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1) Dragonflight
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Less must ride her dragon and save her planet from the Thread that threatens to kill them all.
2) Dragonquest
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 2
Language
English
Description
The silver Threads began falling again. The dragonriders took to the skies and their flying dragons swirled in space, belching flames that destroyed the strands before they reached the ground. But F'lar knew he had to find it before the rebellious Oldtimers could breed any more dissent - and before his brother launched another suicide mission.
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 3
Language
English
Description
Never has there been as close a bond as the one that exists between the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his white dragon, Ruth.
4) Dragonsdawn
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Series
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English
Description
Deadly spores threaten the human colony of Pern unless the colonists, with help from geneticist Kitti Ping, can develop fire-breathing dragons to combat the menace.
5) Dragonseye
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Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 14
Language
English
Description
On the planet Pern, two farseeing dragon riders train their troops--mounted on genetically engineered dragons--for the battle with the Thread, an evil force. Portents of all sorts, including violent storms and erupting volcanos, point to the Thread's coming, but most of the planet prefers to ignore them, lulled into complacency by 200 years of peace.
6) Dragon's kin
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Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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The dragonriders explore the capabilities of the dragons' distant cousins, the watch-whers, a discovery that enables them to save more lives in their ongoing fight with Thread.
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Series
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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As a deadly epidemic sweeps across the land of Pern, only Kindan, a young apprentice to the guild of musicians and teachers known as the Harpers, recognizes the imminent peril and must come up with a way to stop the illness from spreading.
10) Dragon's fire
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English
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When a mine containing firestone, the mineral that gives the dragons of Pern their ability to breathe fire, explodes, killing the miners trapped there, young Cristov volunteers to take over the dangerous task of retrieving the explosive rock for the dragons.
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It is a time of hope and regret, of endings and beginnings. The Red Star, that celestial curse whose eccentric orbit was responsible for Thread, has been shifted to a harmless orbit, and the current Threadfall will be the last. Technological marvels are changing the face of life on Pern, and the dragonriders, led by Flessan, son of Flar and Lessa and rider of bronze Golanth, and Tia, rider of green Zaranth, must forge a new place for...
12) Dragonsinger
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English
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Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words.
13) Dragonsong
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English
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Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planets fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.
14) Dragondrums
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English
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When his boy soprano voice begins to change, Piemur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures.
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Collection of short stories dealing with the early days of the colonization of Pern. 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.
16) Nerilka's story
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English
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Everyone, holder and dragonrider alike, pitched in to help--except Nerilka's father, who refused to share Fort Hold's bounty with the other holds. So, ashamed of her family and determined to do her part, Nerilka packed up medicines and supplies and sneaked off to aid her people. Her quest to help wherever she was most needed led her finally to Ruatha Hold, where Lord Alessan was frantically inoculations against the dread plague. Nerilika had long...
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An air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds, and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta, the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr. Her dragon, Queen Orlith, would soon clutch; spring had made a glorious debut; the Gather at Ruatha Hold was extremely merry; and Moreta was enjoying the attentions of Alessan, the new Lord Holder of Ruatha Hold. With only eight Turns remaining before the deadly Thread would...
18) Dragon's time
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 23
Publisher
Del Rey Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Weyrwoman Fiona struggles to keep her surviving Weyr in fighting shape while Lorana plans a complicated time-travel journey to save their world.
19) Sky dragons
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 24
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Xhinna, the first female Weyrleader, and her group of young dragonriders struggle to rebuild the decimated dragon population and protect the world from a deadly alien spore by collecting dragon eggs and protecting baby dragons from predators and saboteurs.
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