Poll

Does anyone know if a reader has to have read any other Pern books before Moreta?

Gosh. Its been so long since I read it. I am going to say no. I remembered being pleased to find a book with a female protagonist. It was frsh and exciting then and the other Pern books fell into place around it.

Yeah I think they all stand relatively well alone, it's one of those series where the premise and worldbuilding gets repeated a lot at the beginning in case the reader isn't caught up on all the many books.

Kind of a moot point though since it's clearly not winning this round.

Question -- I thought that we did both "close calls" and "biggest losers" in this month . . . or is my memory failing . . .

Even if it is moot--Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern is a myth remembered in song (or a long ago past history story) that ia remembered in the first of the Pern books several hundred years later. I have read it and it is short (and IMHO not as good as Dragonquest or Dragonflight) but I cannot remember how much background introducing the worldbuilding. McCaffery is a pretty good author, though, so I think she should have filled in the blanks

I am really not interested in ANY of these books . . . I voted for The Weapon Makers because I have it, but it is obviously not going to win.

Wow, Mechanique is taking quite a beating here. I was a bit afraid of Anathem winning since it's another thousand-pager, but I've got to read it sometime. Been taking on a lot of 600+ books this year. I'll need to get an early start to finish it by December. The Weapon Makers is short, but I'm not a huge fan of ATVV.

Kateblue wrote: "Question -- I thought that we did both "close calls" and "biggest losers" in this month . . . or is my memory failing . . ."

See my note in the forum when I put up the poll. You might not have been involved, but Kalin, Acorn & I talked about it in the Mods group. Starplex is the Big Loser book, a "Mod's Choice" rather than a poll. We won't make a habit of not having a poll, but we felt it was justified here as Starplex has been nominated and lost SEVEN times, i.e. maybe the biggest loser of all?

Anathem and Mechanique are the two I’ve read. I liked them both. I reread Anathem earlier this year.

Kateblue wrote: "I am really not interested in ANY of these books . . . I voted for The Weapon Makers because I have it, but it is obviously not going to win."

I voted for that one too.

Allan wrote: "Kateblue wrote: "Question -- I thought that we did both "close calls" and "biggest losers" in this month . . . or is my memory failing . . ."

See my note in the forum when I put up the poll. You m..."

Thanks. Alzheimer's is apparently setting in. I forgot about Starplex.