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Rereading or reading Pern for the first time? I got you!
As both a science fiction AND a fantasy series, the Pern books can get just a bit complicated to untangle. It doesn't help that the recommended reading order has changed over the years as new books came out. So I wanted to create a reading list with notes on their dates (see these by clicking the little "i" info button), but as close to the recommended reading order as possible. The reading list will follow that order however, see the following links for more info on both the reading and chronological orders.
As both a science fiction AND a fantasy series, the Pern books can get just a bit complicated to untangle. It doesn't help that the recommended reading order has changed over the years as new books came out. So I wanted to create a reading list with notes on their dates (see these by clicking the little "i" info button), but as close to the recommended reading order as possible. The reading list will follow that order however, see the following links for more info on both the reading and chronological orders.
- "Dragonriders of Pern" - How to Read Me
- List of Pern Books - Wikipedia
- Dragonriders of Pern Overview - Wikipedia
Note: I originally created this before book specific prompts came in. If you'd like to find the original, you can find it linked here.
Challenge Books
1
Dragonflight
Anne McCaffrey
Ninth Pass: Just before and during the Ninth Pass, about 2500 years after landing.
1
Dragonquest
Anne McCaffrey
Ninth Pass: Just before and during the Ninth Pass, about 2500 years after landing.
3
Dragonsong
Anne McCaffrey
Ninth Pass: during Dragonquest, closing almost simultaneously
First in the Harper Hall Trilogy
First in the Harper Hall Trilogy
4
Dragonsinger
Anne McCaffrey
Ninth Pass: during seven days following Dragonsong
5
The White Dragon
Anne McCaffrey
Ninth Pass: incorporating the short story A Time When (1975)
Originally published as Dragonriders of Pern #3 when they were still just a trilogy.
Originally published as Dragonriders of Pern #3 when they were still just a trilogy.
6
Dragondrums, Volume 3
Anne McCaffrey
Ninth Pass: closing before the end of The White Dragon
7
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
Anne McCaffrey
Late in the Sixth Pass, about 1550 years after landing.
8
Nerilka's Story & The Coelura
Anne McCaffrey
Late in the Sixth Pass, coincident with Moreta
9
Dragonsdawn
Anne McCaffrey
First Pass: These stories are set before and during the First Pass, from just before settlers landed on Pern until about fifty years afterward (0 to 50 AL).
"Landing" (0 to 2 AL)
"Landing" (0 to 2 AL)
"Thread" (8 AL)
"Crossing" (8 to 9 AL)
10
The Renegades of Pern
Anne McCaffrey
Ninth Pass
11
All the Weyrs of Pern
Anne McCaffrey
Ninth Pass
12
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
Anne McCaffrey
First Pass: These stories are set before and during the First Pass, from just before settlers landed on Pern until about fifty years afterward (0 to 50 AL).
Except "The Survey: P.E.R.N." - The planet Rukbat 3 was surveyed about 200 years before settlement ("Landing").
Except "The Survey: P.E.R.N." - The planet Rukbat 3 was surveyed about 200 years before settlement ("Landing").