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Moreta, dragonlady of Pern / Anne McCaffrey.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCaffrey, Anne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pern (Imaginary place)--Fiction.
- Pern (Imaginary place).
- Life on other planets--Fiction.
- Life on other planets.
- Space colonies--Fiction.
- Space colonies.
- Dragons--Fiction.
- Dragons.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 331 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Book Club edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ballantine Books, [1983]
- Summary:
- Moreta, Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr, struggles to save the dragons of Pern from a deadly plague and risks her life to destroy the lethal parasite Thread and to preserve the future of the planet.
- Contents:
- I Fort Weyr, Present Pass, 3.10.43-1541, and Ruatha Hold 1
- II Ruatha Hold, Present Pass, 3.10.43 25
- III Ruatha Hold, Present Pass, 3.11.43 45
- IV South Boll and Fort Weyr, Present Pass, 3.11.43 58
- V Fort Weyr, Present Pass, 3.11.43 67
- VI Ruatha Hold, Present Pass, 3.11.43 89
- VII Healer Hall and Fort Weyr, Present Pass, 3.11.43 107
- VIII Fort Weyr, Present Pass, 3.12.43 120
- IX Healer Hall, Present Pass, 3.13.43; Butte Meeting and Fort Weyr, 3.14.43; Healer Hall, 3.15.43 153
- X Fort Weyr and Ruatha Hold, Present Pass, 3.16.43 188
- XI Fort Weyr, Present Pass, 3.17.43 203
- XII Fort Hold, Fort and High Reaches Weyrs, Present Pass, 3.18.43 218
- XIII Ruatha Hold and Fort Weyr, Present Pass, 3.19.43 236
- XIV Healer Hall, Ruatha Hold, Fort Weyr, Ista Hold, Present Pass, 3.20.43 248
- XV Fort, Benden, Ista, Igen, Telgar, and High Reaches Weyrs, Present Pass, 3.21.43 299
- Aftermath, Present Pass, 4.23.43 334
- Dragondex 341.
- Notes:
- "A Del Rey book."
- Edition statement from dust jacket.
- Cover painting: Michael Whelan.
- First printing has gutter code of "O15" on page 330, indicates an April '84 printing date. Verifier #2 has an edition with gutter code "O19" (May '84). Verifier #3 has an edition with gutter code "P08" (Feb '85).
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy wanting dustjacket. Has gutter code "O15".
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 22885
- ISBN:
- 034529873X
- 9780345298737
- OCLC:
- 10648682
- Publisher Number:
- 06166 Science Fiction Book Club
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