Nerilka's Story & The Coelura - Anne McCaffrey

All the Weyrs of Pern - Anne McCaffrey

to a different part of Pern. This book can be read idependently of the others - as the story, I feel, stands ok by itself. But fans of Anne McCaffrey's work will want to read as much as they can about Pern, her dragons and their riders! Ms McCaffrey develops her characters well, giving them depth and believability. I think it is very clever the way that she has tied all the loose ends together e.g. providing explantions for the stories and objects that have been passed down through the generations. Sometimes you, the reader, are able to guess what is coming next, while at other times the explanation leaves you breathless!! I am always left wanting more when I ...

All the Weyrs of Pern - Anne McCaffrey

to a different part of Pern. This book can be read idependently of the others - as the story, I feel, stands ok by itself. But fans of Anne McCaffrey's work will want to read as much as they can about Pern, her dragons and their riders! Ms McCaffrey develops her characters well, giving them depth and believability. I think it is very clever the way that she has tied all the loose ends together e.g. providing explantions for the stories and objects that have been passed down through the generations. Sometimes you, the reader, are able to guess what is coming next, while at other times the explanation leaves you breathless!! I am always left wanting more when I ...

The Skies of Pern - Anne McCaffrey

This is the latest in the mammoth Pern saga by Anne McCaffrey. This book returns to events following the Dolphins of Pern (persuant to All the Weyrs of Pern), with the repercussions following the death of Aivas and the introduction of the rediscovered technology of the Ancients. Basically there are a group of dissenters who resent the perceived destruction of their way of life. They blame society's ills and even a natural disaster of Aivas and the dragonriders. McCaffrey weaves the tail of the dissenters with that of the natural disaster that strikes the planet. Amongst all this is the background of what the dragonriders are now going to do since Thread is no ...

The Skies of Pern - Anne McCaffrey

This is the latest in the mammoth Pern saga by Anne McCaffrey. This book returns to events following the Dolphins of Pern (persuant to All the Weyrs of Pern), with the repercussions following the death of Aivas and the introduction of the rediscovered technology of the Ancients. Basically there are a group of dissenters who resent the perceived destruction of their way of life. They blame society's ills and even a natural disaster of Aivas and the dragonriders. McCaffrey weaves the tail of the dissenters with that of the natural disaster that strikes the planet. Amongst all this is the background of what the dragonriders are now going to do since Thread is no ...

The Skies of Pern - Anne McCaffrey

dead for you, you need to go find a new favourite author, and the author needs to go live out in the country and raise chickens or something. With Anne McCaffrey I reached that point with Skies Of Pern. It s part of the enormously successful Pern series - a science fiction series about people riding dragons to fight a man-eating alien fungus. Most of the series is great. This is just painful. The problem is partly that she s tried to stuff too many storylines into one book (and most of them are bad). There s a tsunami. There are people protesting the sudden advancement of technology - a storyline that could have been GREAT if she had given them personalities rather ...

The Skies of Pern - Anne McCaffrey

dead for you, you need to go find a new favourite author, and the author needs to go live out in the country and raise chickens or something. With Anne McCaffrey I reached that point with Skies Of Pern. It s part of the enormously successful Pern series - a science fiction series about people riding dragons to fight a man-eating alien fungus. Most of the series is great. This is just painful. The problem is partly that she s tried to stuff too many storylines into one book (and most of them are bad). There s a tsunami. There are people protesting the sudden advancement of technology - a storyline that could have been GREAT if she had given them personalities rather ...