303 pages

Langue : English

Publié 6 janvier 1979 par Ballantine Books.

ISBN :
978-0-345-28426-6
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Numéro OCLC :
466392494

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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.

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a publié une critique de Dragonflight par Anne McCaffrey

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I remember reading this series as a kid and loving it, but now I am an adult and can see how misogynist this book is. The women, other than the Wheyrwoman, do not ride dragons. They cook and clean, when they are mentioned at all. More women are riding dragons at the end, but that changes almost nothing. It's still only Queens flying, and they are segregated to their own unit.

The patriarchal bullshit doesn't stop there. The main character, a woman, has a mental breakdown because she knows that she will be shaken and yelled at by her partner when she returns from a trip he forbade her to take. And he does shake her and yell at her. "Never disobey me again." It's played for laughs. Earlier in the story he is literally committing the equivalent of spousal rape. He calls it such, and only wishes that the …

a publié une critique de Dragonflight par Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern)

Review of 'Dragonflight' on 'Goodreads'

Okay I liked this book, it's alright science fantasy, heavy on the fantasy...

But god the relationship between the main characters is awful and doesn't even really matter to the story. The story isn't improved in anyway by its marginal inclusion, it's just baffling. Why why why it's so gross

a publié une critique de Dragonflight par Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern)

Review of 'Dragonflight' on 'Goodreads'

Okay I liked this book, it's alright science fantasy, heavy on the fantasy...

But god the relationship between the main characters is awful and doesn't even really matter to the story. The story isn't improved in anyway by its marginal inclusion, it's just baffling. Why why why it's so gross

Sujets

  • Dragons -- Fiction.
  • Fantasy fiction.
  • Dragons -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Pern (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction.