The People of Pern

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Summary: Brings Pern to life!
Review: Absolutely wonderful! If you're a big Pern fan, you will love this.

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Summary: Doesn't compare to the images of the mind's eye.
Review: As a long-standing Pern fan, I asked for this book as a present years ago while it was still in print. I loved it at the time, and still enjoy it thoroughly, but in the end, Robin Wood's images are just that; her interpretation of characters that I had realized in my own mind. Some of her paintings are wonderful, especially the portrait of Mirrim and Path, and it was fun to try to identify some of her source material, such as her 'American Gothic' rendition of Menolly's parents. Her portrait of Lessa... well, that one I didn't agree with at all. She looks like a pinched old woman with a needle-like chin, incongruously paired with shockingly black hair. A book for true fans only.

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Summary: Doesn't compare to the images of the mind's eye.
Review: As a long-standing Pern fan, I asked for this book as a present years ago while it was still in print. I loved it at the time, and still enjoy it thoroughly, but in the end, Robin Wood's images are just that; her interpretation of characters that I had realized in my own mind. Some of her paintings are wonderful, especially the portrait of Mirrim and Path, and it was fun to try to identify some of her source material, such as her 'American Gothic' rendition of Menolly's parents. Her portrait of Lessa... well, that one I didn't agree with at all. She looks like a pinched old woman with a needle-like chin, incongruously paired with shockingly black hair. A book for true fans only.

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Summary: I loved this!
Review: As a true fan of Anne McCaffrey's Pern books, I was delighted beyond expression to find this advertised in my monthly catalog from the Science Fiction Book Club. It's amazing! Robin Wood is an incredibly talented artist. I have to agree with some of the other reviewers...there were a few characters I disagreed with the appearances of. [For example, K'van, the "littlest dragonboy," is illustrated as being of Asian descent; yet in the book "Dragonseye," where we meet the grown up K'vin (see, even the spellings are different there), we learn he's descended from the Hanrihan family, which was Irish!] I was tickled to find that some of the characters, such as Sharra and Lessa, look like people I know myself; my one disappointment was finding that none of them looked like me! *laugh* Anyway, this book is pure delight for fans of the earlier books in the series...let's hope they make another one of pictures from the later books!

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Summary: I loved this!
Review: As a true fan of Anne McCaffrey's Pern books, I was delighted beyond expression to find this advertised in my monthly catalog from the Science Fiction Book Club. It's amazing! Robin Wood is an incredibly talented artist. I have to agree with some of the other reviewers...there were a few characters I disagreed with the appearances of. [For example, K'van, the "littlest dragonboy," is illustrated as being of Asian descent; yet in the book "Dragonseye," where we meet the grown up K'vin (see, even the spellings are different there), we learn he's descended from the Hanrihan family, which was Irish!] I was tickled to find that some of the characters, such as Sharra and Lessa, look like people I know myself; my one disappointment was finding that none of them looked like me! *laugh* Anyway, this book is pure delight for fans of the earlier books in the series...let's hope they make another one of pictures from the later books!

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Summary: wow
Review: Beautiful pictures of Anne McCaffrey's characters make it hard to believe that these people are fictional! Most of the pictures are extremely close to my mental images of them. This is a wonderful book and I strongly reccomend it.

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Summary: An 11 year old reader
Review: I bought this book to see how to draw a person for an art project. I thought this book was great. The characters have great color. Some pictures I thought were a bit dim. But over all this book was great. The characters from Dragonsdawn, Renegades of Pern, and All the Weyrs of Pern aren't in here, but I hope that Robin Wood and Anne McCaffrey get together again to do pictures for these books.

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Summary: An 11 year old reader
Review: I cannot praise highly enough this wonderful companion book to Ms. McCaffrey's Pern books. This book is a collection of portraits of the many characters in Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon, Moreta, and the Harper Hall trilogy.

There are artist renderings of almost every character, from Menolly, Lessa, and F'lar; to C'gan, Dorse, Moreta, even Dunca and Pona are in here! Main characters and minor ones--they are all here, and many are uncannily just as I had pictured them in my head! As a bonus, Ms. McCaffrey supplied little commentaries on each portrait that are fascinating to read.

All the portraits are works of true art, but the masterpiece of the book is the portrait of Robinton! You've got to see it--Robin Wood captures him perfectly! Anyone who loves the Pern books should have this in their collection.

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Summary: A must-have volume for McCaffrey fans!
Review: I cannot praise highly enough this wonderful companion book to Ms. McCaffrey's Pern books. This book is a collection of portraits of the many characters in Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon, Moreta, and the Harper Hall trilogy.

There are artist renderings of almost every character, from Menolly, Lessa, and F'lar; to C'gan, Dorse, Moreta, even Dunca and Pona are in here! Main characters and minor ones--they are all here, and many are uncannily just as I had pictured them in my head! As a bonus, Ms. McCaffrey supplied little commentaries on each portrait that are fascinating to read.

All the portraits are works of true art, but the masterpiece of the book is the portrait of Robinton! You've got to see it--Robin Wood captures him perfectly! Anyone who loves the Pern books should have this in their collection.

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Summary: Something Special
Review: I was a high school student when I first found a copy of this book at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Humanities division, and I sat entranced for over an hour simply staring at the pictures. The effect was almost like finally seeing someone you've known only by sound or text... Maybe by phone or internet. Now I had a chance to see the faces of those whose adventures I'd admired. And that was something special indeed.