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A review by leventmolla
The Dolphins of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
4.0
This Pern novel from Anne McCaffrey is partially overlapping with All the Weyrs of Pern in terms of the period it covers. The previous book told the story of how the Pernese found Aivas, a forgotten Artificial Intelligence system left from the early settlement and how they developed a method to end Threadfall for good.
This book starts around the time Aivas has been discovered and tells the story of how dolphins were (re-)discovered in Pern and how the human settlements organised themselves to re-introduce the mutual help between dolphins and men. Dolphins were actually referred to indirectly in the earlier books and called "shipfish", creatures who allegedly helped human in distress in the sea.
As frequently encountered in earlier books, this one is also telling the story of the personal development of a Pernese boy (Readis) and how he develops an affinity to these wonderful creatures. It is in a sense a "side story", since Al the Weyrs of Pern more or less concluded the long story arc of dragons and threadfall, but McCaffrey manages to introduce more interesting materials and keeps the Pern saga alive with this book.
This book starts around the time Aivas has been discovered and tells the story of how dolphins were (re-)discovered in Pern and how the human settlements organised themselves to re-introduce the mutual help between dolphins and men. Dolphins were actually referred to indirectly in the earlier books and called "shipfish", creatures who allegedly helped human in distress in the sea.
As frequently encountered in earlier books, this one is also telling the story of the personal development of a Pernese boy (Readis) and how he develops an affinity to these wonderful creatures. It is in a sense a "side story", since Al the Weyrs of Pern more or less concluded the long story arc of dragons and threadfall, but McCaffrey manages to introduce more interesting materials and keeps the Pern saga alive with this book.