This was my favorite of the Pern series as a boy. I bought it because I was enchanted by the cover, and started reading it only to discover that it was part of a series. So I went back and read the original two books before resuming this one. This was definitely my favorite, and I think that even now, many years later, this book still is one of my favorite books from any genre.

I love the Pern Series. I have been reading it since I was a pre-teen. And I still go back and re-read it over and over.

3rd in the classic dragon series.

According to an "official" guide, this book is #5 of 16. Though, read the first two chapters of this, then book 6, then back to the remainder of book 6.

The little dragon of this book is fun. I wish he got more "screen time" and the humans less!

Anne McCaffrey is one of my favorite sci-fi writters. Her Dragonriders series is one of my favorites.

Never has there been as close a bonding as the one that exists between the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extroidinary white dragon, Ruth. Pure white and incrdibly agile, Ruth is a dragon of many talents, though almost everyone on Pern thinks he is a runt who will never amount to anything. Lord Jaxom knows better, knows he can teach his dragon to fly and to destroy the deadly silver Thread that falls from the sky. Disobeying all rules, Jaxom and Ruth train in secret. Their illicit flights seem but a minor disobedience until they find themselves in the path of danger and in a position to prevent the biggest disaster of all....

Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth. Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth was a dragon of many talents, though almost everyone on Pern thought he was a runt that would never amount to anything. But Jaxom knew better, knew he could teach his dragon to fly and to destroy the deadly silver threads that fell from the sky. Disobeying all rules, Jaxom and Ruth trained in secret. Their illicit flights seemed but a minor disobedience--until they found themselves in the path of danger and in a position to prevent the biggest disaster of all!

AS FANTASY GOES, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST ONES THAT I HAVE READ. I ENJOYED IT, AND HOPE FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO READ AND ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS I DID. VJ

I enjoyed this book nearly as much as the first two in the series, however the treatment of women by the primary character left me cold. I'm know mysogyny when I see it.

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