The Dragonriders of Pern (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Anne McCaffrey
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—extrasensory powers
- Time of Work: Pre-landing through the Ninth Pass
- Setting: Pern, an undeveloped world
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Extrasensory perception or powers, Other worlds, Time travel, Dragons
- Locales: Pern (fictive)
The Plot
In 1967, Anne McCaffrey introduced readers to the Dragonriders of Pern series with the story “Weyr Search.” Pern’s story begins with Earth colonists landing on an agricultural planet. All goes well for eight years, until Pern is attacked by deadly spores called Thread. The initial losses to Thread in livestock, crops, and human life are staggering. To fight Thread, the Pernese biogenetically engineer large, telepathic, fire-breathing dragons (weyrs) and Thread-eating grubs.
A Thread attack, called a Pass, lasts fifty years; they come in Intervals of two...
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