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Available
Series
Collection
Publication
Del Rey (1990), 352 pages
Description
Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:“[McCaffrey is the] master of the well-told tale.”—Chicago Sun-Times As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky. In exchange for sanctuary in the huge stone fortresses, the people tithed to their Lord Holders, who in turn supported the dragonriders, Pern’s greatest weapon against Thread. But not everyone on Pern was protected. Some, like Jayge’s trader clan, simply preferred the freedom of the roads to the security of a hold. Others, like Aramina’s family, had lost their homes. Regardless of their differences, however, they all feared the outlaws who preyed on holds and holdless alike. The Lady Thella’s renegades are the most dangerous yet—all they need is Aramina, whose telepathic link with dragons can help them evade the dragonrider patrols. But Jayge is out to stop Thella . . .and he will never let her have Aramina.… (more)
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LibraryThing member nimoloth
I like Pern a lot, but I get rather confused with the timeline and history because I don't read them often or in sequence. This one however, seemed to be completely a filler novel - there was no truly consistant plot to it, and it meandered between years, characters and events seemingly at random,
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simply to bulk out The White Dragon (with which it runs concurrently) and surrounding novels. Show Less
LibraryThing member maita
Nobody believe the menace of Thread will fall in Pern again. When it did, it struck the holdless first. Holdless people are not bound to a Hold, a dwellings ruled by a lord. There people may be travelling merchants or simply castouts and runaways.
For some holdless people, they take to being
For Jayge, he stumbles upon a plot that the renegades were to do. They were going to kidnap a girl who can hear dragons so they would know when Thread falls and when a dragon would come to patrol.
Jayge rushes to rescue the girl. It takes him all around the Northern Continent and finally into the famed Benden Weyr but nothing stop Lady Holdless Thella of the renegades. He saves Aramina and brings her to Southern Continent to start a new life.
In this book, Aramina is still young but never frail. Jayge has no clue who he was to rescue but he knew he had to because it was the right thing to do. In the end, they end up loving each other and running to the South. It takes friends to help them get rid of Thella. We find our lovable characters joining them: Harper Piemur, Master Smith Jancis, Weyrleader K'van in only his pants and Heth.
With Thella defeated, the renegades now scatter.
I like this book. It's a must read for those Pern Collectors. It has tidbits of what happened during the fall and what happenes to the people the Holdbound don't bother to think of.
For some holdless people, they take to being
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renegades to earn their means.For Jayge, he stumbles upon a plot that the renegades were to do. They were going to kidnap a girl who can hear dragons so they would know when Thread falls and when a dragon would come to patrol.
Jayge rushes to rescue the girl. It takes him all around the Northern Continent and finally into the famed Benden Weyr but nothing stop Lady Holdless Thella of the renegades. He saves Aramina and brings her to Southern Continent to start a new life.
In this book, Aramina is still young but never frail. Jayge has no clue who he was to rescue but he knew he had to because it was the right thing to do. In the end, they end up loving each other and running to the South. It takes friends to help them get rid of Thella. We find our lovable characters joining them: Harper Piemur, Master Smith Jancis, Weyrleader K'van in only his pants and Heth.
With Thella defeated, the renegades now scatter.
I like this book. It's a must read for those Pern Collectors. It has tidbits of what happened during the fall and what happenes to the people the Holdbound don't bother to think of.
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LibraryThing member ElementalDragon
From the prologue through to the end, this book covers a span of time from Fax beginning his conquests (just before the 9th pass) clear through to the 17th turn of the 9th pass. I don't think this would typically be too much of an issue, but this book covers at least 3 different major perspectives
The Renegades of Pern feels kind of cobbled together, compared to some of the other Pern books. It almost feels like a series of short stories due to the way it's written. I'm kind of refreshing my memory as I read through these, but it seems to me that the information provided in this book could have been presented in a different manner.
With that said, this does eventually set up the next book, All The Weyrs of Pern, and is a recommended read if you are trying to follow the 9th pass Pernese events. I just wish she would have presented this information in a different manner.
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for most of the book, and it can be quite disorienting, at times. For reference, that time span overlaps the events in Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon, Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums and the short story "The Girl Who Heard Dragons", that I can remember off the top of my head.The Renegades of Pern feels kind of cobbled together, compared to some of the other Pern books. It almost feels like a series of short stories due to the way it's written. I'm kind of refreshing my memory as I read through these, but it seems to me that the information provided in this book could have been presented in a different manner.
With that said, this does eventually set up the next book, All The Weyrs of Pern, and is a recommended read if you are trying to follow the 9th pass Pernese events. I just wish she would have presented this information in a different manner.
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LibraryThing member tivonut
I vaguely remember this books main characters, and do remember the ending, but the middle I remember as dragging a bit. Probably would have given it a 3 stars but cannot rate it without re-reading.
LibraryThing member BellaFoxx
I thought I had read all the Pern books, but I don’t remember this one. This is the same time period of “The Dragonriders of Pern” but told from the perspective of those outside of the Weyrs, the Lord Holders, those under the Lord Holders protection and those who fell between the cracks, the
While the narrative goes in a straight line chronologically, the story jumps around from one place to another, from one persons view to another and there are big jumps in time. Despite the fact that I had already read “The Dragonriders of Pern” there were many new characters in this book mixing in with the old. We get further insight to characters we already know, looking at things from their viewpoint.
If you haven’t read the other Pern books, you might find this book confusing, however, you would only need to read the first 3 books to be able to follow along with the story line and not get confused.
One thing I didn’t like in this book was how one dimensional the villain was, she wasn’t really given any kind of personality, except for being a deranged spoiled brat of a Lord Holder.
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holdless and those who preferred to be on their own, such as the traders.While the narrative goes in a straight line chronologically, the story jumps around from one place to another, from one persons view to another and there are big jumps in time. Despite the fact that I had already read “The Dragonriders of Pern” there were many new characters in this book mixing in with the old. We get further insight to characters we already know, looking at things from their viewpoint.
If you haven’t read the other Pern books, you might find this book confusing, however, you would only need to read the first 3 books to be able to follow along with the story line and not get confused.
One thing I didn’t like in this book was how one dimensional the villain was, she wasn’t really given any kind of personality, except for being a deranged spoiled brat of a Lord Holder.
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LibraryThing member AngelaRenea
This was one of the slowest of the Pern series and took a really long time to get into. I think in this case Anne McCaffrey didn't do as well with her style of jumping around in the time stream. This book seems to cover too much time and contained too many gaps that left me wondering what was going
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on more often that I would like. I didn't read the book very much though especially the exploration of the southern continent and how the new characters and their story lines connected too old characters and storylines. Show Less
LibraryThing member themulhern
McCaffrey shifts her focus from dragonriders, harpers and lord holders to the other people who live on Pern and are affected by Thread. The book covers a longer time span: it starts around the same time as "Dragonflight" and ends a bit after the end of "The White Dragon". Many events in those books
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are revisited in other books through the experiences of the newly introduced characters. The book gives more depth to some of the conflicts in the pervious books. It also reinforces the turn to science fiction, with more discoveries of the technology of the original settlers. It was good enough that I was happy to stick w/ the series, advancing to the next book, "All the Weyrs of Pern". Show Less
LibraryThing member nadineeg
Runs concurrently with the events in The White Dragon
LibraryThing member KimSalyers
couldn't get into this book
LibraryThing member KimSalyers
couldn't get into this book
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1989
Physical description
352 p.; 4.22 inches
ISBN
0345369335 / 9780345369338