Dragonriders of Pern · Book 12
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
- Published
- 1 January 1993
- Pages
- 306
- ISBN-13
- 9781448127993
- Type
- collection
About this book
A short-story collection rather than a novel, "The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall" (1993, 306 pages) sits between "All the Weyrs of Pern" and "The Dolphins of Pern" in the series, gathering tales from across Pern's dragon-and-Thread history.
Its place in Dragonriders of Pern
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall is book 12 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. It follows All the Weyrs of Pern. It is followed by The Dolphins of Pern. See the full Dragonriders of Pern reading order.
On the planet Pern, humans bond telepathically with giant, fire-breathing dragons and ride them into the sky to combat Thread — a mycorrhizoid spore that falls like corrosive rain from a wandering neighbor planet every couple of centuries, devouring anything organic it touches. Anne McCaffrey began the series in 1968 with Dragonflight , and it became one of the foundational works of science fantasy: colonists from a lost Earth expedition, generations removed from their technological origins, now live in a feudal…
Editions
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