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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 6:28 pm
by Reisheiruhime
Dragonsdawn is in the very beginning when the dragonets are being made into the bigger dragons. It gives a lot of info on the dragons themselves.
A Dragonlovers Guide To Pern is somewhat like a big reference book to all the happenings of Pern. It's shows a lot of things that we humans could only imagine. (Dragons fighting thread, the different clothing styles of the Weyrs...)
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 6:33 pm
by dANdeLION
Merinaz wrote:... the different clothing styles of the Weyrs...)
Or, what the Weyrs wear. BaDUMbum. Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 6:48 pm
by Reisheiruhime
Well, yes, that too...
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 4:05 pm
by Ryzel
You really should start with the first trilogy:
Dragonflight, Dragonquest and The White Dragon
And then you can continue with
Dragonsinger
Dragonsong
Dragondrums
Which is the second trilogy, I think. After that I have lost track.
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:11 am
by duchess of malfi
Dragonsdawn has a much stronger science fiction feel to it than the rest of the books. It tells the story of the origianl colony ships arriving at Pern, and how they had to genetically engineer some of the native life forms to protect them from the Thread. It is pretty far away from the others in time...a lot of the other Pern books go together in clusters, but it is sort of by itself...
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 5:01 pm
by aTOMiC
After reading 40 or so pages of Dragonflight I find that I'm having difficulty sticking with the book. McCaffrey uses so many proper names in the first chapter that I really have only the vaguest notion of who is saying what about whom and with what and so on. I've made fun of young writers that flavor their stories with far less obscurity than I've read in Dragonflight but these books come highly recommended and I get the feeling that by the time I've plunged through the next few chapters the feeling that I am unwelcome in McCaffrey's world will subside.
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:21 pm
by dANdeLION
Aww, you're just mad because nobody was pointlessly, brutally murdered in the first 40 pages.....
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:23 pm
by aTOMiC
It was reported that a tyrant, when taking over a whole province, murdered all of the men, women and children of a particular ruling bloodline. Does that count?
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 4:36 pm
by Reisheiruhime
Ya.
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:06 pm
by dlbpharmd
TOM C wrote:It was reported that a tyrant, when taking over a whole province, murdered all of the men, women and children of a particular ruling bloodline. Does that count?
You're speaking, of course, of Fax.
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:10 pm
by aTOMiC
dlbpharmd wrote:TOM C wrote:It was reported that a tyrant, when taking over a whole province, murdered all of the men, women and children of a particular ruling bloodline. Does that count?
You're speaking, of course, of Fax.
Yes Fax. And good riddance.
Now 150 pages into the book I have a pretty good grasp of what is going on and I am enjoying the book much more than I did at the beginning.
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:23 pm
by dlbpharmd
I love that book. Happy Reading!