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Available
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Series
Publication
Del Rey (1991), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 404 pages
Description
Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML:�??When McCaffrey's beloved dragons roar and their riders soar on the beasts' mighty backs . . . fans of Pern will likely be enthralled.�?��??Publishers Weekly For generations, the dragonriders had dedicated their lives to fighting Thread, the dreaded spores that periodically rained from the sky to ravage the land. On the backs of their magnificent telepathic dragons they flew to flame the deadly stuff out of the air before it could reach the planet's surface. But the greatest dream of the dragonriders was to find a way to eradicate Thread completely, so that never again would their beloved Pern be threatened with destruction. Now, for the first time, it looks as if that dream can come true. For when the people of Pern, led by Masterharper Robinton and F'lar and Lessa, Weyrleader and Weyrwoman of Bendon Weyr, excavate the ancient remains of the planet's original settlement, they uncover the colonists' voice-activated artificial intelligence system�??which still functions. And the computer has incredible news for them: There is a chance�??a good chance�??that they can, at long last, annihilate Thread… (more)
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LibraryThing member maita
One of my favorites from the Pern Chronicles, All the Weyrs of Pern is a classic.
Thread must be stopped. AIVAS, the AI computer Jaxom and his friends found in Landing may have the solution. F'lar is willing to take the chance, so is Jaxom and Ruth. Are the rest of Pern willing?
It will take All the
I love it. I love Ruth. The ending makes me sad though.
Thread must be stopped. AIVAS, the AI computer Jaxom and his friends found in Landing may have the solution. F'lar is willing to take the chance, so is Jaxom and Ruth. Are the rest of Pern willing?
It will take All the
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Weyrs of Pern to rid of the threat called Thread forever.I love it. I love Ruth. The ending makes me sad though.
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LibraryThing member MeriJenBen
After the discovery of an advanced Artificial Intelligence created by the original space-fairing colonists of Pern, the members of the present feudal-style society must relearn lost scientific skills in order to remove the threat of Thread from Pern forever. The 11th book in the Pern series.
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been a very long time since I've read any Pern novels, although I used to be a devotee of the series. I re-read this one this weekend, because I forgot to bring another book to my Mom's house with me. As I recall, this was the last Pern book I read, and it nicely wrapped up the series for me, although more books have been published. It holds up, although I remember being upset about the "dragons from space" aspect that pushed my favorite fantasy series over into sci-fi. Since it's probably been at least 10 years since my last Pern book, I had a hard time remembering why some of these people are important, but I remembered the main characters well enough that the details didn't matter. Show Less
LibraryThing member seewaoffawa
Absolutely loved this book. I've read it dozens of times and I still always cry at the end when... ah, but I won't spoil it. This one brings the people of Pern back into contact with their past and leads to a final solution for the problem of Thread and the Red Star.
LibraryThing member soccermom4no7
I loved this book. Anne McCaffrey has done a terrific job of combining the traditional elements of fantasy with sci fi. Her writing brought tears to my eyes for a second time (the first being Moreta). Anne is able to get her readers invested in the characters even if some of them are new to the
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series. This is one of my most favorite series. I first read these books when I was in 7th grade and they still hold joy and fascination for me several decades later. Show Less
LibraryThing member gypsysmom
This book follows The Renegades of Pern in the Dragon Saga. In this book the inhabitants of Pern find the remains of the planet's original settlement including the computer system which still functioned. The computer had the incredible news that there was a chance that Thread could be annihilated
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LibraryThing member AngelaRenea
I really loved the way this book tired into Dragonsdawn I think it tide the story up nicely. I particularly liked the conclusion to Master Harper Robinson's story. I really found AIVAS refreshing because usually the artificial intelligence is the bad guy and trying to take over the world rather
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than trying to save it. The more I read the Pern books the more I see a wonderful story about the land even more than any one character. It did seem to go a little bit slowly in some places but overall it was a great book. I would definitely recommend this book to any fan of the Pern books. Show Less
LibraryThing member themulhern
It is hard to suspend your disbelief with these books, as some whacky dragon magic is juxtaposed w/ space ships. Some of the science was insufficiently researched. Things w/ lots of mass may be weightless in 0 gravity, but they still have all their mass, hence all their inertia. It is still
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possible to derive some pleasure from the intricacy of the story and from the adorableness of the white dragon. Next, "Dolphins of Pern"! Show Less
LibraryThing member zot79
Solid epic about ridding Pern of Thread
LibraryThing member Stevil2001
For my final Pern novel, I read All the Weyrs of Pern, which returns to the Ninth Pass of the original trilogy. It wasn't the last novel of the Ninth Pass ever written, but many people consider it the last good one, and the synopses of the later ones didn't appeal, so I was happy for it to be my
So on the one hand, I'm glad I read this. It makes a fitting end to the story of the Ninth Pass: the Pernese don't just solve the problem of the Thread in terms of imminent Threadfalls, but also solve the problem of the Thread forevermore. Plus, an enormous number of changes begin working their way through Pernese society, thanks to the technological and scientific knowledge of AIVAS. There are some neat sequences of the dragons in space and on the Red Star itself, and the book has some satisfying tie-ins to Dragonsdawn and The Chronicles of Pern.
On the other hand, the characters don't really do anything. AIVAS gives them orders, and they obey, repeat, for hundreds of pages. It never really feels like anything is in jeopardy. Some characters are opposed to the changes to Pern society, but only bad, off-stage ones; wouldn't it have been more interesting if, say, F'lar and Lessa, had been more worried about the loss of status for dragonriders in a post-Thread society? But the book is a bit of plod as the characters all work together to executive AIVAS's plan with little conflict. The use of time travel drains even more suspense: you know things are going to work out before they happen because they have to work out based on the predestination paradoxes.
It's funny to read this shortly after Dragonsdawn and Chronicles because AIVAS is so significant here, but only mentioned in a couple brief asides, not even by name, in Dragonsdawn and Chronicles. From this book it would seem indispensable to the colonists, but it doesn't do anything at all in the early books! Also I think the explanation of the Red Star and the Thread we get in this book and Dragonsdawn makes a lot more sense than what we were told about in the original trilogy. No longer do we have a planet somehow reaching through space, but a planetoid disturbing objects found in the Oort cloud. The problem, though, is this new explanation doesn't account for the fact that there is no nighttime Threadfall!
The last Pern book I want to read is the one that doesn't exist. I want to read the book where a vessel from the Federated Sentient Planets comes to the Pern system... and promptly finds itself overwhelmed by a force of teleporting firebreathing dragons tearing it apart from the inside! What would dragonriders be like as a spacegoing defense or exploration force? Where is Dragons in Space!?
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last one too. I did skip The Renegades of Pern because it also sounded dull, but this created a bit of a discontinuity, as All the Weyrs picks up right from the end of Renegades, and it's at the end of Renegades where the Pernese rediscover the original landing site of colonists and make contact with AIVAS, the computer system who guided the original colonists, but I was able to figure out what was going on without much difficulty.So on the one hand, I'm glad I read this. It makes a fitting end to the story of the Ninth Pass: the Pernese don't just solve the problem of the Thread in terms of imminent Threadfalls, but also solve the problem of the Thread forevermore. Plus, an enormous number of changes begin working their way through Pernese society, thanks to the technological and scientific knowledge of AIVAS. There are some neat sequences of the dragons in space and on the Red Star itself, and the book has some satisfying tie-ins to Dragonsdawn and The Chronicles of Pern.
On the other hand, the characters don't really do anything. AIVAS gives them orders, and they obey, repeat, for hundreds of pages. It never really feels like anything is in jeopardy. Some characters are opposed to the changes to Pern society, but only bad, off-stage ones; wouldn't it have been more interesting if, say, F'lar and Lessa, had been more worried about the loss of status for dragonriders in a post-Thread society? But the book is a bit of plod as the characters all work together to executive AIVAS's plan with little conflict. The use of time travel drains even more suspense: you know things are going to work out before they happen because they have to work out based on the predestination paradoxes.
It's funny to read this shortly after Dragonsdawn and Chronicles because AIVAS is so significant here, but only mentioned in a couple brief asides, not even by name, in Dragonsdawn and Chronicles. From this book it would seem indispensable to the colonists, but it doesn't do anything at all in the early books! Also I think the explanation of the Red Star and the Thread we get in this book and Dragonsdawn makes a lot more sense than what we were told about in the original trilogy. No longer do we have a planet somehow reaching through space, but a planetoid disturbing objects found in the Oort cloud. The problem, though, is this new explanation doesn't account for the fact that there is no nighttime Threadfall!
The last Pern book I want to read is the one that doesn't exist. I want to read the book where a vessel from the Federated Sentient Planets comes to the Pern system... and promptly finds itself overwhelmed by a force of teleporting firebreathing dragons tearing it apart from the inside! What would dragonriders be like as a spacegoing defense or exploration force? Where is Dragons in Space!?
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Awards
Hugo Award (Nominee — Novel — 1992)
Original publication date
1991
Physical description
404 p.; 9.2 inches
ISBN
0345368924 / 9780345368928