Dragonsdawn
About this book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Go back in time and visit Pern like it’s never been seen before in this thrilling prequel about the creation of dragons.   The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists—until unimaginable terror turned it into hell. Suddenly deadly spores were falling like silver threads from the sky, devouring everything—and everyone—on their path. It began to look as if the colony, cut off from Earth and lacking the resources to combat the menace, was doomed.   Then some of the colonists noticed that the small, dragonlike lizards that inhabited their new world were joining the fight against Thread, breathing fire on it and teleporting to safety. If only, they thought, the dragonets were big enough for a human to ride and intelligent enough to work as a team with a rider…   And so they set their most talented geneticist to work to create the creatures Pern so desperately needed—Dragons!
Reader Profile
4.2/5 · 42104 readers · 435 pages · ≈ 8 h 03 m · Moderate
What order should I read the Dragonriders of Pern series?
Read Dragonsdawn first, then follow the publication order above — Dragonflight, then Dragonquest, then Dragonsong, then Dragonsinger, then The White Dragon, then Moreta, then Nerilka's Story, then Dragon Harper.
How long does it take to read Dragonsdawn?
About ≈ 8 h 03 m — 435 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Dragonsdawn?
435 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Dragonsdawn?
It sits on the Science Fiction, Fiction shelves.
Is Dragonsdawn in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Dragonsdawn?
Anne McCaffrey.
Dragonriders of Pern — reading order
- → Dragonsdawn (1988) you are here
- 1 Dragonflight (1968)
- 2 Dragonquest (1971)
- 3 Dragonsong (1976)
- 4 Dragonsinger (1977)
- 5 The White Dragon (1978)
- 6 Moreta (1983)
- 7 Nerilka's Story (1986)
- 8 Dragon Harper (1987)