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Title: The Girl Who Heard Dragons by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0-8125-1099-2 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: August, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.74 (19 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing...
Comment: I have to agree with many other people in the disappointment they expressed upon reading this book. I am a huge fan of the Pern series and, as such, I expected this book to be just as thrilling as others in the series. I must say that I was sadly mistaken. "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" is a rich and captivating tale, and I was thoroughly looking forward to its continuation in what I assumed to be the next chapter. However, as many before me have stated, it was a completely different story. There is NOWHERE on the book that indicates it to be a collection of short stories, which, quite frankly, ticked me off. I felt cheated because of this lack of information, and simply because I believed (and still do) that "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" would make an amazing novel. There is so much that could be built around it, and it simply disappointed me that the full potential of the story had not been met. I don't mean to insult or try to pretend that I could write such captivating works, but I felt the need to express my feelings about the book, or lack there of.
Rating: 1
Summary: Very disappointed
Comment: My first SF. Arthur was recommended by my husband. Have to agree with what Amanda wrote.
Rating: 1
Summary: Warning! If you're new to McCaffrey, don't start here!
Comment: What a disappointment! Faced with what was promising to be an exceedingly dull afternoon, I was in urgent need of a good read. "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" presented itself, and, as my husband has always spoken highly of McCaffrey, I decided to give it a whirl. Immediately, I became engrossed in the plight of young Aramina and her family. The end of the first chapter found our protagonist somewhat apprehensively leaving her family to begin a new life in a new land. Eagerly, I began what appeared to be chapter two and found myself in a bizarre world with 100-year-old sentient trees. What could this possibly have to do with the dragon girl? I forced myself to have patience and read through to the end of this ridiculous story, whereupon I finally realized I had been scammed. With the exception of the first, which has no ending, "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" is apparently a collection of short stories. Unfortunately, in what I can only assume is a deceitful marketing ploy, this fact is never mentioned on the cover, the blurb, nor the introduction. Thus the reader is duped into buying what he or she is led to believe is a Pern fantasy. Frankly, I feel cheated, and my first - and likely only - McCaffrey experience has left me with a quite a sour taste.
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Title: Dragonseye by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345418794 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Chronicles of Pern: 1st Fall (The Dragonriders of Pern) by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345368991 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Renegades of Pern by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345369335 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: August, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Masterharper of Pern by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345424603 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Skies of Pern by Anne McCaffrey ISBN: 0345434692 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 02 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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