Dragonriders of Pern · Book 13
The Dolphins of Pern
- Published
- 1 January 1994
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN-13
- 9780345368959
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 1994 at 384 pages, "The Dolphins of Pern" continues the series between "The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall" and "Dragonseye," expanding Pern's ecology beyond dragons within the planet's Weyr-and-Hold society.
Its place in Dragonriders of Pern
The Dolphins of Pern is book 13 in the Dragonriders of Pern series. It follows The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall. It is followed by Dragonseye. 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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