Dragonflight (novel)
First novel in the Dragonriders of Pern series.
On the fictional planet Pern, dragonriders and their dragons share telepathic connections to combat Thread, a space-born threat, in the novel Dragonflight.[1] Based on a subscriber poll, Locus magazine placed Dragonflight ninth in its 1987 list of 33 "All-Time Best Fantasy Novels".[2]
Quick Facts
- Author
- Anne McCaffrey
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Series
- Dragonriders of Pern
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Published
- July 1968
- Format
- Print (paperback original; 1969 hardcover)
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
Analog* science fiction magazine published two novellas that each won awards and later formed parts of Dragonflight.[3] John Schoenherr provided the illustrations for "Weyr Search", which served as the cover story for the October 1967 issue of Analog.[3] Beginning in December 1967, "Dragonrider" was released across two issues, with Schoenherr again creating the cover art.[3] In "Weyr Search", a young woman named Lessa is chosen to form a telepathic bond with a queen dragon during its hatching.[1]
John W. Campbell, editor of Analog, requested depictions of dragons battling Thread, Pern's space-originating menace, and additionally proposed incorporating time travel.[1]
What the cited sources add
"Weyr Search" won the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Novella, voted by members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention.[4] "Dragonrider" won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1969, voted annually by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.[4] When McCaffrey received the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1999 for her lasting impact on teen literature, the American Library Association pointed to her first two Pern trilogies.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Dragonflight (novel)" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dragonflight (novel)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1987 Locus All-time Poll", Locus (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dragonflight (novel)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Weyr Search", ISFDB; "Dragonrider", ISFDB (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dragonflight (novel)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Hugo Nominees List", The Locus Index to SF Awards, 2010; "Nebula Nominees List", The Locus Index to SF Awards, 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dragonflight (novel)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "1999 Margaret A. Edwards Award Winners", Young Adult Library Services Association, December 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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