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The Girl Who Heard Dragons (Pern (Publication Order) #13.5)
Anne McCaffrey's dragons are the stuff of which SF/fantasy legends are made. All of her dragon books for many years have been national bestsellers. She is one of the most popular writers ever in fantasy and science fiction.
The Girl Who Heard Dragons is a feast for McCaffrey fans and for all readers - a big, satisfying compilation of her fiction never before collected in bo
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The Girl Who Heard Dragons is a feast for McCaffrey fans and for all readers - a big, satisfying compilation of her fiction never before collected in bo
Mass Market Paperback, First Mass Market Edition, 416 pages
Published
August 15th 1995
by Tor Fantasy
(first published January 1st 1985)
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This is an enjoyable collection of short stories by the late sci-fi author Anne McCaffrey. The first (title) story is set in her famous world of Pern, but the others are non-related to Pern. There is a good variety of fantasy, science fiction (of the Star Trek/Star Wars variety), fairy-tale or magical stories. The one story that has no sci-fi or supernatural elements is 'Habit is an Old Horse', and it is a real tear-jerker, so be warned! There are a few stories that are connected together - 'Dut...more
Very diverse collection of short stories.
I've only read a few McCaffrey Pern novels so I'm only familiar with her high fantasy style. I did have to read the title story twice, the second time allowed me to fit the characters back into what bits I remembered of Pern.
After that I experienced a bit of stylistic whiplash - high fantasy, SF horror, absurdist humor, space opera, sociopathic time-travel, magical realism (yeah, yeah), fairy tales - that made it hard for me to "settle" into the book. T...more
I've only read a few McCaffrey Pern novels so I'm only familiar with her high fantasy style. I did have to read the title story twice, the second time allowed me to fit the characters back into what bits I remembered of Pern.
After that I experienced a bit of stylistic whiplash - high fantasy, SF horror, absurdist humor, space opera, sociopathic time-travel, magical realism (yeah, yeah), fairy tales - that made it hard for me to "settle" into the book. T...more
A book made up of short stories by Anne McCaffrey. I was a little startled at first when the second story was written about a different world/different time than the first, but after I took a break between stories, I really enjoyed the book. It is a wonderful introduction to her many different writings. Though some of the stories are oddly disturbing, many of them leave you with a sense of hope, a smile on your face, and the satisfaction that comes from a proper outcome to the story. There aren'...more
I bought the group thinking it was an anthology with several Pern stories, rather than just one story. Also, if I remember correctly, the Pern story in this book is in another anthology, and much more fleshed out in Renegades of Pern. I don't regrudge anyone liking the rest of the stories, I just think it was a cheap marketing tactic to get people to purchase the book, because unless you flip through it, you wouldn't know only one story is Pern-based, and the rest are something else.
This was my first Anne Mccaffrey book. The short story "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" hooked me from the start. After reading that one short story I went after every Pern book i could find at the time. :) She's one of the great Fantasy writers and I wish there was a way for her books to be transfered to film. Then again, it can be a hard transfer to do to a well loved series of books.
I had mixed feelings about this book. I wasn't expecting it to be a collection of shorter stories, a fault on my part, but I was disappointed when the first story was cut short. In general I found some of the stories to be excellent and some I could hardly get through. It is a good book if you're looking for a mixture of everything since it ranges from dragons to space travel to time travel to normal life on Earth, but I didn't find it to be that fantastic.
When I first realized that this short stories collection was gonna have just one Pern story, I was baffled; when I found out that that particular story could be found in Renegades of Pern (which I have), I was pretty angry at myself for not reading better the wikipedia page (which is really clear, in retrospect); but while some of the short stories confirmed my idea that Anne McCaffrey should just write Pern, and leave everything else alone, a couple of them were beautiful enough to make me like...more
Dec 04, 2012
Erin Eve
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
short-stories
Only made it through the first four stories. I kind of liked the first one and will definitely be trying McCaffrey's novel Dragonflight, as the universe of Pern seems to have a lot of potential. Otherwise, the stories weren't terrible, I just couldn't get into them and decided to move on with my life.
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.
When I grabbed this book in a hurry just before the library was about to close, I assumed it would be all Pern stories. I was a little disappointed, since what I was after was more Pern, but most of the stories were good. I'm not as much of a fan of "pure sci-fi" so those stories were a little harder for me to like.
Loved the first story--not the rest. A book of short stories usually ebbs and flows. In this case, the title story makes it worth checking out of the library, but I'm glad I don't own it.
Am going to re-read this one as it is so long ago since I first read it. I do love well written short stories and I do remember this as falling into that category.
Anne McCaffrey has written an absolutely wonderful fantasy series. Her Pern novels are beautifully written and very enjoyable individually or as a whole.
Apr 15, 2010
Mollie *scoutrmom*
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
read-in-2010
This collection of short stories only contained one relating to the Dragonriders of Pern for which the author is famous, but the rest of the stories have made me want to read her work outside that series.
I didn't like it. I wanted to read more about the girl who heard dragons, but it skips from story to story and I really didn't want to read about space wars. I only made it through 2 1/2 chapters and when I looked ahead and realized each chapter was a different story, I put it down. Very disappointed because I love Anne McCaffrey. Her writing was still excellent, I just wanted to read one whole story.
Have read about 50 of Anne McCaffrey's books, and with each passing story I like the mind of this amazing author. I was sort of disappointed that there was only one Pern story, but the rest of the book brought out some nice stories anyway.
Intriguing collection of short stories by Anne McCaffrey. Something there for nearly everyone who enjoys a bit of sci-fi.
This is a book of fantastic shorts including a Pern story from the Renegades era. This is a must read for any McCaffrey fan!
I had forgotten that I had already read this collection of short stories. Liked some and did not like others...
Jan 28, 2009
alicia eltzroth
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
books-i-couldn-t-get-through,
pure-fantasy
i like this all through the first part, then suddenly it changes and my leading girl is lost and so am i.m
Enjoyable collection of stories covering several of McCaffrey's various series - a good sampling.
I have read almost all of the Pern books and they are all very good.
I hadn't realized this was a short story. It could definitely bear some fleshing out.
Feb 21, 2012
Lisa
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The Girl Who Heard Dragons by Anne McCaffrey (1995)
Note to self: want to read story "Cinderella Switch"
Loved it. Really felt for the character.
Elizabeth Kerner can write dragon better
Great collection. Nice illustrations.
Only 1 Pern story. :(
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Anne McCaffrey was born on April 1st, 1926, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at 1:30 p.m., in the hour of the Sheep, year of the Fire Tiger, sun sign Aries with Taurus rising and Leo mid-heaven (which seems to suggest an early interest in the stars).
Her parents were George Herbert McCaffrey, BA, MA PhD (Harvard), Colonel USA Army (retired), and Anne Dorothy McElroy McCaffrey, estate agent. She had two...more
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Her parents were George Herbert McCaffrey, BA, MA PhD (Harvard), Colonel USA Army (retired), and Anne Dorothy McElroy McCaffrey, estate agent. She had two...more
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