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Phil Leader (619 KP) rated Dragonsdawn (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #6) in Books

Nov 12, 2019  
Dragonsdawn (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #6)
Dragonsdawn (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #6)
Anne McCaffrey | 1989 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
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7.8 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
The first of the Pern novels that fills in the backstory of the main sequence of books, this tells the tale of the first few years of the colonisation of Pern from a delegation from Earth. They find a lush paradise full of interesting plants and animals and spread out across the warm southern continent. And then the Thread starts to fall...

Teased by the end of The White Dragon, this is a full-blown science fiction novel. The various plot points don't just cover the details of the human habitation and the devastating impact of Thread on an unprepared populace, but also provides dramatic tension in the greed of a small number of the colonists in trying to secure what riches there are on the planet.

This is a more-or-less essential read for anyone who enjoys the Pern novels, so much of the way the later society works, and the dragons themselves, are explained. It is not perfect, however. It is a pretty much by-the-numbers story, with a lot of the outcomes already known and some of the sub plots are superfluous and slow some parts down too much. Also the need to namecheck every Weyr and reference from the original novels is a little tiresome - and unnecessary.

Still, a solid entry on the impressive list of novels that does deliver what it promises.
  
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