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The Girl Who Heard Dragons (Pern #8.5) 1985

Fiction, Dragons, Pern, American Science fiction

Anne McCaffrey's dragons are the stuff of which SF/fantasy legends are made. All of her dragon books for many years have been national bestsellers. She is one of the most popular writers ever in fantasy and science fiction.

Fiction Dragons Pern American Science fiction Fantasy fiction Science fiction American Fantasy fiction Life on other planets Space colonies American Fantastic fiction Pern (Imaginary place)Fiction, fantasy, epic

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Classical in form, earnest, effortless and resolved.

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“Aramina was aroused by the urgency of her parents' voices: Dowell's a fierce whisper of persuasion and her mother's a fearful rejoinder.”

About Anne McCaffrey · 1926–2011

Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, Weyr Search, 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, Dragonrider, 1969). Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list. In 2005 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named McCaffrey its 22nd Grand Master, an annual award to living writers of fantasy and science fiction. She was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on 17 June 2006. She also received the Robert A. Heinlein Award for her work in 2007.

Squire (Protector of the Small #3) 200176% alike

Both classical in form, earnest, resolved.