Anne McCaffrey

Technological marvels are changing life on Pern. Dragonriders, lead by F'lessan and Tia, must forge a new place for themselves in a world that may no longer need them.

Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.

A band of renegades, led by Lady Thella, rose from the ranks of criminals and the disaffected and pursued Aramina, who had a telepathic link to the dragons, as their quarry.

At a time when the number of Dragonriders has fallen too low for safety and only one Weyr trains the dragons and their riders, the Red Star approaches Pern, threatening it with disaster.

A tale of dragons in the fantasy land of Pern and the boy who communicates with them by telepathy. He is Rob, a musical genius, and when he grows up he leads the dragons and their riders in battle against an evil man who denies people education.

Xhinna, the first female Weyrleader, and her group of young dragonriders struggle to rebuild the decimated dragon population and protect the world from a deadly alien spore by collecting dragon eggs and protecting baby dragons from predators and saboteurs.

Space ship appear over the U. of Denver and Kris is herded with others aboard the Catteni ships. The slaves are the taken to a newly discovered planet to see whether or not they can survive.

Human slaves who were forced to colonize a new planet find that the planet may not have been empty. The colonists hope that if another race exists, it will help in the fight for liberty.

The planet Pern, where riders mount huge dragons to fend off deadly threadlike spores that fall from the sky, continues to be one of SF's most popular settings. Here, for the first time in one volume, are three novels featuring Menolly and Piemur, two young Pernese with extraordinary musical talent. In Dragonsong, Menolly's yearning to sing is threatened by a stern father who believes it a disgrace -- leaving her no choice but to run away. Dragonsinger...

Accompanied by her android "brother," Khorii, the rebellious daughter of the legendary Acorna and her lifemate, Aari, searches for the cause of a mysterious and deadly plague before those responsible use it to cripple an entire star system.