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Hello. Here is a reading-order flowchart for Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern Series, as well as the Ireta, Crystal Universe, and "The Ship Who" series. I include them all in a single flowchart because all four series are set in the Federated Sapient Planets, although there is no overlap...

I was about to pick up a Pern novel but realized I didn't known which to get because apparently there was a prequel written. I'd rather not read the prequel first. But I don't know where to start. So, where should I start with the Pern books? And do you recommend the series?

First Warning Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Eos, August 2005, $24.95, 304 pp. ISBN 006052538X Khorii, the daughter of Acorna and Aari, is on her first long space faring voyage and hopes for a little excitement. She gets more than she bargained for when a virulent plague sweeps...

Dragon’s Fire Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey Del Rey, July 2006, $24.95, 386 pp. ISBN 0345480287 In eighteen years, the Red Star will orbit around Pern and the parasitical spoor will rain down on the land destroying all organic matter. The fire breathing dragons are Pern’s first line of...

Second Wave Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Eos, Aug 2006, $24.95, 309 pp. ISBN: 0060525401 Khorii is a member of the Linyaari race created from the DNA material of a unicorn sentient species rescued from Old Terra by the Ancestral Friends, a shapeshifting, time traveling space...

Maelstrom Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Del Ray, Jan 2007, $22.95, 256 pp. ISBN 0345470044 Twins Muriel and Ronan Shongili have the honor of living on the only known sentient planet in the universe Petaybee. Like their father Sean, the Shongili twins turn into seals when their...

Third Watch: Acorna’s Children Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Eos, August 2007, $24.95, 255 pp. ISBN 006052541X The plague has decimated many planets and the federation has collapsed due to loss of personal. Khorii, the daughter of the revered Acorna, has stopped the plague but it...

Dragon Harper Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey Del Rey. Dec 2007, $5.95, 320 pp. ISBN 9780345480309 Although apprentice Harper Kindan is disappointed not to impress one of the eggs containing baby dragons on the hatching grounds of High Reaches Weyr, he knows there will be other chances. He...

Deluge Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Del Rey, March 2008, $23.95 ISBN 9780345470065 On the sentient planet Petaybee, the Company Corps has made a serendipitous landing, hoping to catch the natives off guard so they can round them up easily and send them to the prison planet...

Catacombs Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Del Rey, Dec 7 2010, $26.00 ISBN: 9780345513786 The Barque Cats: and their human Cat Persons bond in an almost mystical way. Each and their human seem to instinctively know what the other wants as if reading minds. Mysterious feline...

Dragon’s Time Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey Del Rey, Jun 28 2011, $26.00 ISBN: 9780345500892 On the planet Pern, plague was killing the dragons just as the deadly Thread began falling from the red orb. Lorana found a cure at the cost her beloved queen dragon, but the toll is devastating as...

Sky Dragons Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey Del Rey, Jun 26 2012, $26.00 ISBN: 9780345500915 The plague killed many dragons leaving Pern vulnerable to the deadly Thread more than ever before. Dragonriders led by Xhinna and her blue dragon Tazith fight the Merows and tunnel-snakes for control...

The Girl Who Heard Dragons Anne McCaffrey Tor, June 5 2012, $14.99 ISBN: 9780765333643 This is a reprint of a wonderful 1994 short story collection; only the title story occurs in Pern. “The Girl Who Heard Dragons” introduces readers to Aramina and her family on the run to keep her from being...

The Ship Who Searched Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey Baen, Jan 1 2013, $14.00 ISBN: 9781451638738 Archaeologists Doctors Pota Andropolous-Cade and Braddon Maartens-Cade conduct an evaluation at a Salomon-Kildare site with no one else on the planet except their school aged daughter Hypatia...

Having gotten to March 1959 in my day-by-day science fact/fiction blog, I'm delighted to find McCaffrey's first story: galacticjourney | A study in contrasts (April 1959 Fantasy & Science Fiction, Part 2; 2-22-1959) Did anyone here discover her in her early period, or did you find her with the...

I am listening to this at present & although I have read the book many times & know the story off by heart, I am really enjoying the listening of it. Dick Hill is the reader & I had never heard of him before, but he's pretty good.:D

Today in a charity shop I bought, for the princely sum of £1, a boxed cassette set of 3 Anne McCaffrey books, 8 cassettes in all. Dragonseye, The Master Harper of Pern & The Skies of Pern.:D:D American versions. Read by Dick Hill. So far I have listened to part of the first cassette & it plays...

Hello Folks. As a middle-aged man I am saddened by the loss of yet another amazingly bright light. Ms. McCaffrey's works are immensely appreciated treasures (at least by this reader). Some of my earliest scifi readings were her works, and they have remained dear to me all throughout the ~40...

Now being reported via Tor.com http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/11/anne-mccaffrey-in-remembrance Very sad news.

I first read this book when the UK paperback came out in 1970 and was blown away by it. I read it at least a couple more times over the next few years, but not since. Having recently reviewed Naomi Novik's Temeraire, which borrows heavily from Dragonflight in its concept of dragons, I thought it...