The Skies of Pern

Anne McCaffery is one of my FAVORITE Authors!!! If only Pern could be turned into a Movie like The Hobbit, God That would be OUTSTANDING, but for now the Mind is where we escape to and Her Books make it very EASY!!

Paraphrasing the dragon, Golanth, whose rider F'lessan is this volume's prime focus, 'Born of author Anne McCaffrey, hatched in the Dragonrider series, Skies of Pern is worthy of that great pairing.' McCaffrey's first books dealt with the Benden Weyrleaders, Flar and Lessa and their contemporaries and involved a reawakening and marshalling of the resources of Pern and its people to combat a new threat from their ancient enemy... Read Full Review

Not everyone liked this book, apparently, but I did. I thought that Ms. McCaffrey's (and, to an extent, F'lessan and Tai's) solution to the "What will dragons do now?" problem was original and it made wonderful sense. I thought that it ranked high up there, along with the rest of the Pern series. If you're a Pern fan and you've been waiting to see what will/would happen after "All the Weyrs of Pern", then read this.I had one... Read Full Review

What a wonderful surprise - I was not expecting another book in the Pern series and was delighted to read this one. I disagree that the introduction of technology into the Pern culture makes the books worse; instead this trend is one of the main "problems" that the wonderful continuing cast of characters must deal with. Reading how they cope (or don't cope) with all the innovations makes for alot of interest. Add a natural... Read Full Review

As a long-time major fan of Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels, I gleefully pounce on them the moment they appear in hardback. In fact, they're the ONLY novels I'll routinely shell out so much money for. In the case of "The Skies of Pern", I managed to get my hands on the UK version...Was it worth it? Definitely! I'd've downed it in one marathon sitting were it not for having to go to work and earn a living. And I reread it... Read Full Review