Dragonflight - Introduction

[kalinara]

So for my first review for this community, I decided on Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. I have fond memories of reading Dragonflight when I was about twelve or thirteen years old. I also remember trying to read this book a few years back and finding that it wasn't quite what I remembered.

So it seemed like a good place to start.

For some context: Dragonflight is the first published book in the very popular Dragonriders of Pern series. It was written by Anne McCaffrey in 1968, and like many of her books, it's an expansion/compilation of a couple of her previously published short stories. The first of the short stories, "Weyr Search", actually made McCaffrey the first female winner of a Hugo award for fiction. The second, "Dragonrider", made her the first female winner of a Nebula award for fiction.

I can see how, for its time, Dragonflight probably was a very groundbreaking novel. But I'm not reviewing this book based on how fair it was for its time. I'm reviewing this book from the perspective of an adult in 2018. Basically, does Dragonflight pass the test of time, for me?

We'll find out.

( The Introduction of the Book )