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Dragonflight [Mass Market Paperback]

Anne McCaffrey (Author)
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Publication Date: Aug 2002
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?

To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright.

But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa’s world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world. . . .

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Del Rey Books; Reissue edition (Aug 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345456335
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345456335
  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.7 x 21 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,546,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Read Dragonflight and you're confronted with McCaffrey the storyteller in her prime, staking a claim for being one of the influential fantasy and SF novelists of her generation - and doing it, remarkably, in the same novel" (SFX ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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The first chronicle of Pern. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The first of many 3 Dec 2008
By Rwth of Cornovii
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I read this for the first time about the time it came out. Having read it again for about the 7th time, I must say that it is as good as it always was.

It is written in 3 or more novella form, and each episode is self contained, but follows on from the one before. Anne McCaffrey set the scene and planted the characters for the whole series, but without this firm beginning, the strong characterisations would not have worked so well in the later books. F'lar and Lessa particularly are bound together in a project that will last the rest of their lives, and they are aided by the Craftmasters. The Lawyer, PR man musician Robinton, the engineer Fandarel and of course, the ex-dragonrider, weaver Lytol who takes charge of the baby lord of the great estate of Ruatha, fallen into disrepair and unproductiveness. F'lar's loyal brother is a useful sidekick, but it is the dragons that tend to star.
One can tire of the matching of dragons to riders, but in this book it is fresh and moving.

It works on many levels and is worth reading.
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A good change 6 Feb 2004
By HennaH84
Format:Paperback
Anne McCaffrey is most widely known as a Sci-Fi writer. But I would class this book as fanatsy and seeing as im a fantasy reader rather than a Sci Fi reader I must recommend this book as her best work. Set on the planet of Pern, whose inhabitants have been out of contact with Earth for so long the colonists have forgotten the very existance of Earth, with the threat of the Red Star and its falling Threads, which destroy all life they come into contact with, the eary colonists of Pern bred dragons to combat this threat. The book is set 400 years after the last fall of Threads when the Dragonmen, the riders of the dragons, are looking for a young beautiful girl to bond with the new dragon queen when she hatches. A wonderful tale from a wonderful author. And the best bit is, its one of many so it will keep you in books for a long while! :-)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book 1 Sep 2012
By SuzyRed
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love Pern books I had the whole set in paper back and reread them at least 6 times but when we moved they got put somewhere I couldn't find them so decided once I bought my Kindle to re-buy them all for it. I really enjoy the characters and dragons so much. I was hooked the first page of the first book and couldn't wait for each book to come out. I think they started my love of reading back when they first came out.
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4.0 out of 5 stars My first review
I read Dragonflight many years ago,so this time around was a bit of gamble. I was foolish to doubt the quality!
Published 11 days ago by Mr. S. Davies
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read
A fantastic start to a great series of books, this takes you to another world, complete in every detail, highly recommended.
Published 26 days ago by Jo
3.0 out of 5 stars A Little Dated but not without Charm
So I read this for a bookclub and I'm not sure if I'd've finished it otherwise.

It's OK. I quite liked the almost 'puzzle' element of the way the plot is resolved. Read more
Published 29 days ago by latepaul
5.0 out of 5 stars Where it all began!
The Pern series of books have held my affection for many years since discovering them in 1980. The story of Lessa and the world in which she finds herself is believable and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. N. P. PRINCE
3.0 out of 5 stars Glad I read it but...
I read this on recommendation having passed over her books in the shops. I did enjoy this but sometimes the story felt a little jumpy. Read more
Published 1 month ago by K. Turner
5.0 out of 5 stars THE WHOLE MACCAFFREY BOOKS
ARDENT ANNE McCAFFREY FAN ALL HER BOOKS EXCELLENT
HAVE READ HER BOOKS FOR YEARS.
II WLL CARRY ON READING TODD McCAFFREY NEW BOOKS
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Dragonflight (The Dragon Books)- Love all Anne McCaffrey books, this was just the beginning! And once you start you'll be hooked too, I
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Published 4 months ago by Judy
5.0 out of 5 stars Pern Rules!
I had every Dragonbook in paperback and now I can have them on Kindle, with me to dip in and out of as I wish! Anne mcCaffrey has created a full, rich wonderful world. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jeanie Hayes
4.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Good story, easy ti read, and allowing further adventures with the same characters. I will probably buy more of these books.
Published 5 months ago by L. Galvao
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I picked this up after hearing so much about the author's famous dragon fiction over the years.

Although I read the book quickly and quite enjoyed it, it's really trash... Read more
Published 5 months ago by David Brookes
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