Geekssential #11: Dragonriders of Pern

I’ve been influenced by a great many authors, but one of the earlier influences is definitely Anne McCaffrey. I became familiar with her work starting in the latter half of elementary school, and read her quite extensively. While I can’t say that the series covered in today’s Geekssential entry is the single most influential of hers in my life, I can safely say that it absolutely is the one which turned me on to her spectacular body of work.

I am, of course, talking about The Dragonriders of P...