Dragonflight: Volume I in The Dragonriders of Pern

Anne McCaffrey

Feb 2002 · Pern Book 1 · Sold by Del Rey

About this ebook

Volume I of The Dragonriders of Pern®, the groundbreaking series by master storyteller Anne McCaffrey

On a beautiful world called Pern, an ancient way of life is about to come under attack from a myth that is all too real. Lessa is an outcast survivor—her parents murdered, her birthright stolen—a strong young woman who has never stopped dreaming of revenge. But when an ancient threat to Pern reemerges, Lessa will rise—upon the back of a great dragon with whom she shares a telepathic bond more intimate than any human connection. Together, dragon and rider will fly . . . and Pern will be changed forever.

Ratings and reviews

i remember the first time I found this and the others and read it. Really enjoyed it enough to try and buy some more. The stories are exciting and nice to read. Seeing how the dragons and the people interact with one another in their daily lives. It's such a fun read and some art covers that were done for the physical books were also nicely done by the artist Michael whelan. So this and the other books are worth the read. And if you like dragons, well of course this is something to try out.

Wow, it's been a lot more decades than I wish to discuss 🤣 since I finally began reading the Pern series! Of course the name of the book was different than it is now! Originally, my sister was into it right before my 16th birthday. Of course I was an idiot being a teen in the mid~70's! I had other exciting adventures coming up that summer of '76. Little did I know that I'd be whisked away on a starship to start a new colony on a planet FAR FAR AWAY! Of course that nugget is told in a different book lol. I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I BEGAN TO READ ... I fell into the Dragon Riders of Pern series! NICE !This exciting adventure book is thick with rich imagery about their lives, societal morés (so different between riders & people of the land,) relationships, the regression of technology/medical abilities, & their history they experienced~taught the next. ❤️ Love how lives merged together in the now, previous generations, & into the next generations!

Anne M. , has a very distinctive way of putting together a fantasy book that grabs your interest from the very beginning . Not only that , she has an ability to bring you into the story as if you are a part of it. The way she incorperates the same characters in almost all her novels and intergrates them instills an almost historical sense that brings the stories alive and and makes them believable . I find it at times very hard to put the books down while I tend to other things. And when I finish a book , I feel as though I'm a part of the story and can't wait to start the next one. I've read several already and I'm looking forward to reading them all . I do recommend them to all who loves a good adventure . But be ready to laugh and cry , and feel all the emotions like on a beloved roller-coaster ride.

About the author

Anne McCaffrey, one of the world’s most popular authors, is best known for her Dragonriders of Pern® series. She was the first woman to win the two top prizes for science fiction writing, the Hugo and Nebula awards. She was also given the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement in Young Adult Fiction, was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, and was named a Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1926, McCaffrey relocated to Ireland in the 1970s, where she lived in a house of her own design, named Dragonhold-Underhill. She died in 2011.