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Travel back to the earliest days of Pernese history in this first ever Dragonriders of Pern short story collection!
Join the original survey team as they explore Pern and decide to 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 dreadful currents of the Pernese ocean.
Learn how the famous Ruatha Hold was founded, and thrill with the dragonriders as they expand into a second, then a third Weyr.
And discover a secret lost in time: the rescue of some of the original colonists before the planet was cut off forever!
Building a new life on a distant world, braving the dreaded Thread that falls like silver rain from the sky only to destory every living thing it touches, flying heroically on the wondrous dragons: The Dragonriders of Pern!
Join the original survey team as they explore Pern and decide to 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 dreadful currents of the Pernese ocean.
Learn how the famous Ruatha Hold was founded, and thrill with the dragonriders as they expand into a second, then a third Weyr.
And discover a secret lost in time: the rescue of some of the original colonists before the planet was cut off forever!
Building a new life on a distant world, braving the dreaded Thread that falls like silver rain from the sky only to destory every living thing it touches, flying heroically on the wondrous dragons: The Dragonriders of Pern!
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This was an interesting book but I wish I could have read it first instead of after I read the rest of the series. A lot of what is in the book explains things that are in the rest of the series.
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According to an "official" guide, this book is #10 of 16.
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Pamela H. (Gave an interesting introduction to the PERN series. I enjoyed it, but wished I had read book 1 in the series first.
This book contains the following stories:
The Survey: P.E.R.N.
The Dolphins' Bell
The Ford of Red Hanrahan
The Second Weyr
Rescue Run
Travel back to the earliest days of Pernes history in this first ever drayonriders of Pern shory story collection. Discover a secret lost in time: the rescur of original colonists before the planet was cut off forever.
A 'prequel' to McCaffrey's best selling Pern series.
Travel back to the earliest days of Pernese history in this short story collection of the Dragonriders of Pern
Join the original survery team as they explore the new planet and decide to recommend it for colonization.
Learn how the famous Ruatha Hold was founded, and follow the dragonriders as they expand into a second, then a thire Weyr.
Discover a secret lost in time: The rescue of some of the original colonists before the planet was cut off forever . . .
Fly with the Dragons as they sear the Thread from the skies of Pern.
Loved the part about the egg hatchlings choosing their riders! Very entertaining reading.
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