num_pages: 337
description: The dragonmakersThe 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, cutoff from Earth and lacking the resources to combat the menace, was doomed.Then some of the colonists noticed that the small, dragonlike lizards that inhabited their new world were joining the fight against Thread,breathing fire on it and teleporting to safety. If only, they thought,the dragonets were big enough for a human to ride and intelligent enough to work as a team with a rider...And so they set their most talented geneticist to work to create the creatures Pern so desperately needed -- Dragons! "Anne McCaffrey 'remains a master of the well-told tale.'"    CHICAGO SUN-TIMES"Few are better at mixing elements of high fantasy and hard science fiction in a narrative that disarms skepticism by it open embrace of the joys of wish fulfillment."    NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW"This is must reading for fans of the The Dragonriders of Pernseries..."    SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE Cover art by Michael Whelan 
language: English
title: Dragonsdawn
titlecomplete: Dragonsdawn (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #6)
characters: Avril Bitra, Sean Connell, Paul Benden, Jim Tillek, Sorka Hanrahan, Emily Boll
genres: Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Dragons, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Adult, Fantasy, Adventure, High Fantasy
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: Del Rey Books