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Author:	Anne McCaffrey
Title:	Dragonflight
Publisher:	Ballantine Books
Country:	USA
Date:	Jul 1968
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Cat#:	U6124
Total Editions:	4
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© 1968 by Anne McCaffrey
First appearance in shortened form, as "Dragonrider", in Analog, © 1967 by Condé Nast Publications, Inc.
Ballantine Science Fiction Original
- 1st printing, Jul 1968
cover illustration: Gino d'Achille (uncredited)
cover price 75c

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ppint. 4th Aug 2021		transworld publishers corgi books imprint second uk p/b printing first ''corgi sf collectors library'' series uniform cover design, two states seen reported (possibly separate printings) cover art by bruce pennington cover price 35p (? overseas territories prices? check) 256pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising first state: cover is textured as though woven, background colour is purple distinguish from near-identical 1973 corgi p/b third printing: indica publishing history adds line reprinted 1973 below line stating reissued 1973 plus, a possible second state of 1973 printing, or a misidentified 1975 printing: cover is smooth, background colour is blue distinguish from near-identical 1975 corgi p/b fourth printing cover price 65p (?overseas territories prices?) indica publishing history adds , 1975 to reprinted 1973 line (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 12th Jun 2018		number in the isbn10 field is the sbn9 actually borne by first uk p/b printings of this book. fix-up of "weyr search" (analog ("asf") vol. lxxx no.2; 10/1967) and "dragon rider" (asf vol. lxxx nos. 4, 5; 12/1967, 1/1968) cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 5/- (25p), australia 80c, new zealand 75c, south africa 60c 256pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Jun 2018		Rated 8/10 the dragons of pern series and sub-series: #1: "dragonflight" (1968) (this fix-up novel) #2: "dragonquest" (1971), q.v. #3: "the white dragon" (1978), q.v. #4: "the renegades of pern" (1989), q.v. #5: "all the weyrs of pern" (1991), q.v. #6: "the dolphins of pern" (1993), q.v. #7: "the skies of pern" (2001), q.v. (#8: "after the fall" (provisional title) was unfinished at anne's death, 21/11/2011; the intention was to complete it, but it remains unpublished and its current status is not publicly known.) overlapping the events of which, especially #2: "dragonquest", but also those of #3: "the white dragon", the events in which it materially affects, is the story in the "young adult" harper hall trilogy: #hh1: "dragonsong" (1976), q.v. #hh2: "dragonsinger" (1977), q.v. #hh3: "dragondrums", (1979), q.v. the young adult characters' stories then feeding back into the main sequence, and affecting its events. a prequel to the entire series appeared: #a: "dragonsdawn" (1988), q.v. which is best read after having read the first two or three of the main sequence, at least, as it has little - if any - of the feel of the dragonbooks. other novels set after #a, but before the start of the main sequence with #1, include: #b: "red star rising" (1996), q.v., aka "dragonseye" (us 1997 & ff.), q.v #c: "moreta, dragonlady of pern" (1983), q.v. #d: "nerilka's story" (1986), q.v. #d not published separately in the uk, but as half a ''double'', together with a crystal singer novella: ''nerilka's story & the coelura'' (1987), q.v. these are set thousands of turns (pern years) befoire the main sequence, and apart from one another; and a prequel to the main sequence: #0: "masterharper of pern (1998), q.v. again, this is better read after reading at least #1 & #2, and probably the harper hall trilogy, to give decent indication of the character's significance to the over-all story. collections of dragons of pern short stories, novelettes, novellas: (stories set at various times in the history of pern) "chronicles of pern: first fall" (1993), q.v. "a gift of dragons" (2002), q.v. dragonbooks by anne mccaffrey and todd mccaffrey, and by todd mccaffrey solo: (set about five hundred years ("turns") after landing: the time of the third pass) "dragon's kin" (2003); "dragon's fire" (set during & after "kin") (2006); "dragon harper" (follows "fire") (2007); "dragonsblood" (2005, by todd mccaffrey solo), q.v. "dragon's heart" (set during "blood") (2008, by todd mccaffrey solo); "dragongirl" (set after "blood") (& "heart") (2010, by todd mccaffrey solo); "dragon's time" (sequel to "girl") (2011); "sky dragons" (sequel to "time") (2012); . (dragons of pern listing potentially to be continued, should any further be published.) n.b. g1: "dragonharper" (1987), q.v. g2: "dragonfire" (1988), q.v. both by jody lynn nye, are not novels; they're pern-set "crossroads adventure" game books (from a series of 14) published by tor books. (advice of errors, corrections and sundry observations at least in theory welcome... :-o)(:-)) . (this review is from another edition of this book) 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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Other Editions

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Anne McCaffrey - Dragonflight - Corgi - Paperback - UK - 552084530 (1970)

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Anne McCaffrey - Dragonflight - Corgi - Paperback - UK - 0552092363 (1973)

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Anne McCaffrey - Dragonflight - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1971)