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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] |
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] |
Todd McCaffrey
Todd J. McCaffrey (born 27 April 1956 as Todd Johnson) is an Irish American author of science fiction best known for continuing the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series in collaboration with his mother Anne McCaffrey. Life Todd Johnson was born 27 April 1956 in Montclair, New Jersey as the second son and middle child of Horace Wright Johnson (deceased 2009A Letter From Anne (17 December 2009). pernhome.com (c) Todd McCaffrey. Confirmed 2011-07-12.), who worked for , and Anne McCaffrey (deceased 2011 2012-11-21. pernhome.com (c) Todd McCaffrey. Confirmed 2011-11-24.), who had her second short story published that year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels By Anne McCaffrey
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Science Fiction Novels
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1994 Novels
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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] |
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] |
Dragonsdawn
''Dragonsdawn'' is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. It was the ninth book published in the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series, but chronologically it takes place before any of the other books. It was published in 1988, by Del Rey in the US and Bantam in the UK. UK editions have had various subtitles: ''Dragonsdawn: The First Chronicles of the Colony of Pern'' (Bantam, 1988), ''Dragonsdawn: The earliest legend of Pern'' (Corgi, 1995).http://www.worldcat.org/title/dragonsdawn-the-earliest-legend-of-pern/oclc/312459946?ht=edition&referer=di While the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series is recognized as science fiction (due to its origin discussing the nature of the star Rukbat and its planetary system), many of its elements in the earlier books were primarily fantasy in origin. ''Dragonsdawn establishes the science fiction nature of the series by defining the science behind McCaffrey's dragons. Plot summary The planet Pern seemed a paradise to its ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowena Morrill
Rowena A. Morrill (September 14, 1944 – February 11, 2021), also credited as Rowena and Rowina Morril,"Rowina Morril" may be a typo, but has been used in multiple works even where the signature on the cover artwork is clearly "Rowena". The 22nd printing of ''Dragonsong'' by Anne McCaffrey is an example of this alternate name credit. was an American artist known for her science-fiction and fantasy illustration, and is credited as one of the first female artists to impact paperback cover illustration. Her notable artist monographs included ''The Fantastic Art of Rowena'', ''Imagine'' (in France), ''Imagination'' (in Germany), and ''The Art of Rowena'' and her work has also been included in a variety of anthologies including ''Tomorrow and Beyond'' and ''Infinite Worlds''. Career Morrill received a BA from the University of Delaware in 1971 and then studied at the Tyler School of Arts in Philadelphia. After dropping out of the Tyler program, she worked for an advertising agency in ... [...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] |
