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    <body><![CDATA[Why couldn't she have stopped at two? Why does every fantasy series have to be a trilogy or longer? This mediocre book drags the whole Harper Hall trilogy down with it.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dear Mrs. McCaffrey,<br/><br/>What were you thinking?  You had done a brilliant job with the first two books in this &quot;trilogy&quot;, so please do explain why you felt compelled to switch your focus from our beloved heroine Menolly to her rambunctious sidekick, Piemur?  This is no trilogy.  Do...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28565740">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Don't go into this book expecting much Menolly; this is Piemur's book.  He's a pretty entertaining character usually so you'd think that's a good thing, but in this installment he manages to take a personal journey similar to Menolly's in Dragonsong, and frankly he gets a little boring.<br/><br/>W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76772756">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is only for those who loved the first two and want to finish up the trilogy. There were loose ends that never got resolved and some stealing that was deemed acceptable because the person stolen from a &quot;bad&quot; guy. This made me uncomfortable. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Surprisingly captivating and exciting read. Really makes you feel for Piemur as he tries to find his place as his whole world collapses around his ears, and the journey with him is particularly rewarding when he finds his own purpose. It's a shame that his personality seemed to take a 180 degree tur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60626605">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Once again Pern was in danger.  The air trembled with rumors of deadly Threadfall.  And, from within, there was another peril.  The restless Oldtimers, who once battled the shimmering Thread, were now banished to the Southern Hold, and breeding rebellion.  So the Master Harper dispatched young Piemur southward, dragonback, on a secret mission.  Piemur, his great singing career thwarted by the changing voice of youth, was now a drum apprentice, his messages sounding from the heights.  The wily lad, vowing to help his beloved Pern, would survive Threadfall, accomplish his task, and return home with, at long last, the little fire lizard of his sun dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember distinctly not liking this book as much as the other two of this series when I read it back as a child (oh, yes I was doing a reread bit for a couple days), but it turns out that it's actually a fun book! I think it was just that Ms McCaffrey changed the focus of the story from my beloved...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42554223">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great story.  This one is from Piemur's view point and the adventures he gets in.  It also tells how he acquires his gold queen lizard, Farli, and his side kick, Stupid.  Piemur is a very ingenius character who has been greatly overlooked.  I loved how he found himself in a bag of material b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62550601">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Out of the three books, this one is the best even though the main character switches from Menolly to her best friend.  I found a lot of similarities in the rivarly of Peimer and the drum hall boys (as Menolly struggled with in the 2nd book with the girls), but overall I found this one a more excitin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48029173">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my least favorite of the Harper Hall books, because  I think McCaffrey is not true to the already established character of Piemur, Menolly's friend from the Harper Hall. In <em>Dragonsinger</em> Piemur was presented as an irrepressible, mischievous scamp. <br/>Forget all about <em>that</em> Piemur, because h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6745959">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are expecting this book to be about Menolly, you will be disappointed.  However, if you don't come in with any expectations, this book its a good read.  It definately fills in important story line about how Piemur got to the southern continent and information about the fate of the oldtimers a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47710809">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Anne McCaffrey's bestselling Harper Hall Trilogy is a masterpiece of imaginative storytelling. DRAGONDRUMS, the concluding volume is the exciting tale of how Piemur the drummer's apprentice came of age on an incredible journey to Pern's uncharted Southern Continent.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this in junior high, so my memories are fuzzy... I just remember that I was so very disappointed when in the third part of the only McCaffrey trilogy I was ever able to get into, the focus shifted from Menolly to her annoying side-kick with the name I hated.  This was the last of my attempts ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49070736">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the most tantalizing elements to McCaffrey’s works of fantasy is that she’s created a world in Pern with its own life. All of the rules and regulations, the traditions and histories, and the social structures as a whole are unique to this world, let alone that it involves dragons and fire...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43242259">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Harper Hall as epitomized by the Piemur in this book is something I would never want to visit. I enjoyed his other appearances, but here I see a pouty, rebellious boy. I enjoyed the book simply because it was a continuation, but felt it could have been much better done.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book much more than the first time around. Probably because when I first read it I was so disappointed that it focused on Piemur instead of on Menolly. This time I knew that, so I was prepared to enjoy it for its own right.<br/><br/>However, it did bother me that Piemur's theft of a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33496349">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Again, some of my favorite books are this series.  I like the introduction of the Southern Continent on this one, and the maturing of Piemur. Nabol, of course, continues to be evil, and the plot thickens! This is billed as the end of the Menolly series, but of course, it's more of a stepping stone t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45092976">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Dragondrums (Pern: Harper Hall, #3)]]>
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rated lower than the other two only because I don't care about Piemur nearly as much as I do about Menolly.  The compelling part of Menolly's story is done, I understand that, but you want to read more about those characters you like.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In the world of Pern, Harpers with great musical ability are held in extreme regard. This is why the young, mischievous Piemur carries himself with so much pride, for he sings like an angel. But when his voice begins to change, Piemur loses all confidence and questions his role within Harper Hall.<p>Incapable of singing, Piemur is sent on various errands by Masterharper Robinton, including the task of learning the complicated beats of the messenger drums, Piemur has no clue of the grand adventures that await him, and he'll need to find the courage within himself to survive.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite book in the Harper Hall trilogy. Piemur truly does have some fantastic adventures. I like that he has a book of his own. The ending was satisfying because something I've been rooting for since I finished the second book did finally happen! ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Dragondrums (Pern: Harper Hall, #3)]]>
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    <![CDATA[Anne McCaffrey's bestselling Harper Hall Trilogy is a masterpiece of imaginative storytelling. DRAGONDRUMS, the concluding volume is the exciting tale of how Piemur the drummer's apprentice came of age on an incredible journey to Pern's uncharted Southern Continent.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fun, adventurous romp through one of my favorite worlds. Thoroughly enjoying to read. <br/><br/>Sure, I would have liked to have the third Harper Hall book focus on Menolly, as many others have mentioned, but I certainly don't begrudge Piemur his own story. I saw enough of Menolly and the rest o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53843364">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather...and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain. But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messanger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this conclusion to the Harper Hall Trilogy despite the fact that Menolly isn't the main character.  I like Piemur and enjoyed reading as his story unfolded.  There was enough of Menolly &amp; other characters I enjoy to keep me happy.]]></body>
    
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