All the Weyrs of Pern

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Summary: A very wonderful closure to a very wonderful world.
Review: Anne McCaffrey's Pern is one of the most believable worlds in science fiction--even if it centers on a figure straight out of fantasy, the fire-breathing dragon! A must for all Pernies (Pern fans), and by far the best book in the series. Anne works magic with her characters, bringing to realization a grand dream for the Pernese people and building their characters to full believability in the process. The ending is one of the most emotional that I have come across in any book I have read, and is very fitting--though I can't help but wish it had ended otherwise! If you're new to Pern, by no means start with this one--start with Dragonflight or Dragonsong. Otherwise you'll ruin a great deal for yourself.

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Summary: Read it! But only with a box of tissues for the books end!!
Review: As a story teller, Anne McCaffrey is the story tellers, story teller! You won't be able to put it down, nor will you want to. This dramatic book brings the Pern saga to the point of ending Thread Fall forever, but at great cost. Like most of Anne's books, you can see, feel, even taste, Pern and those magnificent Dragons. The yearning for more will continue, and I can only hope that this wonderful series will continue. If you have not read it,don't miss this book. You will never forgive yourself.

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Summary: Very interesting and intriguing book!
Review: As the dragonriders try to find a way to rid Pern of Thread with the help of Aivas, some of the people try to destroy Aivas. This book is a very good book, and I recommend it to all fantasy book lovers. Dragons must fly/when Thread is in the sky.

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Summary: Anne McCaffery has out done herself
Review: Brava to Anne McCaffery. She has written one of the best stories in the series with "All the Wyers of Pern". I'm glad that Jaxsom and Ruth are a major part of ridding the planet of thread. I can't wait to see what other books will come in the series.

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Summary: Just for collectors - but still fun
Review: Certainly this is one of the weaker books coming from the "Pern"-Titles. For someone who has not read anything referring to this serie, I would not recommend the book. But it certainly is still entertaining (for collectors it is a must). While Anne McCaffrey managed very well in "Dragonsdawn" and/or "First Fall" to create a vivid picture of technical advanced pernese, here the extreme mixture of high tech (artificial intelligence) and so well known "non-tech" characters disrupts the usually so colorfull atmosphere. But when she turns to what she is best in - describing people and their interactions - Anne McCaffrey is as good as ever.

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Summary: Read McCaffrey's own caveat...
Review: First off, if you haven't read any of the previous novels (at least the Dragonflight, Dragonquest and White Dragon trilogy) in this series, you're missing something in background. This volume in the history of the Dragonriders of Pern is interesting in its own right but, as McCaffrey herself states, "there are certain licenses that an author...may take to produce a novel". This refers to the expediated rate of learning and technological innovation which takes place on Pern -- with Aivas' (an Artificial Intelligence computer) assistance. It's fun to imagine what might happen in such a situation and especially to consider the implications that mass technological changes might effect. Some of these issues come up and the forward-thinking tone wins out, inevitably. At that end, McCaffrey wrote this book by 1990, so some issues of AI and computer control were still fresh and more pressing. Worth reading within the sequence of the series. Otherwise, some holes and overly trite moments.

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Summary: Adds closure, albeit sad, to the Pern series
Review: First, don't intend on reading this unless you've been following the Pern series beginning with "Dragonflight" and "Dragonsong"--it wasn't meant to stand alone, but rather to add closure to the entire series (takes off right after "The Renegades of Pern"). "All the Weyrs of Pern" has one of the most emotional endings, and although sad, helps to really "end" the series. The entire book will maintain your interest, and is well written. Of course, the plan to eliminate Thread takes some imagination--but it seems plausible when you're reading it. One interesting thing is Ms. McCaffrey's exultation of Jaxom (rider of the white dragon Ruth), who was actually the evil Fax's child! That actually didn't sit well with me and was quite surprising. Altogether a good read, a must-read for devoted Pern series lovers!

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Summary: Danny liked this book
Review: I belive that this was a book that was always one of her best. I love how she gave such discriptions of the redstar and all but i think she should have had master norist killed.

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Summary: great to the end
Review: I can't say enough about how I feel about the story\series i cried and laughed. I would encourage anyone to read each and every book in this series. I fell that it is the best series I've ever encountered

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Summary: Great!
Review: I don't think I can really say anything except the book was great. I've reread it at least a dozen times (which is not an exageration). Just Wonderful!