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Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey
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Dragondrums (original 1979; edition 1980)

by Anne McCaffrey (Author)

Series: Harper Hall Trilogy (3), Dragonriders of Pern: Chronological Order ((Harper Hall trilogy 3){9th Pass ~2500 AL} 20), Dragonriders of Pern: Publication Order (6)

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When his boy soprano voice begins to change, Piemur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures.
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Title:Dragondrums
Authors:Anne McCaffrey (Author)
Info:Bantam Books (1980), 193 pages
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The rumble-thud-boom of the big drums answering a message from the east roused Piemur.
  ccookie | Sep 10, 2023 |
The Harper Hall books are less a trilogy and more a duology about Menolly and then a single book about Piemur, the young harper who was introduced as a side character in Dragonsinger. Piemur has a beautiful prepubescent voice... and Dragondrums opens with that voice breaking as Piemur goes through puberty, so now he needs to carve out a new space for himself at the Harper Hall.

Piemur is a fun character, but like Menolly in the previous two books suffers from the fact that he's pretty much great at everything he does. He has to transition into drumming... and wow, he's the best drummer in the history of drumming, and everyone hates him for it. Wouldn't it be more interesting if for once in his life he had to work at something? There are lots of shenanigans here about the Old Timers on the Southern Continent, and Piemur works as a sort of spy to assist the interests of the northern weyrs and holds, but he pretty much adapts right away. Like Menolly in Dragonsong, he ends up in a situation that seems like it ought to be a struggle, when he's on his own in the south, but actually it's more like an extended vacation. Piemur was fun as a scampy side character in Menolly's story, but brought into focus, he has the exact same weaknesses as a protagonist as she does.
  Stevil2001 | Jul 16, 2023 |
The characters in these, maybe YA novels, were more interesting than the heavies in the dragon riders series. ( )
  mykl-s | Mar 2, 2023 |
When the voice of Piemur, an apprentice at Harper Hall, changes, he has to leave the companionship of Master Shonagar behind. But his disappointment is soon replaced by a new challenge. He is to enter the service of the Master Harper himself as a rider of dragons. Soon, he embarks on a dangerous mission to the Southern Hold. The future of Pern hangs on his success. ( )
  Gmomaj | Apr 26, 2022 |
This is really a 3 1/2 star book for me. (GOODREADS WHY DON'T YOU HAVE 1/2 STARS) It was quite a bit different from the 2nd novel in the trilogy which is my favorite of the series. This novel switched the focus to politics and the main character from Menolly to Piemur. The location also shifted away from the Harper Hall to other locations throught Pern.
The Harper’s are such an integral part of Pern and while the story moved from the Hall to various Holds and Weyrs, we see through the apprentice’s eyes what the hidden agenda of Master Robinton is and how far Robinton will go to insure Pern’s loyalty to Benden Weyr.
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  kevn57 | Dec 8, 2021 |
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This book is dedicated (and about time) to
Frederick H. Robinson
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not the least of which is the fact that
HE is the Master Harper
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When his boy soprano voice begins to change, Piemur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures.

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Of all the young singers at the Harperhall of Pern, Piemur was the one chosen for the leading role at Lord Groghe's Gather . . . and then his voice broke. Suddenly his whole future at Harperhall became uncertain.

But Masterharper Robinton, Menolly, and Sebell had other plans for Piemur. They were sure that his quick wits and discretion could be used to keep a check on the troublesome Oldtimers and their strange traffic in fire lizards. So, whilst serving as a messenger-drum apprentice, Piemur carried out special errands for the three. And it was on one such errand that he realized his wildest dreams.
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