Product Description

An indispensable companion guide to the wonderful world of Anne McCaffrey and her dragons



Guaranteed to enrich every armchair traveler's journey into McCaffrey's legendary world, this illuminating guide leaves no stone in Pern unturned! Both faithful fans and newcomers will relish the fascinating history and lore of . . .



THE DRAGONS: How they developed from little fire-lizards into the huge telepathic creatures that carry human riders and fight Thread



THE PEOPLE: How they live, the clothes they wear, the food they eat



THE PLACES: What to see and do in individual Holds and Weyrs



THREAD: Its appearance and behavior, the threat it poses, and ways to combat it



UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE RENEGADES OF PERN, ALL THE WEYRS OF PERN, THE CHRONICLES OF PERN: FIRST FALL, AND THE DOLPHINS OF PERN

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #175538 in Books
• Published on: 1997-03-18
• Released on: 1997-03-18
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 260 pages

Amazon.com
A much-needed update to the classic companion to Anne McCaffrey's canonical novels and numerous short stories about Pern, this book includes a few recipes, information about knitting patterns, Craft and Hold badges, and more. As a reference, it is marred by the lack of cross-referencing within the book, although there is an index, and by the lack of scales with the drawings of various animals and places. It will be invaluable to readers like me who can't recall just where they read that name before, or what Weyr a rider is from, or where that small Hold is, and it provides a useful overview of the high points of Pernese history--though it's no substitute for the pleasure of reading the stories!

From Library Journal
Sure to be a hit with the many fans of McCaffrey's mythical world of Pern. All sf collections will need it.-- MR
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Inside Flap Copy
An indispensable companion guide to the wonderful world of Anne McCaffrey and her dragons



Guaranteed to enrich every armchair traveler's journey into McCaffrey's legendary world, this illuminating guide leaves no stone in Pern unturned! Both faithful fans and newcomers will relish the fascinating history and lore of . . .



THE DRAGONS: How they developed from little fire-lizards into the huge telepathic creatures that carry human riders and fight Thread



THE PEOPLE: How they live, the clothes they wear, the food they eat



THE PLACES: What to see and do in individual Holds and Weyrs



THREAD: Its appearance and behavior, the threat it poses, and ways to combat it



UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE RENEGADES OF PERN, ALL THE WEYRS OF PERN, THE CHRONICLES OF PERN: FIRST FALL, AND THE DOLPHINS OF PERN

Customer Reviews

The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern, Second Edition
Love this book. 1 of 2 Great Companion books to the Dragonriders of Pern Series

disappointed
Being a huge fan of the Dragonfolk of Pern, I was very much disappointed in some of the facets of this addition to my library. First off, there is no color! How can one appreciate the nuances of the different dragons and firelizards without color renditions? Secondly, there is no map of the current weyrs, holds, and halls! How can you use this as a reference when you can't place a location with respect to another? Of course you can look in the individual books, but that defeats the purpose of a reference guide. On the other hand, the text is very good and helps explain the order and life on Pern.

I see that Amazon.com has merged the reviews . . .
. . . of both editions of this book onto a single site, so let me be clear from the outset that I am reviewing the First edition, published in 1989.

I have been a fan of the Pern universe since receiving several of the novels as gifts for Christmas in 1988. I've since read all the books; most of them more than once.

I found "The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern" to be a very good -- but not excellent companion source. Like any guide or atlas to a fictional world, every detail is not going to suit every person. The material does not cover several of the later books (though there are seeds of ideas which the alert reader will recognize again in later books.) (Hence the need for the 2nd edition).

For me, the single greatest lack in this volume was that the illustrations were all black-and-white. As detailed descriptions of heraldic devices were given -- it would have been nice to actually see them in color! Likewise with the dragons and fire-lizards!

Overall, though, I found this to be a useful and worthy effort -- especially for persons like myself who are greatly interested in "deep background" of stories.

Recommended.