Which is your favourite book? (Any series)

[manephelien]

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.

 

[Kevia]

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.

 

[mirinda]

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.

 

[Talysia]

I'll have to add The Ship Who Sang to my list of favourites, too.

 

[Rodders]

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.

 

[Clansman]

I have to go with the first, Dragonflight. That book had so much raw energy. The first three of the Pern universe seemed to carry that through (though Jaxom really is a Garry Stu).

 

[Beamer]

Choosing a favorite is always a struggle no matter what author or genre is in question. When I first discovered her writing in the early 70s she was a new author and I fell in love with Pern. At that point there were only 2 books in the set. Later when The White Dragon came out I had to buy it in hardbound because I could not wait. And while I still have a soft spot for the Pern novels I think I like some of her later books even more. Having somewhat of a musical background I think my favorites are a toss up between the Crystal Singer books and the Ship who Sang series of books.

 

[Jane Holland]

Dragonsinger and Dragonsong, definitely. Though I enjoyed all the early ones, in different ways. I like the Ship Who Sang too. I used to go to France quite frequently in my teens and got into the habit of buying the French editions ... they must have been very popular in France at that time, because they were everywhere in the eighties. I still have several Pern novels in French kicking about the house. For when I want to be pretentious.

 

[jamlebrilla]

I liked the Pern Books best, although the Crystal Singer series would also be a close favorite.

 

[SleepyDormouse]

reading through this (rather ancient) thread has reminded me how many of her books I have read and loved.

I love the first Pern stories, and the one where she goes back in time to when they first arrive on pern (sorry don't remember titles).

Rowan books, the idea of telepathy and telekinis has always fascinated me.

Crystal singer

Powers that be, with a plant that is sentinent. Though the later books in that series are not good.

Acorna, though later books get fairly repetative.

I like that she has lots of strong female characters in the books.

 

[kulture]

Although I loved the pern books, and even more the Rowan series, my favourite remains the Ship Who Sang. The first and only book that when I finished it I went back and re-read it immediately.