false 61942 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg ]]> 61942 7 6614581 book 1988 The Dragonriders of Pern (Books 1-3) total:1463|5:672|4:480|3:258|2:42|1:11| 1463 6149 1782 67 26 3.85 116911 2588 40998055 117062 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.21 1208 ]]> 1988 2 2 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 06:44:07 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 06:54:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 43131760 513481 2194892 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200945798m/2194892.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200945798s/2194892.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2194892.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 3.86 28 Dragonflight, Dragonquest & The White Dragon.

Life inside of the major tree called Pern as presented in the novels resembles a preindustrial society with lords, holds, harpers (musicians, entertainers & teachers) & dragons, with the occasional examples of higher technology like flamethrowers, telegraph, chemical fertilizers, microscopes & telescopes.
Pernese people are described as belonging to four basic groups: Weyrfolk (including Dragonriders) who live in the Weyrs, the Holders who live in the Holds (cities, towns & farms), the crafters who live in Crafthalls (or are assigned to work their crafts in certain Holds) & the Holdless who have no permanent home (including traders, displaced Holders & brigands).
One of the main threats to Pernese civilization in the series is Thread, which is described as a mycorrhizoid spore that periodically rains down on the planet due to the orbit of the Red Star. The Red Star is set out to be a rogue planet in the Rukbat system. The Red Star, characterized as a "Sedna-class inner Oort cloud object", has a 250 Turn (or Pernese year) elliptic orbit around its sun. Thread can reach the planet Pern for about 50 Turns while the Red Star is at perihelion. Thread is described in this series as an agent that consumes organic material at a voracious rate, including crops, animals & any humans in its path.
The Pernese use intelligent firebreathing dragons & their riders to fight Thread. The riders have a telepathic bond with their dragons, formed by Impression at the dragon's hatching. Later books deal with the initial colonization of Pern & the creation of the dragons thru genetic manipulation. The lengthy (over two millennia) time period covered by the series as a whole allows room for new stories & characters, explored by each new novel released by the authors.
The series has 19 books & counting. While characters drop in & out of the stories, the major players are repeated in most of them in smaller or lesser roles. This is partly because some of the books feature overlapping timeframes, describing the same events from different viewpoints.
Furthermore, McCaffrey has published novels set in several different periods of Pern's history, some centuries apart. When reading for the first time it is generally recommended to go in the order the novels were written, as the details change slightly over time. On repeat reads, a chronological order may be preferred.

The original trilogy, collected in an omnibus edition, these stories take place immediately before & during the Ninth Pass:
Dragonflight (1968; composed in part of the 1st two Pern novellas, Weyr Search & Dragonrider, originally publ. in '67)
Dragonquest (1970)
The White Dragon (1978; altho published prior to Dragondrums, The White Dragon continues the adventures of certain Dragondrums characters; McCaffrey recommends reading Dragondrums 1st; The White Dragon incorporates her story "A Time When") ]]> 1988 4 1 false Wed Feb 11 12:57:19 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 10:12:34 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 12:57:19 -0800 2009 Majorly distracted is my only defense. I really enjoyed it. It has been so long since I read it --- maybe 30 years --- that this was like reading the series for the first time. I didn't remember anything of The White Dragon at all. It could ...more...]]> 76776750 2895577 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Nov 04 21:30:21 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 21:36:43 -0800 2009
There's a little bit of politic...more...]]> 70037022 125150 2194892 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200945798m/2194892.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200945798s/2194892.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2194892.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 Dragonflight, Dragonquest & The White Dragon.

Life inside of the major tree called Pern as presented in the novels resembles a preindustrial society with lords, holds, harpers (musicians, entertainers & teachers) & dragons, with the occasional examples of higher technology like flamethrowers, telegraph, chemical fertilizers, microscopes & telescopes.
Pernese people are described as belonging to four basic groups: Weyrfolk (including Dragonriders) who live in the Weyrs, the Holders who live in the Holds (cities, towns & farms), the crafters who live in Crafthalls (or are assigned to work their crafts in certain Holds) & the Holdless who have no permanent home (including traders, displaced Holders & brigands).
One of the main threats to Pernese civilization in the series is Thread, which is described as a mycorrhizoid spore that periodically rains down on the planet due to the orbit of the Red Star. The Red Star is set out to be a rogue planet in the Rukbat system. The Red Star, characterized as a "Sedna-class inner Oort cloud object", has a 250 Turn (or Pernese year) elliptic orbit around its sun. Thread can reach the planet Pern for about 50 Turns while the Red Star is at perihelion. Thread is described in this series as an agent that consumes organic material at a voracious rate, including crops, animals & any humans in its path.
The Pernese use intelligent firebreathing dragons & their riders to fight Thread. The riders have a telepathic bond with their dragons, formed by Impression at the dragon's hatching. Later books deal with the initial colonization of Pern & the creation of the dragons thru genetic manipulation. The lengthy (over two millennia) time period covered by the series as a whole allows room for new stories & characters, explored by each new novel released by the authors.
The series has 19 books & counting. While characters drop in & out of the stories, the major players are repeated in most of them in smaller or lesser roles. This is partly because some of the books feature overlapping timeframes, describing the same events from different viewpoints.
Furthermore, McCaffrey has published novels set in several different periods of Pern's history, some centuries apart. When reading for the first time it is generally recommended to go in the order the novels were written, as the details change slightly over time. On repeat reads, a chronological order may be preferred.

The original trilogy, collected in an omnibus edition, these stories take place immediately before & during the Ninth Pass:
Dragonflight (1968; composed in part of the 1st two Pern novellas, Weyr Search & Dragonrider, originally publ. in '67)
Dragonquest (1970)
The White Dragon (1978; altho published prior to Dragondrums, The White Dragon continues the adventures of certain Dragondrums characters; McCaffrey recommends reading Dragondrums 1st; The White Dragon incorporates her story "A Time When") ]]> 1988 0 0 false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 08:53:17 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 09:21:31 -0700 2009
I used to be somewhat heavily involved/invested in...more...]]> 71116082 2450451 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 18:24:28 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 08:39:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 11081932 193960 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 3 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 08:32:03 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 08:51:37 -0800 2007 more...]]> 42304632 1033616 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Wed Jan 07 20:35:33 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 20:38:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 43507437 1873642 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 4 0 false Sun Jan 18 16:44:01 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 16:45:44 -0800 2009 53806143 959668 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Fri Apr 24 04:42:49 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 04:44:22 -0700 2009 40666619 1249240 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 5 1 false Mon Dec 22 07:30:02 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 07:31:56 -0800 2008 71905578 1692277 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Sun Sep 20 14:23:28 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 14:24:31 -0700 2009 69558477 360822 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 31 08:38:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:38:48 -0700 2009 77053170 1164848 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Sat Nov 07 17:52:39 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 16:48:45 -0800 2009 38995475 1763143 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Sun Nov 30 20:26:21 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 20:26:52 -0800 2008 77317987 2929672 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955s/61942.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61942.The_Dragonriders_of_Pern 4.20 1463 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Wed Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Nov 10 08:32:10 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 08:33:22 -0800 2009 But this one got me hook on the whole line]]> 49348989 2130277 61942 0785729194 9780785729198 50 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170597955m/61942.jpg 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