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Original Title: | The MasterHarper of Pern |
ISBN: | 0552142743 (ISBN13: 9780552142748) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Pern #15, Pern (Chronological Order) #14 |
Characters: | Lessa, F'lar, Masterharper Robinton, F'nor, Sebell, F'lor, Petiron, Merelan, Gennell, Fax |
Anne McCaffrey
Kindle Edition | Pages: 463 pages Rating: 4.23 | 22578 Users | 342 Reviews
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MasterSinger Merelan and Harper Petiron were a brilliant and devoted couple. Merelan was the most outstanding soprano ever heard on Pern, and was often the only one who could master Petiron's technically accomplished compositions. When, after a long and difficult birth, Robinton was born to them, it should have been the culmination of a unique partnership.But Petiron, almost from the first day, had no time for his son, refusing to see the incredible talent the boy possessed, ignoring his achievements and maintaining a strict and disapproving vigilance over him at all times.
Carefully, secretly, the Harper Hall took over, training the greatest talent Pern had ever seen - a talent that was more than just musical, for Robinton was able to talk to the dragons of Pern.
As constant sadness beset his personal life, so a startling career sent him like a meteor through the Holds and Weyrs of Pern until, as MasterHarper, he became part of the great plan to rescue Lessa from the brutal rule of Holder Fax - Lessa, who was to be the saviour of the dragons of Pern.
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Title | : | The Masterharper of Pern (Pern #15) |
Author | : | Anne McCaffrey |
Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 463 pages |
Published | : | 1999 by Corgi (first published January 1998) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Dragons. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.23 From 22578 Users | 342 ReviewsAppraise Of Books The Masterharper of Pern (Pern #15)
I've realized that Ms McCaffrey's books offend me in exactly the same way the Sex and the City movies offend me: that the main characters and their dysfunctional relationships are supposed to be somehow sympathetic, if not outright aspirational. In this book, Robinton himself is less obnoxious than her usual main character (even if I thought the one scene where he compared holding his mom to holding his wife really Freudian and gross,) but Merelan is excessively odious: trying to hide hisMasterHarper of Pern showed improvement in plotting and characterization compared to the few books published prior. I think this was largely helped by the fact that it's a prequel to Dragonflight, so all of the big plot elements have already been established.Robinton is a major character found in the first few Pern novels and any story that takes place in the Ninth Pass timeline of Pern. He's the MasterHarper, in charge of Harper Hall, has a fondness for red wine and friendship, and is a
How can you go wrong with another installment of the original story line? This is all about good old Robinton, and takes us forward from his birth until the confrontation between F'lar and Lord Fax in Ruatha that took place in Dragonflight.The hook of this story is the events, largely centered around Fax, at the end of the long turn. We start we meet many of the characters when they are young, including F'lon, father of F'lar and F'nor. Throughout the book we find out a few facts about other
This should have been a wonderful book, it's about Robinton one of the most likeable characters in the Pern books. But I am sorry to say Anne McCaffrey blew it big time. Of course this was at the height of the publish anything with "Dragon" in the title mania. It wouldn't be so bad if McCaffrey stayed true to her own plots and continuity. With Masterharper she totally destroys plot and continuity. Continuity glitch #1: Robinton's mother is a Harper? Since when? Remember Menolly? - She was a
Thirteenth in the chronological order for the Pern fantasy / science fiction series and revolving around dragonriders and harpers. The focus is on Robinton, a harper who goes on to greatness. The stories are a mess in following a chronological order. It's one reason I undertook a re-read of the series. Click this link if you want to explore my version.My TakeThis one is a biography which provides the background for the three primary stories of the Pern series: Dragonflight , 14, Dragonquest ,
I'm rereading the Pern books because I was nostalgic. This book remained in my collection, but I still can't give it a great review. As much as I love Robinton, this book is the ultimate retconn.As I've been rereading Pern, the inconsistencies (and typos and name issues!) really began to bother me. I had to wonder who the heck was editing, because there was no cross-checking, and things just don't fit together right.I liked this book, but I have to consider it a fanfic of Pern rather than direct
A book I wanted to love -- it's about Robinton! -- but found incredibly frustrating instead. Between the historical inconsistencies with books that came out both before and after (how can he be teaching students about a document that was lost and forgotten for over 1500 years?) and the attempt to make things fit entirely too neatly, the parts I liked (his childhood and relationship with his parents, which was very well done, and his marriage, which was as well) were overshadowed by the parts
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