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The Chronicles of Pern

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The Chronicles of Pern

By: Anne McCaffrey
Narrated by: Meredith MacRae
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These are the first five episodes of Anne McCaffrey's fascinating saga of Pern — in which listeners learn about the earliest days of Pernese history. Beginning with the very first ever Dragonriders of Pern adventure, join the original survey team as they explore Pern and recommend it for colonization. Share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as a flotilla of ships — aided by intelligent, talking dolphins — braves the currents of the Pernese ocean. Learn how the famous Ruatha Hold was founded. Thrill with the dragonriders as they expand into a second, then a third Weyr. And discover a secret lost in time — the rescue of some of the original colonists before the planet was cut off forever.

©2002 Anne McCaffrey (P)2002 Phoenix Books, Inc. Dragons & Mythical Creatures Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Mythology
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I found the narrator a little monotonous in her speech.
Story OK but I tended to “tune out”,

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Loved this writer, love the story, love the Dragons
It is a wonderful world

Here be Dragons

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Enjoyable early stories from a great series. Well written & read. Several great stories of the early years of pern.

Dragon riders

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I read all the Pern books as they came out, and I’ve been enjoying them now in audio. Most have been excellent, with various narrators all getting into the dream and story line. Unfortunately this is one of the books where instead of getting into character in either individual voices or emotion, she simply reads it out loud. Makes for a boring listen and I returned it after 20 mins of it. Read the hard copy, the stories are good and fill in background.

Another rote reader rather than a good audiobook narrator

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The book was incomplete and repeated the first 13 chapters to fill the 24 chapters. Not at all how I remember the original book. Very sad and disappointed.

Disapointment

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love the Pern series & I've read then multiple times. the narration lets this down.

timeless recitations

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