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Dragonsdawn
- Dragonriders of Pern, Book 9
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
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Then, some of the colonists noticed that the small, dragon-like lizards that inhabited their new world were joining the fight against Thread, breathing fire on it and teleporting to safety. If only, they thought, the dragonets were big enough for a human to ride and intelligent enough to work as a team with a rider...
And so they set their most talented geneticist to work to create the creatures Pern so desperately needed - Dragons!
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- Bridget
- 2022-08-17
The first domino in the line. So satisfying
Jumping into the Pern series was a joy. It had been recommended to me for years. I have been listening in publication order and have enjoyed all of the books thus far. The level of world building and complexity of plot Anne McCaffrey strings together is awe inspiring. The level of explanation that goes into how it all started just makes everything that much better. Fantastic read
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- Mary Allison
- 2020-08-13
Don’t let those negative comments sway you
I really enjoyed this book. It was entertaining, and really help me maintain a positive outlook about my life at this point in time. The character development doesn’t go too deep, but that allows you to fill in the blanks. I enjoy being able to sculpt the characters in my own mind. The story meanders through multiple challenges and successful solutions. In my mind Zai it was absolutely delicious to fall into a fantasy world literally a world away.
The performance was actually really good. The narrator did a wonderful job of giving life and voice to this book
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- A Net In Time
- 2022-06-01
it is fantastic to return to the land of Pern
I read this entire series probably twenty years ago now and it's rather fun to return to it in the audio version. it's a great story and the narrator did a good job
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-08-13
Rediscoved after reading origionals as a teen
interesting backstory to the origional series whick I read years ago. Not sure if the quolity is the same but does not match my memory. will have to go back to the first books
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- Perschon
- 2023-08-27
A Classic work of SF deserves a better narrator
I enjoyed Dick Hill’s reading of Thomas Pynchon’s against the day, where his wry, ironic tone suited the content perfectly. I have never enjoyed his reading of McCaffrey’s work. The series deserves a new edition with a better, arguably female narrator. His accents are caricatures, his pauses come at bizarre points mid-sentence, and his general tone makes earnest characters sound like they’re plotting something untoward. I love reading this book with my eyes. It’s been a chore reading it with my ears.
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