Dragonsdawn - Anne McCaffrey

Dragonsdawn is the ninth volume of the Chronicles of Pern series. As the title implies, it deals with the dawn of the series - the early 'history'. The first volume of the series, Dragonflight, was essentially a work of fantasy - and a fairly slender one at that. There were some interesting ideas, loosely tacked together by an incredulous storyline. Some people, living on a rural planet in the galactic sticks so-to-speak, rode around on dragons and ...
...was at this point that Dragonsdawn was published as a fill-in-the-gaps volume and, as with many prequels, it is significantly better written and more interesting than its earlier 'sequels'. The Plot ========= At some point in our future, Mankind sets out to colonise various parts of the universe. One large group of colonists sets out for Pern, a beautiful planet similar to an early Earth (a few continents, mostly water, lush and green). The original ...

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Review of Dragonsdawn - Anne McCaffrey

===Who is the author?=== Anne McCaffrey is one of the world’s best –loved science/fiction fantasy writers, who has won the Hugo and Nebula Awards, as well as many others. She is probably best known for her _Chronicles of Pern_ series, of which this is the eighth full-length novel (it is actually the ninth book, but the one immediately before it – _Nerilka’s Story_ - is really more of a long short story!). ===What kind of book is it?=== Interestingly, ...
...fantasy, this particular novel has much more of a pure science fiction feel. This took me by surprise a little when I first started reading it, but after a while I found it to be rather refreshing and certainly no bad thing! Having said that, I’m only ever a moderate fantasy reader, and the _Chronicles of Pern_ DO generally represent the limit of my tolerance for the genre (I prefer my fantasy to have at least some grounding in reality) so that probably ...

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Review of Dragonsdawn - Anne McCaffrey

In this novel, McCaffrey provides the background to the planet Pern, and delves more deeply into its history. The present-day Pernese are revealed to be the descendants of colonists from a futuristic Federation of planets, forced to abandon advanced technology when Thread attacks. The origin of the dragons is also revealed. This book is a departure from the fantasy style world of Pern into the more sci-fi style of writing. It is very readable and ...

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Review of Dragonsdawn - Anne McCaffrey