Dragonrider
- Eloi Gold Medal
- 1969 Nebula
- by Anne McCaffrey
- Novella
- Science Fiction
- YA and Up
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- serialization.
“Dragonrider” by Anne McCaffrey, 2-part serial, Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, December 1967 to January 1968.
By the time that Lessa of Ruatha Hold becomes Weyrwoman of the only remaining dragon weyr, the end of all Pern seems imminent since a single weyr is not enough to fight off the falling threads from the Red Star.
“Dragonrider,” which was first released as a two-part Analog serial (December 1967 and January 1968), was the second Pern story, appearing after the shorter novella “Weyr Search” (October 1967). Together, the two stories formed the first Pern novel, Dragonflight (1968). When the online version of the ITTDB was in a nascent stage, my friend Allison Thompson-Brown reminded me that the dragons can travel to a new when as well as a new where, and that time travel first appeared near the end of “Dragonrider.” Time travel on Pern occurs in a single, static timeline, so the dragons and their riders can never change anything known to be certain in the past.
“Dragonrider,” which was first released as a two-part Analog serial (December 1967 and January 1968), was the second Pern story, appearing after the shorter novella “Weyr Search” (October 1967). Together, the two stories formed the first Pern novel, Dragonflight (1968). When the online version of the ITTDB was in a nascent stage, my friend Allison Thompson-Brown reminded me that the dragons can travel to a new when as well as a new where, and that time travel first appeared near the end of “Dragonrider.” Time travel on Pern occurs in a single, static timeline, so the dragons and their riders can never change anything known to be certain in the past.
—Michael Main
“Dragons can go between times as well as places. They go as easily to a when as to a where.”
Robinton’s eyes widened as he digested this astonishing news.
“That is how we forestalled the attack on Nerat yesterday morning. We jumped back two hours between times to meet the Threads as they fell.”
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- Time Periods
- Timeline Models
- Time Travel Methods
- Innate Time Travelers: Going between times evolved in Pern’s dragons..
- Vivid Envisioning: The rider must vividly envision the destination time and place..
- Groupings
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- serialization.
“Dragonrider” by Anne McCaffrey, 2-part serial, Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, December 1967 to January 1968. - first full appearance.
“Dragonrider” by Anne McCaffrey, in Nebula Award Stories 4, edited by Poul Anderson (Gollancz, November 1969).
Derived Works
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- Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (July 1968).