Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011)

Sky Dragons by Anne & Todd McCaffrey is the 24th book in the Dragonriders of Pern series and was the last book in the series to be published after Anne McCaffrey died in November 2011.

This unfortunately was not one of the better books in the series. I think all the "timing" it that has happened in the last few books that were published has made even the authors' brains a bit addled. All of the back and forth, back and forth is becoming utterly confusing.

I still love the characters that Todd McCaffrey has created. Some of them really stretch themselves and grow during this book. We see them overcome some formidable obstacles, including dissension amongst themselves. In the end, they come up with a solution to help the planet which is still in peril from the dreaded dragon sickness. It remains to be seen whether or not this solution will actually be the solution needed, but it's a start. We may never know if what they tried worked or not since there hasn't been another Pern book published since Ms. McCaffrey died.

In the end, I would still recommend this book to Pern-lovers because I think it does advance the storyline, but it is certainly not one of the best books in this series.… (more)

Sky Dragons by Anne & Todd McCaffrey is the 24th book in the Dragonriders of Pern series and was the last book in the series to be published after Anne McCaffrey died in November 2011.

This unfortunately was not one of the better books in the series. I think all the "timing" it that has happened in the last few books that were published has made even the authors' brains a bit addled. All of the back and forth, back and forth is becoming utterly confusing.

I still love the characters that Todd McCaffrey has created. Some of them really stretch themselves and grow during this book. We see them overcome some formidable obstacles, including dissension amongst themselves. In the end, they come up with a solution to help the planet which is still in peril from the dreaded dragon sickness. It remains to be seen whether or not this solution will actually be the solution needed, but it's a start. We may never know if what they tried worked or not since there hasn't been another Pern book published since Ms. McCaffrey died.

In the end, I would still recommend this book to Pern-lovers because I think it does advance the storyline, but it is certainly not one of the best books in this series.… (more)

Awakening to a sense of impending danger, Lessa flees to the filthy lair of the Ruath Hold’s watch-weyr. Thus begins Dragonflight, the first book in the legendary Dragon Riders series by Anne McCaffrey.

F’lar and F’nor, his half-brother, are searching for young women who possess empathic qualities that might enable them to imprint the son-to-be-born queen dragon of Brenden Weyr. F’lar is convinced that deadly threads will soon fall on Pern despite 400 years in which no threads have fallen. Threads burrow into the earth and kill all animal and vegetable life. Pern will become a dead planet devoid of life if threads reach the surface in sufficient numbers.

The recent publication of Fourth Wing, modeled after the Dragon Rider series in many respects, prompted me to reread Dragonflight, which I first read in the late 1960s. Dragonflight and the following books in the Dragon Rider series are well worth reading or rereading.… (more)