Anne McCaffrey
1) Dragondrums
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When his boy soporano voice begins to change, Piedmur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures.
2) Dragonflight
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 1
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English
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After ten long Turns, Lessa was ready to come out of hiding, to reclaim her birthright--and to Impress the young dragon queen and become Weyrwoman of Benden. Suddenly the deadly silver Threads once again threatened all Pern with destruction. But the mighty telepathic dragons that for centuries had defended Pern were now few in number, not nearly enough to protect the planet in its hour of greatest peril. Then Lessa hatched a daring and dangerous scheme...
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 16
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English
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Featuring the title Pern short novel, The Girl Who Heard Dragons, this compilation of 15 fantasy and science fiction stories is by one of the greatest names in the genre. All except one have been previously published, but have never before been collected in a McCaffrey book. Includes 23 interior works by artist Michael Whelan, famous for his McCaffrey covers.
4) Dragonquest
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 2
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English
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On a small beleaguered planet patrolled by giant dragons, a tiny golden fire-lizard brings a searing threat greater than any Pern has ever met.
5) Power lines
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A sequel to "Powers That Be". The miraculous and mysterious world of Petaybee was to be investigated. No outsider could believe that the planet was a living, breathing, sentient entity; that every plant and animal was in symbiotic communication with the spirit of the Petaybean world.
6) Dragonsdawn
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 10
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English
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A novel that takes place before the Dragonriders of Pern series. This describes how the planet Pern was colonized & the origins of the deadly Threadfall.
7) Dragonsinger
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Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words. Sequel to Dragonsong.
10) Dragonsong
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2003.
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On the planet Pern, after her father forbids her to indulge in music in any way, fifteen-year-old Menolly runs away and takes shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 13
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1992.
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English
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The greatest dream of the dragonriders was to find a way to eradicate Thread completely, so that never again would their beloved Pern be threatened with destruction.
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1998.
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A child prodigy-turned-masterharper, Robinton must fight for his life when the citizens of Pern begin to doubt his and other Harpers' warnings of the coming of the dreaded Thread, and he uses his love of music, telepathic dragons, and his homeland to battle an evil tyrant preparing to take over the planet of Pern.
13) Freedom's ransom
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Freedom series (Anne McCaffrey) volume 4
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[2002]
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English
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After freeing themselves from the alien Catteni who had enslaved them, Kris Bjornsen, renegade Catteni Zainal, and their comrades on the planet Botany struggle to establish their new role in the universe, seeking to exchange the planet's vast natural resources for Earth's technology as they set out to decide what kind of world they will become. When Kris Bjornsen and her fellow slaves were dumped on an uninhabited planet by the alien Catteni overlords,...
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1989.
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English
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A band of renegades, led by Lady Thella, rose from the ranks of criminals and the disaffected and pursued Aramina, who had a telepathic link to the dragons, as their quarry. As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky and ravaged the land. In exchange for sanctuary in the huge stone fortresses, the people tithed to their Lord Holders, who in turn supported...
16) Dragon's fire
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 25
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[2006]
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English
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The last remaining firestone mine explodes in flames and a desperate race begins to find a new deposit fo the essential mineral, for without it there can be no defense against Thread.
17) Dragon Harper
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 26
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2007.
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English
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As a deadly epidemic sweeps across the land of Pern, only Kindan, a young apprentice to the guild of musicians and teachers known as the Harpers, recognizes the imminent peril and must come up with a way to stop the illness from spreading.
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[1996]
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Galwyn, son of a Roman Celt, escapes from his tyrannical uncle and joins Lord Artos, later know as King Arthur, using his talent with languages and way with horses to help secure and care for the Libyan horses that Artos hopes to use in battle against the Saxons.
19) Dragon's time
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 29
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English
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Weyrwoman Fiona struggles to keep her surviving Weyr in fighting shape while Lorana plans a complicated time-travel journey to save their world.
20) Dragon's kin
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Dragonriders of Pern volume 22
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2003.
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English
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Beginning with the classic Dragonrider of Pern, Anne McCaffrey has created a complex, endlessly fascinating world uniting humans and great telepathic dragons. Millions of devoted readers have soared on the glittering wings of Anne's imagination, following book by book the evolution of one of science fiction's most beloved and honored series. Now, for the first time, Anne has invited another writer to join her in the skies of Pern, a writer with an...