Dragonquest
by Anne McCaffrey
Dragonriders of Pern (original trilogy) (2), Dragonriders of Pern: Publication Order (9th pass), Dragonriders of Pern: Chronological (17)
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Volume II of The Dragonriders of Pern®, the legendary series by award-winning author Anne McCaffreySince Lessa and Ramoth, her golden queen dragon, traveled into the past to bring forward a small army of dragons and riders to save their world from deadly alien spores, fear and desperation have spread across the land. But while the dragonriders struggle with threats both otherworldly and human, a young rider named F'nor and his brown dragon, Canth, hatch a bold plan to destroy the alien show more scourge at its source—the baleful red star that fills the heavens and promises doom to all. show less
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{Second of original trilogy/ seventeenth of 27 of Pern series; fantasy, sci-fi, dragons}(1971)
The second of the original Pern trilogy it continues the story of the dragons of the planet of Pern and their riders who fight Thread, a voracious mycorrhizoid which occasionally crosses from a neighbouring planet and is inimical to life if allowed to land.
Although it focuses on Benden Weyr (a Weyr being where dragons and their riders live), its Weyrwoman Lessa, her partner F’lar and his half-brother F’nor and their dragons, with whom they are mentally linked, the scope of the book is planet-wide covering the adventures of the dragonriders of Pern (perceived as an elite society) and the politics of getting diverse groups to agree on how to fight Thread.
(I wanna be a dragonrider. Dragons fly, they teleport, they transverse time itself and they love you unconditionally. Although sometimes they'll countermand you for your own good.)
The triumphant conclusion to events of the story in Red Star Rising has been diluted by the seven years that have passed since then and new issues have arisen which F'lar and a group of like-minded people who want to do the best for their planet - including Masterharper Robinton, Mastersmith Fandarel, other (but not all) dragonriders and some (but not all) Lords Holder - try to solve. Including the perennial problem of how to get rid of Thread once and for all.
The story opens as a clutch of eggs laid by Ramoth, Lessa’s golden queen dragon, and most of it takes place before they hatch - although the hatching itself sets in motion the momentous events of the third book of this trilogy. The story is an interlacing of linked adventures, events (such as the discovery of 'ancient timer' labs and equipment) and decisions that occur across the planet but they are stitched together seamlessly and the narrative flows well. There are triumphs and tragedies; the dragon fight scene, especially, is riveting and ... but to tell you more would be to reveal too much.
There is a rumour that fire lizards - the small, mythical antecedents of dragons - have been spotted and now everyone wants to find one.
I have read this particular book many times before and I still love it. There were some things that I quibbled with before that I didn’t mind this time (such as 'why this person but not that person?') and some things that I’d glossed over before that jumped out at me, one of which was that despite it being written by a woman and having a cast of several strong female characters, I found it a bit misogynistic. It is always women (often specifically stated) who cook, clean, look after the weyr etc and (at this point) all dragonriders are male except for the queen riders. I like the romance but there is a passage that troubles me. It seems odd and doesn’t fit with the rest of those characters’ story; I suspect that McCaffrey didn’t intend it to come out that way. It may be a sign of the times that she was writing in (1971) when there were few female writers in the field of sci-fi/ fantasy and they were writing for a (perceived) male audience. I also thought Lessa's 'leaning' was ethically questionable, even if in a good cause.
However, despite the wide and varied cast and their distribution across different regions of the planet, I've rarely found it hard to keep track of the different personalities across the series which is a credit to the writing. (There is an instance in this book where two minor characters have similar names - male dragonriders abbreviating their names on Impressing helping the confusion in this case.)
Despite the seriousness of having to fight a planet-wide scourge, there are light moments too. For some reason, these are quotes that always come back to me:
and (in response to the 'dragon couchant' quote above)
Although each book can be read as a stand-alone story, doing so may result in spoilers for other books. This is one series which might (therefore) benefit from being read in publication order. I'm sure I'll be re-reading this book and this series again.
August 2021
4.5 stars show less
The second of the original Pern trilogy it continues the story of the dragons of the planet of Pern and their riders who fight Thread, a voracious mycorrhizoid which occasionally crosses from a neighbouring planet and is inimical to life if allowed to land.
'Where was Thread seen?' he yelled up to the Igen rider still perched atop the Gate Wall.show more
'South!' The man's response was an anguished appeal. 'Across the bay from Keroon Hold. Across the water.'
'How long ago?'
'I'll take you there and then!'
The ripple of cheering grew as it spread back, as people were reminded that the Weyrs would go between time itself and catch Thread, erasing the interval
of time lost
Although it focuses on Benden Weyr (a Weyr being where dragons and their riders live), its Weyrwoman Lessa, her partner F’lar and his half-brother F’nor and their dragons, with whom they are mentally linked, the scope of the book is planet-wide covering the adventures of the dragonriders of Pern (perceived as an elite society) and the politics of getting diverse groups to agree on how to fight Thread.
There wasn't a man alive in Pern who hadn't secretly cherished the notion that he might be able to Impress a dragon. That he could be linked for life to the love and sustaining admiration of these gentle great beasts. That he could transverse Pern in a twinkling, astride a dragon. That he would never suffer the loneliness that was the condition of most men - a dragonrider always had his dragon.
(I wanna be a dragonrider. Dragons fly, they teleport, they transverse time itself and they love you unconditionally. Although sometimes they'll countermand you for your own good.)
The triumphant conclusion to events of the story in Red Star Rising has been diluted by the seven years that have passed since then and new issues have arisen which F'lar and a group of like-minded people who want to do the best for their planet - including Masterharper Robinton, Mastersmith Fandarel, other (but not all) dragonriders and some (but not all) Lords Holder - try to solve. Including the perennial problem of how to get rid of Thread once and for all.
The story opens as a clutch of eggs laid by Ramoth, Lessa’s golden queen dragon, and most of it takes place before they hatch - although the hatching itself sets in motion the momentous events of the third book of this trilogy. The story is an interlacing of linked adventures, events (such as the discovery of 'ancient timer' labs and equipment) and decisions that occur across the planet but they are stitched together seamlessly and the narrative flows well. There are triumphs and tragedies; the dragon fight scene, especially, is riveting and ... but to tell you more would be to reveal too much.
There is a rumour that fire lizards - the small, mythical antecedents of dragons - have been spotted and now everyone wants to find one.
There isn‘t a beach along the coastline that doesn‘t have a dragon couchant, with rider a-coil, feigning sleep.
I have read this particular book many times before and I still love it. There were some things that I quibbled with before that I didn’t mind this time (such as 'why this person but not that person?') and some things that I’d glossed over before that jumped out at me, one of which was that despite it being written by a woman and having a cast of several strong female characters, I found it a bit misogynistic. It is always women (often specifically stated) who cook, clean, look after the weyr etc and (at this point) all dragonriders are male except for the queen riders. I like the romance but there is a passage that troubles me. It seems odd and doesn’t fit with the rest of those characters’ story; I suspect that McCaffrey didn’t intend it to come out that way. It may be a sign of the times that she was writing in (1971) when there were few female writers in the field of sci-fi/ fantasy and they were writing for a (perceived) male audience. I also thought Lessa's 'leaning' was ethically questionable, even if in a good cause.
However, despite the wide and varied cast and their distribution across different regions of the planet, I've rarely found it hard to keep track of the different personalities across the series which is a credit to the writing. (There is an instance in this book where two minor characters have similar names - male dragonriders abbreviating their names on Impressing helping the confusion in this case.)
Despite the seriousness of having to fight a planet-wide scourge, there are light moments too. For some reason, these are quotes that always come back to me:
'He has the entire Weyr hopping to when he itches and wants to be oiled. That‘s a lot of dragon to oil.' F'lar chuckled as much to reassure Corman who looked uncomfortable hearing a list of Canth's injuries as in recollection of the sight of Canth dominating a Weyr's personnel.
and (in response to the 'dragon couchant' quote above)
'Oh, you laugh?'
'Aye, and they‘ve made a note of both occasions that I did,' she said with due solemnity, but her eyes danced.
Although each book can be read as a stand-alone story, doing so may result in spoilers for other books. This is one series which might (therefore) benefit from being read in publication order. I'm sure I'll be re-reading this book and this series again.
August 2021
4.5 stars show less
This is the second Pern novel and reading it I quickly learned whatever assumptions I’d held for many years about the series - based on reading McCaffrey’s Killashandra trilogy back in the 1980s, and reviews of the later share-cropped books in the series - were mostly wrong. Okay, so there are dragons, and a world that has fallen from a technological past to a sort of semi-enlightened (and somewhat sanitised) Middle Ages. And romance. Although not as much romance as I’d expected. In fact, the first two books in McCaffrey’s long-running Dragonriders of Pern series are pretty much straight-up science fiction. With perhaps an over-emphasis on the emotional relationship between the dragons and their riders.
These days, that’s show more nothing new or unusual. Although I do wonder how I would have responded to the books had I read them as a teenager in the late 1970s. Not so differently, I’d like to think - it was only a couple of years later I was reading, and admiring, CJ Cherryh’s fiction, and I was already a fan of Tiptree’s short stories, and, yes, aware “he” was a woman.
In the first book, Dragonflight, queen dragon rider and chief Weyrwoman, Lessa, had travelled back in time 400 years and brought forward five weyrs to help combat Thread, which had begun falling again after several hundred years. As Dragonquest opens, the old weyrs don’t like the way things are run in the present and cling to “tradition”, which has brought them into conflict with the holds. These might sound slightly familiar in the current political climate.
Then the Thread begins to fall outside the timetable calculated for it, putting further pressure on the weyrs, especially Benden Weyr, the one led by Lessa, and the most respected, admired and generally all-round wonderful weyr of them all. After stumbling across some ancient technology - a microscope! a telescope! - the hold lords and the weyrs hatch a plan to send dragons to the Red Star, the neighbouring planet where Thread originates.
It’s all very dramatic, and McCaffrey handles the slow introduction of details from the legendary past into her world with admirable constraint. Having said that, the chief villain abruptly disappears three-quarters of the way through the novel, and is effectively written out of the story. A dragonrider ignores orders and makes a trip to the Red Star, which proves reckless and comes to exactly the end expected. Lessa is more in the background in this novel - if anything, Dragonquest never seems entirely sure who its chief protagonist is. On the other hand, this does mean McCaffrey can spend more time rounding out her world.
I plan to finish the original trilogy - I have The White Dragon on the TBR - but I don’t think I’m going to dash out and read all the remaining books in the series - 24 novels to date, not all wholly by McCaffrey. I’m certainly not, however, going to diss the books any more, as I was clearly wrong on what I’d assumed about them. The two I’ve read so far are fun, well-crafted, quite plainly science fiction, perhaps a little dated in parts… but there were many many actively bad sf novels written back then, and these are not among them. show less
These days, that’s show more nothing new or unusual. Although I do wonder how I would have responded to the books had I read them as a teenager in the late 1970s. Not so differently, I’d like to think - it was only a couple of years later I was reading, and admiring, CJ Cherryh’s fiction, and I was already a fan of Tiptree’s short stories, and, yes, aware “he” was a woman.
In the first book, Dragonflight, queen dragon rider and chief Weyrwoman, Lessa, had travelled back in time 400 years and brought forward five weyrs to help combat Thread, which had begun falling again after several hundred years. As Dragonquest opens, the old weyrs don’t like the way things are run in the present and cling to “tradition”, which has brought them into conflict with the holds. These might sound slightly familiar in the current political climate.
Then the Thread begins to fall outside the timetable calculated for it, putting further pressure on the weyrs, especially Benden Weyr, the one led by Lessa, and the most respected, admired and generally all-round wonderful weyr of them all. After stumbling across some ancient technology - a microscope! a telescope! - the hold lords and the weyrs hatch a plan to send dragons to the Red Star, the neighbouring planet where Thread originates.
It’s all very dramatic, and McCaffrey handles the slow introduction of details from the legendary past into her world with admirable constraint. Having said that, the chief villain abruptly disappears three-quarters of the way through the novel, and is effectively written out of the story. A dragonrider ignores orders and makes a trip to the Red Star, which proves reckless and comes to exactly the end expected. Lessa is more in the background in this novel - if anything, Dragonquest never seems entirely sure who its chief protagonist is. On the other hand, this does mean McCaffrey can spend more time rounding out her world.
I plan to finish the original trilogy - I have The White Dragon on the TBR - but I don’t think I’m going to dash out and read all the remaining books in the series - 24 novels to date, not all wholly by McCaffrey. I’m certainly not, however, going to diss the books any more, as I was clearly wrong on what I’d assumed about them. The two I’ve read so far are fun, well-crafted, quite plainly science fiction, perhaps a little dated in parts… but there were many many actively bad sf novels written back then, and these are not among them. show less
I was not taken with this follow up book to Dragon Flight, a book that seemed to get bogged down in so many details that the storylines got lost. And the unconscious sexism! Holy moly, what a reminder about how far we (may) have come.
The book has different characters narrating, starting with Masterharper Robinton, moving to dragonrider F'nor, and also Brekke, Weyrwoman of Southern Weyr on the Southern continent of Pern. And while Robinton is struggling to compose a fitting song for an upcoming wedding, F'nor is eyeing women and reminiscing on his various conquests. And Brekke just wants to do a good job without being belittled and harassed by the dragon riders of her Weyr.
Concurrently, Thread is falling sporadically and not according show more to the timetables that F'lar has worked out from the charts of the Old Ones. And young Jaxom, heir to Ruatha Hold, sneaks off with F'lar and Lessa's son to see the Hatching Grounds where Ramoth's next batch will hatch. And the Oldtimers who came forward 400 years in the last book have now lived for 7 Turns on modern Pern and are causing dissension and animosity between Weyr and Crafters and Hold.
Any one of those storylines could have been its own book. But instead, McCaffrey wanted to write about her world so much that they all get jumbled together, the wedding becomes an episode that needs to be mentioned as an "Oh yeah! There's a wedding, so let's put this person/event in alignment with the wedding" and also provides a backdrop between the leader of the Oldtimers and F'lar. And then poof! The Oldtimers get banished to the Southern continent and no more mention happens of them. Or the wedding. Or, whatever.
I was sorry to see this mad jumble of things, especially when the Impressing of Fire Lizards was an important strand that changes how the hierarchy of Pern is aligned: no longer are the Dragonriders the only humans who can impress one of the giant species of flying dragons. Now, ordinary Crafters or Holders can have a small fire lizard Impressed to them for life.
I was really sad at how this book turned into such a porridge, though I was glad to know it wasn't just my 16 year old brain that couldn't grasp the plot. show less
The book has different characters narrating, starting with Masterharper Robinton, moving to dragonrider F'nor, and also Brekke, Weyrwoman of Southern Weyr on the Southern continent of Pern. And while Robinton is struggling to compose a fitting song for an upcoming wedding, F'nor is eyeing women and reminiscing on his various conquests. And Brekke just wants to do a good job without being belittled and harassed by the dragon riders of her Weyr.
Concurrently, Thread is falling sporadically and not according show more to the timetables that F'lar has worked out from the charts of the Old Ones. And young Jaxom, heir to Ruatha Hold, sneaks off with F'lar and Lessa's son to see the Hatching Grounds where Ramoth's next batch will hatch. And the Oldtimers who came forward 400 years in the last book have now lived for 7 Turns on modern Pern and are causing dissension and animosity between Weyr and Crafters and Hold.
Any one of those storylines could have been its own book. But instead, McCaffrey wanted to write about her world so much that they all get jumbled together, the wedding becomes an episode that needs to be mentioned as an "Oh yeah! There's a wedding, so let's put this person/event in alignment with the wedding" and also provides a backdrop between the leader of the Oldtimers and F'lar. And then poof! The Oldtimers get banished to the Southern continent and no more mention happens of them. Or the wedding. Or, whatever.
I was sorry to see this mad jumble of things, especially when the Impressing of Fire Lizards was an important strand that changes how the hierarchy of Pern is aligned: no longer are the Dragonriders the only humans who can impress one of the giant species of flying dragons. Now, ordinary Crafters or Holders can have a small fire lizard Impressed to them for life.
I was really sad at how this book turned into such a porridge, though I was glad to know it wasn't just my 16 year old brain that couldn't grasp the plot. show less
Seven years later the heroic rescue of Dragonflight brings unfortunate consequences; quarrels between the reactionaries and the more forward looking. Further tensions are caused by more technological discoveries, the newly discovered fire lizards, and a thoroughly self-centered dragon rider. Also, the baby from Dragonflight is now a teenager by the end of the book and has plenty of agency. Hints of the high technology past emerge and so does new tech, with improbable speed. A very interim book, but the turn to internal dissension as the pass continues works well. The sixties sexism continues excruciating.
Possibly my favourite so far.
I am rereading the entire series in chronological order and it is very refreshing to get back to the original books after Todd's attempts.
Really liked the F'Lar & Lessa story in Dragonflight, but enjoyed the bigger role of F'Nor in this book & F'Lar stepping up again when needed.
I am rereading the entire series in chronological order and it is very refreshing to get back to the original books after Todd's attempts.
Really liked the F'Lar & Lessa story in Dragonflight, but enjoyed the bigger role of F'Nor in this book & F'Lar stepping up again when needed.
The Pern books are technically science fiction, set on a lost colony of Earth, but it's often found on fantasy lists, for here be dragons. Although I lost interest in the series with its later books the original trilogy and the Harper Hall trilogy set in the same universe remain favorites I've reread more than once. (If you haven't already, you should read the first book, Dragonflight, before reading Dragonquest.)
Part of the reason I love the early Pern novels is that McCaffrey sets up an intriguing world with its fighting dragons bonded to their riders. Part of it is that McCaffrey makes you care about the characters: Lessa, F'Nor, F'Lar, Brekke (Some of the most moving lump-in-throat episodes concern her in this novel.) Oh, and I'd show more say F'Nor's dragon Canth certainly is one of the most endearing.
This isn't the kind of book that leaves an impression because of style or because it's thought-provoking--but because it's a wonderful escapist read with characters you love spending time with. (Except perhaps the irritatingly vapid and vain Kylara--although she does make for a great villain.) show less
Part of the reason I love the early Pern novels is that McCaffrey sets up an intriguing world with its fighting dragons bonded to their riders. Part of it is that McCaffrey makes you care about the characters: Lessa, F'Nor, F'Lar, Brekke (Some of the most moving lump-in-throat episodes concern her in this novel.) Oh, and I'd show more say F'Nor's dragon Canth certainly is one of the most endearing.
This isn't the kind of book that leaves an impression because of style or because it's thought-provoking--but because it's a wonderful escapist read with characters you love spending time with. (Except perhaps the irritatingly vapid and vain Kylara--although she does make for a great villain.) show less
Buddy read with Vivian.
This installment was much more political with less thread fighting as some major changes are made on Pern. F'lar has always been a leader but tried to give the leadership over all away but was forced to take it. Somehow F'lar as been cast as the bad guy in some reader's minds because he tends to hold his cards close to his chest. If the poor guy shared most of his thoughts of his imagined future for Pern he would have a revolution on his hands. There were some amazing discoveries made when Jaxom and Felessan were sneaking around the old caverns. Many instruments that the ancients had stored away got everyone excited. I love the Master Craftmen and was happy to see them beginning to share knowledge. Pern under show more F'lar is slowly becoming more open. These new happenings were tempered by sadness and heart ache that could have been avoided if some egos were not over inflated. I think some of the parties involved needed to die but that just my opinion. A white dragon was hatched from Ramoth's last clutch which was an unprecedented first in the histories. Changes are coming to Pern but will the people accept them? show less
This installment was much more political with less thread fighting as some major changes are made on Pern. F'lar has always been a leader but tried to give the leadership over all away but was forced to take it. Somehow F'lar as been cast as the bad guy in some reader's minds because he tends to hold his cards close to his chest. If the poor guy shared most of his thoughts of his imagined future for Pern he would have a revolution on his hands. There were some amazing discoveries made when Jaxom and Felessan were sneaking around the old caverns. Many instruments that the ancients had stored away got everyone excited. I love the Master Craftmen and was happy to see them beginning to share knowledge. Pern under show more F'lar is slowly becoming more open. These new happenings were tempered by sadness and heart ache that could have been avoided if some egos were not over inflated. I think some of the parties involved needed to die but that just my opinion. A white dragon was hatched from Ramoth's last clutch which was an unprecedented first in the histories. Changes are coming to Pern but will the people accept them? show less
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Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 1, 1926. She received a degree in Slavonic languages from Radcliffe College. She worked in advertising for Helena Rubenstein from 1947 to 1952. Her first publication was a short story in Science Fiction Magazine, and her first novel, Restoree, was published in 1967. She is a well-known show more author of over 100 books, mostly science fiction, including the Dragonriders of Pern series, the Crystal Singer series, Acorna's Children series, The Twins of Petaybee series, and Barque Cats series. She won numerous awards including the Hugo Award for Best Novella for the short story Weyr Search in 1968 and the Nebula Award for Best Novella for Dragonrider in 1969. In 2006, she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. She has also written books under the pseudonym Jody Lynn. She died of a stroke on November 21, 2011 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Drakentocht
- Original title
- Dragonquest
- Original publication date
- 1971-05
- People/Characters
- Brekke; Canth (brown dragon); F'lar, Benden Weyrleader; F'nor; Lessa; Mnementh (bronze dragon) (show all 57); Ramoth (queen dragon); Masterharper Robinton; Lady Famira of Lemos Hold; Lord Asegenar of Lemos Hold; Lord Larad of Telgar Hold; Lord Groghe of Fort Hold; Master Herdsman Sagrang; T'ron, Fort Weyrleader; Mardra, Fort Weyrwoman; Lord Raid of Benden Hold; Mastersmith Fandarel; Lytol (Lord Lytol of Ruatha Hold); Jaxom (Lord Jaxom of Ruatha Hold); Wirenth (Queen Dragon); Manora, Benden Weyr Headwoman; R'mart of Telgar Weyr; Sifer of Bitra Hold; Gandeth, Fort Weyr Wingleader; Seven of Fort (Brown Dragon); Beth of Fort (Green Dragon); T'reb of Fort Weyr; B'naj of Fort Weyr; D'ram, Ista Weyrleader; Fanna, Ista Weyrwoman; Bedella, Telgar Weyrwoman; G'narish, Weyrleader of Igen Weyr; Branth (Brown Dragon); T'bor, Southern Weyrleader; Kylara, Southern Weyrwoman; Orth of Southern (Bronze Dragon); Pridith of Southern (Queen Dragon); T'Kul, Weyrleader of High Reaches Weyr; Salth of High Reaches (Bronze Dragon); Fidranth, Weyrwoman of Fort; Luranth, Weyrwoman of Fort; Mirath of Ista, (Gold Dragon); Lamanth (Gold Dragon); Woodcraftmaster Bendarek; Glassmaster Wansor; Solth of Telgar (Gold Dragon); Nadira, Weyrwoma of Igen Weyr; Lord Laudey of Igen Hold; Lord Meron of Nabol Hold; Terry, smithcrafter; Lord Sangel of S Boll Hold; Lord Warbret of Ista Hold; Masterweaver Zurg; Miner Nicot; Tanner Belesden; MasterFarmer Andemon; Lord Cormon of Keroon Hold
- Important places
- Benden Weyr, Pern; Fort Weyr, Pern; Southern Weyr, Pern; High Reaches Weyr, Pern; Telgar Hold, Pern; Lemos Hold, Pern (show all 10); Fort Hold, Pern; Nabol Hold, Pern; Ruatha Hold, Pern; Pern
- Dedication
- To Anne Dorothy McElroy McCaffrey
My Mother - First words
- Rukbat, in the Sagittarian Sector, was a golden G-type star. (Prelude)
How to begin? mused Robinton, the Masterharper of Pern. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)F'lar raised his arm in greeting and farewell and bronze Mnementh lifted him skyward.
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