Dragonsdawn
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| Author | Anne McCaffrey |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Dragonriders of Pern |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
| Released | August 1989 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 367 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-36286-1 |
| Preceded by | Nerilka's Story |
| Followed by | Renegades of Pern |
Dragonsdawn is a science fiction novel in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. It was first published in 1989.
While the Dragonriders of Pern series is recognized as science fiction (due to its origin discussing the nature of the planet Rukbat and its planetary system), many of its elements in the earlier books were primarily fantasy in origin. Dragonsdawn clearly establishes the science fiction nature of the series by defining the science behind Anne McCaffrey's dragons.
[edit] Synopsis
The planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists -- seeking to return to an agrarian-based simpler way of life, Admiral Benden, Governor Boll and the rest of the colonists had selected Pern as a place to leave their recent wars and troubles behind. Shortly after arriving on the planet, however, a far more serious threat appeared - Thread.
With time running out and the colony's destruction imminent, geneticist Kitti Ping Yung and her daughter Wind Blossom set out to bio-engineer Pernese lifeforms that appear to instinctively react to the Thread - the dragonets that colonists have adopted as pets. In order to ensure the survival of the newly designed species, as well as reduce the possible threat they may have to the colonists by going rogue, they are created with an ability to bond with humans. By the end of the book, Sorka Hanrahan and Sean Connell and a few other young colonists become the first of the dragonriders.
[edit] Themes
- Food
- Childbirth (both human and dragon, both literal and metaphoric)
[edit] Trivia
- Published in the UK by Bantam Press in 1988 as "Dragonsdawn The First Chronicles of the Colony of Pern"
| The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey | |
|---|---|
| The Dragonriders of Pern trilogy | Dragonflight | Dragonquest | The White Dragon |
| The Harper Hall trilogy | Dragonsong | Dragonsinger | Dragondrums |
| Other novels | Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern | Nerilka's Story | Dragonsdawn | Renegades of Pern | All the Weyrs of Pern |
| The Dolphins of Pern | Dragonseye | The Masterharper of Pern | The Skies of Pern | |
| Short Story Collections | The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall | A Gift of Dragons |
| Novels by Todd McCaffrey | Dragon's Kin | Dragonsblood | Dragon's Fire |
