Perne?czycy maj? problem — ich smoki si? starzej?. Trwaj? wi?c dyskusje nad ochron? gatunku i w ko?cu zapada decyzja. Je?dzcy wykradaj? jajo smoczycy Ramoth i umieszczaj? je w przeszlo?ci, chc?c w ten spos?b zapewni? sobie przetrwanie smoczego rodu. Nie wiedz? jednak, ?e podejmuj?c si? tego ryzykownego czynu, sprowadzaj? na siebie niebezpiecze?stwo, kt?re trudno by?o przewidzie?. W starciu z nowym problemem potrzebna b?dzie im i odwaga i spryt.
Once again Pern was in danger. The air trembled with Threadfall, and the holds seethed with rebellion. The Wily young Piemur, his singing ended by a change of voice, was given a new assignment by the Master Harper. On a bold mission to the Southern Hold, he would learn the Oldtimers’ secret and help Pern rediscover it’s lost heritage.
Menolly arrived in triumph at the Harper Hall, aboard a bronze dragon. She had run away from home and lived in a cave, outrun the dread Threadfall, impressed nine fire lizards and written songs that pleased the Masterharper of Pern. But what was her future at the hall to be? It seemed she was always late or her fire lizards under foot, and why didn’t any of the other girls like her? Now that there was nothing to keep her from her beloved music and fire lizards, could Menolly learn to live among others, realize her talent and find her rightful place in the future of Pern?
Menolly, a young fisher’s daughter, had dreamed all her life of learning the Harper’s craft. When her stern father denied Menolly’s destiny, she fled Half Circle Hold just as Pern was struck again by the deadly danger of Threadfall, the killing ropes of death that fell from a nearby star. Taking shelter in a cave by the sea, Menolly made a miraculous discovery that insured her a new home among the master musicians of Pern’s Harper Hall.
La prima parte del “Volo di drago”.Vincitore del premio Hugo per il miglior romanzo breve in 1968.Nominato per il premio Nebula il miglior romanzo breve in 1968.
Moreta, m?oda w?adczyni Fortu Weyr, udaje si? na Zgromadzenie organizowane w Warowni Ruatha zarz?dzanej przez Lorda Alessana. Jednak radosny nastr?j hucznych uroczysto?ci przerywa tajemnicza zaraza, kt?ra najpierw dziesi?tkuj? biegusy, lecz wkr?tce zabija tak?e ludzi. Ca?y Pern znajduje si? w ?miertelnym niebezpiecze?stwie. Moreta podejmuje heroiczn? pr?b? powstrzymania epidemii…
The tale of an ambitious young girl struck down by an alien disease who straps on a spaceship and continues her archeological searches among the stars.Selected by the New York Public Library for their 1993 Books for the Teen Age list of the year's best YA books."A perfect combination of SF, adventure, and romance...." Starred review in Kliatt.
La trilogia dei «Dragonieri di Pern», di cui «Volo di Drago» ? la prima parte, ? uno dei pi? interessanti cicli narrativi che la fantascienza ha prodotto in questi ultimi anni nel suo sforzo di rinnovamento interno, tematico e stilistico; ? il tentativo ad ampio respiro di creare «ex novo» una mitologia complessa e coordinata, che non sia un semplice adattamento di mitologie «terrestri».Esso ? dovuto ad un nome nuovo, lanciato da John Campbell sulle pagine di «Analog», Anne McCaffrey, che si rivela scrittrice sensibile, originale e dalle notevoli doti letterarie. Sia i lettori che i critici statunitensi hanno testimoniato illoro ...
Perne?czycy odkrywaj? miejsce, w kt?rym wyl?dowali pierwsi osadnicy. znajduj? tak komputer, kt?rego banki pami?ci umo?liwiaj? zapoznanie si? z histori? przodk?w, technologi? i nauk?, jak? dysponowali. Urz?dzenie oferuje pomoc w zniszczeniu Nici. Niebawem jednak okazuje si?, ?e nie jest to takie proste…
