Brains!

Pern

I've finally decided to read the Pern series, by Anne McCaffrey. When I first started back in 5th grade, I picked the wrong book, and without the amazingly useful information you can now find on the interwebz about the books, I was completely lost. Apparently there is a recommended order you're supposed to read them in, and it's not necessarily the chronological time-line of what happens on Pern, but more close to the order of publication of each book. I can't imagine my life heavy internet use, when it was something that no one used, isn't that crazy?

Anyway, not to mention the book I picked was a couple years ahead of my reading level. I finally figured out that Dragonflight is what people who are new to Pern are supposed to start with, and I read that around sophomore or freshman year. I never continued on though, since I had no credit/debit card with which to buy the books online from Amazon, and the bookstores in LA almost never carry Pern books.

The writing isn't spectacular, but by no means is it that bad either. The science fiction fantasy, is really what draws me in more then anything. Anne McCaffrey's son is also writing for the series now too. There are some other outside writers too, including Karen Wynn Fonstead's The Atlas of Pern (for those of you who know, she wrote The Atlas of Middle Earth).

Found the suggested reading order here.
This is McCaffery's website.