num_pages: 384
description: Deadly spores threaten the human colony of Pern unless the colonists, with help from geneticist Kitti Ping, can develop fire-breathing dragons to combat the menace
language: English
title: Dragonsdawn
titlecomplete: Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9)
characters: Jim Tillek, Sorka Hanrahan, Emily Boll, Paul Benden, Avril Bitra, Sean Connell
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Novels, Fantasy, Dragons
ratings_count: 39180
series: Pern , Pern (Chronological Order)
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: SFBC Award
publisher: Ultramarine Pub Co