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Title: The Skies of Pern by Anne McCaffrey, Dick Hill ISBN: 1-58788-065-2 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: April, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 10 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.73 (100 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Dragon Lover's Look
Comment: Well, first of all, I would like to congragulate Patricia C. Wrede on her astounding work with the Dragon Riders Of Pern series. Well Done!!! As for this particular entry back into the world of Pern, I would have to say that this book took us deeper into the world of Men and Dragons than anyone has ever gone! For a long time I have been a dragon lover and these books give me an opportunity to live my fantasy, however imaginary. The story of F'lessan and Tia was incredible. One could actually feel the passion of their relationship unfolding. Though it did lack the usual aspect and involvement with arial battles that the other books held, I must say that this book is an enchantment unlike any other, and is in itself the start of another possible series, should the author decide to develop on it. Keep up the good work Patricia, and you'll have me on my way to the Dreams of Pern. (I do wish I could find a Fire-Lizard of my own...)
Rating: 4
Summary: Pernese society continues to evolve
Comment: It has been thirty years or more (the book could definitely benefit from a chronological appendix) since the Hatching of Ruth, the White Dragon, and the Lost Colony of Pern is now experiencing what most of its inhabitants devoutly hope will be the last Threadfall ever. The central question of this latest Dragonrider novel, then, is, What will Dragonriders and their Dragons do when there is no more Thread to fight? For some, the holdborn, the question isn't too vital: they need only return to their ancestral occupations. Others are moonlighting as carriers of mail and light freight. But new challenges continue to arise: the Abominationists, a Luddite group that disapproves (to the point of terrorism) of the new technologies imparted by the AIVAS computer at Landing, and the splashdown of an Object From Space (either a huge meteorite or a small asteroid), which results in a world-circling tsunami from which the Dragonriders must struggle to evacuate the inhabitants of lower-lying settlements. It is this Object which reveals the role the Dragonriders must play After: they will be the Watchers of the Skies, the defenders of their planet from similar debri. And green Zaranth, ridden by the female Rider Tai, displays a new talent which shows how such debri will be dealt with in future.
Most of the familiar characters reappear in this novel (including Weyrleader F'lar, now in his 60's, and his Weyrwoman Lessa), but the main concentration is on F'lessan, son of F'lar and Lessa, and on Tai, who proves to have been severely psychologically bruised by her dragon's previous mating flights. Of course, it's almost mandatory to have read the previous volumes, but I can't imagine anyone who buys this book not having done so. And it's reassuring to see that the Pernese recognize that their world needs only adopt so much technology and no more; their society need not be totally shaken to its roots by the revelations of AIVAS.
I'm sure McCaffrey never anticipated, when she published "Dragonflight" in 1968, that 35 years later she'd still be chronicling the history of Pern in a series that has now grown to 16 volumes. My only question is, how will she follow this act in the chronicles of one of the most beloved sf societies yet to appear in print?
Rating: 4
Summary: A good and a worthly addition to the series...
Comment: OK I really enjoyed this book, not as good as the first books, nothing ever will be IMHO. There is one major thing people keep harping on and another previous reviewer also corrected. It never says Mirriam is a gold rider or a Weyrleader. It says she is T'Gellan's weyrmate, that is all and that certainly has not in prior novels ever meant they were automatically a Weyrleader.
There are many examples of the Weyrleaders having separate mates from each other.
This book was wonderful, I enjoyed the new issues and charcters, I like how Anne is evolving the stories I've loved for more that 20 years and I hope she will continue to do so.....
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Title: Dragonseye by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345418794 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 27 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Masterharper of Pern by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345424603 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 28 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345368932 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 24 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Dolphins of Pern by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345368959 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 27 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345368991 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 29 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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