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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: 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: Satisfying wrap-up
Review: I found this book to be a very satisfying wrap-up to the series. Highly recommended to die-hard Pern fans who have read every other scrap of Pern they could get their hands on!
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Summary: I loved the addition of AIVAS to the storyline!
Review: All the Weyrs of Pern is a great book for anybody who has read Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon, and Dragonsdawn (all 4 have to be read or you won't understand much about it).Anyway, AIVAS was a great addition to the world of Pern, but I find the change in Lessa and F'lar a little saddening. I know people age, but it seems that their personalities have aged, also. Lessa appears far too engrossed with her Weyrwomanity for my likes, although she used to be one of my favorite characters. The book stars out with a slower tempo, but it picks it up as it goes along. As with all books, don't let the first chapter force you into putting the book down, but read at least half of it before you make your decision.
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Summary: The end of thread (or at least the last fall)
Review: This book tells how the dragonriders with the help of an AI and Lord Jaxom managed to make the current fall of thread the last. The White Dragon Ruth also does something that no dragon has done before or since. I would definatly recommend this book to Pern fans. Anyone who hasn't read any of the other Pern books might want to read up before starting this book.
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Summary: Excellent culmination to years of storytelling
Review: I found All the Weyrs to be the most satisfying of the newer Pern books written in the 90's. Here McCaffrey takes on a plotline set up in Renegades and DragonsDawn. The book details a lot of technology introduced by the computer Aivas which was uncovered at the end of Renegades. But somehow reading about the characters learning about technology is not incredibly dry but rather entertaining. One of my favorite aspects of McCaffrey's writing is the simple and sweet voices of the dragons in speech. Here, Aivas, the computer, takes on a persona that is more sophisticated than the dragons but equally sweet. The venture to rid Pern of Thread involves ventures into space, some of which made me mentally balk at going "between" to a space ship. Also the book introduces the future political upheavals and problems with the introduction of the new technologies. All of our favorite charactors are here, particularly Jaxom and Sharra, Robinton, Lytol and of course F'lar and Lessa.
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Summary: Great, but sad
Review: In All The Weyrs of Pern, Flar and Lessa, in their exploration of the southern continant, come across Landing, the small city that the first colonists set up upon arrival on Pern. Later, due to a Volcanic eruption and thread, they moved to the northern continent. Unfortunatly, they had to leave Aivis, their voice-ativated artificial intellegence behind. Now they have found Aivis again, and, through the help of Aivis, and the cooperation of all the weyrs of Pern, they have a chance of ridding Pern of thread forever. But victory does not come freely and with the greatest loss, and some disagree . . . In my opinion, this is the perfect end to a series, although Dolphins of Pern is also very good. I highly recomend it to anyone who is interested in reading it, and anyone who isn't anyway.
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Summary: All The Weyrs Of Pern
Review: All The Weyrs Of Pern is a book by Anne McCaffrey. When Piemur, Jancis, and Jaxom are trying to uncover secrets the Ancients left behind, they stumble across the Aivas, or Artificial Intelligence Voice Adress System, a machine that the Ancients used. The Weyrleadrs, who have forever sought to free Pern from Thread forever, have found their solution! Aivas is a high-speed data bank as well. The Weyrs unite to go on a perilous mission to move the Red Star into a different orbit. Yet, with the victory, comes tragedy; tragedy that will affect all the people of Pern...
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Summary: Great Story, Poor Continuity
Review: In _All the Weyrs of Pern_ the large cast of characters from the Dragonrider and Harper Hall books, with the help of the Ancient AI device unearthed at the end of _Renegades_, settle down to their ultimate task: Ridding Pern of Thread for once and for all. I've read all the Pern books over and over since I first discovered them in eighth grade -- _Dragonquest_ was the first book I bought with my own money. In the main, I really enjoy them. Anne McCaffrey writes well and her ideas are very original, particularly in the earlier books in the series. Some of the later volumes have not thrilled me, however. _Renegades_ I found particularly unmoving, so I picked up ATW with some trepidation the first time. But this is the Dragonriders series at its best, with all the characters the reader has come to know and love facing challenges with fortitude and even humour. I don't argue that McCaffrey is a great storyteller. She is at her best in situationally-driven stories (rather than character-driven), particularly those where her charcters are put in a new, alien and/or hostile environment where they must develop the skills to succeed in various tasks. This is part of what makes her Dragonrider series appealing to fans of straight science fiction as well as fans of fantasy. And as the basic theme of ATW, it makes for an absorbing read. McCaffrey needs a continuity editor, however. As her world becomes more and more complex it seems she has trouble keeping track of the details. Unfortunately, I am the kind of person who is bothered by this. Is Jancis a Mastersmith or a journeyman smith? She seems to be both, often in the same paragraph. And how did she come to be Fandarel's granddaughter when he formerly stated he had no wife, only his work? How did Sharra appear at landing to exchange a significant glance with Jancis, when before and after that single incident it was clearly stated she wasn't there at all? Why is Menolly telling AIVAS about her three children when in _Dolphins_ at a later date she is shown to be pregnant with only the second? How did Lord Oterel appear in _Dolphins_, long after the close of ATW, when he died before ATW ended? These are just some of the details that distracted me. But, well, this is still a great book and one that really ties up the Pern series. I could only wish that Anne McCaffrey had ended here.
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Summary: san
Review: when i first started reading this book i admit that it started out somewhat slow. This was my first pern novel and since then i have been a loyal reader of MaCaffreys books.This story truly tells it from the diffrent points of view from every major character. I found that she slightly changed around some of the peoples personalities. The way this story was told and how it ended i definently give it 5 stars
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