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Dragonsinger - Anne McCaffrey

Description: ISBN 0689860072 / Author: Anne McCaffrey / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Another book about Pern.

Newest Review: ... quasi-medieval society thrives on Pern, protected from Thread by stone walls, and flaming dragons that were created from the ... more

... fire lizards. A tripartite system of Holds (land owning, farming communities), Halls (craft groups) and Weyrs (The Dragons and their riders) is the backdrop to Anne McCaffrey’s Pern tales. At the end of Dragonsong we leave Mellony rescued from thread, and her abilities with the fire lizards being celebrated at Benden Wyre. In the final moments of the book she discovers that she is to accompany two of the unhatched fire lizard eggs, and the Master Harper of Pern back to Harper Hall. Dragonsinger begins at ...more

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Dragonsinger - Anne McCaffrey: The fairytale continues (691 words)
by Ariel_uk - written on 07/09/01 (Very useful, 124 readings)
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This sequel to Dragonsong, continues the action from the final moment of Dragonsong. Part of Anne Maccaffrey’s Dragons of Pern series, these two stories focus on the early life of a teenage girl, Mellony, as she escapes her family home, and finds her spiritual family in the Harper Hall. Unlike Dragonsong, this book does not explain how the civilization of Pern comes to be, so I will try and give you some context. The books are set way into the future, Pern is a planet colonised by settlers determined to reduce to a minimum their dependence on technology. Some years after first settling the colonists discovered a deadly problem with their Eden – ...

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