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Editorial Review:
After 7 weeks on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list, the newest novel of the Dragonriders of Pern series is finally in paperback. Chronicling the first settlers of Pern, this is the story of the colonists' efforts to breed dragons to fight the deadly Thread before the lush planet is destroyed. "Dragonphile alert! Anne McCaffrey is back. . .Must reading for fans of the series."--San Diego Tribune. HC: Del Rey.

Dragonsdawn (Dragonriders of Pern) Reviews:
420 Pages of Chatter
2008-09-28 - This book was a terrible drag to me. Not only is the plot very slow, but it's also unbalanced in a sense that AMC procrastinates pages after pages on irrelevant points and quickly bundles up essential matters in a few sentences. For example, results of essential conversations are reported in three sentences instead of providing the conversation itself. The same occurs with the experiences with Dragons, or with the death of some characters.

Then it makes the book complicated to read because you can't predict what you can safely skip... After a while, you get frustrated and end up skipping paragraphs because you just don't care about anyone any more. Never mind who is who and who does what.

Eventually, less than 10 pages out of 420 remain in my mind. A pretty bad score, indeed.


Rehash
2008-03-26 - The villains are overstated and the other characters are bland. The opening is without interest and slow. The best scene is the discovery of fire lizards and even that is repeating an event from a previous book.

To be fair, the author has a difficult task in front of her. Her previous books, set in a later era of Pern, contain many references to the the founding of Pern. Now, writing the "first" book, she is left with the task of connecting her dots and making a story out of them. This isn't her best work, but she manages a credible story that may be more enjoyable to those who have not read so much of the Pern series as I have.

Great story!
2008-02-27 - WOW! Anne McCaffrey is an amazing author, and she doesn't disappoint in her start to the Pern Series. What a great book! Interesting characters, and you really felt the hardships of the colonists when the thread started to fall. Two thumbs way up!

Dragonsdawn (Dragonriders of Pern)
2008-02-26 - My first audio book. came fast and in good shape. Anne McCaffery is as usuall up to her very best. The story is fun and interesting.

Dragonsdawn
2007-10-02 - The story of the development of a young Harper and her fire lizards is very good.