dragonridersofpern

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

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ImperfectCJ

Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey

so-so

I'm not really a dragon person (they're cool and all, I'm just not super into them). The premise behind this novel is interesting, but I found the number of times Lessa gets shaken by the man who supposedly loves her a little unsettling, which is perhaps par for the course in a novel first published in 1968. What else is F'lar supposed to do with such a willful and impudent woman? I don't think I'll read more from this series.

Faranae Yeah, I don't think the books aged well, even though they were quite progressive in many ways for the 70s SFF scene, including having non-tragic gay characters (albeit handled very, very weirdly and somewhat inconsistently). 3w

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hannah-leeloo

Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey

New book find after shopping with the sister @CymbaX13 tankor 💙

BookBr Ooo I love that cover for this book!! 6mo

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Meshell1313

Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey

Happy Holidays everyone! Can‘t wait to see everyone post their #bookishgifts! This year my hubby got me this Dragonflight first edition! Apparently it‘s one of the first “Romantasy” books published! Has anyone ever read it?

Daisey I haven‘t read all of the Pern books, but I really enjoyed the ones I did. It‘s an interesting mix of science fiction and dragon fantasy. 9mo

kspenmoll What a wonderful gift!🎁 9mo

willaful Oh, I adored this series as a young adult! What a cool gift! 9mo

AnnCrystal Happy Holidays 👏🥳🎄🐉💝. (edited) 9mo

TheBookgeekFrau Happy Holidays 💚💙 9mo

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Susanita

Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey

1. I used to be able to bend over and touch my hands flat to the floor while keeping my legs straight. Those days are long gone!
2. Lessa has a special talent with dragons.
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView

TheSpineView I remember the Dragon Riders of Pern series. Great books. Thanks for playing! 1y

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thelorelei

Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey

pick

The good: World Building and Plot! McCaffrey is a master.
The bad: Outdated understanding of consent. F'lar can also be very 1960s sometimes.
The GREAT: DRAGONS. They're the voices of reason and the emotional anchors that keep the humans from becoming at times irredeemable. Pernese dragons are the platonic ideal for human-dragon bonding and set the template for all the future variations thereof in fiction.
(see long winded review on LT)

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thelorelei

Dragonquest | Anne McCaffrey

Revisiting Pern via audiobook. Aside from some of the marked blind spots of 1960s second wave feminism, the world building and writerly craftmanship still hold up. I read the #Harperhall trilogy first, then #Dragonflight, #Dragonquest, and #TheWhiteDragon when I was still in elementary school and they got me into sci fi as a lifelong reader. Coming back decades later is eye opening, sometimes alarming, and yet still vindicating.

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ChelseaM6010

Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey

#BookBinge
Day 10. Involves dragon
#InvolvesDragon

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs 💚🐉🧡 2y

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Lizpixie

Dragonquest | Anne McCaffrey

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The 2nd Pern book starts where the 1st left us, but there‘s dissent brewing over the Oldtimer dragon riders that Lessa brought forward to help fight Thread. F‘lars left trying to fix the damage they cause but everyone‘s angry, distrustful & upset. I love this series & world, as you can see, I‘ve reread them many times over. Highly recommend. #BookspinBingo #SeriesLove2023 #Pop23

Andrew65, TheSpineView, TheAromaofBooks

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 Too many books to little time 😂 2y

TheSpineView Awesome 2y

TheAromaofBooks You're making me want to reread these, and I do NOT have time for that kind of commitment right now 😂 2y

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Lizpixie

Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey

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2023 may be even worse than last year!Sorry I disappeared again, first Dad(who is finally out of hospital as of this weekend🙌)then my daughter(that‘s living here!)gets Covid & has to leave us looking after her 18month old coz his father is an asshole! It‘s been a tough week. But I have read! I finished this audiobook a few days ago & bubs finally at daycare so I can post it. I love Anne McCaffrey, she blends SciFi & fantasy like no one else.5⭐️👇

Andrew65, TheSpineView, TheAromaofBooks

Lizpixie Go read her books! The Pern ones, The Tower & the Hive ones, all of them! #BookspinBingo #SeriesLove2023 #AwesomeApril (edited) 2y

BarbaraBB I‘m sorry to hear you‘re having such a rough time. Wishing you strength and sending love 💕 2y

Lizpixie Oh god! I‘m sorry @BarbaraBB I haven‘t had a chance to send your book yet! I promise I‘ll get it to you by the end of this week. My profuse apologies lovely!🤦🏻‍♀️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2y

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hannah-leeloo I understand these struggles too well. Hugs sweet 🫂 2y

TheSpineView Love this series! 2y

TheAromaofBooks I read through all the Pern books a few years ago and loved them. I read them in published order at the time, but made notes about the roughly chronological order I would love to read them in next time! Hope things around your house get back on track soon!! ❤ 2y

Larkken @TheAromaofBooks @Lizpixie how do you both feel about the Pern books the son wrote? I haven‘t gotten into them yet but always meant to do a reread and wasn‘t sure whether they should be included… also, lots of love lizpixie- that all sounds like a lot 💕 2y

Andrew65 Sending best wishes, hope you have managed to stay free of COvID yourself. ❤️ 2y

TheAromaofBooks @Larkken - I honestly wasn't a fan of Todd's books, and ended up stopping after I had read three of his and found them increasingly annoying haha I read Dragonsblood, Dragon's Fire, Dragon Harper, and half of Dragonheart. Those books all covered basically the same time period and just kind of kept telling the same story about this plague over and over from slightly different perspectives. I found the writing to be lazy, not consistent with other ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Pern lore, and he also took what had been adult scifi and suddenly made all the main characters 12-14yrs old instead, which got kind of weird and a little creepy when it still involved these characters having sex. I dunno, I know a lot of people really liked them, but I thought his quality of writing was really poor, especially compared to the amazing body of work Anne wrote about this world. 2y

Lizpixie @Larkken I agree with @TheAromaofBooks his writing has nothing on his mothers, which is unfortunate coz there‘s still so much you could tell about Pern. But I also feel that way about most of her books, especially the Tower & the Hive series. I can‘t say if it‘s because he truly is that bad a writer or I just miss Anne‘s way of writing. I also did NOT like Brandon Sandersons WOT books either prob for the same reason, though I enjoy HIS novels! 2y

Lizpixie @hannah-leeloo @Larkken @Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks thank you for your support! It‘s been nuts around here but thankfully, still Covid free🙌🙌 Daughter comes home tonight, she‘s much better so hubby can collapse, 18month olds are hard on us middle age people! Dad is also much better, my eldest daughter is going to build a granny flat at her place for him so he won‘t be alone anymore. He‘s hitting 2yrs since Mum died & he‘s not handling it well😢 2y

TheAromaofBooks Aww that's so hard about your dad!! When my grandma passed away it was so hard for my grandpa, and hard for us as he didn't want to leave the house where they had lived for decades (understandably), but we were concerned about him being alone. It's hard to find a new life balance. Hopefully it all works out for him to have his own space at your daughter's but still be a closer part of family life!! 2y

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