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Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)

Anne McCaffrey

Start date: January 1, 2018

Finish date: January 24, 2018

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#33 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
#41 on Locus Magazines Best Fantasy novels of the 20th century http://www.locusmag.com/2012/AllCentu...
#74 on Locus Magazines Best SciFi novels of the 20th century http://www.locusmag.com/2012/AllCentu...

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Sep 19, 2014 Karen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sf-f-grandmaster

I'm surprised I enjoyed this as much as I did. It was pretty thin on character building and many of the characters weren't very likable. I still don't like Lessa much - she can be ridiculously hard headed and stupid, and if her "acerbic" nature was supposed to be endearing, well I just found her annoying. The book was a little confusing in that it jumped several turns between chapters at times.

Still, it was a fast paced read and the world is interesting. I am moving on to Book 2. ...more

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Mar 13, 2012 Chani rated it it was ok

This classic has been hanging over my head for years. I put off reading it guessing that like many other oldies, but goodies, I would read it and be unimpressed, thus becoming hated by all original die hard fans. I finally decided to give it a go. The beginning suffered from a slow start and over abundance of useless description. However, it picks up about 25% in. The thing, that I'm sure many, many have said before me, is the author's ability to weave fantasy based dragons in with science ficti ...more

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Nov 17, 2016 Ivy rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, science-fiction

Added this to my to-read list because Brandon Sanderson told me to. I'm his fan girl...I did. Thought the story was great, the world building imaginative. I enjoyed the fact that Lessa and F'lar felt like real people to me, they made mistakes but also followed their hearts. Plus there's dragons...serious numbers of mind-reading dragons. (Danerys Targareyn you need to figure out this trick asap.). It did feel a little dated, but it's hard for me to pin-point why I feel that way. Perhaps I'm used ...more

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