The Dragonriders of Pern
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One can forgive almost anything except one’s own stupidities.
Children's voices - even those who couldn't carry the tune - are always appealing.
The people needed dragons' help. I listen. We all do.
That was the purpose of education: to develop the skills required to solve problems. And to utilize the potential that existed in everyone -- even a Bitran, he added sourly.
one had to know the bad to properly appreciate the good.
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In Anne McCaffrey's New York Times bestselling DRAGONSEYE, join Weyrleaders, Holders, and Craftmasters in the creation of the legendary Star Stones and the teaching ballads of Pern!
It's been two-hundred years since the deadly Thread fell like rain upon Pern, devouring everything in its path. No one alive remembers that first horrific onslaught and no one believes in its return--except for the dragonriders. For two centuries they have been practicing and training, passing down from generation to generation the formidable Threadfighting techniques.
Now the ominous signs are the violent winter storms and volcanic eruptions that are said to herald the approach of the Red Star and its lethal spawn. But one stubborn Lord Holder, Chalkin of Bitra, refuses to believe--and that disbelief could spell disaster. So as the dragonriders desperately train to face a terrifying enemy, they and the oth
Book details
- First published
- 1996
- Author
- Anne McCaffrey
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Goodreads rating
- 4.06 (15k ratings)
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