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Anne McCaffrey: Dragonflight (1979, Ballantine Books)

303 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 1979 by Ballantine Books.

ISBN:
978-0-345-28426-6
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OCLC Number:
466392494

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3 stars (3 reviews)

At a time when the number of Dragonriders has fallen too low for safety and only one Weyr trains the dragons and their riders, the Red Star approaches Pern, threatening it with disaster.

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3 stars

Okay I liked this book, it's alright science fantasy, heavy on the fantasy...

But god the relationship between the main characters is awful and doesn't even really matter to the story. The story isn't improved in anyway by its marginal inclusion, it's just baffling. Why why why it's so gross

reviewed Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

There's one glaring issue I can't get over

3 stars

The good: it's an interesting world with interesting characters, it's reasonably paced & well written. The audiobook read by Dick Hill is terrific, he's a very good actor.

The neutral: it's kind of an odd idea to justify a high fantasy world with a science fiction premise. (Ursula K. Le Guin also did this with the early Hainish novels, particularly the first one, Rocannon's World.) The SF elements do enter more into the story as the book progresses, leading to a somewhat bizarre, but satisfying conclusion.

The bad: First of all I find it difficult to relate to nobility, which is unfortunate because nearly all the named characters in this story are some variety of noble. The whole plot of the book serves to justify the Dragonmen's rule over the Holds (themselves feudal). It's made obvious that (literal) draconic protection is necessary, but it surely could be achieved without Draconic …

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Subjects

  • Dragons -- Fiction.
  • Fantasy fiction.
  • Dragons -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Pern (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction.