The Smallest Dragonboy

This is a very sweet little story. I'm not sure, but I believe this was the first Pern story written - which makes some of the names (F'lar, F'nor, Lessa, Mnementh, Ramoth, Canth) very interesting. For that matter, K'van shows up in Dragonquest (I think) - one of the early Pern books, anyway. Though he's apparently gotten his growth by then, since as I recall he's described as tall. Anyway. Sweet little hatching story - I keep wanting to call it The Littlest Dragonrider, don't know why - Keevan is the smallest and youngest candidate for a dragon, which lets him in for a lot of teasing; it goes too far and he ends up with a broken leg and a mild concussion. Then Hatching starts...and of course, K'van ends up a bronzerider. In and of show more itself, there's very little to the story; as the first example of Pern, it's excellent. show less

An entertaining short story set in the Pern 'verse. Take the time to hunt this one down if you enjoy shorter fiction.