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Dragonsinger

By: Anne McCaffrey
Narrated by: Adrienne Barbeau
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Publisher's summary

Menolly needs more than music's power in the second book in the Harper Hall trilogy, set within science fiction legend Anne McCaffrey's beloved and best-selling Dragonriders of Pern series.

Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper and quickly learns that more is required than knowledge of music and a clever way with words. The Masterharper gives her a difficult time simply because she is a young woman, and she manages to alienate more of her fellow harpers than she makes friends. Menolly must rise up and prove that a woman is just as capable as any of her male fellow students - and if she can, she will shape the future of Pern.

©1977 Anne McCaffrey (P)1992, 2016 Dove Audio, Phoenix Books

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okay

narrative didn't seem complete. narrator didn't impress. reading the book was much better. would not recommend.

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The Harper Hall of PERN is a lovely trilagy.

One of my favorite "sets" of the PERN novels. McCaffrey continues to give you a world so believable! The characters become good friends. the narrator is great.

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too many parts of book skipped. background noise

wish I could return this audiobook in exchange for different version of same book. there was a lot of distracti g noise in background. Also, too much of the book was left out. wish the would have stated that this was not an unabridged version before I had purchased thos audiobook.

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a wonderful, stirring story. good for all ages.

if you love the main series, you Will love the story as it unfolds in these 3 books. read and enjoy.

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Abridged version

This is an old, oft read favorite so I wasn’t thrilled to realize it was abridged. I actually had to slow down the narration for the first time too and it is very woodenly read. Not a good of job

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This is an abridged version. I know the book well and was very disappointed to find several passages abruptly shortened. And Adrienne Barbeau may be a fine actress but she's a terrible narrator.

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Not the whole book

This audio version is only snippets from each chapter of the book, not the whole book. I got it to listen to while driving and it's missing quite a few events from the books. Total let down.

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Abridged version

An abridged version, but there's nothing in the description to make that clear. I feel cheated.

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narrator spoke to quickly.

I wasn't fond of this narrator. she spoke too quickly and didn't have as much inflection as the other narrator I believe her name was Sally I would definitely buy the other one in the future

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