Dragonsdawn (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #6)
Newcomers to Pern, rejoice! Now you can start this bestselling adventure series from the very beginning of Pernese history. This exclusive omnibus edition collects the novel Dragonsdawn, the story of how men and women first came to Pern and how they created the magnificent telepathic Dragons to...
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Newcomers to Pern, rejoice! Now you can start this bestselling adventure series from the very beginning of Pernese history. This exclusive omnibus edition collects the novel Dragonsdawn, the story of how men and women first came to Pern and how they created the magnificent telepathic Dragons to fight the alien Thread, and The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall, a collection of four novellas and one short story that adds richness and depth to the earliest days of the Dragon World.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780739466858 (0739466852)
ASIN: 739466852
Pages no: 599
Edition language: English
Series: Pern (Chronological Order) 2 (#1)
This was a bit slow to get going, but once we got into part 2 it became the Pern book I have come to love. By part 3 I was on the edge of my seat, even though I knew vaguely what happens. Man, I cried more than once for various reasons. Finding out the details of Sallah's sacrifice. Learning the det...
My favourite of all the Pern novels
If you're already a fan of Anne McCaffey's Pern, you'll love this book. I don't think it makes a good introduction though if you're not already enchanted by Pern, despite that this story would be the first chronologically. I'd try the original trilogy first, starting with Dragonflight, which I think...
Chronologically the first Pern book.I wouldn't recommend starting here, but having read a few others I enjoyed learning how the dragon riders began.
I had been reading the Pern books for several years by the time I came across this one, and this quickly became one of my favorites.
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