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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] |
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] |
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] |
First Fall
''The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall'' is a 1993 collection of short fiction by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. All five stories are set on the fictional planet Pern; ''First Fall'' is one of two collections in the science fiction series ''Dragonriders of Pern''. The collection The ''First Fall'' stories are united by the setting: they span a period from before humans arrived and the first few decades of settlement in the southern continent. Generally the stories are about the relocation and reorganization of the southern colony in response to the "First Pass" of the "Red Star"—an erratic planet that periodically brings a biological menace, in the form of falling thread. The twelfth ''Dragonriders of Pern'' book, ''First Fall'' shares its early setting only with one previously published book in the series, ''Dragonsdawn'' (1988). McCaffrey places ''Dragonsdawn'' and ''First Fall'' in a perspective of the ancient history of Pern. ''First Fall'' was published simultaneo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The Weyrs Of Pern
''All the Weyrs of Pern'' is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. Published in 1991, it was the eleventh book published in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series.. Retrieved 9 October 2011. Plot summary The story follows immediately from the final scene of ''Renegades of Pern'', in which the Admin building from Pern's first generation of colonists is discovered, along with an advanced computer called ''AIVAS'' (Artificial Intelligence Voice Address System), at the Landing site that is being excavated. AIVAS has remained undisturbed since the events of ''Dragonsdawn'' some 2500 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. The Weyrs, led by Lessa and F'lar, enthusiastically embrace this possibility, and with the support of the Holds (led in particular by Jaxom) and the Crafthalls (championed by Masterharper Robinton) pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gift Of Dragons
''A Gift Of Dragons'' is a 2002 collection of short fiction by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. All four stories are set on the fictional planet Pern; the book is one of two collections in the science fiction series ''Dragonriders of Pern'' by Anne and her son Todd McCaffrey. The collection The stories are not united by any theme, but three of four are set about 2500 years "After Landing", the beginning of human settlement on Pern. That is just before or during the "Ninth Pass" of the "Red Star", an erratic planet that periodically brings a biological menace from space. Those three stories therefore share a Pernese historical period with most of the previous books in the series (11 of 16). The seventeenth ''Dragonriders of Pern'' book, ''A Gift of Dragons'' was the last one in the series written by Anne McCaffrey alone, before the entry of her son Todd (see ''Dragon's Kin''). It was published first in the US and four months later in the UK with the same cover art, by De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Skies Of Pern
''The Skies of Pern'' is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It was the sixteenth book published in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey. ''The Skies of Pern'' was first published in 2001. It was the first Pern book using the same painting to illustrate the UK and US covers. This novel follows soon after '' The Dolphins of Pern'', and, in contrast to the previous several Pern novels, takes place in a very short period of time within the same year. To ensure accuracy, Anne consulted with a number of astronomers who planned and modelled the comet impact and subsequent consequences, this group included author Bill Napier, Harry Alm and future YouTuber Scott Manley Scott Park Manley (born 31 December 1972) is a Scottish YouTube personality, gamer, programmer, astrophysicist and DJ. On his YouTube channel, he makes videos discussing space-related topics and news, mainly concerning up-to-date rocket sci .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragonseye
''Red Star Rising'' or ''Dragonseye'' is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It was the fourteenth book published in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey. ''Red Star Rising'', or ''Red Star Rising: Second Chronicles of Pern'', was published by Bantam UK in 1996. For release in the United States the following year it was retitled ''Dragonseye''. Plot introduction After the events of ''All the Weyrs of Pern'', ''The Dolphins of Pern'', and ''The Skies of Pern'', Thread is less of a threat to the planet. Returning to an earlier time period in 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. ...ese history, the author brings the earlier conflict of Thread reappearing in the Second Pass. The book is set about 250 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragondrums
''Dragondrums'' is a young adult science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. Published by Atheneum Books in 1979, it was the sixth to appear in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey.. Retrieved 2011-10-09. ''Dragondrums'' completed the ''Harper Hall of Pern'' trilogy one year after ''The White Dragon'' completed the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' trilogy. Boxed and omnibus editions of both trilogies soon followed. Plot summary ''Dragondrums'' is the coming of age story of Piemur, a small, quick, clever apprentice at Harper Hall. When Piemur's clear treble voice changes, his place among the Harpers is no longer certain. He is sent to the drum towers to learn drumming, the primary method of long-distance communication on Pern for non-dragonriders, while his voice settles. There he has to deal with the jealousy and bullying of the other drumming apprentices. When Masterharper Robinton secretly asks Piemur to be his apprentice, Piem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon's Kin
''Dragon's Kin'' is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey and her son Todd McCaffrey. Published by Del Rey Books in 2003, it is the eighteenth book in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series and the first with Todd as co-author. ''Dragon's Kin'' may be considered the first of a trilogy by the McCaffreys, preceding ''Dragon's Fire'' and ''Dragon Harper''. Primarily the three books feature Kindan as a boy and young man, about 500 years after landing on Pern (500 AL). Collaboration Anne McCaffrey created Pern in the novella ''Weyr Search'' (1967) when her second child Todd was eleven. In 2001 and 2002 she published her fifteenth Pern novel and second collection of short stories. ''Dragon's Kin'' was their first collaborative work. Todd later recalled that a Del Rey editor in the 1990s "pitched it to me that someone ought to continue Mum's legacy when she was no longer able. At the time I had misgivings and no story ideas". Previously, as Todd Johnson, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragonheart (novel)
''Dragonheart'' is a science fiction novel by Todd McCaffrey in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series that his mother Anne McCaffrey initiated in 1967. Published by Del Rey Books in 2008, it was the second for Todd as sole author and the twenty-second in the series.. Retrieved 9 October 2011. Written after his first book, ''Dragonsblood'', it is a concurrent-time book as opposed to a prequel or sequel. The frame story of ''Dragonheart'' takes place in a few days of winter 508 AL (years After Landing on Pern), weeks after the beginning of the Third Pass and its attendant Threadfall. Synopsis Pern is still trying to recover from a deadly plague that devastated the holders and craftsmen, not even 15 turns (years) before. Although the dragonsriders and weyrfolk were spared from the devastation of that plague, they are about to be tested with a deadly illness that afflicts the dragons. Fiona of Fort Weyr, the only surviving child of Lord Holder Bemin of Fort Hold, is thrust into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dolphins Of Pern
''The Dolphins of Pern'' is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It was the thirteenth book published in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series by Anne or her son Todd McCaffrey.. Retrieved 9 October 2011. ''The Dolphins of Pern'' was first published in 1994. The cover painting by Rowena Morrill was used again for the biography ''Anne McCaffrey: A life with dragons'' . Plot summary This novel follows ''Dragonsdawn'' and the short story ''The Dolphin's Bell'' (short story contained in '' The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall'') by discussing the present state (Ninth Pass) of the dolphins that were brought to Pern by the colonists. Set near the end and after the events of ''All the Weyrs of Pern'' it further integrates the science fiction aspects of the origins of the 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 McC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragonsblood
''Dragonsblood'' is a science fiction novel by Todd McCaffrey in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series that his mother Anne McCaffrey initiated in 1967. Published in 2005, this was the first with Todd as sole author and the nineteenth in the series.. Retrieved 2011-10-09. Collaboration Todd's solo contribution followed two years after the first published collaboration between mother and son, ''Dragon's Kin''. Although set only a decade later, ''Dragonsblood'' is not a sequel. During the next few years, the McCaffreys co-wrote two sequels to their ''Dragon's Kin'' and Todd completed two sequels to his ''Dragonsblood''. Plot overview All of Todd's novels are set just before or at the beginning of the "Third Pass", about 500 years after human settlement on Pern (500 AL, "After Landing") and 2000 years before the "Ninth Pass" events chronicled in most of Anne McCaffrey's Pern books. ''Dragonsblood'' features an epidemic that strikes fire-lizards, probably first, and dragons (reptil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
