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    <body><![CDATA[At first I felt that Dragonsblood wasn't nearly as good as any of the other Pern books, including Dragon's Kin, which is the one combined effort of Anne and Todd McCaffrey that I've read so far.  I liked a lot of the details and story that Todd chose to tell, but it just didn't flow as smoothly as t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32827205">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The son playing in his revered mother's world of dragons.  Well, I was somewhat disappointed, I must say. For my taste there was too much focus on the actual science of genetics.  I don't think I needed to know all the nitty-gritty of gene-tracking, splicing... and everything else geneticists find s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15054229">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, the idea was interesting (a dragon plague), and I liked the way they tied the past to the present with the whole time travel thing.  Also, pretty heart-wrenching in places.  A good story overall.<br/><br/>But honestly, I have some words for Todd at this point.  Todd, listen.  Your mother bui...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46304486">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p>In <em>Dragon&rsquo;s Kin</em>, bestselling author Anne McCaffrey did the unthinkable: for the first time ever, she invited another writer to join her in the skies of her most famous fictional creation. That writer was her son, Todd McCaffrey. Together, they penned a triumphant new chapter in the annals of the extraordinarily popular <em>Dragonriders of Pern</em>. Now, for the first time, Todd McCaffrey flies alone. And <em>Dragonsblood</em> is proof that the future of Pern is in good hands. After all, dragons are in his blood&hellip;</p><p>Never in the dramatic history of Pern has there been a more dire emergency than that which faces the young dragonrider Lorana. A mysterious fatal illness is striking dragons. The epidemic is spreading like wildfire&hellip;and the next deadly cycle of Threadfall is only days away. Somehow, Lorana must find a cure before the dragons&ndash;including her own beloved Arith&ndash;succumb to the sickness, leaving Pern undefended.</p><p>The lyrics of an all-but-forgotten song seem to point toward an answer from nearly five hundred years in the past, when Kitti Ping and her daughter Wind Blossom bred the first dragons from their smaller cousins, the fire-lizards. No doubt the first colonists possessed the advanced technology to find the cure for which Lorana seeks, but over the centuries, that knowledge has been lost.Or has it?</p><p>For in the distant past, an aged Wind Blossom worries that the germs that affect the fire-lizards may one day turn on larger prey&ndash;and unleash a plague that will destroy the dragons, Pern&rsquo;s only defenders against Thread. But as her people struggle to survive, Wind Blossom has neither the time nor the resources to expend on a future that may never arrive&ndash;until suddenly she uncovers evidence that her worst fears will come true.</p><p>Now two brave women, separated by hundreds of years but joined by bonds transcending time, will become unknowing allies in a desperate race against sickness and Threadfall, with nothing less than the survival of all life on Pern at stake.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Not As Good As His Mama, But Still Good</strong><br/><br/>I love Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels, have since I was a little wanna-be weyrling (when I wrote to Santa asking him if he could send me a clutch of fire lizard eggs for Christmas).  Tod has managed to take what The Creator Of Pern manifested and spun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72413350">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As a former Publisher's Weekly reviewer, I have no idea how this clunker got a starred review. Its greatest virtue is that it makes <em>Eragon</em> look like Pulitzer material. The writing can only be described as terrible. I've taught high school fiction writing and frankly, my students' products were less ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41062199">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was disappointed in this book.  At one point I got totally lost with all the science details, and the story itself was confusing.  Not really worthy of Pern.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting read, as well as disturbing. A little on the dark side, but I loved it.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p>In <em>Dragon&rsquo;s Kin</em>, bestselling author Anne McCaffrey did the unthinkable: for the first time ever, she invited another writer to join her in the skies of her most famous fictional creation. That writer was her son, Todd McCaffrey. Together, they penned a triumphant new chapter in the annals of the extraordinarily popular <em>Dragonriders of Pern</em>. Now, for the first time, Todd McCaffrey flies alone. And <em>Dragonsblood</em> is proof that the future of Pern is in good hands. After all, dragons are in his blood&hellip;</p><p>Never in the dramatic history of Pern has there been a more dire emergency than that which faces the young dragonrider Lorana. A mysterious fatal illness is striking dragons. The epidemic is spreading like wildfire&hellip;and the next deadly cycle of Threadfall is only days away. Somehow, Lorana must find a cure before the dragons&ndash;including her own beloved Arith&ndash;succumb to the sickness, leaving Pern undefended.</p><p>The lyrics of an all-but-forgotten song seem to point toward an answer from nearly five hundred years in the past, when Kitti Ping and her daughter Wind Blossom bred the first dragons from their smaller cousins, the fire-lizards. No doubt the first colonists possessed the advanced technology to find the cure for which Lorana seeks, but over the centuries, that knowledge has been lost.Or has it?</p><p>For in the distant past, an aged Wind Blossom worries that the germs that affect the fire-lizards may one day turn on larger prey&ndash;and unleash a plague that will destroy the dragons, Pern&rsquo;s only defenders against Thread. But as her people struggle to survive, Wind Blossom has neither the time nor the resources to expend on a future that may never arrive&ndash;until suddenly she uncovers evidence that her worst fears will come true.</p><p>Now two brave women, separated by hundreds of years but joined by bonds transcending time, will become unknowing allies in a desperate race against sickness and Threadfall, with nothing less than the survival of all life on Pern at stake.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not my best literary choice of the year. this chappie is paid by the word, it seems.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was skimmming through the bookstore and realized I hadn't read this. I've read just about every other book in the Pern series, but I was a little wary about reading Todd's solo book. But I loved it! I began it yesterday, and all day at work I was looking forward to coming home so I could read more...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31624516">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Todd's writing is almost up to his mom at her best in this one.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[lovedthe book read it about 6 times]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was really craving fluff and I found this one.  I was skeptical, but since Todd has published more than one Pern book, I took a chance.<br/><br/>By page 75 or so, I didn't remember that this wasn't Anne writing.  Good story, good evocation of Pern.  Doesn't disappoint!<br/><br/>And perfect whe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6580050">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was really good - I loved the new character Lorana, and following up with Kindan and a few others was neat too.  Great to go back in time and meet some of the Landing people again, too!  I am won over now, to Todd, and feel I can trust him to be true to Anne's world.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p>In <em>Dragon&rsquo;s Kin</em>, bestselling author Anne McCaffrey did the unthinkable: for the first time ever, she invited another writer to join her in the skies of her most famous fictional creation. That writer was her son, Todd McCaffrey. Together, they penned a triumphant new chapter in the annals of the extraordinarily popular <em>Dragonriders of Pern</em>. Now, for the first time, Todd McCaffrey flies alone. And <em>Dragonsblood</em> is proof that the future of Pern is in good hands. After all, dragons are in his blood&hellip;</p><p>Never in the dramatic history of Pern has there been a more dire emergency than that which faces the young dragonrider Lorana. A mysterious fatal illness is striking dragons. The epidemic is spreading like wildfire&hellip;and the next deadly cycle of Threadfall is only days away. Somehow, Lorana must find a cure before the dragons&ndash;including her own beloved Arith&ndash;succumb to the sickness, leaving Pern undefended.</p><p>The lyrics of an all-but-forgotten song seem to point toward an answer from nearly five hundred years in the past, when Kitti Ping and her daughter Wind Blossom bred the first dragons from their smaller cousins, the fire-lizards. No doubt the first colonists possessed the advanced technology to find the cure for which Lorana seeks, but over the centuries, that knowledge has been lost.Or has it?</p><p>For in the distant past, an aged Wind Blossom worries that the germs that affect the fire-lizards may one day turn on larger prey&ndash;and unleash a plague that will destroy the dragons, Pern&rsquo;s only defenders against Thread. But as her people struggle to survive, Wind Blossom has neither the time nor the resources to expend on a future that may never arrive&ndash;until suddenly she uncovers evidence that her worst fears will come true.</p><p>Now two brave women, separated by hundreds of years but joined by bonds transcending time, will become unknowing allies in a desperate race against sickness and Threadfall, with nothing less than the survival of all life on Pern at stake.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was really impressed with Todd's writing.  His character development is as good as his mother's.  I really enjoyed his use of technology to supplement the story.<br/><br/>His new characters are ones I am very much looking forward to following.]]></body>
    
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