Anne McCaffrey was an American-born Irish science-fiction writer whose Dragonriders of Pern joined bio-engineered dragons, adventure, and romance. The first woman to win Hugo and Nebula fiction awards, she also created the Brainship, Crystal Singer, Talents, Doona, Freedom, Petaybee, and Acorna story worlds.
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'The world building opened my eyes to what fantasy could be; the characters introduced me to women in roles of power; and the romances left my young heart aflutter. No series has ever captured my imagination so completely as Pern did.' Susan Dennard, New York Times bestselling author of the Witchlands Series \"Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants\" - THE TIMES 'Anne McCaffrey's Pern books forever changed how readers looked at dragons-not just fearsome beasts to be slain, but bonded warrior partners...books that shaped a generation and more of fantasy writers.' Cassandra Clare, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author \"Read Dragonflight and you're confronted with McCaffrey the storyteller in her prime...\" - SFX On a beautiful world called Pern, Lessa is an outcast survivor-her parents murdered, her birthright stolen-a fierce young woman who has never stopped dreaming of revenge. That is, until an ambitious young dragonrider, F'lar, offers her something even greater- the chance to lead Pern at his side by Impressing a golden dragon with whom she will share a telepathic bond more intimate than any human connection. Although there is also her intense relationship with F'lar himself. But Lessa's fierceness and courage will be put to the test when an ancient scourge returns to the land- a deadly silver spore that falls from the sky, destroying all it touches. Only dragons can fight this Thread, and there are not enough dragons to protect all of Pern. Lessa and her dragon may hold the key to their world's salvation . . . but executing her daring plan may be costlier than she ever envisioned. Don't miss the original trilogy from Anne McCaffrey's beloved Dragonriders of Pern series- DRAGONFLIGHT . DRAGONQUEST . THE WHITE DRAGON
The brain was perfect, the tiny, crippled body useless. So technology rescued the brain and put it in an environment that conditioned it to live in a different kind of body - a spaceship. Here the human mind, more subtle, infinitely more complex than any computer ever devised, could be linked to the massive and delicate strengths, the total recall, and the incredible speeds of space. But the brain behind the ship was entirely feminine - a complex, loving, strong, weak, gentle savage -a personality, all-woman, called Helva...
'Pern is where dragon riding was conceived, and fifty years later, Anne McCaffrey's epic tale remains a masterpiece of adventure, intrigue, and romance!' Danielle L. Jensen, New York Times bestselling author of A Fate Inked in Blood 'Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels are truly foundational books. The seeds of every dragonrider story are here, if not of every take on magical bonding. They carried me away as a young reader, and I hope they'll do so for new readers now.' Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series Lessa and her golden queen dragon may have given their world a fighting chance against the deadly Thread by bringing several hundred dragons and their riders forward in time, but this has also caused other problems to arise. The Oldtimers, as they are known, are having a difficult time adjusting to their more modern world, and tensions are rising. Worse, Threadfall is becoming more unpredictable, which makes it harder to combat. Inspired by Lessa's example, brown dragonrider F'nor hatches a bold plan to cut through these growing tensions by destroying the Thread at its source- the mysterious Red Star. But his quest to go where no man-or dragon-has gone before will risk not only his life, but the heart of a woman who has already lost far more than she can bear. Don't miss the original trilogy from Anne McCaffrey's beloved Dragonriders of Pern series- DRAGONFLIGHT . DRAGONQUEST . THE WHITE DRAGON
Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.
Menolly needs more than music’s power to make it as a Harper in the second book in the Harper Hall trilogy, set within science fiction legend Anne McCaffrey’s beloved and bestselling Dragonriders of Pern series. In the world of Pern, Harpers are more powerful than kings, for the music they play can control the minds of others. For young Menolly, her dreams of becoming a Harper have nothing to do with power, but rather her love of music. Now she is finally living out her musical dreams as an apprentice Harper, but it’s turning out to be more challenging than she thought. Formerly forbidden to study music because of her gender, Menolly quickly encounters hostility from a number of her male peers and masters. With the help of new friends, teachers, and her nine tiny, colorful dragons, Menolly finds that her musical talents may be stronger than anyone could imagine.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD • The third novel in the legendary and magical series featuring dragons, adventure, romance, and heroism, from Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Anne McCaffrey, “one of my favorite authors of all time” (Brandon Sanderson) “Anne McCaffrey’s Pern novels are truly foundational books; it’s hard to imagine the modern-day landscape of fantasy and science fiction without them.”—Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series When Lessa chose a dragon over her birthright, the hold she was to have inherited passed to Lord Jaxom instead. But Jaxom then muddied generations of Pern tradition by impulsively Impressing Ruth, the small and singularly unique white dragon, as a child. From that moment on, the debate has raged. Is Jaxom now a dragonrider, or a lord holder? All anyone agrees on is that he cannot be both. But perhaps it is all academic anyway, for no one expects Ruth to survive. But Ruth not only survives, he thrives. With Jaxom on the cusp of adulthood, the thing the pair most desire is to fight Thread side-by-side with the larger dragons. Jaxom knows what his dragon is capable of, and now that he is—mostly—grown, he is determined to buck tradition. Fortunately, a teenage rebellion may be the key to both Pern’s salvation and winning the woman of his dreams. Don’t miss the original trilogy from Anne McCaffrey’s beloved Dragonriders of Pern series: DRAGONFLIGHT • DRAGONQUEST • THE WHITE DRAGON
When his boy soprano voice begins to change, Piemur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures.
Anne Inez McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1926 and later made her home in County Wicklow, Ireland. Her first novel, Restoree, appeared in 1967, beginning a career that publisher and hall-of-fame accounts associate with women-centered science fiction and a deliberate widening of who could be heroic in the genre.
McCaffrey's best-known creation is Pern, a lost human colony protected by riders who bond telepathically with bio-engineered dragons. She repeatedly insisted that this scientific origin made the series science fiction rather than fantasy, even as the novels combined planetary adventure, romance, and the emotional bonds between people and dragons.
Her range was much broader than Pern. The Ship Who Sang follows Helva, a human mind integrated into a spaceship, and her bibliography moves among the Brainship, Crystal Singer, Talents, Doona, Dinosaur Planet, Freedom, Petaybee, and Acorna sequences, including many co-written novels. That long catalog helped establish McCaffrey as a prolific builder of connected science-fiction worlds.
McCaffrey's institutional recognition spans the Hugo and Nebula awards, the Margaret A. Edwards Award for a seven-book body of teen literature, SFWA Grand Master status, and induction into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. YALSA's citation emphasized the way her imagined worlds address young people's emotional lives and their search for a place in society.
