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Title: The Renegades of Pern by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0-345-36933-5 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 13 August, 1990 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.46 (24 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Very enjoyable
Comment: I recently listened to this book on tape, and found it very enjoyable. I actually sat in my car, after I got home, so I could hear the ending. I love Science Fiction and found this book a nice change from the techno babble many other authors inject in their story lines. Now I have to start from the beginning and actually read all her books. I gave it four stars only because I read it out of series, and although I knew this, I felt the story needed to further enlighten a new reader to what was already going on. It's too late now, I'm hopelessly hooked.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Little Choppy, But Still a Good Read!
Comment: As long as the people of Pern could remember, dragons had fought Thread and kept people alive. Everyone lived in strong stone fortresses or caves because Thread wouldn't eat through stone. However, it had been hundreds of years since Thread had fallen on Pern and there were many who did not like to live behind stone walls, beholden to the Lord of the area and forced into careers that they did not want. Some, like Jayge Lilcamp's clan were traders. They traversed the length and breadth of Pern, bartering and taking messages to other holds. They were always welcome at holds, especially ones that were out of the way. However, when they ignored the warning that Thread was once again falling on Pern, his trader caravan was decimated. Instead of being independent, they were now forced to accept whatever charity they could from the last hold the visited. Jayge couldn't bear it and set out on his own.
Thella, sister of Telgar Hold's Lord, was bitter that she had not even been given the chance to become a Lady Holder. She knew that she could do a better job than her brother. Since she was passed by, she found her own hold and gathered together as many Holdless men as she could. Then she set about robbing and plotting her revenge. The only thing that was holding her back was the dragonriders because she could not risk being seen and tracked adragonback. She found the solution to her problem in Aramina (seen in The Girl Who Heard Dragons short story), who could hear all dragons. But Aramina escaped from her and was safely ensconced at Benden Hold. However, Thella was not about to give up so easily...
The Renegades of Pern is, like Nerilka's story, a retelling of familiar events from unfamiliar points of view. I highly recommend reading Dragonquest, The White Dragon, and The Girl Who Heard Dragons before reading this one because it will make a lot more sense than reading this one first. It was interesting because all of the other books in the Pern series have been about someone who has a definite place in life on Pern: holder, dragonrider, harper, etc., but Jayge did not. He could do a little bit of everything and was very resourceful. I enjoyed hearing how Aramina made out in the end, even though I was very surprised at what ended up happening. Although Jayge, Aramina, and Thella were what I would call the "main" characters, there was also quite a bit about Piemur and Toric, Holder of the Southern Continent, and the explorations and events taking place in at Southern, which was interesting. My main complaint with the book was the huge number of multiple viewpoints. It really made the book choppy and I know that I really wanted to find out what happened to a certain character and then was suddenly switched to someone else, which is kind of frustrating. Still, The Renegades of Pern is very informative and it was interesting to see things from a very different point of view. Recommended for readers of the Pern series - if you are new to the series, this is NOT the book to start with!
Rating: 4
Summary: Choppy but introduces a whole new era for Pern
Comment: I have been re-reading the Pern series from the beginning and while I agree with other reviews that Renegades is not McCaffrey's best work in the series, it does have the advantage of finally connecting the early and late Pern sagas. The first half of the book is distractingly choppy with snippets introducing about a dozen characters. But about half way through the book comes together as McCaffrey links most of the stories of these individuals. The last third is the most valuable with a serious development of the Southern Continent, and discovery of Landing and Aivas. It sets up a fascinating study of two cultures interacting - one that is very low-tech and another that is incredibly sophisticated. Also enjoyable is a more detailed representation of non-dragonrider life on "current day" Pern. If you can get through the first half set-up, the book is worth reading and sets up All the Weyrs nicely.
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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: Dragonsdawn by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345362861 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 13 August, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Nerilka's Story by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345339495 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 January, 1987 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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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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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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