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Dragonflight

Dragonriders of Pern, Book 1

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Dragonflight

By: Anne McCaffrey
Narrated by: Dick Hill
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On the beautiful planet Pern, colonized for centuries, Land Holders and Craftsmen have traditionally tithed food and supplies to the dragonweyrs to which they are bound. In times past, the mighty telepathic dragons and their riders were the only protection from the dreaded, life-threatening Thread.

But it has been over 400 years since the last Threadfall, and some people have come to doubt that the menace will every strike again. But F'lar, rider of Pern's greatest bronze dragon, has no such illusions. The Red Star is near; Thread will fall soon.

Book another flight with the Dragonriders of Pern.©1968 Anne McCaffrey (P)1993 Brilliance Audio

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Imaginative Worldbuilding • Compelling Dragons • Distinct Character Voices • Strong Female Protagonist • Engaging Plot

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Read this many years ago, and have returned to the Pern books off and on through the years. It was a pleasure to listen to. The voice of the dragons is well done. My overall familiarity with the series has muddled my memory of what happened in this book, so it was nearly like a first-time read. There was a little less depth of story and culture than I remembered, but this likely is more due to the accumulated sense of the Pern culture and history in my memory, than a fault of this particular book. A wonderful concept in the world of science fiction / fantasy, and I recommend it if you have not yet "been to Pern." It is a good production of a now-classic for those who have. Enjoy!

Classic worth revisiting

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I read this book 25+ years ago. I burnt out on the series after about six or seven books. However, some other Anne McCaffrey's books are some of my favorite books (Audible only has abridged versions of the others which I will not listen to, sigh). I like her writing style even though this particular story was a bit simplistic, and easy to guess the end, it was enjoyable.

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I read almost this whole series when I was younger and I really only liked this book and the prequel Dragondawn, the rest of the series was okay but when I decided to listen to them again I decided only to read those two books especially since Dragonflight was on a daily sale way back when. Anne McCafferty has created a great fantasy world and completely different from anything else I have read in this genre. I love the dragons and I love the strong will of the heroine and the fact that the hero would do anything to save his world even if nobody else believed him. Narrator does a good job.

The world of Pern.

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I have always enjoyed this series. the only problem I have here is with the production. Dick Hill's narration is good but there are some "background voices" that come through on the recording and are distracting.

Great series

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I admired the cover, as I have always loved Dragons. I started this book over and over again as a child, but the language style was just too beyond me at that age. After scrolling by it, I decided it time to give it a try after 20-odd years.. Aaaaaaannnddd!? The language is still incredibly dry. The relationship between Lessa and F'whicheverwas...disheartening at best. Mostly though, it was outright abusive. BUT TIME-TRAVELING DRAGONS? The world was rich, and the relationship between dragon-rider, dragon-dragon, queen-dragon was fun to explore. The idea of going -between- places and/or times was incredible to think about. The names were difficult to follow in their similarity. This has been a series of sentences.

"He's going to shake me.."

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