmaster from Bendenweyr and also one of the few Dragonriders who now believe in the threat from above. The second is a young woman ...

Set on the world of Pern, Anne McCaffrey weaves a story of fire-breathing dragons and their human partners, Pern's only protection against the planet's most ancient menace; silver strands of deadly Thread, that fall from the skies, killing anything organic in seconds. After a hiatus of 400 years, the Red Star has appeared in the morning ...

Th Dragon series is definitely Anne Mccaffrey's best work, and Dragonflight is the first of the series. It was one of the first Sci-fi books I ever read, and years later, when I want to read an uncomplicated, feel-good book, I return to this one. I have read it several times and still love it. It starts on the planet Pern, where a ...