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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780345335463 ISBN: 0345335465 Label: Ballantine Books Manufacturer: Ballantine Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: May 12, 1986 Publisher: Ballantine Books Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: May 12, 1986 Studio: Ballantine Books Editorial Review: Product Description: 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, Lessa’s 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, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world. . . . From the Paperback edition. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Could have been betterI liked the story well enough, but I thought it could have been so much better. McCaffrey did a good job of setting up the story, the descriptions of Pern, life in the Weyrs and the dragons were interesting. However, I felt that the main characters were flat and one-dimensional. I just couldn't work up any feeling for them. I also was confused at times with all the time traveling going on, and sometimes just about what was going on in general. Adding the time travel just seemed to be an easy way ... Read More Rating:  - Loved this bookThis series of books was recommended by a friend, after I complained about what I wanted to find in a sci fi book. She was absolutely right, I loved it. I bought two stories from this series but I plan to read them all. Great Read! Rating:  - I just didn't carePern has fallen into disrepair. Because there has been no danger from the terrible "threads" that threaten the planet with destruction every few hundred years, traditions are being lost to the wind like dust. The people of Pern no longer understand why they should bother to remove the greenery from their homes, why they should have to give gifts of food to the Dragonriders. They don't do anything except leech. The "threads" are a thing of the past. One of the leaders of the Bronze ... Read More Rating: - Poor plot twistI can't review this without a minor spoiler, so here it is... I don't like time travel as a plot development. First of all, I find the concept unbelievable, but beyond that you always end up with the same concepts (ooh, look, we have a paradox here). I liked the story at the beginning and think that the ideas of dragons that need to fight interstellar 'threads' was pretty original, but it just gets bogged down with the jumping between times. Also, I didn't find most of the characters very ... Read More Rating: - It had some interesting ideas, but the story was not that enjoyable.I wished it would be over. A lot of names were used, almost too many. It was a little stressful trying to keep track of so many different characters, names and places. The author's writing style was wordy making some events hard to follow. I've been spoiled by the writing styles and creativity of J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer, which this book did not have. Story Brief: Fax fought and took over the Ruath lands and killed all of the ruling family except Lessa who disguised herself ... Read More |
