About this title: Having teamed up with the creator of the series, his mother Anne, on the previous Dragonriders of Pern novel, Todd McCaffrey now goes solo. The life-destroying spores known as Thread have not fallen on the planet Pern for 200 years, but their return is imminent. The dragonriders of Pern, trained to burn Thread from the sky, are preparing to meet ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0345441257 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780345441256ISBN:0345441257
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Audio Book
Publisher: Brilliance Audio, Grand Haven, Michigan, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781596001145ISBN:1596001143
Description: Good. Ten RELIABLE audio cassette tapes in the box printed by the publisher. Some shelf wear and scuff to the box. Sticker removal mark to the back of the box. Some fold and bend to the front of the box. Information sticker pasted on the spine. STURDY audio tapes. Enjoy this UNABRIDGED audio performance! read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780345441249ISBN:0345441249
Description: New in new dust jacket. DJ in mylar cover. USPS tracking/delivery confirmation included. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 448 p. Dragonriders of Pern (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition/2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780345441249ISBN:0345441249
Description: Very Good in Very Good/In Mylar jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Not BMC, library nor ex-library. 438 pages, clean text and cover. "Never in the dramatic history of Pern ha sthere been a more dire emergency than that which faces the young dragonrider Lorana. A mysterious fatal illness is striking dragons. The epidemic is spreading like wildfire....." read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780345441249ISBN:0345441249
Description: New in New jacket. This book has not been read and shows no obvious defects. It may have a remainder mark. Our ultimate goal is to provide you with a satisfying customer experience. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780552152082ISBN:0552152080
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 608 pages. (608 pages) pern al 50: the ge*n*e*t*icist wind blossom is nearing the end of her long life and is painfully aware that the colonists are running out of the modern technology the settlers brought with them to pern and that they are forgetting how to use what they do have. society is beginning to revert to a feudal system. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780552152082ISBN:0552152080
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Del Rey Books, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780345441249ISBN:0345441249
Description: New in new dust jacket. (s9-1) 1st edition Hardback Book is brand new in Near Mint cond, with dj in Near Mint condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 448 p. Dragonriders of Pern (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
I love Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels, have since I was a little wanna-be weyrling (when I wrote to Santa asking him if he could send me a clutch of fire lizard eggs for Christmas). Tod has managed to take what The Creator Of Pern manifested and spun a decent yarn that gives a similar but definitely different view of our beloved dragonriders' history.
Contrasting between two time periods, one at the beginning of Pern's colonization (after the dragons were created), the second some 500 years later, the most interesting elements are those that focus on the genetic engineering that led to the creation of the dragons and the watch-whers.
I thought there was a lot of potential to the premise, and it was developing rather nicely, but it kinda fizzled out towards the end. The conflict was pretty much completely resolved in less than five pages, probably in less than ten paragraphs, and abruptly. A little too simplified, maybe a little contrived, it was the easy way out and maybe shows that Tod still has a ways to go before he comes close to Anne's brilliance. Still a good book though. Just a tad disappointing."
"I was disappointed in this book. At one point I got totally lost with all the science details, and the story itself was confusing. Not really worthy of Pern."
"This is Todd McCaffrey's first solo foray into the world of Pern. I have to say that I was less than impressed. I thought the writing style was somewhat choppy, and I had a hard time getting "into" the characters, although Lorana was fairly well done. I also had a hard time keeping up with the time and place changes even though each chapter was clearly labeled as to place and time. Maybe I was reading too fast (sometimes a problem with me)."
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