Dragonsdawn

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Dragonsdawn is a science fiction novel in Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series that chronicles the original human colonization of Pern and the creation of the dragon-human partnership.

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instanceOf novel
science fiction novel
work of fiction
author Anne McCaffrey NERFINISHED
chronologyScope early years of Pern colony
containsElement bioengineering
space travel
terraforming
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Emily Boll NERFINISHED
Kitti Ping Yung NERFINISHED
Paul Benden NERFINISHED
Sean Connell NERFINISHED
Sorka Hanrahan NERFINISHED
featuresEvent first Threadfall on Pern
original human landing on Pern
firstPublicationYear 1988
followsInSeries The Renegades of Pern NERFINISHED
genre planetary romance
science fiction
space colonization fiction
hasAntagonisticForce Thread
hasSpecies dragons
fire-lizards
language English
mainTheme genetic engineering of dragons
human colonization of Pern
human–dragon partnership
survival on a hostile planet
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
notableFor depicting origin of dragon-human bond on Pern
establishing backstory for Dragonriders of Pern series
partOfSeries Dragonriders of Pern NERFINISHED
precedesInSeries The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall NERFINISHED
publisher Del Rey Books NERFINISHED
seriesOrder earliest in Pern internal chronology
prequel in publication order
setting planet Pern
targetAudience adult readers
universe Pern universe NERFINISHED

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Dragonriders of Pern includesWork Dragonsdawn