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    <body><![CDATA[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.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazingly fun; loved the stories about early Pern! Particularly exciting to read about the beginning and growth of the different weyrs that we already know and love, and the combination of technology with the new way of life that the early settlers strugged with. The story covering the beginning of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60626833">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The second book in the Pern series, it's a collection of short stories that fill in some of the gaps and varying view points in the first book.  The book covers the discovery of Pern, the evacuation of Landing and transport to the northern continent, the first stake holders making claims in the nort...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47557674">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love seeing how the early history of Pern played out, and this book is short but doesn't skimp on the information and details.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[While i wouldn't call this book a masterpiece, I did enjoy it in the sense that it was nice to get some of the background story on how Pern came to be.  It was definitely an interesting read, and i'd recommend it to anyone who's read a few of the dragonrider books, but it certainly wasn't one of my ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69591032">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am going to try and read the whole series if I can. I think a couple of my books are still packed up so I'll have to skip them.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a really great book. my mom suggested it to me a few days ago and i havent stop reading it yet]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a while since I've read anything in the world of Pern but I still remembered some familiar names and situations, which allowed me to appreciate this collection of short stories of the early days of Pern, during its initial colonization. My favourite story is &quot;The Second Weyr&quot;, pe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19790459">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[read all of these books when i was in 5th grade. thought i'd burn through them again..]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read almost all of the Pern books and they are all very good.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[great beginnings]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book, too, explaining what happens after the Crossing, and how dragons and their riders develop Pern's defense.  Another great read!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book, which is more of a collection of short stories.<br/><br/>Each story just made my vision of Pern clearer because it covered a point in the time that hadn't been written about before:<br/><br/>The discovery of Pern<br/>Torene and Benden Weyr<br/>Founding of Ruatha<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19894182">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read these books when I was very ill more than 20 years ago....got them all done in a week and wish I had read them when I was in junior high school. Very fun and easy to read...great for middle school children. Great for adults who are sick and need to escape with a very easy read.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love dragons so I thought this book would be about mythical times you know elves and such.  But it does not even take place on earth so it combines space travel and adventure on a new planet.  It was good im trying to decied if i should dive into the whole series it looks long.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have fond memories of the Dragonriders series. I've actually been contemplating picking them up again but am a little afraid that I won't find them as entertaining as I did back in junior high and high school.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first book of the Pern series that I have read.  It wasn't at all as I expected.  Perhaps my expectations were to high.  In the end I was disappointed.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I normally enjoy stories that go into the past to explain why worlds are set up the way they are later, but this was pretty forgettable all-around.]]></body>
    
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