Anne McCaffery
 

This great writer has authored and co-authored a number of great books.

The Dragons of Pern, and the Tower and The Hive are my favourite series by her.
Who else knows of them or reads them?

This is the place to discuss this great author.

She is very good at writing books that make you visualize the story being told, the Dragons of Pern series being a great example of this.

Agreed. I'm reading DragonHarper at the moment.

I love all her books, but I'm especially fond of her Harper Hall Trilogy (Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums).

I haven't read those, but I think they're in my school library, I'll have to check next week when we go back.

Ahhh...we have the Dragonriders of Pern series about somewhere....I read the first one, but could never find the rest. Loved the first one, though. 8D

They're really good. There's a graphic novel of DragonFlight.

Holy cow, really??? 0.0 I'll have to look into that, too!

Really really, it was the first Pern thing I read.. It's good :)

Is it ok if I join in? I've read most of the Pern books except the ones that are written by bot her and her son. Last year I was reading lie three or four each week and my math teacher who read and liked them commented on it. That was creepy! I did not know about the graphic novel, now I have to read it too.

Always fine to join in ZhuHe. Haha, that sounds like my math teacher last year, he would go to take my book off me (I read in maths because I was bored.) Then decide it was a good book and give it back.

hahha! That sounds like an awesome math teacher. I used to read in my Algebra class in 9th grade..I was bored and we'd go over the same material for 2 to 3 classes. So I'd just read and when they thought they were catching me off guard, I'd look at the question on the board, look at my homework, and give them the right answer. Then go back to reading. ...Of course..that was when math was easy...:gonk:

Yeah, as soon as I could I stopped taking maths :) I'm happy now.

I still have to take math for the foreseeable future and other classes besides. Back to the Pern Books the earlier book are best I think because the later ones get more technical. My favorite is either Dragonsong or The White Dragon.

I haven't read the white dragon... But he's just hatched in the book I read last so I think I'll read that one next

The series that I mostly read is the Harper Hall trilogy. I've read all three multiple times...... She writes very well and i love her series.

Has anyone read the books that Anne McCaffery and her son wrote together, I think I've read one but it did not stick in my mind. What do you guys think of them?

I have, DragonHarper was written by the two of them.. it was good, the only book of hers that I've read where nobody got laid. :)

^^^ wow I never noticed that! I was so caught up in the story.

I know, I only noticed in hindight as well.

Of her Pern books, I'd say Nerilka's Story is my favorite. Easiest to put myself into, you know?

But I also love her harder SF books, like the Crystal Singer set, or the Ship Who Sang set (brainships).
One of my favorite genre blenders is Restoree.

I stopped following the Pern series after it stopped being mostly feudal fantasy and started being SF again... I don't know, it just didn't jive with how I wanted to remember things. XD

Yay Anne McCaffery!

Yeah, I enjoyed all of her books, and the Dragonriders of Pern is one of my favorite series of all time. Personally though, I also loved the two Ireta books and the Botany Bay books.

If anyone watches spongebob here's a Patric quote "Math is Power!" and I totally agree... :XD Anywho... When I was like 13 I tried to get into the Dragons of Pern but I never did quite get into it. I should try again now that I'm older. I did however read The Freedom series. It's been quite a few years now but I really liked it. *rummages through bookcase* Yep! here it is! I think I'll reread this next month. I havn't read many of her books but what I did read I thought she was a really good author.

I really need to read the other books she's wrote, but I got a whole stack of books I need to read. Oh well, maybe later. I need to finish up the few books that I didn't read too.

I also love Ann's books.
I have a signed copy of one of her dragonflight books.

But I enjoy her Crystal Singer series quite a bit also.