Dragonriders of Pern
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Sep 9, 2026
Alan MiddletonGUEST
And the original novel is actually what they call in the publishing biz a fix-up novel.
Alan MiddletonGUEST
It was two novellas that were published in those pulp magazines and then edited and, and stitched together into Dragonflight, which is the first novel in the Pern series.
Alan MiddletonGUEST
And if you want a homework assignment, Derek, there are only 24 novels in the series.
DerekHOST
Hmm.
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Alan MiddletonGUEST
And, and yeah, and, and the, the importance of that, and it's, it's just, it's just not here in, in this first part.
Alan MiddletonGUEST
And, you know, maybe it's not in the book, you know, this early, but I, I, I do think you're missing, you know, you're, you're missing something, if not a flashback or something.
Alan MiddletonGUEST
'Cause, you know, the key of this whole series, the whole Dragonriders of Pern mega series, is the danger of thread.
Alan MiddletonGUEST
And thread is mentioned once in this story.
Mary LewisHOST
And then there was also Anne McCaffrey.
Mary LewisHOST
She wrote the Dragon Riders of Pern series and other dragon books.
Mary LewisHOST
And those are really fun.
Mary LewisHOST
And I think that you need to be a titch precocious to start reading them because it's a lot of detail and a lot of things that you may not understand when you're six.
TravisHOST
book called Dinosaur Planet by Anne McCaffrey.
AlyssaHOST
Yeah, so this lady also did Dragon Riders of Pern, which does kind of the same thing you're describing, but with dragons.
AlyssaHOST
This is a story about this lady and her little Eohippus friend and this lumbering monstrosity.
AlyssaHOST
And I got a little of the way into it.
Rachel InnesHOST
Yeah.
Ellie HewerHOST
Um, the one, the only one I would probably add is, um, I was obsessed with Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern.
Rachel InnesHOST
Oh, yes, of course.
Ellie HewerHOST
Yeah.
Nadia OxfordHOST
3D RPG.
Nadia OxfordHOST
It kind of reminds me of Pern, where instead of the thread fall, you have the light fall.
Nadia OxfordHOST
And this light touches anyone and turns them into like shards or whatever.
Nadia OxfordHOST
And in Pern, basically the threads are acidic and kill you if they landed on you.
Nadia OxfordHOST
Beyond that, I don't understand too much about what this game is selling.
Nadia OxfordHOST
The trailer came off with a lot of anime tropes.
Victor HunterHOST
I just...
Victor HunterHOST
I can't even picture it in my mind's eye amongst all the other very similar looking RPGs that we saw.
speaker_4HOST
And then you have Patrick, who brings up a fascinating point about blurring the lines of the genre.
speaker_4HOST
He champions Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series and Anne McCaffrey's Pern series.
speaker_4HOST
Technically, these are science fiction properties.
speaker_4HOST
They usually involve lost human colonies from Earth that have regressed technologically, but they feel like high fantasy.
speaker_5HOST
That genre blending is a brilliant way to build structural integrity.
speaker_5HOST
In McCaffrey's Pern, you have humans riding dragons, which is the ultimate fantasy aesthetic.
speaker_5HOST
Right.
speaker_5HOST
But the world building reveals that these aren't magical beasts.
Dave DameshekHOST
No.
Dave DameshekHOST
All right, let's do it here before we get Perna in.
Dave DameshekHOST
And when Perna does show up, Gino, please have him join the conversation.
Dave DameshekHOST
It is time to return to Mount Lombardi.
Dave DameshekHOST
One last visit.
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Gino FuentesPANELIST
So do they have the burners for that? We'll find out.
Gino FuentesPANELIST
I know.
Dave DameshekHOST
I see that our guy Brandon Perna is in the waiting room, so let him in here because we have the Denver Broncos up here.
Case EvansHOST
All right.
Case EvansHOST
What else is there to say about Dragonriders of Pern?
Steve BrysonGUEST
Uh, that's about it.
Steve BrysonGUEST
Um, it was a, uh, straightforward port.
Andrew ShawHOST
There is considerable overlap, which goes a long way to explain why the two genres walk hand in hand.
Andrew ShawHOST
For example, Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider series might seem like fantasy as it features dragons, a medieval backdrop with minstrels, serfs and lords, but the dragons are creatures genetically engineered by humans who've colonised the planet Pern.
Andrew ShawHOST
The same mixture of science and fantasy can be found in many other novels.
Andrew ShawHOST
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, for example, features colonists who, on a distant planet, have used advanced technology to grant themselves godlike powers based on Hindu mythology.
NinaHOST
So anyway, some poor young officer, a midshipman, I think, is the one who draws lots, and then the dragon hatches and completely ignores this kid, goes right up to Laurence after sort of exploring around the deck of the ship.
TomHOST
If you've ever read Dragonriders of Pern, there's clearly some strong influence here.
TomHOST
The dragons are born with a strong, uh, personality already.
TomHOST
They can already talk out of the shell, and it is very much the dragon, named Temeraire eventually, who chooses the handler rather than the other way around.
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