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	Archive through Feb 02, 2004 Last Post: Mar 18, 2004, 02:00 pm		20

Posted By: AlCair_Rahien Feb 05, 2004 - 04:57 pm

I love the Pern series, but it's been three years since I've finished them.

Posted By: Jhen Shenobias_First King of Shenobias Feb 10, 2004 - 06:04 pm

It has been many many years since ive read any of her books, which btw are wonderful!! but would anyone care to give me a pointer on which ones to read first to get back into her world? thanks

Jhen

Posted By: Cryptozoo Mar 18, 2004 - 12:03 pm

I have read a bunch of them and must say that I really fell in love with some of the dragons... but lets say I wanted to read ONE right now, which one would be the best one for me?

Posted By: Dark Knight Mar 18, 2004 - 01:41 pm

Since no one is giving pointers... here is her website:

http://www.annemccaffrey.org/

click on books....

or you could go to http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Anne_McCaffrey.htm

There are a number of series...Jhen, I don't know which world your talking about....

Posted By: Quinn Ravensword, Brother to Kren Mar 18, 2004 - 02:00 pm

my comment was general, I only know of one world she has, with the dragon riders, which if there are now more tells you how long its been since ive read any of her books, but the links help, thanks

Posted By: Dark Knight Mar 18, 2004 - 02:01 pm

So far I have read the first two Pern books....

I enjoyed the first one but, towords the end when I guess what she was going to do, I thought....JUST DO IT.... pedictable..

The second one less enjoyable.....

Posted By: Igneouscarl Aug 09, 2004 - 12:09 am

Oh my first post, excellent.

Working in a bookshop is very handy. I can browse through the sci-fi/fantasy section all day and get paid to do so.

Now, I picked up 'Dragonsdawn' a while ago, only having a little knowledge on the Pern series. It was recommended to me as a good introduction, which it was. It was also an enjoyable read and gave me high expectations of the series.

However, 'Dragonflight' disapointed me in the first chapters. Being an earlier book it was written differently (not as well) and this frustrated me so much I was unable to continue. So perhaps while 'Dragonsdawn' is a good history of the planet, it is infact not a good introduction to the series.

There are a lot of books in that series, perhaps it gets better? Am I wrong to judge Pern based on the prequel and the first book?

Posted By: Neurolanis Aug 09, 2004 - 06:24 pm

I've never read any of Anne's stuff. Is she really that good and worth reading? If so, which novel should I start with, and also, which writers could she be compared to?

Posted By: Dark Knight Aug 11, 2004 - 02:47 pm

So far I have read four of her books, and I have not thought much of them...but thats me....

The first two pern books, the first 'Tower and the Hive book, and the first Talent series book...

I thought that in the first Tower and the Hive book called Rowan, it was to easy for them to come up with a solution to their main problem....

Posted By: Toki Suzukiko Dec 11, 2004 - 11:22 pm

So far I have read the first pern book (own the second and need to find time) and the first Acorna book (started the second and lost it ;-; ) and even wrote back and forth to anne on her email (highlight of my life) and I really really love her books. I even read a book just because Anne wrote a comment about the book (like news does except it had an author write one) and it turns out I have another favorite author...