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Dragonsong
''Dragonsong'' is a science fantasy novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. Released by Atheneum Books in March 1976, it was the third to appear set on the world Pern of the ''Dragonriders of Pern''. In its time, however, ''Dragonsong'' brought the fictional planet Pern to a new publisher, editor, and target audience of young adults, and soon became the first book in the '' Harper Hall of Pern'' trilogy. The original ''Dragonriders of Pern'' trilogy with Ballantine Books was not completed until after the publication of ''Dragonsong'' and its sequel. ''Dragonsong'' and the second Pern book ''Dragonquest'' are set at the same time, seven years after the end of the seminal ''Dragonflight''—that is, more than 2500 years after human settlement, during the "Ninth Pass" of the Red Star that periodically brings a biological menace from space. Their primary geographical settings are not distant in space yet worlds apart: ''Dragonsong'' in an isolated sea-hold and ''Dragonquest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragonriders Of Pern
''Dragonriders of Pern'' is a science fantasy series written primarily by American author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967. Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with Anne. The series (as of 2022) comprises 24 novels and two collections of short stories. The two novellas included in the first novel, ''Dragonflight'', made McCaffrey the first woman to win a Hugo Award for writing fiction as well as the first to win a Nebula Award.''Publishers Weekly'' review of Robin Roberts, ''Anne McCaffrey: A Life with Dragons'' (2007)Quoted by Amazon.com Retrieved 2011-07-16. Overview Humans have colonized the planet Pern in the Rukbat star system, but have lost much of their technology and history (including their origin on Earth) due to periodic onslaughts of Thread, a mycorrhizoid spore that voraciously consumes all organic material, including humans and their crops, given the opportunity. Thread comes from the Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Harper Hall Trilogy
The Harper Hall trilogy is a series of three science fiction novels by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. They are part of the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series as it is known today, 26 books by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey or daughter Gigi McCaffrey as of 2018. The books are distinct: they exclude omnibus editions and the separate publication as books of the longest works later collected or incorporated. They were published by Atheneum Books in 1976, 1977, and 1979, alongside the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series. Omnibus editions of the two trilogies were published by the Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club in 1978 and 1984, titled ''The Dragonriders of Pern'' and ''The Harper Hall of Pern'' respectively. Harper Hall's target was young adults in contrast to the general audience for fantasy and science fiction. Indeed, editor Jean E. Karl, who had established the children's and science fiction imprints at Atheneum Books, hoped to attract more female readers to science fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper Hall Trilogy
The Harper Hall trilogy is a series of three science fiction novels by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. They are part of the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series as it is known today, 26 books by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey or daughter Gigi McCaffrey as of 2018. The books are distinct: they exclude omnibus editions and the separate publication as books of the longest works later collected or incorporated. They were published by Atheneum Books in 1976, 1977, and 1979, alongside the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series. Omnibus editions of the two trilogies were published by the Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club in 1978 and 1984, titled ''The Dragonriders of Pern'' and ''The Harper Hall of Pern'' respectively. Harper Hall's target was young adults in contrast to the general audience for fantasy and science fiction. Indeed, editor Jean E. Karl, who had established the children's and science fiction imprints at Atheneum Books, hoped to attract more female readers to science fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pern
''Dragonriders of Pern'' is a science fantasy series written primarily by American author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967. Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with Anne. The series (as of 2022) comprises 24 novels and two collections of short stories. The two novellas included in the first novel, ''Dragonflight'', made McCaffrey the first woman to win a Hugo Award for writing fiction as well as the first to win a Nebula Award.''Publishers Weekly'' review of Robin Roberts, ''Anne McCaffrey: A Life with Dragons'' (2007)Quoted by Amazon.com Retrieved 2011-07-16. Overview Humans have colonized the planet Pern in the Rukbat star system, but have lost much of their technology and history (including their origin on Earth) due to periodic onslaughts of Thread, a mycorrhizoid spore that voraciously consumes all organic material, including humans and their crops, given the opportunity. Thread comes from the Red St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire-lizards
''Dragonriders of Pern'' is a science fantasy series written primarily by American author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967. Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with Anne. The series (as of 2022) comprises 24 novels and two collections of short stories. The two novellas included in the first novel, ''Dragonflight'', made McCaffrey the first woman to win a Hugo Award for writing fiction as well as the first to win a Nebula Award.''Publishers Weekly'' review of Robin Roberts, ''Anne McCaffrey: A Life with Dragons'' (2007)Quoted by Amazon.com Retrieved 2011-07-16. Overview Humans have colonized the planet Pern in the Rukbat star system, but have lost much of their technology and history (including their origin on Earth) due to periodic onslaughts of Thread, a mycorrhizoid spore that voraciously consumes all organic material, including humans and their crops, given the opportunity. Thread comes from the Red St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragonsinger
''Dragonsinger'' is a young adult science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. Published by Atheneum Books in 1977, it was the fourth to appear in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series written by Anne McCaffrey and her son Todd McCaffrey.. Confirmed 2011-10-09. As the sequel to ''Dragonsong'', it was the second book in the ''Harper Hall of Pern'' trilogy, with a new publisher, editor, and target audience (young adults). The original ''Dragonriders of Pern'' trilogy was completed after publication of the first two Harper Hall books. Plot summary The novel follows Menolly, now apprenticed into the Harper Hall, a type of music conservatory for harpers (minstrels/educators) and other music professionals, as she begins her musical training to become a harper herself one day. The story begins within hours of the final events of ''Dragonsong'', rounding out the tale of Menolly's coming of age. Menolly arrives at Harper Hall to find herself the center of unwanted at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menolly
Characters in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series of science fiction novels by Anne McCaffrey. 8th Interval, 9th Pass Major characters AIVAS AIVAS is an advanced computer (Artificial Intelligence Voice Address System). AIVAS was found by Jaxom, Jancis, and Piemur while they were excavating the city called Landing, the original settlement of the ancestors (the original colonists from ''Dragonsdawn''), that had been buried in ash during a volcanic eruption. AIVAS has remained undisturbed since the events of ''Dragonsdawn'' some 2,500 years earlier and, in addition to holding a huge volume of stored information long since lost to the Pernese society, claims to be able to eliminate the threat of Thread forever. AIVAS reintroduced many technological advancements to the society. Some people, feeling AIVAS was a threat to their way of life, called it an "abomination" and tried to destroy it, but they were unsuccessful. F'lar F'lar is the weyrleader of Benden Weyr and the rider of bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robinton
Characters in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series of science fiction novels by Anne McCaffrey. 8th Interval, 9th Pass Major characters AIVAS AIVAS is an advanced computer (Artificial Intelligence Voice Address System). AIVAS was found by Jaxom, Jancis, and Piemur while they were excavating the city called Landing, the original settlement of the ancestors (the original colonists from ''Dragonsdawn''), that had been buried in ash during a volcanic eruption. AIVAS has remained undisturbed since the events of ''Dragonsdawn'' some 2,500 years earlier and, in addition to holding a huge volume of stored information long since lost to the Pernese society, claims to be able to eliminate the threat of Thread forever. AIVAS reintroduced many technological advancements to the society. Some people, feeling AIVAS was a threat to their way of life, called it an "abomination" and tried to destroy it, but they were unsuccessful. F'lar F'lar is the weyrleader of Benden Weyr and the rider of bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Dragon (novel)
''The White Dragon'' is a science fantasy novel by American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It completes the original ''Dragonriders'' trilogy in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series, seven years after the second book. It was first published by Del Rey Books in June 1978. In 1987, the magazine ''Locus'' ranked ''The White Dragon'' number 23 among the 33 "All-Time Best Fantasy Novels", based on a poll of subscribers. Origins The first part of the novel was published three years earlier as ''A Time When'', a special publication by the New England Science Fiction Association for its annual convention Boskone in 1975, where McCaffrey was Guest of Honor. Plot summary ''The White Dragon'' follows the coming of age story of Jaxom, the young Lord of Ruatha Hold, who had accidentally impressed the unusual white dragon Ruth in ''Dragonquest'' and ''Dragonsong''. As Jaxom grows up, he has to deal with the difficulty of being both a Lord Holder and a dragonrider, the maturity of Ruth (who, besi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne McCaffrey
Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-Irish writer known for the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, ''Weyr Search'', 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, ''Dragonrider'', 1969). Her 1978 novel ''The White Dragon (novel), The White Dragon'' became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' Best Seller list. In 2005 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named McCaffrey its 22nd SFWA Grand Master, Grand Master, an annual award to living writers of fantasy and science fiction. She was inducted by the EMP Museum#Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Science Fiction Hall of Fame on 17 June 2006. She also received the Robert A. Heinlein Award for her work in 2007. Life and career Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the second of three children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragonquest
''Dragonquest'' is a science fantasy novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It is the sequel to ''Dragonflight'', set seven years later and the second book in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series. ''Dragonquest'' was first published by Ballantine Books in May 1971. Origins According to her son Todd, McCaffrey's agent Virginia Kidd and editor Betty Ballantine provided crucial advice and assistance in her struggle with the sequel to ''Dragonflight''. After the agent first read a draft, the author followed her advice to "burn it", and she met with the editor in long sessions. It was near completion before she emigrated to Ireland in September 1970, with her two younger children Todd and Georgeanne, one month after divorcing her husband. She finished it soon after the move. Plot summary As it opens, tensions are rising between the Oldtimers, those dragonriders who came forward in time 400 turns (Pernese years) to help the undermanned contemporary dragonriders protect t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ship Who Sang
''The Ship Who Sang'' (1969) is a science fiction novel by American writer Anne McCaffrey, a fix-up of five stories published 1961 to 1969. By an alternate reckoning, "The Ship Who Sang" is the earliest of the stories, a novelette, which became the first chapter of the book."The Ship Who Sang" (story) ISFDB. Finally, the entire "Brain & Brawn Ship series" (or Brainship or Ship series), written by McCaffrey and others, is sometimes called the "Ship Who Sang series" by bibliographers, merchants, or fans.The Ship Who Sang (series) ISFDB.Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
