Dragonsdawn, Anne McCaffrey
Dragonsdawn, Anne McCaffrey
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Dragonsdawn

Author: Anne McCaffrey

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 14 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 10/25/2005

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis

The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists—until unimaginable terror turned it into hell. Suddenly deadly spores were falling like silver threads from the sky, devouring everything—and everyone—in their path. It began to look as if the colony, cut off from Earth and lacking the resources to combat the menace, was doomed.Then some of the colonists noticed that the small, dragonlike lizards that inhabited their new world were joining the fight against Thread, breathing fire on it and teleporting to safety. If only, they thought, the dragonets were big enough for a human to ride and intelligent enough to work as a team with a rider.…And so they set their most talented geneticist to work to create the creatures Pern so desperately needed—Dragons!

About Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey, the Hugo Award-winning author of the bestselling Dragonriders of Pern® novels, is one of science fiction’s most popular authors. With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough she co-authored Changelings and Maelstrom, Books One and Two of The Twins of Petaybee. McCaffrey lives in a house of her own design, Dragonhold-Underhill, in County Wicklow, Ireland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melissa on September 16, 2008

This is one of my all time favorite Pern novels. It tells the story of how people came to Pern to colonize the planet, how the first appearance of Thread almost destroyed them and the measures they took to survive. It is a wonderful story that includes the creation of the Dragons from the fire lizar......more

Goodreads review by Dona's on April 25, 2025

Finished Reading Pre-Read notes Anne McCaffrey's arguably most famous book DRAGONSONG needs no introduction from me, as its reputation precedes it. However I learned from a friend of mine and confirmed on the Google that *this* book, DRAGONSDAWN, is the first book in the series *narratively*, so this......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on April 15, 2024

The scope, storyline, and writing were all impressive. However, there was an excess of profanity; that really brought it down.......more

Goodreads review by Katie on August 25, 2015

I love this book sooooo much. I love Sorka and Sean so much. I didn't forget that that, but it's been years and years since I read it, so I was primed to fall in love all over again. I listened to it as an audiobook, which is usually something that takes me a while to get through, but I did not want......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick on June 13, 2020

As colonist settle the new planet they call Pern they run into several obstacles. First is a space parasite they will call thread that destroys all organic material. Then they have settled in a volcano zone. To counter thread the settlers will bio-engineer flying dragons. This is a great read.......more