The white dragon
The third volume in a series of adventures in the land of Pern.
| Main Author: | McCaffrey, Anne |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Published: |
New York :
Del Rey Books,
1986.
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| Series: |
Dragonriders of Pern
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
The third volume in a series of adventures in the land of Pern. Jaxom, a rebellious youth, and Ruth, his white dragon, fly into another time to retrieve the queen's stolen egg, thereby averting a dragonrider war, and find their planet threatened once again by a Threadfall. |
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| Physical Description: |
441 pages |
| ISBN: |
9780345341679 0345341678 |
| Author Notes: |
Her first publication was a short story in Science Fiction Magazine, and her first novel, Restoree, was published in 1967. She is a well-known author of over 100 books, mostly science fiction, including the Dragonriders of Pern series, the Crystal Singer series, Acorna's Children series, The Twins of Petaybee series, and Barque Cats series. She won numerous awards including the Hugo Award for Best Novella for the short story Weyr Search in 1968 and the Nebula Award for Best Novella for Dragonrider in 1969. In 2006, she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. She has also written books under the pseudonym Jody Lynn. She died of a stroke on November 21, 2011 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) |