Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern

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Summary: the black plague
Review: This book is about Weyrs and Holds catching a mysterious plague while other self-contained holds aren't getting the slightest bit ill, Moreta a Weyr woman tries find the cause of this plague, and is sent on a fantastic voyage to try and defeat the plague.

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Summary: Best of the Pern series.
Review: This book is by far the best of the Pern series and one of my favourite books just in general. I fell in love with the characters and I'm a sucker for tragedies (if you are too, I suggest you read Guy Gavriel Kay). Amazing book! Read it!

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Summary: My favorite in her series!
Review: This is another one of my collection of favorite fantasy books. I haven't read ALL her books yet, only maybe 3/4s of the Pern books, but this one is my favorite. In all her books she makes the characters just come alive, and make you feel like you're actually a part of the book in some way.

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Summary: One of the best pern books yet!
Review: This novel is a novel of earlier pern. For those of you out there who had heard of Moreta, and wanted to know more, this book is for you! Unfortuneately, it doesn't include the words to the ballad about her, but this is still a great book! This book is a very good story about one of pern's most famous heroines: Moreta. The book combines lots of action, love, and excitement to create one of the best pern books yet available. The ending is sad, but it also explains why there was a ballad written about it in the first place. In short, a wonderful addition to the pern series, fans are sure to love it.

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Summary: An important part of Pern
Review: This was an important part of Pern, a great story from 800 years (I think, I haven't read it since high school) before Lessa and F'Lar. It was a wonderful bridge between the "present" and the "halfway past" and there are many tingles that you'll experience as you learn parts of the relationship between the two periods.

I really DO NOT like McCaffrey writing the story of the first settlement, or the first fall, or the founding of this or that place or weyr, since a) it takes the magic and legendary quality out of the Pern, and b) exposes us to her later-day writing, which is far less in quality than the Dragonwing/Harperhall trilogies and Moreta. Do yourself a favor, and don't read either of the "early Pern" books. Get what you need to know about the founders from Moreta and go to bed.

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Summary: A novel that takes you back to a earlier Pern!
Review: Though I think this is not as good as Anne's previous novels but it's not by much! THis novel takes you back in time to an earlier Pern to tell you the story of one of Pern's great heroine, Moreta. She is mentioned in Dragonflight as a weyrwoman from Ruatha and could speak to all dragons. But in this book she is from Keroon and she could only speak to 3 dragons- her queen dragon Orlith, and the two queens Holth and Tamianth. This is in fact a tragic and romantic story about Fort Weyr's weyrwoman. She is brave and daring.

She was not as fortunate as Lessa for her weyrmate, Fort's weyrleader, Sh'gall does not love her the way F'lar loves Lessa. At that time Pern is attacked by a deadly plague, which is the flu, as well as thread. Moreta does her best in organize her weyr to fight against the sickness. She also heals injured dragons along the way. This book introduces a new set of characters, including the Masterhealer Campiam, Masterharper Tirone, lord holder Alessan, Oklina, Leri, Sh'gall and more wyerleaders craftsman and of course dragons. Moreta developes a relationship with Alessan and helps with vaccinating human and runnerbeasts alike.

This is a touching, romantic story with a somewhat sad ending to this great tale of Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern.

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Summary: My least favorite Pern Book
Review: Well written, but could have done without some of the sexual behavior of the riders filler.