Dragonflight
1968 • 347 pages

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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.

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3 primary books

#1 in Dragonriders of Pern

Dragonriders of Pern is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1968 with contributions by Anne McCaffrey.

#1
Dragonflight
#2
Dragonquest
#3
The White Dragon

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#1 in Pern

Pern is a 30-book series with 22 primary works first released in 1968 with contributions by Anne McCaffrey, Karen Wynn Fonstad, and Todd McCaffrey.

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Dragonquest
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Dragonsong
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Dragonsinger

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#16 in Pern (Chronological Order)

Pern (Chronological Order) is a 42-book series with 24 primary works first released in 1967 with contributions by Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey, and Karen Wynn Fonstad.

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Dragonsdawn
#2
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
#3
Dragonseye
#4
Dragon's Kin
#5
Dragon's Fire

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December 29, 2010

I loved these books so much as a kid.

February 20, 2018

It was rough going at first, but by the end I was really enjoying it. I still am not sure what the threat was from the threads.

April 22, 2013

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