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Dragonsdawn

Dragonriders of Pern

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Dragonsdawn

By: Anne McCaffrey
Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau
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The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists—a return to an agrarian way of life—until unimaginable terror turned it into hell. Lethal spores began to fall like silvery thread-like rain from the sky, vaporizing everything—and everyone—in their path. The colony, cut off from Earth and lacking the resources to combat the menace, was doomed.

The colonists noticed that small, dragon-like lizards in their new world were joining the fight against Thread, breathing fire on it and teleporting to safety. If only the dragonets were big enough for a human to ride and intelligent enough to work as a team with a rider. With time running out and the colony's destruction imminent, they set their most talented geneticist to work to create the creatures Pern so desperately needed—dragons!

©1989 Anne McCaffrey (P)1993 Phoenix Books Adventure Fiction Genetic Engineering Science Fiction
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this audible should have been in the First Fall like it was in the book

too short

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I hadn't read this book for years and decided to give it a whirl in honor of the passing of Coolio (big Pern fan!). While the quality of the book itself is there, the presentation felt dated. it was well performed, but production wise felt old.

Great book with a fine but slightly dated delivery

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So many happy memories from when I was a teenager reading this book series for the first time. Loved listening to the start of the Dragons of Pern books all over again. Now on to the next one. Yyaahh.

Absolutely fantastic start to this series.

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I have always loved Anne McCaffrey, iam sad that this book ended way to soon.

Dragons of Pern

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It did not state in the summary that this version is abridged. I've read the book, I know it is a good story, but it makes no sense in this recording. Adrienne Barbeau is not a good narrator, all the characters sound the same. The quality of the "remastered" recording is terrible.

Abridged, poor quality.

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Heavily abridged version of the text, missing many of the excellent quotes and stories from the book. Performed well but doesn’t do the accents justice to convey the multiethnic melting pot of the characters.

Abridged version

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The story was too abridged. It was a poor adaptation of a good story. Get the full complete version. I'll see how the next book goes.

disconnected

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Beware! This is a wonderful book by Anne McCaffrey but this abridged version cuts out so much of the personality and detail of the original that it might as well be a clifnotes synopsis

Totally abridged

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