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| Author | Anne McCaffrey |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Dragonriders of Pern |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Del Rey |
Publication date | August 1989 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 367 |
| ISBN | 0-345-36286-1 |
| OCLC | 20360339 |
| Preceded by | Nerilka's Story |
| Followed by | Renegades of Pern |
Dragonsdawn is a science fiction novel in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. It was first published in 1989.
While the Dragonriders of Pern series is recognized as science fiction (due to its origin discussing the nature of the star Rukbat and its planetary system), many of its elements in the earlier books were primarily fantasy in origin. Dragonsdawn clearly establishes the science fiction nature of the series by defining the science behind Anne McCaffrey's dragons. The novel also retcons the Pern timeline by detailing the development of dragons by the first generation of colonists whereas the previous books had mentioned the development occurred later.
Plot Summary
The planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists—seeking to return to an agrarian-based simpler way of life, Admiral Paul Benden, Governor Emily Boll and the rest of the colonists had selected Pern as a place to leave their recent wars and troubles behind. Shortly after arriving on the planet, however, a new threat appeared - Thread.
With time running out and the colony's destruction imminent, geneticist Kitti Ping Yung and her daughter Wind Blossom set out to bio-engineer Pernese lifeforms that appear to instinctively react to the Thread - the dragonets that colonists have adopted as pets. In order to ensure the survival of the newly designed species, as well as reduce the possible threat they may have to the colonists by going rogue, they are created with an ability to bond with humans. By the end of the book, Sorka Hanrahan and Sean Connell and a few other young colonists become the first of the dragonriders.
Themes
- Food
- Childbirth (both human and dragon, both literal and metaphoric)
Trivia
- Published in the UK by Bantam Press in 1988 as Dragonsdawn: The First Chronicles of the Colony of Pern.
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