Adrienne Barbeau Book:

Editorial Review:
The second in the Dragonriders of Pern trilogy.

Dragonquest (Super Sound Buys) Reviews:
A pleasant entertainment, lacking the wonder of the original
2008-07-08 - F'lar and his brother F'nor must save the planet Pern from unexpected falls of the deadly Thread in this sequel to McCaffrey's marvelous fantasy `Dragonflight'. Reading the earlier volume first is probably a good idea - it sets up the characters and the situation on Pern to an extent that this book does not. Lessa, the heroine of volume one, is still present, but no longer a crucial player in this story. Much of the emphasis is on the rivalries between Weirs (homes of the Dragonmen) and the Holds (enclaves). At the same time, tensions are rising among the Dragon Riders themselves between the ultra-conservative Old-Timers (who were brought forward through time from the distant past in Volume 1) and their more modern and forward-thinking counterparts led by F'lar. A lot of pages were devoted to topics that didn't really go anywhere (the fire lizards, for example) but will likely be addressed further on in the series. This was a pleasant-enough entertainment, but didn't possess anything like the wonder and majesty of the original.

Typical Anne McCaffrey - Great!
2008-03-27 - This is the 2nd novel of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series.
It is written so that it can be read not only in the series, but also stand alone.

Our local library classifies these novels as "Science Fiction" and/or "Fantasy". I classify them as "Great Reading". Anne McCaffrey is one of the best authors I have read. Her other works are very good also.

If you want to start with the first in the series, read "Dragonflight".
After that "Dragonquest". Then "The White Dragon".

Get all three! They may even have them as a set.

After that - you'll be back to find out what else she has written.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!


Dragonquest
2007-10-02 - Explains how dragons and their riders managed to combat thread and what happened when thread ended.

Not Free SF Reader
2007-09-03 - In Dragonquest, generational tensions abound between the old generation of Dragonriders brought from past to help fight off the threads, and also the current generation.

The various F guys try to ameliorate this with mixed success, and violence and death does happen.

Some technological advances to let one brave pair try and check out the source of the Thread menace in space.




Great if you like Sci Fiction
2007-05-13 - The Pern series of books from Anne McCaffery are great. Better if you read them in order, (look online at her website for recommendations). This is futuristic science fiction, but if you liked Aregon, you would probably like this series too