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Old 11th December 2007, 05:10 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Robinton is great, but I don't like MHoP much. It's hard to believe Menolly's story about girls not being allowed to be Harpers if just a generation earlier they had a female MasterHealer and even more surprising, female sea captains (given how conservative the folks at Yanus Sea Hold were). After that, the Harper Hall books lose all their impact. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that I personally don't count MHoP as Pern canon at all, because it conflicts with so many precedents.
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Old 22nd December 2007, 03:47 PM   #32 (permalink)
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I'd have to say that Dragonquest and The White Dragon where my favorite. I haven't gotten to read the others, as i've only known about Ane Mccaffery for a year, and I'm a slow reader.
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Old 22nd December 2007, 11:16 PM   #33 (permalink)
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I would have to say Acorna is my favorite of hers
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Old 1st January 2008, 02:14 PM   #34 (permalink)
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I've yet to read the Acorna series. I think I'll be getting it from the library on my next visit.
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Old 1st January 2008, 03:09 PM   #35 (permalink)
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It's hard to believe Menolly's story about girls not being allowed to be Harpers if just a generation earlier they had a female MasterHealer and even more surprising, female sea captains (given how conservative the folks at Yanus Sea Hold were). After that, the Harper Hall books lose all their impact. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that I personally don't count MHoP as Pern canon at all, because it conflicts with so many precedents
Yes, you make a good point there.
AMcC isn't noted for her continuity anyway, but this is really a glaring contradiction.
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Old 1st January 2008, 04:31 PM   #36 (permalink)
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I must admit I did enjoy the Acorna series very much. Dragon Riders was for me, far more enjoyable, with Master Harper being my favourite...
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MHoP is not a bad book on its own. However, it doesn't really fit very well with anything that's gone before, and that really irks me.
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Old 10th February 2008, 01:30 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Digging up a fairly old thread, but...

I have to update my list to include The Crystal Singer. I know I read it a while back, but I really should have posted here about it, too, given how much I enjoyed it.
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Old 15th February 2008, 11:24 AM   #39 (permalink)
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I really loved DragonFlight... I think it was definately my favourite, and it was the first one I read.
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I love Flight of Pegasus, as I think it could really happen. I love all her books.
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To Ride Pegasus or Pegasus in Flight? The first is a collection of short stories, the second a novel. Both are very good, but the best IMO is the last in the series, Pegasus in Space.
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Of the Pern books, Dragonsdawn is my favorite, but I also love both Moreta and Nerilka. Also, Dragonsong and Dragonsinger. I really like MHoP, but, as has been mentioned by others, found myself somewhat bothered by some continuity issues and the women's role that didn't fit with what was portrayed in other books. Loved Crystal Singer, first 3 books of the Freedom series. Absolute favorite is Nimisha's Ship. But enjoy everything she wrote alone, and most of the others.
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My favorite book of hers is the first one I ever read. The first three Dragonriders of Pern combined into an omnibus, my favorite of those is probably The White Dragon.

Yes...nostalgia....love it love it.
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I'll have to add The Ship Who Sang to my list of favourites, too.
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I've not really read too much of Anne McCaffrey as i was always put off by the Fantasy element of the Pern series. what i did read, i did enjoy. I've read the Sassinak trilogy that she wrote with Elizabeth Moon and the Rowen/Damia series of books, which although i enjoyed them a lot, still thought that the series was perhaps longer than it should have been.
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