Series Guide

The Dragonriders of Pern

by Anne McCaffrey

McCaffrey's lost colony where genetically engineered dragons and their telepathically bonded riders burn the deadly Thread from the skies — science fiction wearing fantasy's wings.

In the Guide

Dragonflight

1968 · book 1

Built from the Hugo-winning 'Weyr Search' (the first fiction Hugo awarded a woman) and the Nebula-winning 'Dragonrider'; the founding novel of one of SF's best-loved series and the modern dragon-bond tradition entire.

The White Dragon

1978 · book 3

One of the first SF hardcovers ever to reach the New York Times bestseller list, announcing that the genre's readership had become a mass market — with a woman at the front of it.