I think that is one reason they come to life so vividly and become so well known to the reader.Īlthough I had somehow avoided reading this series for some decades now, I finally decided a few weeks ago that I should give it a try. Her heroes aren't perfect, in fact at times they are very flawed. She even left a very interesting story arc in play for the next book, without leaving a cliff hanger to make readers want to continue the series. McCaffrey brought it off with great skill. In a lesser author's hands this might put off some readers. She wasn't afraid to put some of her characters into difficult and tragic situations. She also introduced new fauna, with her Fire Lizards a surprising element both for their "cool factor" and for the ultimate impact on the story. McCaffrey really put herself to the test in creating unique characters both in cooperation and conflict. The book is largely a complex character study, during which we are introduced to myriad Lords of Holds, Dragonflight Leaders, Masters of Craft Guilds, and several other interesting characters. In Dragonquest, there was no such deus ex machina plot device to figure out. I had the solution to the problem long before it was introduced by Anne McCaffrey. While the first Dragonriders of Pern book (Dragonflight) was fun, it was also somewhat predictable. I remember White Dragon as one of my favorites, so I'm getting back to my 'reading' um, listening. Who know, maybe gravity will cease to be so grave!Īnyway, I am lucky to have the next of the Dragonrider books in Audible form and have already cheated ahead. These kept me involved wondering if our own descendants may run into similar discoveries should we let go of our tightly held concepts. New sciences were discovered or recovered in this book. This books challenged us to look at traditions and even break them to see if there might be a better way to do things. Other books in this series are about the dragons and their riders and the fight against thread. I loved this book the first time I read it nearly two decades ago and found it equally exciting this time. Because of the narrator's wonderful voice and character depictions I was able to keep track of where I was in the story even when my eyes refused to read any more. I didn't have the money for the Kindle version so I managed to listen to this Audible version while attempting to decypher the book with its tiny font. This is a continuation of The Dragonriders of Pern.
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