* Thread ( Pern ), a spore in the science fiction novels Dragonriders of Pern

* Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern book series involves a spaceship named the Yokohama.

* Pern — A planet pelted by a deadly spore ( called Thread ), capable of eating anything but rock and metal, for periods of fifty years every two to four centuries in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern novels.

Pern is a fictional planet created by Anne McCaffrey for the Dragonriders of Pern series of science fiction books.

* Characters in Dragonriders of Pern

* Dragonriders of Pern — with a list of works in order published

Most of the short fiction has been collected in two volumes or incorporated in one of the novels, so Dragonriders of Pern is sometimes identified with the 24 books.

There are 22 Dragonriders of Pern novels and two collections of short stories through June 2011.

The trilogy was released 1978 in omnibus edition titled The Dragonriders of Pern by Nelson Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club.

As a fan of the Dragonriders of Pern series, Moore refused to continue.

* In May 2006, it was announced that rights to the entire Dragonriders of Pern series were optioned by Oscar-winning production company Copperheart Entertainment.

In 1983 Mayfair Games created a board game " Dragonriders of Pern " featuring cards with Pern characters and locations.

In 1983, Epyx released a video game " Dragonriders of Pern " for the Atari 800 and Commodore 64 in which the player could battle Thread and engage in diplomacy on Pern.

The destruction of Thread, a goal sought after by the Dragonriders and the peoples of Pern, forces a radical rethinking of the role of dragons in a post-Thread world.

Category: Dragonriders of Pern locations

* Anne McCaffrey: the Dragonriders of Pern series

Bottlenose dolphins are primary characters in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, especially The Dolphins of Pern.

The names of the dragons ' riders feature punctuation in the middle, making reference and parody of the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey.

Dragon's Fire is the 18th novel in the Dragonriders of Pern series.

This is where you find all of the articles about Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series.

Todd J. McCaffrey ( b. April 27, 1956 as Todd Johnson ) is an Irish American author of science fiction best known for continuing the Dragonriders of Pern series in collaboration with his mother Anne McCaffrey.

Benden Weyr is the second of eight ( by the end of the 9th pass ) Weyrs on the planet of Pern in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern fantasy novel series.

In the Dragonriders series, Pern is subject to periodic incursions of Thread, a voracious and deadly space-borne organism that devours any organic matter it touches.

The Dragons of Pern are a fictional race created by Anne McCaffrey as an integral part of the science fiction world depicted in her Dragonriders of Pern novels.

in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series of science fiction novels, the Oldtimers are a group of dragonriders who are brought forward in time.

Also, in the book, the female Dragonriders are described as being topless, as barbarian women in fiction tend to be.

* Holds of Pern, a city or community in the Dragonriders of Pern science-fiction series

His paintings have appeared on the covers of more than 350 books and magazines, including many Stephen King novels, most of the Del Rey editions of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series, the Del Rey edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs ' Mars series, Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star series, the DAW editions of Michael Moorcock's Elric books, numerous DAW editions of C. J. Cherryh's work, many of Robert A. Heinlein's novels including Friday and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, the Ace editions of H. Beam Piper's Fuzzy novels, and Tad Williams's Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Otherland, and Shadowmarch series.

* In the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey, the book Dragonflight features Lady Gemma, the main wife of the main character's enemy, Lord Fax ; she bears the next lord of Ruatha hold

She has collaborated with Anne McCaffrey, best known for creating the Dragonriders of Pern, to produce the Petaybee Series, the Acorna Series and the The Barque Cat series.

* After the Fall ( book ), a novel in the Dragonriders of Pern series

* Del Rey published The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey in 1978, the third book in the original Dragonriders of Pern trilogy, along with new editions of the first two books.

The writers who have acknowledged his assistance include Anne McCaffrey for the Dragonriders of Pern ; Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes for their Legacy of Heorot ; James White of Sector General fame ; David Gerrold for the Chtorr ecology ; and Terry Pratchett for several works.

* Ramoth ( dragon ), a fictional dragon in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern books

* Dragonriders of Pern, based on the Anne McCaffrey book of the same name

* Anne McCaffrey: " Runner of Pern " ( Dragonriders of Pern )

Pernese people are described as belonging to four basic groups: Weyrfolk ( including Dragonriders ) who live in the Weyrs, the Holders who live in the Holds ( cities, towns and farms ), the crafters who live in Crafthalls ( or are assigned to work their crafts in certain Holds ), and the Holdless who have no permanent home ( including traders, displaced Holders, and brigands ).

Dragonriders became a vitally important and highly respected profession, especially after a mass migration to the northern continent, where they lived in Weyrs ', and, as time progressed, the settlers forgot their Terran origins.

They depend on tithes of goods from the holds in order to survive, and in exchange, the Dragonriders have pledged to protect those holds from Threadfall.

Weyrbrats may be the children of Dragonriders, Lower Cavern staff or Crafters.

Dragonriders and their dragons would spread across much of the Southern Continent in small groups to be known as WeyrHolds ( a Hold where dragons live ) where dragonriders would be able to support themselves through farming, trade or craft rather than relying on Hold and Craft generosity.

It housed many Dragonriders from Monaco after the fireball disaster.

Connelley reorganized his own development team as The Connelley Group, but continued to work under the Epyx umbrella, releasing Dragonriders of Pern.