Dragonsdawn

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

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

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

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

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