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All the Weyrs of Pern is a science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. Published in 1991, it is the eleventh book in the Dragonriders of Pern series. [ 1 ]
The Renegades of Pern (1989) All the Weyrs of Pern (1991) The Dolphins of Pern (1994) – during and immediately after All the Weyrs of Pern; The Skies of Pern (2001) After the Fall is Over (in progress since 2011) – set after the Ninth Pass in "New Era Pern" [b]
Dragonriders of Pern is a science fantasy series written primarily by American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967.Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with Anne.
In All the Weyrs of Pern, "traditionalist" Pernese attempted to end what they perceived as AIVAS' "destructive" influence on their society by drugging Robinton's food and drink, kidnapping him and holding him for ransom in exchange for AIVAS' destruction. Robinton was quickly found and rescued, but the effects of the overdose took its toll on ...
The leaders of Fort Weyr, Sorka Hanrahan and Sean Connell, authorize three new Weyrs at once, but the northeastern is first, named Benden Weyr for the Pern colony's founder and leader Admiral Paul Benden. The action at Fort and Benden Weyrs continues Dragonsdawn by showing more of the earliest development of Pern's interspecies society.
After the events of All the Weyrs of Pern, The Dolphins of Pern, and The Skies of Pern, Thread is less of a threat to the planet. Returning to an earlier time period in Pernese history, the author brings the earlier conflict of Thread reappearing in the Second Pass. The book is set about 250 years after the Landing (the original settlement on ...
Released by Atheneum Books in March 1976, it was the third to appear set on the world Pern of the Dragonriders of Pern. [1] In its time, however, Dragonsong brought the fictional planet Pern to a new publisher, editor, and target audience of young adults, and soon became the first book in the Harper Hall of Pern trilogy.
All brown riders in the Pern novels are men; most are heterosexual, but bisexual or "masculine" homosexual brown riders are not rare. Blue dragons are the smallest males (24–30 feet or meters long) [Notes 1] and make up about a third (thirty percent) of all dragons on Pern. They are nearly as agile as greens, but unlike the greens, they often ...