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Summary: A wonderful story that answered alot of my questions.
Review: I really enjoyed this book. In addition to being yet another wonderful story, it answered alot of the questions I had about life on Pern in the years prior to Lessa's and F'lar's ascension to power.
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Summary: I really loved it!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It answers so many questions and shows Anne McCaffrey at her best. It explains so many things, including things unrelated to the MasterHarper Robinton, like how come F'lon isn't in any of the other books. It just grabs you, and is captivating, and you can not put it down and it will make you cry. It will have you absolutly caught in it.
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Summary: Another good one by Anne McCaffrey!
Review: I was truly looking forward to reading this book. I had read every other book of hers in this series and waited for it to come out in Japan. When I finally got my hands on it, I spent all evening reading it! It was so intriging! Even if you haven't heard about Robinton before or read any of her books, you can't put it down. It grabs you and holds you. You get so into the book, you may want to cry at sometimes. You start wishing or hoping things will happen. If this is your first time reading this series, you'll want to start reading the whole thing. That's because 'The Masterharper' just thrills you and makes you interested about dragons. Try it, I'm not saying you'll fall in love with it like me, but there are some parts that you will have to love! Anne McCaffrey sure can write!!!!!
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Summary: Finally! Abook about THE MASTERHARPER
Review: I was captivated! So many things that weren't explained in the other books was covered. Generally the Masterharper is known (in all of the other books) as a good guy. He is always kind and understanding, knows how to deal with people, and is the Masterharper. I mean, Come On! He's exactly the perfect adult! Still, in the other books he's in he comes off as happy, but, sometimes lonely or sad. Now I understand why. I think this is an absolutely perfect book. It is well written and has wonderful details, plus it's written by Anne McCaffrey! A dream come true.
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Summary: Now we know what motivated Robinton.
Review: Another kudo to Anne's cap. It explained alot of things that I had wondered about in her earlier novels.
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Summary: Its time Robinton got recognition...
Review: Robinton is as beloved by me as he is by Pern and I thought it only fitting to give him his own book, and was not at all disapointed when he did get his own book!
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Summary: If you only read one book of "Pern", this is it.
Review: My manager gave me this book for Christmas and I thought "OK, yeah, wahtever." But I sat down to read it and when I looked up I realized that a few hours had passed. While it did drag in places (quick, name one that doesn't) it was an engaging story. Having read this as my first "Pern" book, I have become hooked on the rest.
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Summary: One of the better books in the series
Review: This is the "prequel" to the first books of the series, and demonstrates the improvement in McCaffrey's writing skills. She introduces us to the parents of the key characters in the original story, and reveals some surprises. While some of this history is at odds with the background offered in early books such as Dragonflight, it IS a better story.We are left to wonder where McCaffrey can go next. The post-"aivas", post-Thread future doesn't sound very interesting.
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Summary: I was disappointed, having expected something different.
Review: I was intrigued, but disappointed. I have been a fan of Anne McCaffrey's for several years now and have read, re-read, and analysed her books while trying to write my own Pern adventures. And while I applaud her imagination and keen grasp of human relationships and politics, I found that this book just didn't fit in with what I'd led myself to expect by reading her other books. Why, for instance, is Masterharper Robinton so surprised when Mnementh speaks to him for the first time in Dragonquest, if he's practically grown up speaking to dragons? Why does Petiron not disabuse Menolly of her notion that women can't be harpers and what is the problem about sending her to the Harper Hall in Dragonsong, if Petiron's own wife Merelan is called MasterSinger, and girls such as Halanna or Maizella are welcomed at the Hall in Masterharper of Pern? Why does R'gul repeatedly tell Lessa that queens don't fly in Dragonflight, when he's obviously old enough to remember Carola and Feyrith flying around Benden Weyr? Also, I found the idea of Robinton disguised as a drudge at Ruatha Hold just a little far-fetched. And by the way, whatever happened to Lessa's power, the power that kept Ruatha from prospering under Fax, the power to manipulate men's minds for her own ends? This particular aspect of the Ruathan Bloodline wasn't even mentioned in Masterharper. It also seemed to me that the estrangement between Weyr and Hold had been gradual, over the course of generations, not happening in a mere thirty-forty years. Of course Anne McCaffrey has the right to change and improve her writings in any way that pleases her, and perhaps I'm too much of a purist, but I found this particular rendering of Pern too different from her original books. It just didn't ring true in my ears. However, I found the style of writing better than her more recent offerings, a little bit deeper, not quite as shallow as The Second Chronicles of Pern, or as hasty-sounding as All the Weyrs of Pern. I was interested to find out what happened, in spite of my misgivings, and I found it all probable, even believeable (if I discounted the information I had gleaned from her earlier books), but I had expected something completely different.
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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: This book is one of the best ever written by Anne McCaffrey, it really takes you to another dimention.The characters are wonderful and very sympathetic. It's very pleasant to read and i recommend it.
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