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Old 7th September 2005, 11:53 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Re: Anne McCaffrey bibliography

Is there someone who could post a reading order for the Pern books? I'd like to get my hands on them after reading a novella in Legends, but I can never find out which to start from or how to go on...
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Old 7th September 2005, 12:39 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Re: Anne McCaffrey bibliography

quite hapily babe,
chronologically:
the first story in red star rising
dragonsdawn
rest of red star rising
chronicles of pern:First Fall
teh skies of pern
dragons kin (with Todd)
Moretta - dragon Lady of pern
Nerilka's Story
dragon flight
dragon quest
the white dragon
renegades of pern
all the weyrs of pern
dragonsong
dragon singer
dragon drums
dragons eye (i've not read this though)
master harper of pern

Rune has got the order in which written down right, if that is the way you prefer to read. personally, i'd start at dragonflight and go to the end, avoiding master harper - that was dire, then go back and read dragondawn, then redstar rising and continue from there. it's a backwards order, but otherwise you'll end up confused by plot inconsistancies and technology levels and characters.
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Old 7th September 2005, 12:56 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Re: Anne McCaffrey bibliography

If it's your first read of the series, I'd recommend reading in publication order as that's how the series developed. As Ivy said, that makes the inconsistancies less confusing.

I've got a list in pub order, but with some allowances for variation which is handy if you can't get your hands on the books in the precise order. Short stories are included on the list in quotes.
  1. Dragonflight
  2. Dragonquest
  3. Dragonsong
  4. Dragonsinger
  5. Dragondrums
  6. The White Dragon (any time after 2)
  7. Moreta
  8. Nerilka's Story
  9. Dragonsdawn
  10. The Chronicles of Pern
  11. "The Impression" (any time after 4)
  12. "Smallest Dragonboy" (any time after 5)
  13. "Girl Who Heard Dragons"
  14. The Renegades of Pern
  15. All the Weyrs of Pern
  16. The Dolphins of Pern
  17. Dragonseye (any time after 10)
  18. The Masterharper of Pern (any time after 6)
  19. "Runner of Pern" (any time after 1)
  20. The Skies of Pern (any time after 16)
  21. "Ever the Twain" (any time after 17)
  22. Dragon's Kin (any time after 17)
  23. "Beyond Between" (any time after 8)
  24. Dragon's Blood
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