Anne.McCaffrey.Dragonriders.of.Pern.Books.1-6.UNABRIDGED.Audiobooks-CL8

Anne.McCaffrey.Dragonriders.of.Pern.Books.1-6.UNABRIDGED-CL8 rnrnIncludes: rnPern01 - Dragonflight rnPern02 - Dragonquest rnPern03 - Dragonsong rnPern04 - Dragonsinger rnPern05 - Dragondrums rnPern06 - The White Dragon rnrnWikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonriders_of_Pern rnrnThe Dragonriders of Pern is an extensive fantasy/science fiction series of novels and short stories primarily written by Anne McCaffrey. The books written earlier have a fantasy slant to them (low levels of technology, firebreathing telepathic dragons, and a feudal society), however McCaffrey prefers to describe them as science fiction and stresses the scientific rationales behind the world she has created. In later written volumes the series moves towards more overt science fiction as the colonists rediscover their links to the past and develop much higher levels of technology. rnrnPern is a planet inhabited by humans and dragons. It is, at first glance, a pre-industrial society with lords, holds, harpers (musicians, entertainers, and teachers), and dragons, with the occasional examples of higher technology (like flamethrowers, telegraph, chemical fertilizers, and powerful microscopes and telescopes). rnrnPernese people are separated into four basic groups: Weyrfolk (including Dragonriders) who live in the Weyrs, the Holders who live in the Holds (cities, towns and farms), the crafters who live in Crafthalls (or are assigned to work their crafts in certain Holds), and the Holdless who have no permanent home (including traders, displaced Holders, and brigands). rnrnThread is a mycorrhizoid spore that periodically rains down on the planet due to the orbit of the Red Star. The Red Star is a rogue planet in the Rukbat system. The Red Star, a Sedna-class inner Oort cloud object, has a 250 Turn (Pernese year) elliptic orbit around its sun. Thread can reach the planet Pern for about 50 Turns while the Red Star is at perihelion. Thread consumes organic material at a voracious rate, including crops, animals, and any humans in its path. rnrnThe Pernese use intelligent firebreathing dragons and their riders to fight Thread. The riders have a telepathic bond with their dragons, formed by Impression at the dragon\'s hatching. Later books deal with the initial colonization of Pern and the creation of the dragons through genetic manipulation. The lengthy (over two millennia) time period covered by the series as a whole gives room for new stories and characters, as the more recent novels have done. rnrnDragonflight rnThe first book in the long-running Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. The first segment of Dragonflight was a Hugo award winning novella (called Weyr Search) prior to publication of the entire book. rnrnDragonquest rnA novel written by Anne McCaffrey and is part of her Dragonriders of Pern series. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1972. It takes place seven years after the end of Dragonflight. rnrnDragonsong rnA novel written by Anne McCaffrey in 1976. It is the first in the Harper Hall Trilogy. The other two novels are Dragonsinger and Dragondrums. rnrnDragonsinger rnWritten by Anne McCaffrey in 1977, is part of the Harper Hall Trilogy which consists of the fantasy/science fiction novels Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums. rnrnDragondrums rnA novel written by Anne McCaffrey in 1979. It is the last book of the Harper Hall trilogy. The events in Dragondrums take place after Dragonsinger and continuous with some events in The White Dragon, which discusses characters and events elsewhere on Pern. rnrnThe White Dragon rnA 1979 fantasy novel by Anne McCaffrey. It is the sixth book in the Dragonriders of Pern series. The novel was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel. rnrnEnjoy em!! rnCL8