Dragonriders of pern reading order8/8/2023 ![]() ![]() A rift between the peoples with a wedge being driven ever deeper by those seeking financial and political gain hit a little close to home for me right now. Okay, so I poked at the parts I disliked, so I will say that the concept was a good one. But here it felt whiny, almost early Luke Skywalker-ish, if you get my meaning. I am a firm believer in introspection for characters, allowing the reader to understand the story of person that much better. In fact, I was more often than not just plain disengaged. I never did bond with him, I was never sympathetic to his plight. I have no doubt that the protagonist, Piemur, could be a spectacularly well-developed character but in this book, he is not. I endured more than two hundred pages of bland writing. ![]() While the author may have learned alongside her mother, even helping to write a few short stories with her, there is something missing. If you are a long time fan, then you know that not everything was always perfect, but for the most part, I love the setting, the tales, and the twists that helped bridge it all together, including through time! But sometimes, regardless of our love for something, we must let it go. So many amazing characters have emerged over the years from the distant world of Pern. A new generation of readers could potentially experience what I did!īut I fear that is not to be. In fact, Dragon’s Code, as it was titled, was to be a new expansion on this previously massive universe of man, dragon, and threat. Therefore, I was elated when I discovered Gigi McCaffrey, daughter of the legendary wordsmith herself, was writing a new book. I will not claim to have read everything in the series, but I consumed them year after year as they released, with few exceptions. ![]() My first foray into the world of Pern was The White Dragon, the pivotal third book that resonated deeply with me. Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern books were, beyond a doubt, extremely influential to me and others as a source of world building and empathetic writing. ![]()
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