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Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 6
Language
English
Description
Tired of his boring life, Lord Jaxom decides to secretly train his extraordinary dragon to take part in the desperate battles of dragons and their riders against the Threadfall that periodically threatens their planet.
2) Dragonflight
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 1
Language
English
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SOM Read-Alikes for The Empyrean Series (Fourth Wing & Iron Flame)
STO Series Starters: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
STO Series Starters: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Description
"Anne McCaffrey's beloved science fantasy epic becomes a fully-painted graphic novel"--Book 1 cover
3) Dragonquest
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 2
Language
English
Description
While the deadly Thread continues to fall, F'lar must combat internal conflicts among the dragonriders.
Author
Series
Acorna series volume 2
Publisher
HarperPrism
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Space heroine Acorna battles extortionists who changed a planet's weather when its inhabitants refused their demands. The result has been mass starvation. A sequel to Acorna: The Unicorn Girl.
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 14
Language
English
Description
These are the first five episodes of Anne McCaffrey's fascinating saga of Pern - in which listeners learn about the earliest days of Pernese history. Beginning with the very first ever Dragonriders of Pern adventure, join the original survey team as they explore Pern and recommend it for colonization. Share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as a flotilla of ships - aided by intelligent, talking dolphins - braves the currents...
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Led by Masterharper Robinton and F'lar and Lessa, the people of Pern excavate the ancient remains of the planet's original settlement and uncover the colonists' voice-activated artificial intelligence system.
7) Power lines
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
The inhabitants of a planet in space battle the ruling mining company which is raping it, rape being an appropriate word in this case as the planet has, like human beings, a consciousness. A futuristic treatment of a present day problem: shortsighted opportunism. By the author of The Powers That Be.
8) Dragonsdawn
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 10
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
A novel that takes place before the Dragonriders of Pern series. This describes how the planet Pern was colonized & the origins of the deadly Threadfall.
Author
Series
Acorna's children volume 1
Publisher
EOS
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Beloved by millions of readers, Anne McCaffrey is one of science fiction's favorite authors. Writing with award-winning author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, she has created the bestselling Acorna series focusing on the adventures of the brave unicorn girl.
Now the exciting saga of the next generation begins.
First WarningKhorii, daughter of the near-mythic Acorna and her lifemate, Aari, must contend with an overwhelming legacy to forge a path of her...
10) Power play
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
A feeling planet organizes its defenses against uncaring humans. The planet, which can even speak, is home to some ecologically minded people, but its riches are attracting hordes of outsiders with no feeling for nature. Planet and residents join forces.
11) Changelings
Author
Series
Twins of Petaybee volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough add another thrilling chapter to their sweeping Petaybee saga with Changelings. Yana and Sean are beside themselves with joy over the arrival of their twins Ronan and Murel. But the children's shape-changing abilities attract unwanted attention from an off-world scientist. Now Yana and Sean will do anything to protect their precocious youths from danger.
12) Sky dragons
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 30
Language
English
Description
Xhinna, the first female Weyrleader, and her group of young dragonriders struggle to rebuild the decimated dragon population and protect the world from a deadly alien spore by collecting dragon eggs and protecting baby dragons from predators and saboteurs.
13) Dragon Harper
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 26
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
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Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 20
Language
English
Description
With the planet of Pern no longer threatened by Threadfall, its inhabitants are free to build new lives for themselves with the help of recently discovered ancient technology, until a terrifying new peril from the sky endangers the planet.
15) Dragon's fire
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 25
Publisher
Del Rey Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
16) Dragonseye
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
On the planet Perm, two farseeing dragon riders train their troops--mounted on genetically engineered dragons--for the battle with the Thread, an evil force. Portents of all sorts, including violent storms and erupting volcanos, point to the Thread's coming, but most of the planet prefers to ignore them, lulled into complacency by 200 years of peace.
17) Maelstrom
Author
Series
Twins of Petaybee volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Anne McCaffrey, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards, co-writes this sequel to the popular first Twins of Petaybee book, Changelings with fellow Nebula Award winner Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. As the series continues, Maelstrom follows Murel and Ronan Shongili-telepathic 10-year-old twins who have the special ability to turn into river seals. Murel and Ronan have been assigned with rescuing the inhabitants of neighboring planet Halau from their doomed...
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 16
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
A collection of 15 stories. In one, the Earth plunges back in time to different historical periods, in another, a girl communicates by telepathy with dragons. By the author of All the Weyrs of Pern.
19) Deluge
Author
Series
Twins of Petaybee volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Between them, frequent collaborators Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough have landed both the Hugo and Nebula Awards while winning innumerable fans in the sci-fi and fantasy realms. In Deluge, a crisis point has been reached on the sentient planet of Petaybee. Marmion de Revers Algemeine has been arrested on bogus charges, and the shape-shifting twins have traveled off-planet.
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