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Summary: A World of its Own
Review: The stories in this book, though they range enormously in content, style, and length, leave the impression of having been set in the same enormous town, while they completely absorb you into it and don't let you out for a long time; Grace could be Aramina's best friend, while the cat-lady (I can't remember her name) hides in plain sight on the lawn - this sounds ridiculous, but I really felt lost in Anne McCaffrey's mind or something while I was reading this book; even hours later, I wasn't completely back yet. For a quick demonstration of the phenomenon, merely read the story, "Zulei, Nimshi, Grace, and the Damnyankees" - I was lost there for days. This is one of my favorite books, though not my favorite McCaffrey. Another good collection of McCaffrey short stories is "Get Off the Unicorn."
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Summary: Close to expectations
Review: This book didn't live up to my expectations. Only the first couple of chapters had anything to do with dragons. I
didn't really understand the rest of the book
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: This is the first of the Anne McCaffery books that i have read. I was expecting a really good read and i had read a few of the first pages that looked really good! But then this book turned into a technical computer outerspace sort of book. I loved the first short story written but after that all the stories just really weren't the same. It was a little too technical and if you enjoy that sorta of stuff, this is probably a very good book for you! overall though, after reading reviews of other anne mccaffery books, i think that her first books were probably the better of the books she has written.
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Summary: Great Story.
Review: To all of those of you who are confused, try reading Anne's booh "Renegades of Pern". It should make things rather clear. As for me, I only read the first story in "The Girl Who Heard Dragons". I haven't read any of her other series, so I didn't read the rest of the book.
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Summary: Warning! If you're new to McCaffrey, don't start here!
Review: What a disappointment! Faced with what was promising to be an exceedingly dull afternoon, I was in urgent need of a good read. "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" presented itself, and, as my husband has always spoken highly of McCaffrey, I decided to give it a whirl. Immediately, I became engrossed in the plight of young Aramina and her family. The end of the first chapter found our protagonist somewhat apprehensively leaving her family to begin a new life in a new land. Eagerly, I began what appeared to be chapter two and found myself in a bizarre world with 100-year-old sentient trees. What could this possibly have to do with the dragon girl? I forced myself to have patience and read through to the end of this ridiculous story, whereupon I finally realized I had been scammed. With the exception of the first, which has no ending, "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" is apparently a collection of short stories. Unfortunately, in what I can only assume is a deceitful marketing ploy, this fact is never mentioned on the cover, the blurb, nor the introduction. Thus the reader is duped into buying what he or she is led to believe is a Pern fantasy. Frankly, I feel cheated, and my first - and likely only - McCaffrey experience has left me with a quite a sour taste.
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Summary: Warning! If you're new to McCaffrey, don't start here!
Review: What a disappointment! Faced with what was promising to be an exceedingly dull afternoon, I was in urgent need of a good read. "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" presented itself, and, as my husband has always spoken highly of McCaffrey, I decided to give it a whirl. Immediately, I became engrossed in the plight of young Aramina and her family. The end of the first chapter found our protagonist somewhat apprehensively leaving her family to begin a new life in a new land. Eagerly, I began what appeared to be chapter two and found myself in a bizarre world with 100-year-old sentient trees. What could this possibly have to do with the dragon girl? I forced myself to have patience and read through to the end of this ridiculous story, whereupon I finally realized I had been scammed. With the exception of the first, which has no ending, "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" is apparently a collection of short stories. Unfortunately, in what I can only assume is a deceitful marketing ploy, this fact is never mentioned on the cover, the blurb, nor the introduction. Thus the reader is duped into buying what he or she is led to believe is a Pern fantasy. Frankly, I feel cheated, and my first - and likely only - McCaffrey experience has left me with a quite a sour taste.
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Summary: The Ending
Review: When I bought this book in the bookstore, it sounded exciting, but unfortunately, it does not say anywhere on the cover (or even inside - to my knowledge) that it is a collection of short stories, not a full length novel. Needless to say, I was highly disappointed, when at the end of the first story, I began reading what I thought would be the next chapter, but instead it was a completely different story. Had I known this was a collection of short stories, I probably would not have bought this book in the store.
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