Dragonriders of Pern

Back in 1998, I was a student teacher because I thought I was supposed to teach high school kids all about history. Well, one really bad student teaching experience later, I realized that was not the life for me. Thank the gods.

One decent thing came out of that terrible experience. See, I had to teach "the slow kids" a book. The book that the supervising teacher picked out was called Dragonsong. The students, mostly a bunch of Dungeons and Dragons kids, didn't like the book for whatever reason. However, the book had me intrigued. Dragonsong is part of Anne McCaffery's Dragonriders of Pern series. Anyway, for a long time, even though the series interested me, I associated this series of books with what could be argued to be four of the worst months of my life.

Finally, I got over it. Over the last couple of weeks I read The Dragonriders of Pern books 1-3 (roughly). The story is about a world called Pern. There they have a very destructive planet neighbor called the Red Star. The Red Star drops Thread on the planet of Pern and if the dragons don't attack the Thread then the planet is doomed.

There are certain people who control/ride/bond with the dragons. For those of you who've read the His Dark Materials trilogy, dragons and riders share a bond similar to people and their daemons.

Yes, it's science fiction. Yes, it's completely unbelievable. But it's also pretty entertaining. Anyway, check it out if you are into that sort of thing.

Books Read in 2007:

The Dragonriders of Pern ~ Anne McCaffery
Embroideries ~ Marjane Satrapi
13 Little Blue Envelopes ~ Maureen Johnson
The Cider House Rules ~ John Irving
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ~J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ~ J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ~ J.K. Rowling
The Good Men: A Novel of Heresy ~ Charmaine Craig
An Abundance of Katherines ~ John Green
The Count of Monte Cristo ~ Alexandre Dumas
Looking For Alaska ~ John Green
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest ~ Stephen Ambrose
Drinking, Smoking, and Screwing: Great Writers on Good Times ~ edited by Sara Nikles
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood ~ Ann Brashares