For generations, the dragonriders had dedicated their lives to fightingThread, the dreaded spores that periodically rained from the sky toravage th...
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Feb 24, 2011
Sharon
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Overall, I have really enjoyed reading the Dragonriders of Pern series. I must say though that this particular tale didn't do a whole lot for me at first.
The story builds on the events related in an earlier work, Dragonsdawn, a book I found rather dull and slow going.
In the first hundred pages of All the Weyrs of Pern s made mention of so many characters that I seriously considered making a flowchart to help me keep them all straight.
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The story builds on the events related in an earlier work, Dragonsdawn, a book I found rather dull and slow going.
In the first hundred pages of All the Weyrs of Pern s made mention of so many characters that I seriously considered making a flowchart to help me keep them all straight.
I felt the Artificial In More...
Jun 08, 2010
Kathryn
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If you're looking to read all the classic "Dragonriders of Pern" stories, then I'd suggest reading up to this point, and no further. Some authors wouldn't be able to do such a complete shift in their writing, from a fantasy-medieval-type setting into a futuristic technological utopia, but McCaffrey manages to pull it off. You have all the characters you've grown familiar with from the previous seven books, and you get to see them adapt to all the changes that are coming into this world
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Jun 30, 2009
SKCircles
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Mouais... C'est looonnng ! En fait, mis à part les cinquantes dernières pages, je dois dire que j'ai eu bien du mal à avancer sur ce bouquin. Je connaissais pourtant l'univers de la Ballade de Pern, ayant déjà lu plusieurs tomes de la série, et les ayant appréciés, mais là... Est-ce parce qu'on est en dehors de cet univers justement ? Les Pernais ont retrouvé l'accès aux connaissances et aux vaisseaux de leurs ancêtres, et l'action ne se déroule plus vraiment dans l'univers médiéval-fantastique
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May 04, 2011
Pikachu
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This book takes place two thousand years after the colonists settle on Pern. Society has crumbled, de-evolving from a sophisticatced technocracy, to a medieval setting. All of that changes when they find an artifact left over from their answers, an artificial intelligence voice activated system, called, what else? AIVAS.
Many of the Pernians are very suspicious of AIVAS, and call it the abomination. A lot of the craftsmen are jealous, because AIVAS is teaching people better ways of wo More...
Many of the Pernians are very suspicious of AIVAS, and call it the abomination. A lot of the craftsmen are jealous, because AIVAS is teaching people better ways of wo More...
Mar 02, 2010
Tamcamry
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• This is a great story in and of itself and also a fitting way to bring about the end of the menace to Pern. There were some parts that I think could have been slightly more dramatic. It seemed like too much went right. There weren’t enough problems. It also took a ton of drama out of the end when Jaxom went forward in time to see if the mission was a success. Why did A.M. bother putting that in? I understand that having Robinton die was necessary. I was sad to see him die, but what both
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Aug 14, 2011
L.
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I enjoyed this book by Anne McCaffrey. I read some of the reviews written about it before deciding to read the book. I had read several of her books, and though the few reviews I read were not particularly positive, I felt I would read ALL THE WEYRS OF PERN in any case. But two points mentioned in the reviews stuck out to me, and I watched for them as I read, a positive and negative aspect of reading what other people think, for one cannot help but be influenced even marginally by what others
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May 22, 2011
Colleen
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Oh, Anne McCaffrey. I almost didn't pick this up when I was looking for something to re-read because I was like, "what is there to get excited about in this book?" Y'know, besides acting as the climax-book of the Pern series as a whole. But I went with it out of nostalgia and swept through it quickly, and as always, got a little misty-eyed at all the key character moments for F'lar, Jaxom, and Robinton. As the tvtropes wiki points out, this book has a fantastic CMOA or two (Crowning Mo
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Jul 03, 2011
Glee
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Anne McCaffrey's world of Pern is one of my favorite world-building series. I think as a girl growing up in the 50's and 60's, I was the perfect target for the Dragonrider books. Having been told I could not pursue either of my dream careers (astronaut or [large-animal] veterinarian) simply because I was a girl really crushed me. Along comes Lessa, destined to become the greatest dragon rider of all Pern. I was caught up and transported to this strange world where a girl beat the odds. And
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Sep 20, 2011
Robyn
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For someone who's largely uninitiated within the Pern universe, this book was a pleasurable journey back to the world of dragons, dragonriders and harpermasters.
I've only read one other Anne McCaffrey book, the Masterharper of Pern, so for me reading this book was a great way for me to understand the precarious situation of pitting a largely agrarian society versus (however ironically) a return to true Pernese roots. Instead of simply aligning the current culture with the re-discove More...
I've only read one other Anne McCaffrey book, the Masterharper of Pern, so for me reading this book was a great way for me to understand the precarious situation of pitting a largely agrarian society versus (however ironically) a return to true Pernese roots. Instead of simply aligning the current culture with the re-discove More...
Sep 15, 2008
Ron
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Unlike many other creators of alternate worlds, Anne McCaffery continues to mine fresh ore from the soil of her imagined reality. Her storytelling is good, too.
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Dec 28, 2010
Amelia
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Finally, back to the story line! Enough with the repeating and retelling of the same story, LADY!! I swear she got at least three times the mileage out of this series as was necessary. If I'd have been one of the ones waiting breathlessly for the next Pern book to come out I'd have been pissed when it ended up being one of those lame "retelling" books! This one however, was finally back on to the story line and I quite enjoyed it. Even if she did kill off one of my beloved charact
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Nov 10, 2010
Kristen
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These few Pern books that delve into science and spaceships are not my favorite, though I enjoy the company of familiar characters. Wish this book changed character perspectives more equably though, since some of the characters I was interested in didn't get as much time in the spotlight as I would have liked. Jaxom plays a starring role and while it's nice to have follow through from The White Dragon, there are so many other fascinating characters that I want to see more of (like Menolly and
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Mar 02, 2011
Kendra
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This told the story of a sudden technological revolution on pern, and though interesting, didn't have the character development and driving plot usually characteristic in McCaffrey's dragonrider books. I think it relied a lot upon prior knowledge of the characters from the initial trilogy featuring Lessa and F'lar. The most interesting and developed character in the book was an AI, but I think she could have done a lot more with it to help us to understand it. Overall, worth reading only if you'
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Jun 08, 2011
Snail in Danger (Sid)
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This was the first book that in this series that was released after I started reading it, and it was the first book that I can remember eagerly awaiting the release of. I even asked my parents to buy it for me for Christmas.
It has lots of epic and heroic scope. Some of the characters have started to get sort of annoying, and it really needs a list of dramatis personae. So many years after being actively engaged with the story, it's easier to forget exactly who's who even it comes to More...
It has lots of epic and heroic scope. Some of the characters have started to get sort of annoying, and it really needs a list of dramatis personae. So many years after being actively engaged with the story, it's easier to forget exactly who's who even it comes to More...
Feb 17, 2008
Sally
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Dec 15, 2011
Josephine
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Mar 15, 2010
penny
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I read through Pern quickly my first time and I didn't quite make note of what I did and didn't read. At one point I was very strict about reading each and every title only chronologically. Now, I just want to read them as I find them or as certain topics are relevant to me. I am pretty sure I didn't come across this story before as it hits all the nails on the head of topics that are of great interest to me summed up simply as "technology and society". It's a good read and I'm now loo
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Jun 09, 2009
Michelle
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This is one of my favorite Pern books. I like the character development of AIVAS the computer who helps eradicate the threat of thread and the virus in space forever. I like the controversy of change and how some people respond positively and negatively. I like how believable the whole story of Pern is in general. I get sucked into their world and see the charm and dangers of their simplistic agricultural lifestyle. This is one the books that I read again and again to reexperience their gre
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Apr 06, 2008
taarak
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Okay . . . I'm done with Pern for now. Why read it . . . at my age!?
Well, being sci-fi and fantasy geek all one's young life can wear off after an adult lifetime of earning a living and raising a family (or starting a new one as in my case). Now middle aged, I remember the series and also recall I never read it although my adolecent friends in the highschool sci-fi club were all enthused about it. The decades passed and I found (and still find) that I'm in need of something to whi More...
Well, being sci-fi and fantasy geek all one's young life can wear off after an adult lifetime of earning a living and raising a family (or starting a new one as in my case). Now middle aged, I remember the series and also recall I never read it although my adolecent friends in the highschool sci-fi club were all enthused about it. The decades passed and I found (and still find) that I'm in need of something to whi More...
Apr 07, 2010
Jenny
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Aug 05, 2011
Mark
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In some ways, the culmination of the series, but not the last book she's written on Pern. For it to make sense, you really need to have read the original three books, and the several in between (check the publication dates) are helpful, too. You can skip the "Harper Hall Trilogy". It would be easy to let a spoiler slip out on this book, so all I can say is that it's one of the finer Pern books, very solidly written, and brings together many disparate threads (ba-dum ching!) of the s
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Mar 04, 2011
Erin
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Even as a Pern fan, this book is a chore to read. 99% plot; 1% suspense-building. No character development. Prose is flat and tepid. I had to force myself to finish it. Despite excellent writing in much of the Pern series, McCaffrey here relies constantly on extremely annoying and transparent pulp shortcuts, such as using stilted dialogue to give the reader information known to all speakers that more properly belongs in exposition. I recommend just reading a plot summary including "spoile
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Jul 30, 2010
Anju
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I've long been a fan of the Dragonriders of Pern series. This installment was a satisfying read. It fits in well with the rest of the series and provided a nice... cap to the struggle against Thread, the menace that threatens the planet and the reason there are dragonriders in the first place. I also liked that this particular book focused on two of my favorite characters in the series: Jaxom and Masterharper Robinton.
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Apr 17, 2009
Josh
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So I think I read half way through this book somewhere around 1996. It seemed very familiar up to that point. As with all of her books so far, I really enjoyed this one. This really brings the series full circle, and it easily could have ended here, but from what I gather it hasn't. Anyone into fantasy or sci-fi would enjoy this author I think. Her books can be read as a series, but any one of them could easily stand alone. This one is better though if you've read seven or eight others.
Jul 29, 2010
Debbie
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AIVAS, a computer left behind by the original colonists of Pern, is rediscovered. Society has changed and much knowledge has been lost since Pern was first settled. AIVAS can help reteach that lost knowledge, and perhaps helpl end threadfall forever, but not without bringing many changes and technological advances. Not everyone is happy about the new technologies or convinced that thread can, or should, be stopped.
Jul 30, 2011
A great continuation of the Pern saga. This book picks up where Renegades of Pern left off, following the discovery of Aivas. Through information gained from the AI the Pernese begin to discover science and technology long forgotten. This does cause some cultural difficulties as some brand Aivas "the abomination"
The book also follows the plan to rid Pern of Thread forever. A great read!
The book also follows the plan to rid Pern of Thread forever. A great read!
Jan 11, 2012
Amie
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I really enjoyed this book, more than many of the Pern books I've read lately. Not since the original trilogy, I think, have I enjoyed one this much. Maybe Moreta...and maybe the one or two that were actually set at Landing, with the original settlers. But this one? It was good. It had most of the characters I've come to love, plus a few new ones (although I did miss seeing F'nor and Canth). The Aivas kept me guessing right along with the Pernese, trying to figure out what exactly he had in
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Apr 28, 2010
Lizzy
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I bought this book at a secondhand store, then I remembered I had tried to read it in the past and hadn't been able to get through it. Nothing has changed. I'm over a hundred pages in and it still feels like nothing is happening. I liked Dragonflight, Dragonquest and Dragonsdawn, but so far every other book I've tried to read in this series has left me less than impressed.
Aug 06, 2011
Jackie
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The McCaffreys have got to be my favorite science fiction authors ever. I got hooked on Pern during high school when I read the Harper Hall Trilogy, and then I went on to explore the rest of the world with Anne and Todd in the book adventures of a lifetime. I highly recommend any of the Dragonriders of Pern book series for any science fiction lover.
Aug 06, 2011
Jackie
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The McCaffreys have got to be my favorite science fiction authors ever. I got hooked on Pern during high school when I read the Harper Hall Trilogy, and then I went on to explore the rest of the world with Anne and Todd in the book adventures of a lifetime. I highly recommend any of the Dragonriders of Pern book series for any science fiction lover.
