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The Girl Who Heard Dragons
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5 out of 5 stars
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,418
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,150
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When the voice of Piemur, an apprentice at Harper Hall, changes, he has to leave the companionship of Master Shonagar behind. But his disappointment is soon replaced by a new challenge. He is to enter the service of the Master Harper himself as a rider of dragons. Soon, he embarks on a dangerous mission to the Southern Hold. The future of Pern hangs on his success.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds, and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta, the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr. Her dragon, Queen Orlith, would soon clutch; spring had made a glorious debut; the Gather at Ruatha Hold was extremely merry; and Moreta was enjoying the attentions of Alessan, the new Lord Holder of Ruatha Hold. Then, without warning, a runnerbeast fell ill.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Weakest Storyline So Far
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The Masterharper of Pern
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,027
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In a time when no Thread has fallen for centuries - when, indeed, many are beginning to dare to hope that Thread will never fall again - a boy is born to Harper Hall. His name is Robinton, and he is destined to be one of the most famous and beloved leaders Pern has ever known.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Young Kindan has no expectations other than joining his father in the mines of Camp Natalon, a coal mining settlement struggling to turn a profit far from the great Holds where the presence of dragons and their riders means safety and civilization. Mining is fraught with danger. Fortunately, the camp has a watch-wher, a creature distantly related to dragons and uniquely suited to specialized work in the dark, cold mineshafts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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great fiction
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5 out of 5 stars
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Discription Diffrent
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The White Dragon
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Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the daring and adventurous young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth. Pure white and incredibly agile, Ruth was a dragon of many talents, though almost everyone on Pern thought he was a runt that would never amount to anything. But Jaxom knew better.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my all time favorites!
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The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists - until unimaginable terror turned it into hell. Suddenly deadly spores were falling like silver threads from the sky, devouring everything - and everyone - in their path. It began to look as if the colony, cut off from Earth and lacking the resources to combat the menace, was doomed.
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The origin of Pern and the dragonriders
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The last time Thread attacked Pern, the world was unprepared for the fight - until the Oldtimers appeared. These courageous dragonriders arrived from the past, traveling 400 years to help their descendants survive. But the collision of past and present took its toll. While most of the displaced rescuers adapted to their new reality, others could not abide the jarring change and found themselves in soul-crushing exile, where unhappiness and resentment seethed.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good for a single read
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Leadership of these dragons and riders falls to Xhinna, female rider of a blue dragon, who must earn the respect of all who follow her and solve the problem of how to get sufficient numbers of dragon eggs, all while protecting her people and baby dragons from the predators, and worse, traitors!
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very epic story
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Life in the Harper Hall is busy for best friends Kindan, Nonala, and Kelsa. As the only female apprentices, Nonala and Kelsa are the butt of jokes and easy targets for the bully Vaxoram and his cronies. But when Kindan springs to Kelsa's defense, he winds up in a fight for his life against the older, bigger Vaxoram - a fight that will lead to a surprising friendship. Then fate intervenes in the form of a virulent plague as fast-spreading as it is deadly.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Mixed feelings
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Dragon's Fire
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 439
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5 out of 5 stars
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Glad this story is going on
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Dragonsong is the spellbinding tale of Menolly of Half Circle Hold, a brave young girl who flees her seaside village and discovers the legendary fire lizards of Pern. All her life, Menolly has longed to learn the ancient secrets of the Harpers, the master musicians of Harper Hall. When her stern father denies her the chance to make her dream come true, Menolly runs away from home. Hiding in a cave by the sea, she finds nine magical fire lizards who join her on a breathtaking journey to Harper Hall.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Grandma tells a story
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Asia W
- 06-02-10
UMM Is this A Mistake??
Like a previous reviewer stated the narration is wonderful!!! However the story is cut off midway and goes into another story about a young lady who wants to be a horse trainer but it definitely isn't the epic fantasy book I purchashed. This story is also cut off to talk about some young guy on a space station creating a holographic fantasy girl who to his surprise ends up assigned to his space station and then even that gets cut off. I wanted a 3 hour story about a girl who heard dragons this is definitely a serious let down:(
17 of 17 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Eileen
- Gardnerville, NV, United States
- 11-14-09
Disappointed
This recording is not what it should be. First of all, I want to say that the narration by Constance Towers is wonderful. This made the errors in this recording even more disappointing. The story about Aramina is chopped off mid way and another unnamed story starts in the middle of that story.
It is a mechanical error. The full story of Aramina is not on this recording.
15 of 15 people found this review helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Ruth
- Oakland, CA, United States
- 10-31-10
the girl who heard dragons
This story is also featured as the second story of four in the "Gift of Dragons" (and all four stories there are complete). Armina's story continues in "Renegades of Pern." She's not the main character in that story, but she is a strong character and you will find out what happens to her.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Joan
- Cottage Grove, Mongolia
- 05-04-13
The story cuts of half way through recording
Would you try another book from Anne McCaffrey and/or Constance Towers?
Audible just notified me that they'd fixed the glitch that results in a totally different story starting at time mark 132:18, but when I downloaded the supposedly repaired version of this recording it is still half "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" and half some other unknown story.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Girl Who Heard Dragons?
When the recording stopped half way through the story so that I never heard the end.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Jessica Hope Griffin
- Oakwood Hills, IL
- 08-02-18
not all about pern
the first story was great, just what i was looking for. but afterwards, it changed to space and ranch stories.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- aaron
- 03-29-17
3 short stories.
3 short stories. Only the first is of the dragonriders storyline. Its a ok story. But the last 2 storys were lame. One about a girl that likes horses. And the other about a guy that creates a female hologram and she shows up in the flesh and they kiss. Wtf.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Hector
- Washington
- 07-21-19
What the heck? Wrong book after first couple chapters
Die hard AMC fan here. The first couple chapters were great, as I expected. Then I don’t know what happened, but a totally different book/author /genera took over!!
I want my money back!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Robin
- 06-11-18
Nice collection
It’s a nice collection of short stories. I always loved the beginning of Aramina’s story. A great addition to my collection
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- E6AFret
- 05-10-18
Too Short
There are three stories in this book . I completely enjoyed the stories . I felt they were too short . The stories were good and the performance was also . The problem is that just as you get into the story it's over . I would very much like to hear each of them fleshed out and expanded upon .
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- JR
- 10-28-16
Misleading.
There are 3 short stories here. Quick grabs for short wait times. I appreciate Dick York narrating the Pern books.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 06-06-17
Badly abridged
Didn't realise this was abridged till after I had bought it. It is read by a lady with an irritating american accent and as a consequence is not easy to listen to. It is a collection of short stories all of which feel unfinished and have very abrupt endings. All in all a disappointing book
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Drew666
- 11-16-19
This is why abridged stories should be avoided.
Not sure if this is the case in the original book, but it isn't mentioned in its description, but it reads as three short unrelated stories, not one complete tale.