The White Dragon
by Anne McCaffrey
Taste attributes: science fictionfantasyadventureimaginarylinearglossybig & variedcoming of ageunderdog triumphsfish out of water/culture clash
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and polished: a science-fiction novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
On the planet Pern, which was colonised hundreds of years ago by Earth folk looking for a more agrarian lifestyle, "dragons" help humans to fight a deadly Thread that falls from a neighbouring planet as it cycles past once every couple of hundred years. When dragons hatch, each gold (the Queen), bronze, blue or green dragon makes a telepathic connection with a child, and they beome inseparable.
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- Author
- Anne McCaffrey
- Published
- 1978
- Pages
- 468
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- Open Library
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