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Anne McCaffrey was a prominent Irish author best known for her any fantasy novels. These include many in the Dragonriders of Pern series. She was active in writing from 1967 up to her death in 2011.
Order of Dragonriders of Pern Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dragonflight | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dragonquest | 1971 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Dragonsong | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Dragonsinger | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Smallest Dragonboy | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The White Dragon | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Dragondrums | 1979 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Nerilka's Story | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Dragonsdawn | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
11 | The Renegades of Pern | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
12 | All the Weyrs of Pern | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
13 | The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Dolphins of Pern | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Red Star Rising / Dragonseye | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
16 | The Masterharper of Pern | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The Skies of Pern | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
18 | A Gift of Dragons | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Dragon's Kin | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Beyond Between | 2003 | Novella found in Legends II anthology. | |
21 | Dragonsblood | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Dragon's Fire | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Dragon Harper | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Dragonheart | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Dragon Girl | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Dragon's Time | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Sky Dragons | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Dragon's Code | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Chronological Order of Dragonriders of Pern Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dragonsdawn | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Dragonsblood | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Red Star Rising / Dragonseye | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Dragon's Kin | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Dragon's Fire | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Dragon Harper | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Dragonheart | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Dragon Girl | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Dragon's Time | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Sky Dragons | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Beyond Between | 2003 | Novella found in Legends II anthology. | |
14 | Nerilka's Story | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
15 | The Masterharper of Pern | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Dragonflight | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Dragonquest | 1971 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Dragonsong | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Dragonsinger | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Dragondrums | 1979 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Dragon's Code | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
22 | The Smallest Dragonboy | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
23 | The White Dragon | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
24 | A Gift of Dragons | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
25 | The Renegades of Pern | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
26 | All the Weyrs of Pern | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
27 | The Dolphins of Pern | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
28 | The Skies of Pern | 2001 | Description / Buy |
Order of New Adventures of Pern Series with Todd J. McCaffrey
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dragon's Kin | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dragon's Fire | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Dragon Harper | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Dragon's Time | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Sky Dragons | 2011 | Description / Buy |
Order of Acorna Series with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Margaret Ball
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Acorna: The Unicorn Girl | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Acorna's Quest | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Acorna's People | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Acorna's World | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Acorna's Search | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Acorna's Rebels | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Acorna's Triumph | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
8 | First Warning: Acorna's Children | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Second Wave: Acorna's Children | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Third Watch: Acorna's Children | 2007 | Description / Buy |
Order of Acorna's Children Series with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | First Warning: Acorna's Children | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Second Wave: Acorna's Children | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Third Watch: Acorna's Children | 2007 | Description / Buy |
Order of Brainship Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Ship Who Sang | 1969 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Ship Who Searched | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
3 | PartnerShip | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The City Who Fought | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Ship Who Won | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Ship Errant | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Ship Avenged | 1997 | Description / Buy |
Order of Crystal Universe Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Coelura | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Nimisha's Ship | 1998 | Description / Buy |
Order of Crystal Singer Trilogy Series with
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Crystal Singer | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Killashandra | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Crystal Line | 1992 | Description / Buy |
Order of Dinosaur Planet Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dinosaur Planet | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dinosaur Planet Survivors | 1984 | Description / Buy |
Order of Doona Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Decision at Doona | 1969 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Crisis on Doona | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Treaty at Doona / Treaty Planet | 1994 | Description / Buy |
Order of Freedom Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Freedom's Landing | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Freedom's Choice | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Freedom's Challenge | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Freedom's Ransom | 2002 | Description / Buy |
Order of Harper Hall of Pern Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dragonsong | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dragonsinger | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Dragondrums | 1979 | Description / Buy |
Order of Petaybee/Powers Trilogy Series with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Powers That Be | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Power Lines | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Power Play | 1995 | Description / Buy |
Order of Planet Pirates Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Sassinak | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Death of Sleep | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Generation Warriors | 1991 | Description / Buy |
Chronological Order of Planet Pirates Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Death of Sleep | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Sassinak | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Generation Warriors | 1991 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Talent Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | To Ride Pegasus | 1973 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Pegasus in Flight | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Pegasus in Space | 2000 | Description / Buy |
Order of Tales of the Barque Cats Series with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Catalyst | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Catacombs | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of The Tower and Hive Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Rowan | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Damia | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Damia's Children | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Lyon's Pride | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Tower and the Hive | 1999 | Description / Buy |
Order of Twins of Petaybee Series with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Changelings | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Maelstrom | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Deluge | 2007 | Description / Buy |
Order of Three Women Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Ring of Fear | 1971 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Kilternan Legacy | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Three Women | 1990 | Description / Buy |
Order of Anne McCaffrey Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Restoree | 1967 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Mark of Merlin | 1971 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Stitch in Snow | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Year of the Lucy | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Lady | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
6 | An Exchange Of Gifts | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
7 | No One Noticed the Cat | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
8 | If Wishes Were Horses (Short Story) | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Black Horses for the King | 1998 | Description / Buy |
Order of Anne McCaffrey Short Stories/Novellas
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | A Time When | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Duty Calls | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Rescue Run | 1991 | Description / Buy |
Order of Anne McCaffrey Short Story Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Get Off the Unicorn | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Future love | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Habit is an old horse (Short Story) | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Girl Who Heard Dragons | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
5 | A Gift of Dragons | 2002 | Description / Buy |
Order of Anne McCaffrey Non-Fiction
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Cooking Out Of This World | 1973 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Atlas of Pern | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
3 | A Diversity of Dragons | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Serve It Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey | 1996 | Description / Buy |
Order of Legends Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Legends | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Legends 3 | 1999 | Description / Buy |
Order of L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
2 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
3 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
4 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
5 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
6 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
7 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
8 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 9 | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
9 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 (Short Story) | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
10 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
11 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
12 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
13 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
14 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
15 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
16 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
17 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
18 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
19 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
20 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
21 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
22 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
23 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
24 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
25 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 27 | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
26 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
27 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
28 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
29 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
30 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
31 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
32 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
33 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
34 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
35 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
36 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
37 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
38 | L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future, Vol. 40 | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Anne McCaffrey Graphic Novels with Brynne Stephens
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dragonflight #1 (Short Story) | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dragonflight #2 | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Dragonflight #3 | 1993 | Description / Buy |
Order of Brynne Stephens Graphic Novels with Brynne Stephens
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Dragonflight #1 (Short Story) | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Dragonflight #2 | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Dragonflight #3 | 1993 | Description / Buy |
Anne McCaffrey Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1967 | 1967 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Analog 7 | 1969 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, March 1969 | 1969 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Alchemy and Academe | 1970 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Young Demons | 1972 | Description / Buy | |
6 | More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Vol. 2 | 1973 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Ten Tomorrows | 1973 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Demon Kind | 1973 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Continuum 2 | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Continuum 1 | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Dragon Tales | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Science Fiction A to Z | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Moonsinger's Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Carmen Miranda's Ghost is Haunting Space Station Three | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Once Upon a Time | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Cats in Space... and Other Places | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Confederacy of the Dead | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
20 | The Ultimate Alien | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
21 | The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Space Opera | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Lightspeed Magazine, April 2011 | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Runner of Pern | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Mothers and Daughters | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Far Horizons | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
28 | On Dragonwings | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Emerald Eye | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Dancing with the Dark | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Federations | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
32 | The Fleet | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Lightspeed: Year One | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Women of Futures Past | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
35 | Infinite Stars | 2017 | Description / Buy |
Born in Massachusetts, McCaffrey was raised by parents of Irish and English descent. A graduate of Radcliffe College, she was particularly interested in classic works and histories. She started writing in the 1950s and had a few short stories published. She was interested in stories about fantasy and understanding the future. She particularly worked as a secretary and treasurer of the Science Fiction Writers of America in the late 1960s.
Over the years McCaffrey created a variety of book series including the Dragonriders of Pern series and the Talents and Acrona series. Many of her works were written alongside her son Todd McCaffrey and fellow writer Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. The Dragonriders of Pern series is particularly famous for highlighting a pre-industrial community that uses many fire-breathing dragons to defend its land.
McCaffrey died in 2011 after more than twenty books in the Dragonriders series were written. Todd McCaffrey continues to work on the series to this day. It continues to be a popular series and has especially taken on a new life as the Game of Thrones series and other fantasy novels have become rather popular in pop culture in recent time.
Anne McCaffrey Awards
Anne McCaffrey was the first woman to win a Hugo or Nebula Award. Dragonflight, the 1968 novel that started the Dragonriders of Pern series, won both of those awards in that year. Many other books in that series, particularly the White Dragon and All the Weyrs of Pern, were Hugo award finalists.
In 1999, McCaffrey received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association. The award is a lifetime achievement honor given to those who write for young adults and teens. She is also enshrined in the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
Anne McCaffrey Books Into Movies
The Dragonriders of Pern series had been optioned into production for a film in the past but nothing has come out of it. The series was optioned for an animated television series in 1995 although that show was eventually redeveloped into the series Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders.
The Dragonriders series has been in development for a while although there are hopes to get a movie released in 2017 or 2018. Sarah Cornwell, an author best known for the book What I Had Before I Had You, has been signed to be the screenwriter for this film.
Best Anne McCaffrey Books
Many of the books that Anne McCaffrey has written are important to the evolution of science fiction and fantasy. Her works have especially been influential in encouraging women to check out the world of science fiction.
Dragonflight: The first book in the Dragonriders of Pern series, this 1968 novel takes place on a planet named Pern that lives on an agrarian platform. The people are forced to move after the Thread, a dangerous alien spore, rains down on their old home. This leads to the need for the people of Pern to raise dragons that can breathe fire and will protect the land. The book especially focuses on the strong links that people have to the various dragons that they have raised.
The Dolphins of Pern: The ninth book in the Dragonriders series was released in 1994. This book is about dolphins that are brought onto the planet through colonists. This brings about a need for the people of the land to work together with the dolphins in order to find a common thread between all people. This is to encourage the dolphins and others to work together to save the land.
Dinosaur Planet: This 1978 book is a story that takes place on a planet named Ireta, a planet referred to as the titular dinosaur planet. As a team from another planet visits this land, they look around to find all sorts of dinosaurs who are alive and living together. However, it is unclear as to what has caused many of these dinosaurs to thrive on this planet. To make things worse, a local tribe is out to attack the team as they have begun to explore a taste for blood and vengeance.
When Does The Next Anne McCaffrey book come out?
Anne McCaffrey doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is Sky Dragons and was released on December, 1st 2011. It is the newest book in the New Adventures of Pern Series.