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Chronicles of Pern: First Fall [Audiobook]
Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781558008670
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 1558008675
Label: Dove Audio
Manufacturer: Dove Audio
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 1993-10
Publisher: Dove Audio
Studio: Dove Audio
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Editorial Review: Let the queen of dragons herself take you back to the earliest days of Pernese history as Anne McCaffrey brings to life events that shaped one of the most popular worlds in all of science fiction, in this first-ever Pern short-story collection.
Travel back to the earliest days of Pernese history in this first-everDragonriders of Pern short-story collection! Join the original survey team as they explore Pern and decide torecommend it for colonization. Share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as aflotilla of ships, aided by intelligent, talking dolphins, braves thedreadful currents of the Pernese ocean. Learn how the famous Ruatha Hold was founded, and thrill with thedragonriders as they expand into a second, then a third Weyr.And discover a secret lost time: the rescue of some of the originalcolonists before the planet was cut off forever! Building a new life on a distant world, braving the dreaded Thread thatfalls like silver rain from the sky only to destroy every living thingit touches, flying heroically on the wondrous dragons: TheDragonriders of Pern!
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Rating: - Great if you like Sci Fiction
The Pern series of books from Anne McCaffery are great. Better if you read them in order, (look online at her website for recommendations). This is futuristic science fiction, but if you liked Aregon, you would probably like this series too
Rating: - The Chronicles of Pern
ALL of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider books draw me into them so that I become a part of Pern and feel all the emotions of the people involved. Except for Lessa. I've known to many women like her and have not liked any of them.
Rating: - The Chronicles of Pern,First Fall
Anne McCaffrey always delivers.And this is no exception!!!Meet the new dragonriders and learn how they came to be named
Rating: - "School & Library" binding is abysmal
Spent ~$10 extra on the "School & Library" binding, thinking I would get a durable hardback. Instead, what I got was a paperback edition glued into a cardboard cover.
Save your money and go for the paperback, or search used book sellers for a real hardcover edition.
Rating: - Wonderful Insights Into Pern's History!
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall is actually a collection of 5 short stories that take place around the time of Dragonsdawn. They are: The Survey: P.E.R.N - This is the shortest story of the collection and it deals with the original surveyors who were mapping that part of the galaxy and recommended Pern for colonization. The reader is offered tantalizing glimpses of a bigger story behind the tension of the survey crew, but, at only 18 pages, this story doesn't allow a lot of time for any ... Read More
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