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4) Dragonsdawn
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When the deadly silver "threadfall" from an orbiting comet threatens to destroy the thriving human colony on the otherwise hospitable planet Pern, scientists and genetic engineers undertake a bold and risky experiment to change the tiny dragon-like winged reptiles called fire lizards into allies for mutual survival.
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[1993]
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"Once upon a time, a long time ago, even before the classic novel Dragonflight was written, a story was published. It was called "Weyr Search" and it introduced to the world the incredible Dragonriders of Pern. Now, Anne McCaffrey celebrates a quarter-century of dragons and dragonriders as she returns to the form that started it all: the first-ever Pern short-story collection!" "Let the queen of dragons herself take you back to the earliest days of...
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For generations, the dragonriders had dedicated their lives to fighting Thread, the dreaded spores that rained from the sky to ravage the land. Now, for the first time, their dream to eradicate Thread could possibly come true as they uncovered the ancient colonist's voice-activated artificial intelligence system which still functioned and instructed them on how to annihilate Thread.
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“[Anne] McCaffrey here adds yet another dimension to her colorful and vivid saga by focusing on the attractive dolphins and their highly believable society.”—Publishers Weekly
When the first humans came to settle the planet Pern, they did not come alone: intelligence-enhanced dolphins also crossed the stars to colonize Pern’s oceans while their human partners settled the vast continents. But then disaster