• Dragonflight

  • Dragonriders of Pern, Book 1
  • By: Anne McCaffrey
  • Narrated by: Dick Hill
  • Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (6,283 ratings)

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Dragonflight

By: Anne McCaffrey
Narrated by: Dick Hill
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On the beautiful planet Pern, colonized for centuries, Land Holders and Craftsmen have traditionally tithed food and supplies to the dragonweyrs to which they are bound. In times past, the mighty telepathic dragons and their riders were the only protection from the dreaded, life-threatening Thread.

But it has been over 400 years since the last Threadfall, and some people have come to doubt that the menace will every strike again. But F'lar, rider of Pern's greatest bronze dragon, has no such illusions. The Red Star is near; Thread will fall soon.

Book another flight with the Dragonriders of Pern.
©1968 Anne McCaffrey (P)1993 Brilliance Audio

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listened to this book & series at least 12+ times.

excellent narration. Great use of voice changes and inflection. I would deffinatly listen to him again.

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blast from the past

I love hearing these stories again. as a boy my father world read to me for bedtime.

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A wonderful beginning to the 9th pass

Always a pleasure to hear the voice of Pern in Dick Hill narrating.

The master Harper of Pern should be enjoyed before this for more in depth pre-pass lore.

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First published, first in our hearts

Loved it. Dick Hill is a narration God, and performs well. I also love hearing the story rather than just reading it. Listening to these stories is how I spend time with my wife, and we both enjoyed hearing this story again.

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Humanity, warts and all!!

Wonderful! It takes all kinds to
Make a real world seem real to strangers ignorant of everything inside an authors
Mind. I read these books years ago and still enjoy meeting the characters again. Trying to get my grandchildren to read them now. Maybe I’ll buy them all Audible memberships and the first three books for Christmas.
All 8 are in their 20’s now. They might like a bit of escapism right about now!

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Awesome Book!

I have always loved The Dragon Riders of Pern (DragonFlight)! I have read it many times. I love being able to hear it!
The narrator did a great job with the voices of every character.
I would definitely recommend this Audible.

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Anne McCaffrey's DRAGON FLIGHT

A wonderful time LISTENING to one of my favorite fantasy books. Dragon Flight is the book that brought me into a life long love of the fantasy genre.

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Pandemic mold

What a perfect time to review this tale! Specific courage to face a scourge that threatens life, the global economy and inspires hero’s and technology to struggle for solutions to ancient problems despite politics and avarice— The voice of the characters and dragons help us remember we are in this together. Well done.

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Dragonflight

This was a reread and I thoroughly enjoyed this book again. I love these characters and the story.

Lessa is such a strong female protagonist. I love her boldness and stubbornness. She does make some rash decisions, but over all she is a fantastic character. I love the Weyr leader, F'lar and his brother F'lon. Robinton shows up in these books and he is such a great character. The story itself is fantastic.

It has been 400 turns since the last threadfall and the holders and residents of Pern have decided that thread will never fall again. They will not tithe the Weyrs as has been their duty and there is a huge amount of animosity towards the Weyrs. Also, there is only one Weyr left on Pern when there should be seven. There is not enough dragons to fight thread during the new interval of Threadfall that will continue for 50 years.

Lessa attempts a huge feat that will save Pern during the thread pass that is just beginning. I absolutely love her character and her relationship with her dragon. I also love the relationship between herself and the Weyr leader F'Lan. She is brave, strong and bold; everything that a Weyr woman should be.

This is such a great series and I am enjoying reading it again in chronological order. I am now at the books that I truly love though. The others were good, but not like this one and the ones to come. It has been a long time since I have read them, but they are just as good now as they were when I first read them.

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I still love this story!

I read most of McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern books more than 30 years ago and found them engrossing and a welcome escape from reality. On a whim I decided to listen to Dragonflight and I still find it engrossing and still a way to escape reality - this time that reality is rush hour! That escape is definitely a must. I'm really glad I followed that whim; now, when I need another break I'll be looking for another Dragonriders of Pern story.

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