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2 unusual facts about Pern


Get Off the Unicorn

The collection includes the Pern-set story "The Smallest Dragon Boy", later re-published in the all-Pern collection A Gift of Dragons (2002).

Paul Gouyon

He is buried in the cemetery of the Mother House of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Saint-Pern.


Blood of the Dragon

Dragonsblood, a 2005 science fiction novel by Todd McCaffrey in the "Dragonriders of Pern" series

Dragonflight

Dragonflight chronicles the story of Lessa, the sole survivor of the noble ruling family of Ruatha Hold on the northern continent of Pern.

Dragonsong

Seven Pern books including Dragonsong were published before The Atlas of Pern (1984), a companion book produced by Karen Wynn Fonstad in consultation with McCaffrey.

The Harper Hall Trilogy

Seven Pern books including the Harper Hall trilogy were published before The Atlas of Pern (1984), a companion book produced by Karen Wynn Fonstad in consultation with McCaffrey.

Weyr

The function of a Weyr is to fight Thread, a spore that originates in the Oort cloud of the Rukbat solar system, carried by a planetoid referred to as the Red Star with a loose elliptical orbit.


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