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Dragonflight
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
The men who rode the dragons were a breed apart. Chosen when the dragons were first hatched, they became soulmates for life with the huge, magnificent beasts they controlled - the green, blue, brown and bronzes - beautiful - terrible - the only creatures who could defend the planet Pern from the blood-red star. But without the Queen, the dragons would become extinct. Only the gigantic, golden Queen could breed the new flights. And the Queen was fading . . . dying . . . leaving behind one last, huge, golden egg. Dragonflight is the first book in Anne McCaffrey's world-famous Chronicles of Pern and has been in print since its first publication in hardcover 30 years ago.
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thelorelei
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The good: World Building and Plot! McCaffrey is a master.
The bad: Outdated understanding of consent. F'lar can also be very 1960s sometimes.
The GREAT: DRAGONS. They're the voices of reason and the emotional anchors that keep the humans from becoming at times irredeemable. Pernese dragons are the platonic ideal for human-dragon bonding and set the template for all the future variations thereof in fiction.
(see long winded review on LT)

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ChelseaM6010
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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#BookBinge
Day 10. Involves dragon
#InvolvesDragon

Eggs 💚🐉🧡 8mo
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Lizpixie
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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2023 may be even worse than last year!Sorry I disappeared again, first Dad(who is finally out of hospital as of this weekend🙌)then my daughter(that‘s living here!)gets Covid & has to leave us looking after her 18month old coz his father is an asshole! It‘s been a tough week. But I have read! I finished this audiobook a few days ago & bubs finally at daycare so I can post it. I love Anne McCaffrey, she blends SciFi & fantasy like no one else.5⭐️👇

Lizpixie Go read her books! The Pern ones, The Tower & the Hive ones, all of them! #BookspinBingo #SeriesLove2023 #AwesomeApril (edited) 11mo
BarbaraBB I‘m sorry to hear you‘re having such a rough time. Wishing you strength and sending love 💕 11mo
Lizpixie Oh god! I‘m sorry @BarbaraBB I haven‘t had a chance to send your book yet! I promise I‘ll get it to you by the end of this week. My profuse apologies lovely!🤦🏻‍♀️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 11mo
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hannah-leeloo I understand these struggles too well. Hugs sweet 🫂 11mo
TheSpineView Love this series! 11mo
TheAromaofBooks I read through all the Pern books a few years ago and loved them. I read them in published order at the time, but made notes about the roughly chronological order I would love to read them in next time! Hope things around your house get back on track soon!! ❤ 11mo
Larkken @TheAromaofBooks @Lizpixie how do you both feel about the Pern books the son wrote? I haven‘t gotten into them yet but always meant to do a reread and wasn‘t sure whether they should be included… also, lots of love lizpixie- that all sounds like a lot 💕 11mo
Andrew65 Sending best wishes, hope you have managed to stay free of COvID yourself. ❤️ 11mo
TheAromaofBooks @Larkken - I honestly wasn't a fan of Todd's books, and ended up stopping after I had read three of his and found them increasingly annoying haha I read Dragonsblood, Dragon's Fire, Dragon Harper, and half of Dragonheart. Those books all covered basically the same time period and just kind of kept telling the same story about this plague over and over from slightly different perspectives. I found the writing to be lazy, not consistent with other ⬇ 11mo
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Pern lore, and he also took what had been adult scifi and suddenly made all the main characters 12-14yrs old instead, which got kind of weird and a little creepy when it still involved these characters having sex. I dunno, I know a lot of people really liked them, but I thought his quality of writing was really poor, especially compared to the amazing body of work Anne wrote about this world. 11mo
Lizpixie @Larkken I agree with @TheAromaofBooks his writing has nothing on his mothers, which is unfortunate coz there‘s still so much you could tell about Pern. But I also feel that way about most of her books, especially the Tower & the Hive series. I can‘t say if it‘s because he truly is that bad a writer or I just miss Anne‘s way of writing. I also did NOT like Brandon Sandersons WOT books either prob for the same reason, though I enjoy HIS novels! 11mo
Lizpixie @hannah-leeloo @Larkken @Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks thank you for your support! It‘s been nuts around here but thankfully, still Covid free🙌🙌 Daughter comes home tonight, she‘s much better so hubby can collapse, 18month olds are hard on us middle age people! Dad is also much better, my eldest daughter is going to build a granny flat at her place for him so he won‘t be alone anymore. He‘s hitting 2yrs since Mum died & he‘s not handling it well😢 11mo
TheAromaofBooks Aww that's so hard about your dad!! When my grandma passed away it was so hard for my grandpa, and hard for us as he didn't want to leave the house where they had lived for decades (understandably), but we were concerned about him being alone. It's hard to find a new life balance. Hopefully it all works out for him to have his own space at your daughter's but still be a closer part of family life!! 11mo
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Lizpixie
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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Couldn‘t sleep(again!🥱)so I‘ve managed to listen to 20 chapters of the tagged book & 42 lines of this dragon scale chunky shawl. I love the color combo & I think that 2 cream stripes is enough to put on each end. Once I‘ve finished, washed it in wool softener & blocked it out, it‘ll be much bigger. Plenty big enough to keep me warm on cold winter nights sitting up reading(or #audioknitting more projects!) #AwesomeApril #readathon #LitsyCrafters

Tamra Beautiful!! 12mo
Read4life That shawl is gorgeous!! 11mo
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Lizpixie
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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I‘m #audioknitting a dragon scale chunky shawl for the coming winter, to the 1st Dragons of Pern book. I thought it fitting. It‘s knitted using Fiddlesticks Superb Big in Teal & Cream. So far I‘ve done two of the cream stripes& am tossing up a 3rd or leave it at two each end. F‘lar, bronze dragon rider is on Search for new riders when the Red Star forewarns the coming of Thread once more. #KnittersOfLitsy #LitsyCrafters #AwesomeApril #readathon

dabbe Love the colors! 💚 12mo
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Sweetkokoro
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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A solid start to the vast world of Pern. Does a great job explaining the lore and how the world works. Lessa is a great character who is really head strong. There is talking dragons, time travel, a decent amount of characters the writing is easy to follow but some of the bigger explanations can be a bit confusing. All in all I enjoyed it but I could be bias as I love the world of Pern haha.

Sweetkokoro @TheAromaofBooks This is my Doublespin book for January. I‘ll be spending the day getting my posts updated since I am severely behind haha. 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I read this series a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I found this timeline - http://pern.srellim.org/chrono.htm - that shows how the different books fit into the history of Pern. The series had its ups and downs (and I honestly didn't read all the ones written by her son because his book started to annoy me haha) but on the whole I thought it was really good and plan to read them all again someday. 1y
Sweetkokoro @TheAromaofBooks I have that site saved!! I read the Harper Hall trilogy numerous times but the bigger vaster world I hadn‘t so I‘m slowly making my way through all 26 books, I‘m only missing one for the collection. I hear a lot of people not liking what her son did with the series so I‘m interested to see my own thoughts when I get to one of his books. 1y
TheAromaofBooks They weren't bad, exactly, I just felt like he got really repetitive, like each book was basically the same story all over again haha I keep thinking I should try some of McCaffrey's other books since I enjoyed these so much, but just never have gotten around to them!! 1y
AkashaVampie My husband is not a reader. These are the only books he ever talks about. I have yet to read them. Maybe one day. 1y
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bookishbitch
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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Goodwill score at only 1 dollar. I'm not sure when this cover version was printed though, but it looks brand new. I've always planned to read this series. (Paperback.)

Readergrrl I loved this whole series! 2y
Bookwomble That cover was first used in 1991, and again in 2001 😊 2y
bookishbitch @Readergrrl Glad to hear it! @Bookwomble Thank you! So it is at least 21 years old then. Someone kept it pristine! 2y
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hissingpotatoes
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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2/5⭐ Well it's a McCaffrey book I managed to get through, but that (and Mnementh's dry sense of humor) is about the best I can say about it. The characters are flat, the writing style dry, the introduction of time travel convoluted, the “romance“ dreadful and problematic, the character decisions nonsensical, and the few named women mostly negative stereotypes. #bookspinbingo @thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks I liked this series better as I went on, as McCaffrey works backwards and forwards in Pern time, but they're not for everyone!! 2y
hissingpotatoes @TheAromaofBooks I'm glad it gets better for some readers! I've given McCaffrey so many chances that I think her writing and I just don't jive. Oh well. 2y
TheAromaofBooks I have several well-known/well-loved authors that aren't for me, so I know how that goes!! 2y
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Ladygodiva7
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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Book 18 of 2021. #npr100sff

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AllisonM89
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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I'm surprised at how well i remember this book. Looking forward to actually delving further into the series this time

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marie3blue
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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I enjoyed the Harper series sent in this same world, and McCaffrey is classic so I picked this up for an easygoing nighttime read. I can see how this world and McCaffrey‘s style may have influenced some of the series I love now, but this book is not great in my opinion. The writing is much better in the Harper series.

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LostInSpace
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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Beautifully descriptive and a novel you can completely get lost in.

Amazing world building, some awesome character building which I would imagine carries on over the next novels in the series.

The relationships between the dragons and humans is believable and touching. I‘d never read McCaffrey before but I‘ll be reading more of her work from now on!

Librarianaut I love all those books; it is a great series to dive into 3y
LostInSpace @Librarianaut I have a few of her books! I‘m looking forward to reading more of the series! 3y
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bluestocking.book.nerd
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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This is my new #livelaughlove wall quote. #christmaslist

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bluestocking.book.nerd
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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At the gate, getting into the first book of my #ukvacay... This one got the most "must read" votes when I asked for opinions on the books I packed... All 20+ of them!

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Ruthiella
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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1. I share my home with both dogs and cats but am at heart a cat person.

2. I am thankful for the cooler weather we‘ve had this week. I hasn‘t lasted but it‘s an indication that the dog days of summer are almost over.

Thanks for the tag @Booksy @rubyslippersreads

Feel like playing @Freespirit @La_Cori ?

Cosmos_Moon Yes! Cooler days are near... if we have dog days of summer, do we have kitty days of winter? 4y
Ruthiella @Cosmos_Moon That makes sense! Cozy kitty days of winter! 😻 4y
Freespirit Thanks @Ruthiella 💕 4y
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Lauredhel
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And with Weyr Search, I have done a final wrap on the Modern Mrs Darcy Reading challenge 2020!
#mmdchallenge #mmdreading

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Jeshara
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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1️⃣ Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern series, Harper Hall trilogy, Freedom series)

2️⃣ 2 + numerous full boxes + various piles around my house
I need more bookcases! I just cannot seem to part with any of my books. What if I want to read them again? 📚📚📚

3️⃣ mostly random

#wonderouswednesday
@eggs

Eggs #2: yes, tough decisions 4y
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TheSpineView
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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Cathythoughts Lovely colours 4y
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Psychobabble
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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This is a series I've wanted to read for long time so I'm finally diving in!! There's 23 books so it's going to take some time to get through them all...

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Lizpixie
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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It‘s midnight Monday, Sydney time so this is my final tally for the #24B4Monday Extended Version! I‘m very happy with both the time & with five books finished. I just finished Dragonflight with 3mins to spare, my reread of the Pern books is making me nostalgic, it‘s been awhile since I last picked them up. If you‘ve never read McCaffrey, these are a great place to start. They mix SciFi with fantasy beautifully. #HSreadathon #SummersEndReadathon

Andrew65 A stunning success, and some great books Read. Well done! 🙌👏🙌👏🍾🥂🎉🎊🥳😍 5y
hes7 That‘s great! 👏🏻👏🏻 5y
Megabooks 🥳🥳🥳🥳 5y
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Clwojick Wow! You‘ve done a phenomenal job! I‘m glad you enjoyed the weekend, and can‘t wait to see what else you read during the rest of #SummersEndReadathon 5y
BeansPage 💪🌟👏👏🎉🎉🎉 5y
jb72 That is an awesome time!! 5y
Lizpixie @Andrew65 @hes7 @Megabooks @TheReadingMermaid @jb72 thank you all! I very much enjoyed this weekend, sometimes I can get distracted by Netflix & Foxtel so having to concentrate on just reading has been wonderful🙌♥️♥️♥️ @Clwojick Thank you! I‘m planning on just mood reading for the rest of the week, I have a rather large pool of #MountTBR books to choose from so hopefully I can introduce you to books you haven‘t heard of🤞♥️♥️ 5y
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Lizpixie
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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It‘s 4pm Monday here & I‘ve been out at the RTA & various other necessities but I had this in my tote bag so I started reading it in the car instead of the book I‘d planned on finishing the #24B4Monday #readathon with, now I‘m hooked into the story so🤷🏻‍♀️Now I‘m home & in my reading chair which I don‘t plan on leaving anytime soon! Let‘s see how many hours I can get today. How‘s your readathon? #HSreadathon #SummersEndReadathon

jb72 Wow you are doing awesome! 5y
Andrew65 You have had a truly impressive Readathon. I think I‘m currently on around 27 hours. 5y
Lizpixie @jb72 @Andrew65 thank you both! Being chronically ill has few advantages but lots of time to read is definitely one of them. 27hrs is pretty impressive as well, congratulations!🎉 5y
Clwojick You‘re doing fantastic! Way to go! ♥️ 5y
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Sunraven
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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#colormepretty Day 7: #gold @sweetkokoro

For me the first thing that comes to mind when you say “gold” in the context of books is the Dragonriders of Pern series. The left cover art above is what‘s on the copy I got at a used bookstore in the 90s and have read umpteen times, and I‘m very fond of Whelan‘s art, but I also love the art on the right — tempted to buy a copy of that version just for the pretties.

#dragons #sff #pern

Sweetkokoro Ahhhhh I love this post! I love the world of Pern, McCaffrey is the reason I love dragons! I am slowly getting all of her books so I can re-read some and read ones I never had the chance to read. (edited) 5y
Sunraven @sweetkokoro: I was super into Pern for a while, and it‘s probably genetically transmissible at this point. 😆 Early McCaffrey is still one of my favorite writers, too — I oddly always forget how dang good she is until I go back and re-read. IMO the Pern series sort of dragged on, though, and I started getting “ehhh” around Dolphins of Pern. Fortunately, she wrote a lot, and a lot of it is good. 😉 5y
TheAromaofBooks I read Pern a year or so ago and totally enjoyed it, although I stopped reading after a few of the books that were by just her son, as I felt like his were extremely repetitive. Anyway, when I was writing blog posts for them, I got way into looking at Pern fanart - some of it is AMAZING! 5y
Sunraven @TheAromaofBooks: I agree, Todd‘s work isn‘t as good as his mother‘s, though he seemed quite nice the one time I met him. (Also he does some odd, illogical, distracting things with Pern physics in his books.)

Fan art can definitely be super-amazing, though I admit I have zero idea what Pern fan art is like now, haha! I have a vague worry that it would make me overly nostalgic for the Good Old Days of Pern Fandom...
5y
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LadyRuthven
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So, now that Game of Thrones is done, I think now would be the perfect time to make Dragonriders of Pern the next big series. It has something for everyone and it's an amazingly detailed world. Tons of material to work with. I love this book series. Just my recommendation for a new series to fall in love with.

#dragonridersofpern

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Lauredhel
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I looked through my library collection for Pern audiobooks to listen to while crocheting this Dragon Shawl, but they had none! It's a travesty.

Clare_Riley @Lauredhel that‘s beautiful!! 5y
rockpools Wow! 5y
mreads That's awesome ❤🐉 5y
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Reecaspieces Gorgeous! 5y
julesG Wow! Gorgeous shawl. 5y
CoffeeNBooks Wow! That shawl is amazing! 5y
laurieluna 😍 5y
Eggbeater That is absolutely incredible! I crochet and I am so jealous. 😍 5y
Clare-Dragonfly That is gorgeous! 5y
xicanti 😍😍😍😍 5y
marie3blue Beautiful! Have you listened to or read Seraphina? I highly recommend it. 😊 5y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Wow! That shawl is 💥⚡️✨💫🌟☄️ amazing! 5y
Lauredhel @marie3blue I haven't! It has sat on my TBR forever. 5y
marie3blue I loved it and the reader was great on the audio. I wasn‘t as fond of the second, but it was still enjoyable. 5y
Lauredhel @marie3blue I have heard that Tess of the Road is way better? 5y
marie3blue Haven‘t read that one. I‘ll check it out. 5y
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Mindelan
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Grabbed this book this morning after some nostalgia, and WOWZERS I am conflicted, Littens. My vague recollection that my middle-school self thought that the male lead was kind of garbage has turned into some pretty problematic stuff, and I‘m barely in! I‘m going to give it a go (because badass woman and bonded dragons) but I‘m wishing I could find some similar dragon fantasy without the problematic romance/relationship dynamics. Any suggestions?

marie3blue You should try Seraphina or the Harper books by McCaffrey. 3y
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Schlinkles
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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A lazy Sunday of puppy cuddles and this month‘s sci-fi and fantasy book club pick.

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DivaDiane
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What a great idea to celebrate with! Congratulations on 3k! #mels3kgiveaway

I could barely decide between 3 trilogies which I love. In the end I thought I‘d choose the one that others probably won‘t choose: The Dragonriders of PERN.

The three books are Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon. And the series goes on after that if you really like it!

My others choices would‘ve been the Farseer Tril. or the original Earthsea Tril. 😄

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annamatopoetry
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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Someone on litsy was talking Pern and then fell into a hole on tvtropes, so I decided to reread book 1. It's... Interesting. Let's just say it's harder to miss the domestic violence and sexual consent issues as a grown-up.

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nebrinkley
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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"The dragons could never understand why they generated such abject fear in common folk." - DRAGONFLIGHT, and occasionally me

One of my friends is flying in to visit me on Sunday before her panel at NYCC! I'm psyched to have her visiting. It does mean I need to finish cleaning my apartment and find a place to stash my gazillion Anne McCaffrey books, including the beautiful new DRAGONFLIGHT. Is there any author whose books you have way too many of?

Citymouse Tamora Pierce and Noel Streatfeild. I own almost every single book they each wrote. 6y
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nebrinkley
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Sick days are for burning candles and reading books. I think I'm gonna settle in with a reread of my new editions of DRAGONFLIGHT to match @hafsahfaizal's gorgeous custom candle. 😍🐉📚

moranadatter Feel better soon! Dragonriders of Pern is such a great series. (edited) 7y
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BiblioNyan
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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My buddy and I were talking about books that got us into our favourite genres. These two were pivotal in making me a fantasy lover. They are classics with dragons and great world-building. Anne McCaffrey was an amazing author, she's so dearly missed.

#dragonflight #dragonquest #annemccaffrey #fantasy #dragons

ReadingOver50 Me too! Turned me into a fantasy lover and really turned me into a reader😍 7y
Jabberwocky These are my favourite books of all time. 🐉 7y
moranadatter The Harper Hall Trilogy was pivotal for me. I read these after those. 7y
BiblioNyan @moranadatter @ReadingOver50 They were for me too! I wouldn't be a fan of fantasy, or lover of dragons, without these. 💚💙 @Jaberwocky Mine too!! 7y
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nebrinkley
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"Lessa woke, cold." The new covers of the Dragonriders of Pern series are here! ? I didn't realize they'd finally come out until the first one arrived at the bookstore... and now I'm just waiting for the next two. I'm a huge Pern fan (if my custom #iceydesigns candle didn't give it away) and these covers actually reflect the weird, wonderful Pernese dragons. I can't wait to have the whole trilogy for my too-large McCaffrey collection.

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nebrinkley
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It's here!!! The incredible Hafsah (Icey Designs) designed me a one-of-a-kind #Pern candle. It's based on klah scents (coffee, and I replaced cinnamon with vanilla) and named after my favorite #Dragonflight quote. It is totally wonderfully gorgeous and smells amazing. I couldn't be happier. 😍 Expect a lot of photos of this in the future, especially given that original Pern series just got jacket redesigns that are en route to me now...

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nebrinkley
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"Look around you, Lessa of Pern. Look around the Weyr with unveiled eyes. ... Humbled to think your hands rest where Moreta's and Torene's had rested? Well, the stone is ingrained with dirt and needs a good scrubbing. And your rump may rest where theirs did - but that's not where you have your brains." – DRAGONFLIGHT ?

#fortunefavoursaugust: Athena (inspirational quote) accompanied by a Hudson Valley skyline just begging for dragons.

aeeklund I could TOTALLY imagine dragons in this setting. Gorgeous! 7y
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laurieluna
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So this is my tired and confused face. Tired because of the obvious, confused because #Goodreads just listed this gem of a SCI-FI novel in their top 50 Fantasy novels rather than the Sci-fi list. 😑
No no no no no. Anne spent so long arguing the point that these are clearly Sci-fi. Since she's no longer here to defend the point I'll do it for her! 😂

Lizpixie Damn straight they're SciFi! The planet was colonized from space, the dragons bred using space age tech! #PernIsSciFi #AnneMcCaffreyIsASciFiWriter 7y
laurieluna @Lizpixie exactly! And the dragons can jump through time. I distinctly remember reading about a magazine in the 80s that made the exact same mistake of calling it fantasy. Can't believe it's still being done. 😤 7y
Sophoclessweetheart Go you for fighting her fight! I HATE when goodreads and random bookshops label books under the wrong genre. 🙄x 7y
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laurieluna @MythicReads yep. I've seen them do it a few times with different genres. But this one really bothers me because of how much Anne went through in her writing career to be taken seriously as a Sci-fi writer, especially in those early years. 7y
Sophoclessweetheart I don't think I've ever read her books before but I've been tempted by her a few times in my local bookshop where she is always on the sci-fi aisle. But I've seen it happen with so many authors and it's really disrespectful. ESPECIALLY if the author has expressed deeply they are one genre and not the other x 7y
laurieluna @MythicReads she reached a point where she just started ignoring journalists and reporters in interviews if they used the fantasy word 😂 amazing woman. I started with Restoree which was her first novel. You can see how much she wanted to write a strong female lead, however it's still partly a product of it's time (it was written in 1967, tough time to be a female sci-fi writer!). 7y
Sophoclessweetheart I can imagine. It must have been tough. But good on her for doing it anyway! X 7y
BillBlume I'll admit that this series felt like it started as fantasy, but then it morphed into more of a sci-fi/fantasy hybrid. Love this book. 7y
laurieluna @BillBlume I think it's the Dragons that do that, but then when you start to find out the history it definitely morphs into the Sci-fi Anne always insisted it to be. 7y
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BookFreakGeek
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I find a lot of people ask me about adult fantasy series- this would be one recommendation from me! Really enjoyed this series :)

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nebrinkley
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Today's #riotgrams prompt is "best twist," and it belongs to Anne McCaffrey's DRAGONFLIGHT. Wait, wait, the dragons can travel through space *and* time?!

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alittlemomentofbelief
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My older brother was never really one for books so, when Dad bought #Dragonflight for him, it quickly joined the trickle of hand-me-downs that made up my possessions. Unlike the Liverpool football shirts, this one book sparked a passion. It took my love of reading into a whole new reality. To this day, #scifi and #fantasy are my go-to genres, and #AnneMcCaffrey remains my favourite author. Give it a shot; I mean, come on - it's got #dragons!

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Daisey
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I never managed to get my hands on all of the stories of Pern, but these are the ones listed on my Goodreads read shelf and I loved them!

#MayBookFlowers #agalaxyfarfaraway

Betty I bought a book holding the first three volumes of Dragonrider-Pern for my son earlier this week 7y
Daisey @Betty So good! I need to look up a few more of the ones I've never gotten to read. 7y
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hike.read.repeat
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
Panpan

I was really excited about reading this book but I couldn't get into it. I would have bailed but I'm using it for my #fantasy task for the #readharderchallenge.

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Gooddaysunshine
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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My favorite book series as a kid, but holds up for an adult.

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Redjewel_7734
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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A fun light read! I'm a huge fan of the Dragonriders of Pern series & of Anne McCaffrey. This is just what I needed after some heavy reads of late. & it's my first official challenge read #192019challenge #1968

syasutake This is on my list for #litsyatoz. I think it will be my first Anne McCaffrey book. 🐉 7y
Redjewel_7734 @syasutake I hope you love it as much as I do! I have the entire series and it is one of my favorite easy escapes ☺ (edited) 7y
ReadingOver50 I live this series 😍 7y
Redjewel_7734 @ReadingOver50 😍Isn't it amazing! I've even got the illustrated guide, which is absolutely gorgeous! (edited) 7y
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Gezemice
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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Fun, well-written, action-driven story, the first about friendly dragons and their unique bond with their riders. Good characters, too, although I found the women's role dated. Still, they come through as kick-ass, even if they have to defy males all along. 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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earlecooks
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey

If someone is obsessively in love with the Dragonriders of Pern series, does anyone have suggestions of other newer fantasies to get them hooked on?

annahenke Hope one of these works! (edited) 7y
earlecooks Great suggestions. Thanks! 7y
Redjewel_7734 McCaffrey's Tower & Hive series is great. No dragons, but it shares Anne's wonderous storytelling among the stars. 7y
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annahenke
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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This was an enjoyable book - a notable entry in the dragon niche that I finally got around to. I'm glad I did! This book seems rather simple compared to some of the complex and edgy fantasy being written today, but deserves its place in the canon. Note: This is a safe pick for younger teens.

#fantasy #ya #dragons #herebedragons #pern #dragonridersofpern #annemccaffrey

jpmcwisemorgan Good to know. I can keep an eye on it for the daughter of one my friends. 7y
EliNeedsMoreShelves Love those Pern books! 7y
BillBlume Glad you enjoyed it. That was one of the books that got me hooked as a reader. 7y
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LadyZircon If you want a good dragon series, you should try the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. I haven't finished the series itself but he holds a good place in my heart. :) 7y
lilredhen McCaffrey's Pern series was the first scifi I read outside Star Trek. It will always be one of my favorites. 7y
annahenke @LadyZircon I have read some of those! They're good, although I am more fond of her stand alone novel, Uprooted. 7y
LadyZircon @annahenke I haven't tried it yet though my cousin's boasted about it. :) 7y
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BillBlume
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight was one of two books that locked me in as a reader for life. This book with dragons on an alien world with time travel and menacing thread falling from the sky made me realize there are books out there for me. Dragonflight also made me realize the things I want to achieve as a writer, to let my imagination go wherever the hell I want. #dragons #fantasy #annemccaffrey #epicfantasy #scifi #LitsyRiotLive

BiblioNyan I loved this book! It was my late brother's favourite. He had an old, well-read first edition that's become a treasure to my heart. I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed this as well. 😊 7y
annahenke Reading right now! 7y
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readinginthedark
Dragonflight | Anne McCaffrey
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@annahenke already talked about this one, but it's the dragon book I've read most recently and enjoyed! I like that McCaffrey takes something that's been done so many times and makes it completely unique! This is a really great blend of fantasy and sci-fi. There are some arguments that this book is not as feminist as it claims to be, but within the context of when it was written, there is a lot here for feminists. #herebedragons #photoadaynov16

Gezemice My daughter loves this series so I owe it to her to read it... 7y
readinginthedark @Gezemice This is the first and only one I've read so far, but I plan on reading the others! Maybe 2017 will be our year! 7y
juliannebenford I agree with that, it was feminist for its time but doesn't seem that way now! I kind of wish someone could rewrite them and fix some of the stuff that is really nonsensical. 7y
readinginthedark @juliannebenford Or maybe they could make an updated movie series of it? I hesitate to approve changes to the text, since the progression of feminism is so well represented with books like these! It's like reading Mark Twain--the vernacular and attitudes are sometimes horrible, but it reflects that place and time period in a really important way. 7y
juliannebenford @readinginthedark yes, that would be even better, I didn't think of that! Leave the books as they are and make updated movies or TV shows. 7y
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