Description: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, introduce you to a whole new world: Pern. - SFX"Wonderful descriptive writing, the dragons are totally believable and their riders are very human." FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The first chronicle of Pern.Let Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, introduce you to a whole new world- Pern. A world of dragons and other worldly forces; a world of mighty power and ominous threat. If you like David Eddings, David Gemmell and Douglas Adams, you will love this."Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants" - THE TIMES"Read Dragonflight and youre confronted with McCaffrey the storyteller in her prime..." - SFX"Wonderful descriptive writing, the dragons are totally believable and their riders are very human." -- ***** Reader review"Pure genius." -- ***** Reader review"One of the all time classics of science fiction." -- ***** Reader review"Well written, extraordinary world building whose influence can be seen even today." ***** Reader review********************************************************HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise-and take back her stolen birthright.But everything changes when she meets a Queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessas world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread and the blood-red star, but there are very few of them left these days. Only the gigantic, golden Queen can breed new dragons. And the Queen is fading . . . dying . . .Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world. . . .The Dragonriders of Pern series continues in Dragonquest. Notes The first chronicle of Pern. Back Cover The men who rode the dragons were a breed apart. Chosen when the dragons were first hatched, they became soulmates for life with the huge, magnificent beasts they controlled - the green, blue, brown and bronzes - beautiful - terrible - the only creatures who could defend the planet Pern from the blood-red star. But without the Queen, the dragons would become extinct. Only the gigantic, golden Queen could breed the new flights. And the Queen was fading...dying...leaving behind one last, huge, golden egg. DRAGONFLIGHT is the first book in Anne McCaffreys world-famous Chronicles of Pern. Author Biography Anne McCaffrey was one of the worlds leading science-fiction writers, and won both the Hugo and Nebula awards as well as the Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Literary Achievement Award. She was deeply honoured to have been made a Grand Master of Science Fiction in 2005, and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2006. Born and raised in the US and of Irish extraction, she moved to Ireland in 1970 where she lived in the Garden of Ireland, County Wicklow, until her death in 2011 at the age of eighty-five. She is the creator of the Dragonriders of Pern series. Her website is Review Read Dragonflight and youre confronted with McCaffrey the storyteller in her prime, staking a claim for being one of the influential fantasy and SF novelists of her generation - and doing it, remarkably, in the same novel * SFX * Promotional The first chronicle of Pern. Review Text Read Dragonflight and youre confronted with McCaffrey the storyteller in her prime, staking a claim for being one of the influential fantasy and SF novelists of her generation - and doing it, remarkably, in the same novel Review Quote Read Dragonflight and youre confronted with McCaffrey the storyteller in her prime, staking a claim for being one of the influential fantasy and SF novelists of her generation - and doing it, remarkably, in the same novel Promotional "Headline" The first chronicle of Pern. Details ISBN0552084530 Author Anne McCaffrey Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd ISBN-10 0552084530 ISBN-13 9780552084536 Format Paperback Imprint Corgi Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Birth 1926 Media Book Language English Pages 352 Series The Dragon Books Year 1983 Publication Date 1983-11-01 Series Number 1 UK Release Date 1983-11-01 AU Release Date 1983-11-01 NZ Release Date 1983-11-01 Narrator Llewella Gideon Illustrator Paul Kidby Translator Richard Dixon Affiliation Professor of Criminology, University of Manchester Position Professor of Criminology Qualifications QC Audience General Subtitle (Dragonriders of Pern: 1) Alternative 9781804996683 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1118794;
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Book Title: Dragonflight: (Dragonriders of Pern: 1): an awe-inspiring epic fantasy from one of the most influential fantasy and SF novelists of her generation
Item Height: 178mm
Item Width: 106mm
Author: Anne McCaffrey
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Monsters, Books
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Publication Year: 1983
Genre: Fantasy
Item Weight: 181g
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
