The Survey P.E.R.N.

by Anne McCaffrey

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories, Science Fiction Fantasy

18 pages, Unknown Binding

About the author

Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, Weyr Search, 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, Dragonrider, 1969). Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.
In 2005 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named McCaffrey its 22nd Grand Master, an annual award to living writers of fantasy and science fiction. She was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on 17 June 2006. She also received the Robert A. Heinlein Award for her work in 2007.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a quick window into the short time before Pern was colonized and gave us an idea about what those original scientists days were like. We learned that Pern was an acronym, I feel like we may have learned it in Dragondawn too but I don't recall, parallel earth, resources negligible. I do find it fascinating that the scientists were discussing space-born viruses right before visiting Pern. And if I read them correctly they were alluding to similar things happening on other planets they'd visited or passed.

[Denise Masters · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re-read Still very good

[S · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice

[Lyn Stapleton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A ver short story about the discovery of Pern. A good start to the Pern series.

[Josh Barnett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I quite enjoyed this short story. I haven't read anything else by Anne McCaffrey though. The story in a nut shell is about the finding of the planet Pern which is the planet the rest of the series is set on.

[Laurla2]

published in the anthology "the chronicles of pern"

[Jacquie]

published in the anthology "the chronicles of pern"