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On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Hartley Patterson wrote:
> james:
> > If anyone would like to have a look and give some feedback, the site is
> >
> > www.ukfdb.co.uk
> >
> > Although I have to confess my page on Anne McCaffrey is not complete - you
> > should be able to find it from the front page
>
> Describing the Pern series as 'epic fantasy' is wrong - it's actually
> science fiction. The dragons are supposed to be real ones! I suspect
> Campbell first published Pern in Analog, a hard SF magazine, just to see
> his readers boggle at seeing a dragon on the cover.
> Myself I'd put it in the 'science fantasy' category.
>
> A list of Pern books should include a reading order. They are best read
> in the order they were written (which is *not* the chronological order).
> Hang around here and the Pern FAQ will appear which includes a complete
> list of books and the correct order.
>
>
Thankyou, This is exactly the type of information I'm after.
I've got 1513 books on at the moment and I haven't had time to read them
all. My First Anne McCaffrey books were Rowan and Damia.
Thanks
James
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Jt
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