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 A sequel to Piemur's book August 28, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
This book has a full fledged female villain: Lady Thella
and her band of thieves. As Thred falls for the first time
in this era the displaced people have gathered around
a leader and begun to steal to stay alive.
Most of the last half of the book deals with the southern continent
which has the imaginative name : 'Southern'.
We get a parallel to the adventures of Piemur
and at last Archaeology of the first settlement
of the planet with a computer still active.
The result leaves things open for another sequel
to follow?
As I have read several in this sequence I think this
effort doesn't have the spirit of some of the original
work, but continues the development of the Pern
culture from another point of view.
 The Renagades of Pern January 6, 2009
Alys (Stuck in PA)
What can I say???? I totally enjoyed this book, just as I have loved all the series! This one, more than any other, portrays life outside of the Dragon rider's wheyrs and out over Pern and it's common folk.
Anne McCaffery is a master in writing, a true Bard.
Her stories a full of humanity, wonderful bonds between man/dragon/and earth (Pern)...and so VERY, refreshingly different from the Tolkien-esque fantasies many writers emulate.
The continuing chronicles of Pern December 8, 2008
Jeanne Tassotto (Trapped in the Midwest)
This, the tenth novel in the popular series that about the people and dragons of Pern, takes place approximately concurrently with THE WHITE DRAGON and is largely centered on Jayge Lilcamp, a member of a family of traders who traveled across Pern bringing much needed goods. Jayge finds his life and that of the rest of Pern turned upside down when Thread, that horrendous menace that periodically attacked the planet returned. Many had believed that Thread would never again fall from Pern's skies, scoffing at those who insisted that all too soon they would once again have to deal with this age old enemy, when once again all of Pern would owe their existence to the brave dragons and riders.
Jayge found his very way of life changed, not so much by the Thread itself but by humans he had been brought into contact with, one a young woman who had the unique talent of hearing dragons, all dragons, speak to each other telepathically and another embittered young woman who was determined to control this talent. As major events of Pernese society take place around them these three battle for their own places in their world.
The author, Anne McCaffrey, places a request in each of her Pern stories that the reader read the stories in order for maximum enjoyment. Readers new to this series would absolutely not want to begin with this one, the story is quite dependent on earlier events. Those who have read the first four or five novels could follow and enjoy the story but the more familiar the reader is with the series the more they will enjoy this story. This novel takes place and refers to many of the same events as THE WHITE DRAGON, and the Harper Trilogy (DRAGONSONG, DRAGONSINGER and DRAGONDRUMS), relating the events from a slightly different point of view. ALL THE WEYRS OF PERN begins shortly after the end of this novel.
As with all the Pern novels this one is a fascinating depiction of a complex society that has adapted itself to the extraordinary conditions that have beset it. Once again McCaffery has taken characters that have dominated earlier novels, placed them into secondary roles and shifted focus to other characters who either had been mentioned in passing earlier or are new to this story. It is interesting to see how the various events or characters common to more than one novel are viewed differently by various individuals. The different storylines of this novel are all quite satisfactorily tied up but the ending involves such a surprising twist that the reader will probably want to immediately pick up the next novel in the series, ALL THE WEYRS OF PERN.
The Renegades of Pern October 2, 2007
Big Kid (Georgia, USA)
Very good. I knew I was hooked on the Pern stories when I started buying them in hardback instead of waiting 6-8 months for the paperback.
Great if you like Sci Fiction May 13, 2007
taxbite (Missouri)
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
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