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Dragonsong

  • 194 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1976
  • 39 editions

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1 About this book

Menolly, a young fisher's daughter, had dreamed all her life of learning the Harper's craft. Her musical talent is not valued in her fishing hold, especially by her parents the holders, as women in general tend to be less valued and have fewer choices than men in Pernese society.

When her father denies her what she regards to be her destiny, she flees Half Circle Hold just as Pern is struck by the deadly danger of Threadfall, a deathly rain that falls from the sky. Menolly takes shelter in a cave by the sea and there, she makes a miraculous discovery that will change her life.

Good for readers who want: fantasy, science fiction, and dragons.

  • Dragons
  • Fantasy
  • Science fiction
  • Adventure
  • Pern
  • Fairy tales
  • Fantastic fiction
  • Music

2 About Anne McCaffrey

1926–2011

Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, Weyr Search, 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, Dragonrider, 1969). Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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