![]() Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book that reminds you of your childhood. Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern, by Anne McCaffrey. I grew up reading about the dragonriders, harpers, and other inhabitants of Pern. Although this is a prequel, set centuries before the Dragonriders of Pern and Harpercraft Hall trilogies, the culture seems less sexist: the dragonladies ride alongside the men, armed with flamethrowers to destroy the deadly "thread" that rains down on the planet. There's a prologue that explains some of how Pern's culture and the dragon riders came to be, and the story itself explains why certain certain important facts were unknown to the later dragonriders. The story is about a pandemic, so you could say I picked the wrong time to read it, but that's not McCaffrey's fault - the book was written in 1983. The Pernese people are mostly a lot more rational than our world's: they want vaccine, and mostly listen to the healers around quarantines and other protective measures. McCaffrey's world building is always amazing, and there's a touch of romance that I enjoyed. Unfortunately, the story itself has a lot of repetition, with characters telling each other things the reader already knows. The ending has a stunning, moving twist - but it takes a long time to get there.
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