Dragonflight

This whole review is a "Spoiler" so don't read it. On the other hand, nothing interesting happens in the book anyway, so might as well save yourself the trouble of reading the actual book. People of Pern: What's that in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a Plane? Is it SUPERMAN? Ugh, no.. It's those godda......more

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'El vuelo del dragón' nos presenta un mundo, Pern, donde los dragoneros (jinetes de dragón que se comunican telepáticamente con estas criaturas capaces de teleportarse) se encargan de lidiar con la amenaza de unas hebras que caen del cielo cada 200 años y aniquilan la tierra sobre la que se posan. C......more

Lately I have been noticing a recurring observation about the quality of first books in various series. There seems to be a growing consensus in reviews that the first book of a series, particularly if it is the first book published by an author, is inherently weak because the author is "learning th......more

It's been ages since I read Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. It was my first introduction to her writing and more specifically her world of Pern with its blend of fantasy and sci-fi (everything looks fantasy but is explained – thanks to the ubiquitous prologues across the series – as science fiction.......more